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Discomfort, anxiety, impatience. All 3 combined into one emotion. Its name? I forgot. Frankly I don't want to look for it on the dictionary. Oh wait, I can't.

Inside this room again filled with tension, I glanced to my sides. There was my partner with her sly grin. Frankly, I still find it unnerving. Quite terrifying. Makes me quite uneasy. But also quite endearing. Wait what?

Then a voice snapped me out of my thoughts. One full of stern. Full of disgust. Full of hate. It was as if a lion was released from his den, seeking out the one who killed its potential lover. Wait. That's a bad analogy. I think a dragon is better. Regardless, I'm not so worried. Nor afraid. I suppose it's Team CRDL who's scared instead. I think one of them just let the water loose. Ew. Really disgusting.

My partner almost barfed at the site. Near vomit. Eyes twinkling with pure disgust. But also some form of entertainment. Why did I get such a sadistic partner? Ozpin was bad enough. Annoying. Speaking of the devil, he was sitting on his chair. Is he addicted to coffee or something? Or is it Glynda's temper that he needs caffeine so he won't go insane? Oh well.

Ah, looks like she's done. Cool. Looks like it's our turn now. Damn it.

... ...

After Glynda allowed Team CRDL to leave, this time it was Team VS turn to get an earful. Needless to say, the only two members of the team didn't bother to take any of her words seriously. Unfortunately, this didn't pass Glynda's sharp eyes.

"Look, nephew. Telling them to stop is enough. You don't have to resort to unneeded violence and a death threat. Same case goes for you, Ms. Monochroma," said Glynda. Sepia sighed exasperatedly.

"They deserved it, and you know it," said Sepia. Glynda sighed in annoyance, and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"I swear, you're just as bad as Vanitas."

"Woah, woah, woah, as bad? She's worse!" indignantly claimed Vanitas.

"Regardless, a death threat is too much. Vani, you do realize what a death threat means in our family, correct?" said Ozpin. Vanitas sighed at this.

"Yeah, yeah. A death threat means something we're bound to carry out in the future. I'm willing to assassinate them though," said Vanitas without seemingly caring of the consequences. At this, Sepia's eyes widened in shock.

"Assassinate?" asked Sepia. At this, Ozpin sighed.

"Fine. I want you to listen, Ms. Monochroma. I won't repeat this story twice. Also, under no circumstances will you blurt out what you've heard here today to the general public. You wouldn't like some... ah, issues heading on your way. First, I have to ask. Have you ever heard of the tale of the 4 sisters?" asked Ozpin. At this, Sepia nodded her head.

"Oh, I know where this is going," Vanitas muttered out, and decided to leave the room. Glynda was about to stop Vanitas, but Ozpin told Glynda to let him be. After all, it's going to be about Vanitas' rise into a world –class assassin.

Vanitas is quite tired of his job really. His job as an assassin goes both ways; assassination of either human or faunus, or assassination of grimms. Although recently from the strife between kingdoms and the white fang, it has been the former. The uprising of the grimm has also been worrying, and it tends to drive Vanitas absolutely nuts. His worst encounter of Grimm consists of two Goliaths; both of which he's managed to put down. While Goliaths are generally gentle creatures, a few of them are still pretty stubborn.

While wondering about his job, he wondered about how Neo was doing. During his first days as an assassin, he met a girl with white and pink hair with seemingly constantly changing heterochromatic eyes. She carried an umbrella around, and seldom spoke. Regardless, the two managed to befriend each other when they've found out they had a common goal: To assassinate a person named Roman Torchwick.

The more he thought about Neo, more blood rushed to his face. He has one hell of a crush on the Neopolitan haired beauty. He hated to admit it, but he couldn't help but feel it. Neo was also able to show signs of affection towards Vanitas, but wasn't really able to deliver it fully; after all, Vanitas was quite dense with the matter.

Regardless, he didn't like how that mission turned out. During his attempt, a certain black haired girl with an affinity for fire blocked the way for both he and Neo. Seeing how they were at a disadvantage, the two assassins seemingly left and abandoned the mission.

The bell rang. It seems that the next class is about to begin.

... ...

"Gah, can't he slow down?" complained Sepia. Vanitas simply shrugged.

"Tell that to him, and he'll blast you off to the moon," said Vanitas. Currently, the two were listening to Sir Oobleck's lecture. Needless to say, they were getting really annoyed. Especially since a little troublemaker decided to brew up some trouble again. Vanitas looked to his side, and saw Sepia looking dangerously murderous at Cardin. A little of Sepia's semblance was coming out, and Vanitas knew he has to stop it.

Sepia's semblance is one of a kind. Her semblance causes time around her to slow down, so she can move faster than any person in the whole world. If Ruby's semblance causes her to move fast, then Sepia's semblance causes her to be able to move ahead of time. If you accompany Sepia's weapon, Venom Blade, then she would be able to do one hell of damage within a short period of time. The students of Beacon has never seen it yet, but Vanitas sure won't let them.

Vanitas put a hand on her shoulder, and Sepia instantly calmed down.

"I know how much you hate him, but let him be," said Vanitas, his voice deadly calm.

"... Alright," said Sepia and concealed her semblance. After a few minutes later, the students were dismissed. By that time, Sepia and Vanitas headed for their room.

... ...

On that night, Vanitas was able to sleep peacefully. Sepia fell asleep quickly after all. By the time he woke up, he was met with pleasant sunlight and the gentle breeze through the window.

"Today's the field trip, huh?" thought Vanitas. Without any hesitation, he turned to dress up.

... ...

"You done?" Vanitas called out. He was inside the bathroom, waiting for Sepia to finish dressing up outside. Vanitas wore a black jacket with belts wrapped around his arms. He wore ripped jeans, and a simple black and white shoe. He wore his and red black cloak over the jacket, and his bow strapped on his back. On his head were a pair of black and glowing neon red headphones with cat ears that act as speakers.

"Yes!" Sepia called out. Vanitas opened the bathroom door and simply smiled at how Sepia looked like. If a person looked at them, they would probably be classified as siblings. Sepia wore a black polo with seemingly intricate white and black lines on its collar, with a similar design decorating the frills on the right shoulder, and the left waist area. She was wearing a black and white skirt with one side longer than the other. She wore white boots with a black sole, and black laces just going up below her knee. Beneath her boots were ripped black socks.

"Looks good on you," said Vanitas. Sepia raised an eyebrow, but let a small smile decor her lips.

"You better not be hitting on me," teased Sepia. This time, Vanitas raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah? Maybe I am," Vanitas teased back. The two laughed together, and left for the field trip.

... ...

"Yes students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we're not here for sightsee," said Glynda.

"Bummer," Sepia and Vanitas blurted out.

"Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from trees deep inside this forest. And I'm here to make sure that none of you die while doing so," Glynda finished and turned around.

"... I wonder if it's a repellent for the upcoming Grimm War," Vanitas thought glumly. It was a secret that was never supposed to be told to the students and citizens of Vale. But another Grimm War is soon upon them. Hopefully, nothing bad will ever happen.

"Each of you is to gather one jar worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm. So be sure to stay by your teammates. All of you are to go back here by 4 o'clock, have fun!" said Glyndad.

"Come on, buddy. Let's go," said Cardin to Jaune. Vanitas turned around to see what they were doing. Jaune looked depressed while his other teammates went to gather sap; except Pyrrha who looked at him in concern. She sighed and parted ways.

"... Something's fishy is going on here," said Vanitas before Sepia called him over to gather sap.

... ...

A loud growl of a grimm pierced through the forest. Vanitas and Sepia ventured deep into the area, since they've wanted to find the best tree for the sap.

".. I knew it," said Vanitas as he'd dropped the jar, and dashed towards the noise. Sepia, seemingly knowing what Vanitas was up to, also dropped her jar and followed suit.

By the time they've reached the area, Jaune was already fighting the giant ursa. Vanitas was about to charge in when Sepia stopped him from going.

"Why?" asked Vanitas.

"The guy's pumped. Also, there's Pyrrha," answered Sepia. I looked around and saw Pyrrha.

"Oh. Let's go back then," said Vanitas. Sepia nodded her head.

In the end, the two found a huge tree where they've managed to get a shiny red sap. This gave them high scores for their "field trip".

... ...

The next day though, Vanitas received a mission from Ozpin via text message. Now, he was looking around the shop.

"This makes this the second one..." said Vanitas to no one in particular. He looked around some more, trying to find any kind of clue that would lead this incident to the White Fang. Unfortunately, he didn't find any.

"Why are the dust shops being robbed lately is something I can't answer... Perhaps the White Fang is planning to start another war again," he speculated. He pinched the bridge of his nose from the irritation of not knowing the answer. Actually, he's already irritated because he's spending his hard-earned rest day on a job. Now he's just really frustrated.

"Vani!" called out a certain blonde. Vanitas turned to the direction of the voice and saw Yang waving at him. He shrugged and turned to meet Team RWBY.

"Oh, sir, any inquiries?" asked one of the police while he saluted. The others followed his example, causing Team RWBY with a shocked expression to look at Vanitas.

"The usual. All the dust are taken away, the money's still here. I swear this is too much trouble already," groaned Vanitas.

"It'll end one day, sir. You think it's the White Fang?"

"It's the only reasonable choice left," said Vanitas.

"Hey, Vani. Whatcha doing here?" asked Yang. Vanitas rolled his eyes.

"One, don't call me Vani. Two, I'm working on my side job," answered Vanitas.

"Side job?" inquired Weiss. Vanitas looked at Weiss dead in the eye, as if to say not to pursue this matter any further. This shut Weiss up, but Vanitas felt guilty for doing that to her.

"Ohh, are you some kind of detective or some sort?" asked Ruby with a strange twinkle in her eyes. I sighed exasperatedly and nodded my head rather tiredly.

"Yeah. It's the only way I can keep a living."

"Who do you think did this?" asked Blake. I put my fingers on my chin, and thought for a moment.

"It's either a bunch of Vale's rebels to overthrow the current system, or the White Fang."

"Hmph. The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates," commented Weiss. Blake raised an eyebrow at this.

"What's your problem?" Blake asked.

"My problem?" Weiss retorted back. "I simply don't care for the criminally insane."

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided faunus," answered Blake.

"I'm getting a headache from this," complained Vanitas who turned to leave for the dust shop again.