The next morning Team RWBY could be found strolling along with grim who was in his casual clothes. As they walked through the town most of the group looked through it all with an awed expression until Weiss suddenly stopped in the front of A sign that is being put up by an elderly Shopkeep that reads in bright red letters WELCOME TO VALE! for all the foreign newcomers from their kingdoms.
"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful! Ruby at weiss's excitment, frowned and backed away from weiss a bit.
"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss It's kinda weirding me out..Weiss quickly responds to ruby, turning to Ruby with a look of disbeleif on her face.
"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking! Yang sighs at this as they continue walking , with her arms crossed as she shakes her head.
"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound chuckled in response to this as, Weiss bristles at this and glares.
"Quiet, you! Yang then speaks next with fake curiosty in her voice as they stop near the docks and the sounds of foghorns are heard.
"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks? Ruby nods covering her nose and shaking her head.
"Ugh, they smell like fish! Weiss smiles as she waves their words away and shakes her head.
"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemnduty to welcome them to this fine kingdom! Blake smirks at this inwardley and opens her mouth as Weiss starts walking away again.
"She really wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the scoffs at this and her eyes dart around as she crosses her arms.
"You can't prove that! Ruby however stops the talk and the group as she turns her head to the right and gasps.
"Whoa. the team then looks at a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force before walking over to the detective in front writing on his pad.
"What happened here?
The first detective talked over his shoulder as he looked for more evidence.
"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week,This place is turning into a jungle. Yang frowns at this and sighs sadly.
"That's terrible. Both, detectives nodded talking and inspecting the store more.
"They left all the money again.
Ruby and grim both turn their heads when they hear this and look with curiosity.
"Huh? The first detective nodded as he thought about this and scanned the area.
"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust? The second detective shrugged as he thought and ran a hand through his hair.
"I don't know, an army? The first detective turned to him with a grimace on his face.
"You thinking the White Fang?
The second detective nodded removing his sunglasses before speaking.
"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough. Hearing this, grim stepped forward and looked at the two detectives.
" tell me was the owner of the shop human or faunaus and were they injured. The first detective looked at grim with a raised eyebrow and inspected him.
" well the shop owner was faunus but they wernt injured still that dosent really give us anything kid how can you help. Grim smirked as he summoned his mask to his face from his room and spoke in a darker voice.
" so that i can find the scum who did this and teach them a lesson. Both detectives paled at this and the second detective came forward with a note book in hand.
" w-what can you tell us reaper. Grim smiled as he put his mask back into his room through shadows and put his arms behind his back as he thought.
" well obviously if both torchprick and the white fang are robbing dust instead of money then their working together and building up for something at the very least thats all we have right now. Both of the officers smiled at this chuckled at grims nickname for torchwick and thanked him.
"oh thanks alot reaper this is going to save us from writing a huge report and we have clues you all have a good day now. As the group walked away, weiss huffed and crossed her arms while sticking her nose in the air.
"Hmm! The White Fang, What an awful bunch of degenerates! Blake bristled at this and grim cringed as he watched this happen.
"What's your problem?Weiss quickly responds to blake turning to her with a glare on her face.
"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane. Blake rolled her eyes at this and crossed her arms getting serious.
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths They're a collection of misguided Faunus. Weiss scoffed at this and rolled her eyes in rejection.
"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet! Blake rolled her eyes at this and glared at weiss.
"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale! Ruby rubbed her chin at this and then spoke up turning to weiss with intent on her face.
"Hmm... Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught thatTorchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him.
Grim coughed at this and spoke up meekly not wanting to make anything worse.
" eh i kinda kicked his ass after he got away so naturally some random theif got lucky or it really was the white fang. Weiss kept her glare and shook her head with her arms still crossed not caring about what was said.
"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum, Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal. Yang rolled her eyes at this and muttered under her breathe.
"That's not necessarily true...yang however was cut off as a subtle growling filled the air and as everyone looked around only blake knew where it was realy coming from as she looked at grim with alarm and layed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. However the attention of the group was soon captured again as a cry filled the air.
"Hey, stop that Faunus! As the group overhears the cry for help they rush over to investigate, only to see a Faunus with a golden monkey tail named sun running down the length of the boat and leaping on to the edge as the two sailors are about to apprehend him. Sun looked back and forth at the sailors before he grinned as he jumped from the railing to the dock below avoiding them .
"Thanks for the ride, guys! Haha! Sun then takes off running as soon as he hits the docks with the sailors shouting behing him.
"You no-good stowaway! Sun chuckles at this and shakes his head while using his tail to hang on a lamppost while he peels back a banana.
"Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught! I'm a great stowaway! before he could eat, one of the detectives down below throws a stone at him to get his attention.
"Hey! Get down from there this instant! Sun shakes his head and drops the banana peel on the detective's face, who growls in return. The monkey-like Faunus twirls up to crouch on the lamppost, laughs in amusement, and proceeds to leap off and run away from the detectives. As he runs past Team RWBY, he winks at an astonished Blake in slow motion and gives a thumbs u to grim before time speeds up again and he continues to be chased by the smirks at this watching the Faunus get farther and farther away.
"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes...Weiss panics holding up a finger and pointing at sun.
"Quick! We have to observe him!
Weiss, Yang, and Ruby give chase while Blake and frim stand still, lost in thought, before coming back to reality and following their friends. The team rounds the next corner, but then Weiss bumps into someone and trips. She looks up only to see Sun jump on to a building and disappear from her view. Weiss pouts at this and frowns as she broods.
"No, he got away!
Yang coughs and interups her. As she points strangely at the girl underneath her.
" Uhh... Weiss. Weiss finally looks down and sees that she fell on a smiling girl, which startles the heiress and makes her get up however is still down on the ground, smiling widely.
"Sal-u-ta-tions! Grim smiles back down at her and looks her over.
"are you alright my friend. Penny looks startled at grims words and looks at him with intent on her face.
"you called me friend do you really mean we can be friends.
Grim smiled at this and nodded causing penny to grin.
"of course id like that its nice to meet you. Penny nodded at this and then began to small talk with grim about friend things while,
Ruby noticing that penny was getting along with grim decided to say hello as well.
"Um...hello. yang then to looks at penny with curiosity noticting she hasnt moved yet.
"Are you... okay? Penny nods at this with a nice smile on her face.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking. Yang and the rest of the team looks at each other in bewilderment except for grim who only smiled. before Yang spoke up again
"Do you... wanna get up? Penny thinks about this for a moment and her eyes widen as she leaps back on her feet while the team steps back a little.
" yes! My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you! Ruby smiles at this and waves.
"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby. Weiss introduces her self next and puts a hand on her chest as she introduces her self with a smile.
"I'm Weiss. Next is Blake who merly smiles and says her speaks next with curiosity still on her face.
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head? Blake in response smiles a bit and hits her side causing her to stop and get serious.
"Oh, I'm Yang. Grim chuckles at this and shakes his head as he smiles at penny.
"nice to make your friend list penny im grim Penny grins at this and greets them all again.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all! Weiss deadpans at that and stares at penny.
"You already said that. Penny pauses again and shrugs before nodding.
"So I did! Weiss smiles a bit at this and nods before turning around with the others to walk away.
"Well, sorry for running into you! Both Ruby and grim turn arount to say bye waving their arms and wishing penny care.
"Take care, friend!Yang spoke up again soon when she thought they get far enough away from a once again startled Penny.
"She was...weird... grim shrugged as he grinned at the girls and walked with them.
" i liked her shes unique like you . Weiss shakes her head at this looking to her right for sun hoping to catch him.
"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to? However before she could look more, Penny suddenly apears in front of a surprised Weiss making grim appreciate her skill.
"What did you call me? Yang stammers as she and Weiss look back and forth in shock and Yang quickly looks apologetic.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me!
Penny: "No, not you." (walks through the group and leans her head down to Ruby) "You!"
Ruby looks startled at this and tilts her head.
"Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh... Penny rushes up to ruby and stares at her.
"You called me 'friend' as well ! Am I really your friend to? Ruby stammers at this and she looks over Penny's shoulder while her teammates motions to deny her but grim gives her double thumbs up.
"Uuuuum, Y-Yeah, sure! Why not? Ruby's teammates comically faint and grim laughs and smiles, while Penny looks overjoyed and laughs.
"Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys.
Ruby turns groaning to Weiss and grim as she brushes herself off.
"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me? Grim chuckles and shakes his head no.
" shes much more excited then you were but i enjoy that about you. Weiss chuckled at this and also shook her head no.
"No - she also seems far more stable then you. Yang then tilts her head at penny and looks at her with a smile.
"So... what are you doing in Vale? Penny smiles as she get a glint in her eyes and looks at them all.
"I'm here to fight in the tournament.
Weiss sweat drops at this and looks penny over in disbelif.
"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?
Penny nods saluting and pumping her fists.
"I'm combat ready! Weiss chuckles at this a smiles.
"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part. Blake smirks at this and shakes her head.
"Says the girl wearing a dress?
Weiss shakes her head at this and protests.
"It's a combat skirt!
Ruby the other skirt wearer speeds over to Weiss' side and agrees making grim chuckle as Weiss holds out her hand and Ruby low-fives then stops with realization hitting her.
"Wait a minute. She then walks over to Penny and grabs her by the shoulders.
"If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed rapscallion? Penny looks confused at this and tilts her head.
"The who...?Weiss first anwsers her by holding up a poor drawing of the criminal-in-question before speaking.
"The filthy Faunus from the boat! Blake however interups in anger before anything else could be said.
"Why do you keep saying that?! Weiss looks at where she heard her teamate, turning her attention from Penny to Blake
"Huh? Blake begins walking over to Weiss, angry and hurt.
"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person! Weiss turns to her with a mock apology.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Weiss then releases Penny and motions to objects around her before speaking again.
"Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost? Grim glares at this but stays calm thanks to penny and the others being in his presscene and he watches a blake does what he wanted to. Blake growled as she stomped her foot and glared at weiss.
"Stop it! Weiss shrugged her shoulders at this and grinned.
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang! Blake again growls and glares at weiss.
"You ignorant little brat! Weiss looks offended, but when Blake walks away, she follows her .
"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!
Blake scoffs at this and rolls her eyes.
"You are a judgmental little girl. Weiss again looks offended and grips her fists tight.
"What in the world makes you say that?"Blake rolls her eyes and stares with fire in her eyes at weiss.
"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be! Yang being uncomfortable with this was slowly sliding up to Ruby and grim, looking sheepish.
"Um, I think we should probably go...
Penny interupts them popping up behind Ruby, smiling.
"Where are we going? Weiss shouts out in triumph and points at blake.
"Aha So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists! Blake shakes her head no and gits her teeth.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it. As Yang, grim and Ruby continue to observe they begint to tell penny bye and grim said bye to them all whispering and assuring to blake that he would see what the monkey boy was up to. Some time later in the dormroom weiss and blake were arguing again.
"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem! Blake rolled her eyes at this and glared again her voice rising.
"That is the problem! Weiss glares at her with disbelif getting up from her bed and shaking her head.
"You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil! Blake gets on her feet as well and clenchs her fists.
"There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures! weiss raises an eyebrow and tilts her head at this in curiosity.
"People like me? Blake snorts at this and throws her hands up in disblief.
"You're discriminatory! Weiss glares at this and leers at blake with a cruel grimace.
"I'm a victim! You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus? It's because they've been in war with my family for years. War, as in actual blood shed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed. An entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood. Ruby frowns at this and approachs weiss,going over to comfort her
"Weiss, stops her turning away and walking back to blake.
"No! You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers! Blake finally exploded with anger at this and shouted in rage.
"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around! Silence drops down on the scene again. A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and Blake realizes her mistake as she looks around at her teammates. Blake hesitates for a second wanting to explain.
"I... I...she however couldnt bring herself to speak and dashes out the sees this and her eyes widen as she runs to the door to call for her.
"Blake, wait! Come back! Yang however sits herself down Weiss looks down in fear and Blake had run outside and arrived at a statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping, staring at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular. She closes her eyes and slowly lifts her arms up to her bow and pulls the string to release the bow from her hair. She wipes away a tear away as the camera pulls up to reveal her Faunus ears. On the verge of crying, she becomes startled when she hears a voice above her.
" we knew you would look better without the bow. Blake in response turns around and looks up. The next morning, Ruby wakes up from her beauty sleep, yawning in the process. She looks over at Blake's empty bunk, and groans sadly before begining to get dressed before going to grims room and knocking on the door only to find it empty causing ruby to panic and faint. A few hours later, the team had again taken to the streets as Ruby, Weiss, and Yang walked through the empty streets of Vale looking for blake and grim .
Ruby looked around with worry on her face as she wanted her teamates back.
"Theyve been gone all weekend...Weiss scoffed at this and shook her head.
"Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself! And we dont even know where grim is im sure hes fine.
Yang rolled her eyes at this and crossed her arms.
"Weiss, come on, she's one of our teammates and grims our tilted her head at yang and threw her arms ino the air.
"Is she? We all heard what she said! Ruby hesitates at this and got weiss's name out before yang interupted.
"Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. Either way, she's missing, and we need to find her! Weiss stayed silent and talked under her breath.
"A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses! Ruby sighs at this and looks out into the city.
"I just hope she's okay and that grim is to...
Elsewhere, Blake is sipping a cup of tea and looking up at Sun and grim who are sitting across from her and thinks as, sun who holds his drink with his tail puts his hands up on the table and props his head up. He takes a sip when Blake puts her cup down.
"So, you want to know more about me...She looks at him intently and Sun grins as she talks and throws his hands in the air while grim chuckles.
"Finally, she speaks grim ! Nearly two days and you gave us nothing but small talk and weird looks! .Blake turns to sun after that sentence, and gives him a firm look.
"Yeah, like that. Grim chuckles while, Blake rolls her eyes at this before, closing them and looking at both sun and grim sadly.
"Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang? Sun nods at this as he begins to drink again.
"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me! grims eyes widened and he looked at blake with a look of stay calm in his eyes before coughing and speaking.
" not all members of the white fang are bad the ones who left because of the violence are the good ones sun after all my adopted dad was. Blake quickley sips her drink while listening to grim as she prepares to speak quickly.
" and I was once a member of the White Fang.
Suns reaction to these words was to promptly go cross-eyed and choke on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information.
"Wait a minute, you were raised by an ex member of the white fang,and you were a member of the White Fang?! grim nodded and sipped his drink once before his eyes filled with pain.
"it wasnt for very long it was really only a year and yet he treated me better then anyone else did to that point but that time has passed and my teams knows about my childhood or at least most of them do know. Blake nodded and sighed as she spoke up
"while I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it, Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus,Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there always at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist, because Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking, and then Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear. Blake then stops speaking for a moment as she puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun and a sad looking grim before speaking again.
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow. blake then smirks as she wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate. Sun nods at this thinking and coming to terms with what he heard.
"So... have you told your friends any of this because grim looks like he knew? Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing. while grim puts a hand on sun shoulder and shakes his head.
" i figured it out on my own and accepted her for it i can only pray that our freinds do the same.
meanwhile, Ruby, Yang, and Weiss were walking through town and calling in vain for their missing was continuing to scream loudly to try and get blake to hear her
"Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?Yang to shouted out their teamates name next.
"Blake! Ruby however stops for a moment before turning on Weiss.
"Weiiiiss, you're not helping! Weiss fake smiles at this and speaks up with fake excitement.
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police or grim wherever the heck he shakes her head at this,and resoponds by crossing her arms in irritation and groaning.
"Ugh, Weiss...Weiss huffs at this and throws her arms to her sides in frustration.
"It was just an idea its not my fault grims not here! Ruby sighs as she walks down the sidewalk and shakes her head.
"Yeah, but its your fault blakes not here .Yang followes behind Ruby and looks back at weiss.
"Weiss, I think we should hear blakes side of the story before we jump to any conclusions.
Weiss following behind Yang with a smug tone in her voice as she spoke.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize Iwas right!
Penny suddenly appears following behind Weiss and speaks up.
"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today! Ruby and the others then turn around suddenly in surprise.
"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!? Penny smiles at this, cheerfully ignoring the question and asking one of her own.
"Hey guys! What are you up to? Ruby stammers at this trying to think.
"Uhh..Yang however anwsered for her making ruby sigh in releif.
"We're looking for our friend Blake and grims missing to. Penny looks a bit shocked at this and her eyes widen.
" grims missing oh no, Ooooh, and the Faunus girl ! Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stare at Penny.
"Wait, how did you know that?"Penny dead pans at this and points at her head.
"Uhh, the cat ears? Yang begins laughing a little and smiles at this.
"What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh... The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the then ruby speaks first whispering and breaking the silence.
"She does like tuna a lot..Penny however interupts their thinking and speaks next with curiosity on her tone.
"So, where is she and grim supposed to be?"Ruby shakes her head and looks down in sadness.
"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday and we didnt even know grim was missing until today he never even told us he was going anywhere..Penny responds by gasping and approaching ruby.
"oh thats terrible, Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate and my other friend!Ruby gets nervous at this doing her best to continue smiling.
"Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?She looks over Penny to direct her question at Yang and Weiss, who's blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blows past them again in the quiet and penny coments on it.
"It sure is windy today!
sun,grim, and Blake are then seen walking down a street and sun with his hands behind his head speaks first.
"So, what's the plan now?"
Blake thinks for a moment contemplating before speaking.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before.
Grim coughed and spoke with some regret in his eyes.
"They arnt so peaceful any more and roman clearly needs an army for whatever hes doing, in theory they could be working with him, he gets an army and they get supplies. Suns mouth opens in shock and relization widening his eyes as he turned to blake and spoke.
"What if they did join up with torchwick i mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right? Blake cringes at the logic slightly and nods.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be. Sun smiles at this and shrugs.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas. Blakes eyes widen at this and fill with a bit of fear.
"How huge? Sun looks at her with a grimace and spreads his arms.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter.
Blake looks firmly at sun and watches his eyes.
"You're sure? Sun nods with a serious look on his face as grim walks forward between them.
" well then lets go set up.
Meanwhile yang and weiss are coming out of a shop with yang waving to the person inside.
"Thanks anyways! Yang then sighs while weiss gets frustrated.
"This is hopeles. Yang glares at Weiss when she looks around nonchalantly.
"You really don't care if we find her, do you?Weiss glares at this and shakes her head.
"Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her. Weiss then walks forward, before calling over her shoulder.
"The innocent never run, Yang! Yang looks down in thought. While not to far away penny amd ruby are talking.
" So, Blake is your friend? Ruby nods sighing as they make their way down the sidewalk.
" looks at ruby curious again.
"But you're mad at her? Ruby nods but then stops as she shakes her head.
"Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is. penny tilts her head again and asks another qeustion.
"Is she friends with Blake? Ruby shrugs at this and shakes her head.
"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now...Penny nods trying to contemplate this.
"But why? Ruby sighs again and her shoulders sagged.
"Well, you see, Blake might not be who we though she was...Penny quickly gasps at this and comes up with something.
"Is she a man?
Ruby quickley shakes her hands in a negative before she stops and sighs, looking at Penny as she talks now.
"No! No, Penny. She's...I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off. Penny nodded at this and her eyes filled with concern.
"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things.
Ruby turns her gaze downward sadly in reponse before whispering.
"Me too... as they continue walking
Meanwhile,Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake lays flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers while grim merely blends into the darkness.
"Did I miss anything? Blake hearing suns voice looks up as Sun drops down to her right. Blake shook her head no as she anwsered and stares at the docks.
"Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there.
Sun nods at this and says cool in response before he holds out one of the green apples in his arms and tosses one to grim as well..
"I stole you two some food! Blake responds to this by giving Sun a questioning look.
"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?"
Sun responds by defensively countering her with his next sentence.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?. Grim chuckles at this as he eats his apple and whispers burn as he watches,Blake deliver an angry glare at sun.
"Okay, too soon!Just as he says this, the winds blows all around them, and they look up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of. Blake pales at this and fear fills her body.
"Oh no...Sun looks at her questioningly and asks what was wrong.
"Is that them? While Blake is staring at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit grim crushes his apple core in anger and both anwser at the same time.
"Yes... It's them. The trio then watched the head White Fang Soldier as he spoke to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle.
"All right, grab the tow cables! Sun meanwhile looked at blakes shocked expression and frowned.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?
Blake stops staring sadly at the scene and sighs.
"No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right. blake then closes her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she hears a new voice. "Hey! What's the holdup!? the trio and soldiers look up at Roman gesturing widely and coming down the ramp.
"We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?Blake growls at this and shales her head.
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that. she then stands up and unsheathes the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof Sun in response looks alarmed at this and calls after her.
"Hey, what are you doing?! Grim looks at sun and whispers as he looks him in the eyes.
" help her when she needs it ill come in and help when i need to torchwicks mine.
Blake falls to the ground in a crouch, then continues on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash! as he's looking around, Blake suddenly appears behind him with her blade at his throat.
"What the- Oh, for f-" roman then rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Nobody move! The White Fang soldiers however ready their guns and equip their swords in response while roman speaks.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." As the White Fang closes in on her, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world.
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?
The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs.
"Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?Blake looked at roman in confusion and glared at him.
"What are you talking about? Roman grinned as he spoke with evil glee anwsering her.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together! Blake snarled at this and pressed her blade tighter to romans neck.
"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation.
Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup. Roman smirked as he was looking up with victory.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation...Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake watches in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion. Penny and Ruby turn around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away.
"Oh, no... meanwhile, Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolls and runs out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she retreats behind more containers. Roman then begins approaching slowly taunting her.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...his taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant. Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.
"Leave her alone!The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun. Roman smirks at this and waves sun off.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid? With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them. Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action.
"He's mine! Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, lands a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane causes her to go down. Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her and disconnects his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once to show the audience what they are before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Blake to get a slash in and knock him back. On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leaps behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane.
"Your monkey business is over. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to the ground as a familiar face rises out of the darkness on the ground.
" i dont think so torchwick. Roman paled as he recognized the power and aura of the man in front of him and stepped back.
" r-reaper. Grim smirked at Romans face and titled his head.
"come now Roman why so serious. Grim then smirked as he flicked his wrists and his scythe came out of the ground and landed in grims hands with a loud swish of air roman however glared at this and snarled as he quickly swung his cane at grims head.
" you insolent little up start. Grim however just smirked as he channled his aura into his index finger and held the cane ten Inches away from his face and he laughed as he closed his eyes.
" you know torchwick anger is a funny thing, sometimes it makes you sloppy. Grim then paused for a moment before opening his eyes to show that they were slit and shining with anger.
"and some times it makes you murderous. Grim then pushed his hand knocking romans cane away and leaving him open as grim rammed the flat end of his scythe blade into romans stomach sending him flying away into a container. Grim then calmly walked towards where roman went with murder in his eyes, his scythe being dragged against the concrete and starting sparks of anticipation in grim as he listened to the sound of the screech and the crackle of sparks.
" you know normally I'm not this brutal but with how you work I'll make an exception. As grim neared the container that roman was in, roman suddenly sprinted out of it and launches a quick couple of blows at grims face with his cane while, grim responded in kind as he split his scythe into sickles and began to just as quickly parry romans attacks. Seeing that once again he and grim were evenly matched, roman tried to trip grim, While at the same time, swinging at grims chest however, grim knew what was coming and as he dodged the kick, he ducked and dodged the swipe at his stomach allowing him to land a devastating uppercut to romans chin knocking his hat off and sending him five feet in the air. As roman got up he rubbed his chin and grumbled as he put his hat back on.
" Damn man You don't get rusty do you. Grim smirked at this as his eyes sparkled and he growled as he pushed a button on his sickles turning them into two pistols with blades on the end.
" well don't let this go to your head but your an excellent opponent I have to be at my peak to beat you. Despite this, roman grinned anyways and mock bowed.
"why thanks reaper I try my best. Grim snarled at this as he brought his guns up to aim at roman and began quickley firing at him causing roman to cuss and dodge the shots.
"Dance you little monkey dance. As grim Ran out of ammo in one gun, he grinned as he gripped the cylinder magizine in his hand and threw it at roman before shooting it causing an explosion that sent roman flying. As the smoke cleared around roman, grim was seen standing over him with one of his pistols on romans forehead, the blade digging into his head a bit causing a small gash. Before grim could kill roman however, a new voice entered the docks.
"Hey I found them. Ruby then appears on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action. Roman smiles sheepishly past grim and waves.
"Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?. Romans words made grim growl but,he didnt kill roman yet as he saw Penny suddenly appear behind ruby approaching her with curiosity on her face.
"Ruby, are these people your friends? Ruby quickly then is looking behind herself to get penny to saftey.
"Penny, get back! while her and grims attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, but, grim sees this and intercepts the shot taking it to the chest, In mid air and sending him flying back from the explosion's force and sending his guns flying away. Roman then gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attempted attack on the young girl and the actions of grim. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first death glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get grim back up.
"Penny, wait! Stop! Ruby raises her hand in a futile attempt to stop her but grim holds out a weak hand to stop her with a light chuckle.
" She can handle this. Penny nods at grims words and her eyes glowed with power.
"Don't worry, Ruby grims right. I'm combat ready! Her backpack then mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet. Three Bullheads then come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny merely forms a shield and launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. With a punching action, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby and the others watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind her. Penny then aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them. Ruby was watching in awe at this and then looked down at grims injured chest as she spoke.
"Whoa... How is she doing that? Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport but as he does, grim appears with fire in his eyes and Grabs roman in a shadow bubble where they could talk privately.
" look reaper if this is about your dad it was nothing personal I need the money and if I ever betrayed my boss shed have me,my apprentice, and my friends killed please have mercy. Grims glare faded at this and he soon replaced it with a gentle but a bit forced smile.
" my father told me not to be consumed by anger and I'm going to listen to him now, work for me roman and ill have you pardoned and get you free of your boss the downside is you have to work for her a while longer and not report anything to me we cant have your boss changing plans if you work for me. Roman thought about this for a moment before genuinely smiling and shaking grims hand.
" you've got a deal Mr reaper. Grim then smiled back before making a giant shadow fist and punching roman into the last bullhead making roman groan in pain.
" now were even torchwick dont double cross me or ill give you hell before you die. Back with Penny, after her large green pupils dilate for a second,she pulls with all her might on the strings, and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a now watching from the safety of his escape rubs his chest in pain.
"These kids just keep getting weirder and now im gonna have to get used to them... with his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, grim,and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear on the however begins speaking quickly to explain the situation to protect blake.
"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute and grim went after sun so ... Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake while, blake is calmly looking her down.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the- Weiss however interrupts her.
"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you ? Weiss the pauses for drama and to let blake think.
"Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided...yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried while grim crosses his arms over his burnt chest and grins.
"I don't care. Blake looks surprised at this and tilts her head.
"You don't care? Weiss nods at blakes look and smiles gently.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right? Blake nods again and begins to stammer.
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-. Weiss however interrupts again silencing her.
"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not Someone else. Blake smiles looking at Ruby,grim, and Yang grinning at her, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding.
"Of course. Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams waving her arms wildly.
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together! as the six gather with each other, weiss points accusingly at Sun
" however, I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you even if grim has met you! Sun laughs nervously as grim interupts.
"if he gets out of line I can handle him. Weiss nods at this satisfied as grim secretly fists bumps sun and the two chuckle under their breath. ruby then begins looking around noticing penny was missing.
"Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny? From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches the group of friends reuniting with each other and saw grim secretly wink at her and she shyly waved bye,
Before shutting the bdoor as the Driver then began to talk to her.
"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city. Penny sighs at this, lowering her head, sadly.
"I know sir. The Driver sighs as the car drives off from the scene and he reassures her.
"Penny, your time will come...
Meanwhile, Ozpin is seen holding a scroll showing a "LIVE FEED" of Ruby at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with Qrow, whose team name and other information is left blank and his only message is: "QUEEN HAS PAWNS.
"Hmmm...
meanwhile Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"How very disappointing, Roman. Roman pales at this turning around suddenly when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance.
"Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..of the three figures before Roman, only her head, containing yellow eyes and flowing dark hair, is seen.
"We were expecting... more from you. Roman begins laughing a little before getting serious
"Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang not to mention the reaper showed up and kicked my ass.
Cinder began chuckling darkly at this and grinned.
"And you will continue to do so no matter who opposes you. Cinder then summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a purple-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold.
"We have big plans for you and the reaper, we will beat him in time Roman. All we need is... some cooperation.
Roman nodded and chewd the inside of his cheek before speaking.
" What do you want the reaper for anyway. Cinder smirked at this as a look of wanting filled her face and she paced around the room.
" he has impressed me enough to earn my feelings not to mention our benefactor needs him for us to properly rule the world as it should be. Roman grimaced at this on the inside and nodded.
" alright then if thats all im going to bed. Cinder nodded and walked out of romans room and. Past her apprentices, into her own room, grabbing the mirror again.
" grims getting in the way therist what do you sugest we do. It took a second but therists face filled the mirror.
" keep the plan going if what roman said was true then grims playing right into my hand by Being so angry by the time we activate operation grimm roots, grim will be ours one way or another now get some rest my apprentice. Cinder bowed and wished therist good night before she to went to sleep. As the villans went to sleep so to did the heros however not without making sure grim was okay and had plenty of healing gel rubbed onto his chest by the girls.
" Was putting that much burn cream on me really necessary. The girls all nodded at this and chuckled as he made his way to his room.
" goodnight girls. The girls all said goodnight back exceot for, ruby who sprinted forward and hugged grim and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
" thanks for taking that hit for me grim sweet dreams. Ruby then sprinted into her teams room and shut the door as grim sat stunned for a second before smiling and going into his room to find ranma eating a mouse.
" thats a good boy ranma come here boy its bed time. Ranma chirped at this in excitment and he quickly flew up onto grims head but whined a bit as he smelled fire.
"dont worry boy the girls made sure my burn would heal im fine. Ranma chirped at this again and licked grims face before settling down into sleep.
" goodnight little one. Grim then to joined the dream world wondering what was coming next. As a shadowy man looked on the horizion in the backround.
" sleep good while you can my grand sire because when im free im going to paint this world into something beautiful starting with the crys for help and mercy, you hunters and huntresses want to save the world but you dont change, you become reliant on your powers instead of your unity, your all just puppets tangled in these strings, very soon, ill be free and then youll see because soon, there wont be strings on me muhahahahahaha. Therists apparition then blew into the wind leaving everyone blissfully unware that he was ever there as night covered the land.