Ren did not like being the leader.
Jaune can do this job better than he can.
But came the fall of Atlas, He and other Hunters had to take care of several people that damn desert of Vacuo.
Nothing got better when they arrived in Vacuo, Ren chose to protect those people who had already lost their homes and and important people.
Ren asked Oscar to lead the team, but it was Ozpin who truly led them.
RONE Team was focused on taking care of the people of Atlas.
A year had passed, and the people of Vacuo managed to recover some of the technology from Atlas that proved to be of great help in leading against the Grimm.
Many people fixed in a single realm was complicated, but Beacon was managing to see the light of a new day full of hope. Of course, they were a lot longer than they were before, but it's a start.
But there was one day when Ren was happy, before he exploded in pure rage.
The return of the RWBY team.
When Team RWBY returned, Ren assumed that Jaune would be with them.
They had no idea where Jaune was supposed to be, Yang and Blake thought Jaune was already dead.
Esmeralda and Oscar were saddened by the news, but for Nora and Ren, the news had a different impact.
" I knew... I knew, I knew, I knew! I knew!!! I KNEW!!! We never should have listened to their damn plan! "
Ren's Semblance wasn't working.
" This is all because of you! Ruby Rose people lost their homes because of you! People died because of you! We leader! We friend! He died because of you! When we need you the most and that damn power to deal with the Grimms you never use! You know what we're going through here!People are suffering day after day, children cry because they lost their parents and have nowhere else to go "
Every word that came out of Ren's mouth was a knife in Ruby's heart.
Ren turned to leave.
But Yang didn't like that, so using her shotgun gauntlets, she launched herself towards Ren. But what she didn't expect was for Ren to do a backflip, escaping Yang's punch.
Pulling his weapons, Ren did something that would leave a mark on Yang's life.
Yang felt her head lighten a little, too light for her taste, as she realized what had happened. Ren had cut her precious and beautiful hair.
When Yang turned around to attack Ren, she didn't expect a hammer in her face. The blow delivered by the hammer broke her aura causing her to fall unconscious.
Ruby was shocked when he saw his sister falling unconscious by her friend Nora.
" Nora... "
" I'm sorry Ruby, but things have changed "
The RONE team was distributing food to the people of Atlas, When Ren's scroll started to play.
Ren didn't recognize the number but he answered it, Nora wasn't too far away so she appeared next to her boyfriend.
Ren clicked on the green icon, accepting the call.
" Hello Ren, Nora "
Nora and Ren's eyes widened, it was Jaune, their leader, their friend, but he was different. He now had a beard, and it was well-groomed. The front part of his hair was messy, but the back was neat, and you could see he had a ponytail.
Jaune had a smile on his face when he saw his old friends again.
" Jaune what happened to you!? You are old!? "
Nora couldn't believe their leader was old now.
" Jaune where are you "
Ren didn't want to stall, he wanted to know where Jaune was.
" I am currently in my city, where I was born, I'm a long way from Vacuo it would take a few days for me to arrive * laughter * Well I mean with the means, I have to go to Vacuo it would take a few days, but tell me what happened while I was gone? "
Ren and Nora told everything that happened since they left in the Vacuo desert and when they in the city of Vacuo and events that occurred after this.
Jaune wasn't happy about it either.
" You have a day to get here "
Nora asked hoping to see their leader in person.
" * Sigh * Unfortunately Nora thought I won't be going to Vacuo anytime soon "
Nora's eyes lost their sparkle.
" WHY!? "
" I... I passed by moments complicated in my life, to say the least it happened to me and it affected my psychology a lot, I was becoming an Ironwood * Sigh * Time was my worst enemy, I need to rest, need to spend time with my family before going to Vacuo, don't think I'm going there anytime soon "
Ren and Nora could hear the sadness in the voice of your friend and leader, He must have been through a lot to affect him so much.
" Ok, But keep in touch with us "
Nora said.
" I will, see you guys "
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