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Chapter Cover: Weiss standing upon a branch with her sword in her hand into a stance.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Enemy of the State

"What happened to your eye?"

Those were the greeting words that Weiss received when she returned along with Sun. Heart was the one who noticed her first and was in front of her in a instant. The man stared at her completely taken aback by what had happened to her.

"It's not as bad as it looks," Weiss answered him, "It's just an injury I had gotten from protecting this dunce from doing something stupid."

Sun had the decency of looking ashamed at what Weiss said as the white haired girl gave him a stern glance.

"Even so," Heart said, "You best have it looked at, Kaya."

The said girl looked at her for a few moments, before letting out a sigh. She took hold of the white haired girl and approached with her to the side. She placed her hand upon the side of Weiss's face as a soft glow of Aura appeared around the girl's hand. Weiss can feel the light feeling of the tickling against her skin as Kaya worked her Healing Dust magic. She always found it odd that Kaya knew how to use dust like this but she had seen the older girl save a lot of lives with it.

"This is going to scar," Kaya told her as she cleaned the blood a good few minutes later.

Weiss touched where the Grimm's tooth had reached her and could feel the difference by just touching it. This is going to take some times to get used to.

"How many Grimm did you fight against?" Weiss asked her.

"Just a couple of Beowolves," Kaya answered her, "But you'll be happy to know that we won't be staying here long."

Weiss blinked.

"What are you talking about?"

The sound of an aircraft drew the girls' attention as she turned toward it. It was an aircraft that she had seen the White Clan use to transport soldiers unlike the Huntress who simply used the Doorways. She blinked to herself noticing the White symbol of the Clan on the side of the craft that was lowering itself down upon the ground.

"That's a transport craft," Weiss said.

"A few days ago Heart send words to the White Clan about the continued Grimm presence," Kaya told her, "They have decided to send in the White Knights to take over for us."

Weiss frowned, "But the mission isn't over yet."

"Our mission is," Heart said as he approached them, "the White Knights will be more than enough for the Grimm and the mines have been closed for too long…if they don't start working again soon they won't reach the payment they have to deliver by the end of the month."

Weiss frowned.

They were a large number of the White Knights moving around them. They were dressed in armors upon their form and the white robes danced lightly as they walked past the Huntresses. Weiss glanced toward Heart noticing from the man's expression he wasn't actually happy with it. She glanced back toward the Faunus noticing that they were moving through the area. It was a no brainer that they were miserable about the continuous Grimm attack that had being coming at them.

"But we didn't find the cause of the Grimm's appearances yet," she said.

"It's an order from the Commander," Kaya said, "Our mission has come to an end. The White Knights will be more than enough for any Grimm, you should know that."

"But these people can't work in those conditions," Weiss said.

"This village is no longer of your concern," a voice spoke out.

Weiss turned her attention toward the approaching form in front of her. It was a young man with silver hair. He was dressed in long sleeve outfit with a piece of armor upon his left shoulder. He had a small smirk upon his face as he stared around himself at the numerous sights in front of him. He had a book in his hand, and it was opened probably having reading it as he walked forward.

"Schnee," the young man said.

"Mercury," Weiss said.

"You have been relieved of your duties Advance Combat Squad," the young man Mercury said with a light smile, "I will be taking over this village from now on."

"As you wish Lieutenant," Heart said with a light bow to him, "Let's go team."

He walked past Mercury and Kaya along with Cal followed. Weiss stayed standing there staring at the young man in front of her. Mercury met her eyes quite evenly, a small smirk working it's way upon her lips almost in amusement.

"You wish to add something Weiss Schnee?" he asked.

"What these people need is food and shelter," she said, "Not a battalion of soldiers."

"Bring up your concern to the Commander," Mercury told her, "It was his decision after all."

Weiss lowered her eyes from him knowing that it was ultimately her father who had decided this. All orders that concerned money and profit of the Clan he was the one behind it. So to get to the root of all of this, she'll have to have a talk with her father and soon. The young woman walked past the young man tall form not noticing the eyes following after her. Weiss walked toward the rest of her team as they stood there waiting for her to catch up.

"Done saying what you wanted to say?" Cal asked her with raised eyebrows.

Weiss didn't say anything to him. The young man shrugged his shoulders at her and Heart raised his hand toward the air in front of them and then grabbed it. A White Clan symbol appeared there in front of him before it opened revealing a Doorway right in front of him, one that will take them back to Atlas.

"Hey, Miss Huntress," a familiar voice called out.

It was Sun. The young man was looking at her, completely confused.

"Wait…you're leaving already?" he said, "But…what about the Grimm?"

Weiss stared at him for a moment.

"We've been ordered to pull back," she said, "The White Knights will be the ones protecting your village now. They are quite a strong force so you shouldn't worry about Grimm killing anyone else."

Sun looked a little sad at that.

"I see," he said, "Then…this is the last time we'll talk right?"

Weiss shrugged her shoulders.

"Probably," she said.

Then Sun gave her a sunny grin causing Weiss to blink in surprise at the warmth behind his smile.

"Then, thank you for saving me Miss Huntress," he said, "I probably would have died if you weren't there...but I also promise you, that I will become strong enough to be able to fight against the Grimm and protect my Village."

Weiss stared at him for a long moment.

He wants to fight to protect…but what about his parents?

"What about your parents?" she asked, "Or your revenge?"

Sun stayed quiet for a few moments.

"Some part of me will always resent the Grimm for taking them from me, I can't deny that," he said, "But…I want to protect others so that they will never feel like that. It must be the same after all for you Miss Huntress right?"

Weiss looked away from him. She had decided to become a strong Huntress because she wanted vengeance against what had been done to her mother…she never thought she was protecting anyone. All that she cared about was her revenge…but now…looking at it, maybe she had been going on about this Huntress thing in a wrong way…

Perhaps, you may have been right about something Heart…, she thought.

"My name is Weiss," she said to him, "Remember it."

Sun smiled at her again, "Don't worry, I won't forget it, after all, you're the girl who saved my life."

Weiss smiled back at him for a few moments before she turned away and walked into the Doorway following after her teammate. That was the last time Weiss ever set foot in that village for the next few weeks that followed. The young woman had looked at herself in the mirror noticing the pinkish scar that was upon her pale skin. She still remember very well how she had gotten it and she sometimes find herself thinking of Sun and how the village was going.

But the biggest shock to Weiss's change of attitude came to choosing the new Captain of the White Clan Huntsmen Unit.

"Wait…What?"

Weiss was kneeling down in front of her Father seated form as well as the Council members who were present. This was one of the rare times that she ever saw true surprise upon her father's face and even Winter couldn't help her mouth dropping open at her. The current Captain, Light Schneider was there as well, his face completely showing his surprise. His white hair was falling upon his shoulder as he stared at her completely taken aback as well.

"Weiss…are you sure about this?" he asked.

The white haired girl raised her head toward him.

"Yes."

Light turned his attention toward her father as the man stood up.

"I don't understand where the sudden change of heart came from?" he said, "You're refusing the Captaincy? That was what you were aiming for am I right?"

"Yes," Weiss said, "I am still aiming to become a Captain Father, but…I feel that I still need to earn it the right way. I am still naïve about a lot of things and I want to be able to mature more before I become a Captain. Forgive me if I had disappointed you in any way."

The man let out a sigh.

"I'm not disappointed," he said, "Just…surprised. Are you sure this is the decisions you will make?"

"Yes father," Weiss said.

"Then I will allow it," her Father spoke out, "Light, it seems you get to keep your title as Captain for a while longer."

The white haired young man glanced at Weiss and she could see the curiosity within those orbs as they stared at her but the man didn't say anything else. Weiss got back to her feet and walked out of the room leaving her father behind as well as Winter. She was now walking in the corridor along with Sebastian.

"I'm curious you decided to turn down the Captaincy?" he said.

"I'm not ready to be a Captain Sebastian," Weiss answered, "I'm not ready to be a leader of anything…"

The duo arrived at Weiss's quarters and the girl made her way straight toward the balcony looking out toward the falling snow outside.

"Sebastian…why did you stay with me?" she asked, "Why do you continue to serve me after everything that I have done and said to you?"

The man looked at her.

"Because it is my duty," he said, "And also…it's what I own your mother."

Weiss turned to look at him, "My mother?"

Sebastian nodded.

"She gave me a second chance at life Miss Schnee," he said, "And I swore myself that I will continue to protect her little Snowflake."

Weiss looked away at the nickname, "She always uses to call me that whenever we were walking together."

She looked down, "I wanted revenge."

Sebastian looked up at her, surprised.

"That's the entire reason I started training so hard," she said, "I hated the Faunus for taking my mother away from me…and I wanted to kill them with my bare hands...it's all I ever thought about but then I met this Faunus boy, his name was Sun Wukong. He lost his parents to the Grimm and he wanted vengeance also for them. He was foolishly trying to fight a King Taijitu by himself and I stopped him."

She indicated the scar over her left eye.

"I got this saving the idiot's life," she said, "But then, before I left, he told me something. That he was going to get stronger to protect the people around them, so that they could never feel the feeling of lost…and it made me think."

Weiss was now thoughtful, "He felt the same feelings I did and yet, he chose to protect instead of continuing to walk the same path I did. It made me wonder if…if I was wrong to become a Huntress solely for revenge."

Sebastian stayed silent for a moment, observing her, "Does this change have to do with you rejecting the Captain position?"

Weiss nodded.

"I can't become a Captain the way I am now," she said, "A Huntress's duty is to protect the innocent from the Grimm. I won't become a Captain with vengeance in my heart… I will do it, by protecting the people…"

"And the White Fang?"

Weiss stayed quiet for a long moment.

"I will make sure they are stopped," she said, "Not for vengeance, but to finally put the ashes of war down for good."


Three Months later…

Weiss worked diligently with her team now as they go on mission across the world of Remnant and taking down Grimm whenever they go. Heart had quickly warmed up to her because she had started to let go of her all revenge feelings over her mother. Weiss had come to work well with the team as they moved like a unit whenever they were dispatched first and Weiss strength had continued to grow as well…

And then…that fateful day arrived…

It had started as a normal day when Weiss was facing Kaya in battle on the training grounds. The two girls of the team were going at each other with their blades clashing and sparking at each time their two weapons met. Kaya's weapon was a smaller blade than the common katana like sword, thought it didn't stop the older woman from being deadly with it. Weiss was focused upon her and with the quick movement that made it seems like she was skating on ice, she launched her offensive toward Kaya causing the woman to jump back hardly missing the weapon which nicked at the blue robes she was wearing…

"Not bad Weiss," she said, "Almost got me there."

Weiss took her stance.

"There is more where that came from," she said.

Kaya chuckled.

"You're strong alright," She said, "No wonder you were chosen to become a Captain…you're only thirteen year old and you're already this strong? You're going to be a monster when you grown up kid."

"Maybe," Weiss said, "Say what your Released Soul Weapon attack is?"

Kaya smirked raising her short sword.

"That's right," she said, "You haven't seen it yet. Well, I don't really have any chance to actually show it to you yet…"

She placed the short blade toward her palm which was at the tip.

"Disperse, Wind Flower," she said, slamming her palm toward the hilt.

The blade actually disappeared from the tip of the weapon she was holding as a sudden wind instantly grew around her. Weiss could feel her eyes widening in surprise at the sudden rise in Aura that was happening in front of her. On the ground around Kaya, slices were appearing all around the girl as if the very wind of her Aura had become her blade…

"My Wind Flower transforms my weapon into wind," Kaya told her, "And using my Aura, I can direct this wind whenever I want and when I actually use the hilt I am holding, the winds become even more deadly."

Then the wind started to gather around the handle she was holding and then the blade reformatted out of nothing in front of her as the Aura diminished.

"No wonder they call you Wind Mistress Kaya," Weiss said staring at the woman shocked, "I never got that nickname until now."

Kaya chuckled.

"I understood your nickname the second I saw your release, White Princess."

Weiss rolled her eyes.

"I hate that nickname."

"Weiss, Kaya."

It was Cal and something about the look on his face caused Weiss to wonder why he was so serious all of a sudden. The young man had never been a serious one.

"What's the matter?" Kaya asked him, curious.

"Mercury had captured members of the White Fang," Cal told them, "And they're brining them here."

"Then take us there," Weiss told him.

Cal nodded and the two girls followed after him out of the training grounds. Weiss was wondering how Mercury could have captured members of the White Fang when his job was to protect that village Weiss had seen him last. As they approached, they could see a large number of the Huntsman and Huntresses were there to see the White Knights that were moving straight toward White Castle dungeons for them.

Weiss got the first look at them. They were all Faunus at first glance. She took notice of a redhead girl among them, and she had her head bowed down her tail dancing behind her. There was a large man there as well, his face set in stone as he walked with the chains that tied his hand. Behind that man was a teenage girl with two long rabbit ears and Weiss could see tears that were running down the girl's face. It caused her to feel curious as to why the girl was crying for…but she felt her heart freeze in her chest when her eyes found the last member of the group.

Despite not having seen him for three months, Weiss instantly recognized the blonde hair and the open vest he was wearing. The young man who she had become somewhat friend with at the end of her stay.

Sun Wukong.

Sun…What…A member of the White Fang?

Members of the White Fang...and Sun is among them?

Next Time: Choice

Jacques0 out.

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