Well, this was the fastest update I've had so far, but I have the weekend off and my boss can eat the fattest of cocks. Anyway! I noticed no one has yet submitted anything for my contest and that makes me sad as always. But whatever, because I'm going to try and write a bunch of chapters soon and post for multiple fics since I've got my work and school where I want them right now and I'm getting things done. I will also be at Anime Weekend Atlanta for the next three days so if you're there today, Saturday Evening or Sunday come chill with me by PMing me. SO now it's time to read.

RWBY: The Darkness Within

Season 2- Chapter 15

The Huntsmen

The thrill of the Hunt is the Lust of a Predator

Deverou sat with Xich as they spun throwing knives over their fingers, "Bulls-eye is twenty points, hitting the outer ring is ten, and hitting the target's edge is five." Xich said as they were joined by Luna and Knives.

"So the object of this is to hit the center?" Luna said as she looked at the three knives she was given.

"Exactly." Knives said as he spun all three knives simultaneously over his fingers. "It's about dexterity, accuracy, and power."

"I see." She said as she got ready to throw first. She wound back and hurled the knife full force through the target and out the other side as it whizzed across the courtyard imbedding itself in a tree above Jaune's head as he yelped in terror. "I'm sorry!" Luna yelled as she ran over absolutely mortified.

"Amateur." Deverou smirked as he set up a new wooden target of them.

"So just to clarify she doesn't get to go again right?" Knives said looking at Xich who nodded and approached the target.

"So have you heard anything about these missions we're going to undergo?" Xich asked as he tossed the knives hitting a twenty and two tens. He scratched the back of his head in frustration as he walked back and laid his hand on Deverou's shoulder, "You're up cuz."

He got ready to throw all three simultaneously, drawing back and zeroing in on the bulls-eye when Caradin showed up, "Sup homie!" He yelled throwing the assassin off balance. He hit two twenties and a ten as the knives landed and he wheeled on Caradin with a furious look on his face, "I'm sensing some hostility." The merc said as he eyed his partner.

"You had better hope Knives doesn't get a better score than me." He growled.

Knives chuckled and threw the blades one after the other each one hitting the same point in the middle, at different angles so they formed an odd W. "Well I believe both of you owe me fifty Lien?" He said as Xich handed it over in shame and Deverou slapped the card in his teammates hand with anger written all over his face. "Pleasure doing business with you gentlemen." He grinned as he looked at Caradin, "So fearless leader, any word on these new assignments?"

"I hear we're finally going to be able to venture outside of Vale and do some real Huntsmen work." Caradin said, "However I'm not sure on the details."

"Who cares, so long as we get to actually do some on the job training I could care less where we go or what we do." Knives smiled as he walked off and Deverou looked at Caradin.

"Does he seem different to you?" Deverou asked.

"Happier," Caradin said, "Yeah I think it's weird too."

Knives got further away from his friends and began to head back towards the dorm room as he felt a throb through his whole body as Johann ripped himself from Knives' chest and walked out in front of him, "Hey, I have an idea where we can go! Let's head towards the old refinery district to Cain's lab and try to gather clues so we can find and kill him so I can go ahead and take control of your meat suit." He grinned wickedly.

"No." Knives replied curtly as he walked on right through Johann.

"I'm sorry, but last time I checked I was in control!" Johann said extending his hand to assert his control over Knives and Knives stopped, "Now let me in!"

Knives turned and locked eyes with him, "No."

"Stop saying that!" Johann roared as he tried to exert his will again, "What is happening?"

"Welcome to reality Johann, it's a cold and bleak place." Knives said emotionlessly, "Now let ME tell you how things are going to work from now on." He said extending his palm as chains shot out and ensnared Johann holding him as if he was fixed on a crucifix. "Ryzia brought an interesting point to light last night; I should start trying to make more of a difference, so I'm taking a step in the right direction. You're a part of me, but you're also my delusion, so I own you. If it's not registering in that heavily narcissistic mind of yours I can simplify it for you; you're my bitch." He said with a cold stare.

"You mother fucker! You goddamn son of a whore! I will break free and rip your bastard friend's hearts out and eat them, you hear me!? I will fucking ruin you!" He roared as the chains wrapped around him and bound his mouth so he couldn't speak anymore as it was nothing more that muffled screams.

"I'm getting real tired of your rants. Go back to where you belong and stay there." He said as the chains retracted and pulled Johann inside of Knives as the latter screamed and thrashed with rage. He vanished within Knives, as the crimson eyed boy looked down at his left hand, where he saw the chain protruding from his palm and he wrapped it around his hand and up his arm as it vanished into his forearm, "I'm going to keep that there as a reminder that I am in control. This will be the one hallucination I refuse to break away from." He said as he fixed his eyes on the chain, a sign of enslavement was the sign of his freedom.

The first rule of being a Hunter, is you must Hunt Something

After Ozpin's speech Caradin gathered with his team and their comrades, "So guys, what are your plans?" He asked enthusiastically.

"Well we're heading towards home and escorting a doctor to gather some rare swamp flowers and herbs for medicinal purposes for the new village built near Newt's swamp that has contracted a disease that's common in the region, but difficult to cure." Pyron said as his group was already loaded up and ready to go, "It shouldn't take us too long, but there's a lot of Grimm this time of year." He said as he propped his sword on his shoulder.

"Well stay safe," Luxus said, giving Newt a kiss, "Especially you."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll make sure they don't die." She said with a grin as they walked off.

"Hey, well we're doing a search and destroy mission on some Grimm pretty far out from the city who've been harassing trade caravans." Edan said, "I'm hoping it'll be a challenge for us, but who knows." He said as Mary followed him and waved as Sammy looked bored and Teena carried a large travel backpack used by mountain climbers.

"Well, they're rather odd." Safe said as he smiled, "We're also doing an escort, but we're escorting some nomads from the edge of Forever Fall further out to a new site they've scouted. With my natural talent for sniffing out danger it should be a total breeze." He said grinning ear to ear.

"Don't get ahead of yourself fearless leader, Forever Fall isn't too dangerous but we haven't been that far out before." Mason stated.

"You'll be fine boys; you have me to protect you." Ora said with a laugh as they all walked off in a good humor.

"So Ragnar, search and destroy I assume?" Knives asked as the burlier boy walked by with his team together. They stopped and turned to face him.

"Yeah, something came up about the forests to the northeast. I've got a small bit of family out there and I want to make sure they stay safe." He replied curtly, "Plus that region is always heavily populated with Grimm and it's our duty to clear it out."

"I see, god speed and good luck." Deverou said with a bow.

"Thanks, I won't need it." Ragnar replied looking more determined than ever to protect his family.

The final two groups to join them were Bertilak's and Luna's both of which had taken security detail around the city. "We're doing a perimeter sweep." Luna replied, "Apparently the White Fang's been really active and our Hunter wants to make sure that people can feel safe on the streets of Vale."

"Yeah, it's always good to feel some security, especially with how terrible the White Fang has been lately." Knives said coldly eyeing Ryzia as she kept her composure in front of her team. "Stay safe."

"Yeah, have fun and all." Rory said to Runa, "Yeah we're working security detail towards the walls to see if any Grimm are up to no good. I'm gonna enjoy seeing some action for once!" He grinned as he spun his rifle and set it on his shoulders.

Knives turned to Luxus and Deverou, "So what are we going to do?" Knives asked.

"I don't know about you guys but with how things have gone recently I'm feeling search and destroy!" Luxus said, no doubt enthralled with his new powers.

"I'm feeling more along the lines of escort." Deverou said, "It's been a while since I've been a bodyguard and I want to have fun with that a little."

"Well," Caradin started, "I feel bad now." He said looking away.

"What did you do?" Knives demanded.

"I signed us up for a security detail in Würfel." He said with a nervous chuckle as he scratched his head. Everyone was quiet for a brief moment before Luxus erupted.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" He screamed launching himself at their leader as Knives and Deverou restrained him.

"Easy, easy!" Knives yelled as Deverou locked eyes with Luxus and used his semblance to calm him down.

"My father is the worst kind of human I've ever met, and he's been breathing down for my months, and you decided to take us there." He said angrily.

"I'm sorry, I thought since we've never met your family we should start with your dad and maybe have some fun in the city." Caradin said.

"Let's just get going, the sooner we finish the sooner we can get back here." Knives said. "But can you give me a minute first?" He asked as he ran off towards team RWBY "Hey Ruby!"

"Hey Alex, so" She said trailing off, "Finally getting to do missions huh, that's cool right?"

"Yeah, hey listen, um I had a question for you." He said nervously as she cocked her head.

"Yeah?"

He paused and then shook his head, "Never mind, I'll ask you when I get back!" He said as he ran off towards his team, with a guilty conscious.

Parents are capable of Hunting for your most Embarrassing Stories

They walked towards the docks as Caradin carried his coffin and duffel bag, Luxus had his suitcase as Deverou and Knives carried overnight backpacks. "So do you have any idea who we're working with?" Luxus asked.

"No idea," Caradin replied, "But if they're a pro Hunter, they've got to be super cool, ridiculously powerful, and have crazy awesome stories!" He said with a grin.

"Yoohoo! Boys, over here!" A woman called to them as they looked over.

"Is that our Huntress?" Deverou asked cocking an eyebrow.

"She's odder looking than I expected." Knives said.

"Oh God no." Caradin sighed.

The woman ran towards them with her shoulder length wavy blonde hair and rectangle frame glasses with a wide grin on her face. She had emerald eyes and a green dress and stiletto heels. "Hello~!" She cried as she tripped, "Ah damned shoes." She kicked them off and sighed with relief. "Thank God, do you all mind if I change? This whole looking professional thing is total bullshit." She said as she started unzipping her dress right there.

"Mom!" Caradin screeched.

"Mom!?" His team all cried in unison.

"Oh come on Care Bear, you're a big boy. A woman's body is a beautiful thing." She smiled.

"Oh my God!" He screamed dragging her over behind a tree and they heard him yelling as she ranted back at him, and when they returned she was completely different. She wore khaki bellbottoms with a loose pink shirt and blue vest with a wool cap.

"Much better, nothing like loose clothing and no shoes!" She cried as she stretched, "Hi, I'm Beatrice Cross, Caradin's mother, I hope he hasn't been too much of a handful."

The whole team snickered as Caradin gave the look of a dead man, "No, no problem at all." Knives chuckled.

"You must be Knives! I heard you stepped down from leader recently, that's a shame." She said.

"How'd you know my name?" Knives asked.

"Oh Care Bear said you were the punk metal stoner weirdo type." She said cheerily as Caradin's jaw dropped.

"Did he now?" Knives said eyeing him with murderous intent.

"Mmmhmm!" She nodded, "And Deverou is the tight ass butler, and Luxus is the overconfident rich boy!"

The team eyed their leader as he shrank away, "You know, when I say 'This is between us' I mean it!" He shrieked.

"I thought you meant, you, me, your father, your sister, and your team?" She asked with a confused expression.

"No, I meant you and me! So dad and Candace know? Awesome…" He said, further sinking into depression.

"Oh don't give me that look, you always loved including everyone." She said, "Besides we're going to miss our shuttle and I have so much I want to talk to your team about."

"Yes, we want to hear everything you have to say about Caradin." Deverou said with malice in his eye.

Caradin sighed as Knives and Deverou walked off with his mother no doubt discussing his worst childhood memories. "Why have you forsaken me God?" He asked the sky as Luxus walked up to him and set a comforting hand on his shoulder. He looked at Luxus with a smile and Luxus smiled back.

"Karma's a bitch man." Luxus said as he walked off and Caradin's jaw dropped. He gathered his things and followed his team, wishing the mission would be over as soon as possible.

I hope you will enjoy Caradin's pain as much as I will, and I may even do side chapters about the other teams missions, but I don't know right now. If I do, I'll definitely try Pyron's, Edan's, and Ragnar's teams. But for now I say go forth! Review and PM the answers to the Contest. Remember, you must guess the Nen types of RWBY, PFCN, JNPR, BRCT, Ozpin, Glynda, Port, and Oobleck. Don't worry, you don't have to get them all correct, just the most out of anyone else. NOW DO IT!