On the top floor of a building that was ravaged by Grimm during the attack on Vale several months ago, a heavy combat boot stepped on top of a window that had been blown out. The glass beneath it shattered, crunching underneath the weight. The green grip on the bottom of the boot slowly raised up, shards of glass following before they too fell back down to the darlk floor. The other pair of the black boot came crashing down, breaking more pieces of glass as the green laces swayed back and forth.

Echoing through out the dimly lit room, a song quietly played. This will be the day we've waited for, this will be the day we open up the door, I don't wanna hear your absolution; hope you're ready for a revolution, welcome to a world of new solutions, welcome to a world of bloody evolution, in time, your heart will open minds, a story will be told-

"Kris," Kagami paused in her walk, reaching up to pinch the bridge of her nose. Her hands covered in fingerless tactical gloves, the knuckles glimmering in light from the metal covering them. Her forearms tightly wrapped in a pale green fabric. "Turn it off."

"Whaaat?" The little red headed girl chuckled softly, sitting on a rooftop across from the building Kagami was in. With her red fedora hiding her eyes, her body was hidden underneath the large red trench coat. The golden buttons and golden buckle shining in the sun light. In her ear was a small earpiece with the Atlas logo on it. From it, she could hear Kagami sigh again before footsteps picked up.

"Whatever." The jade haired girl sighed, shaking her head as she opened a door and stepped inside. "Listen, I know Atlas has some pretty amazing technology, and we're lucky your sister was able to sneek us these short range communicators... and I get that litte gadget of yours picked up some type of aura in this building, but I'm telling you," She opened another door, steeping inside cautiously. "There is absolutely no one in this building."

"Just keep looking, I know there is someone in there." Kris gave a sigh, looking up to see the ever setting sun and broken moon. "We just need to find them before someome else does."

"Yeah, yeah, I hear you." Kagami gave a nod, rounding a corner. Her black tactical pants rubbing against each other and creating the only noise in the entire place. "This is ridiculous..." She muttered to herself, pulling her black and green shirt over her waistband and hiding her belt. A gentle breeze came through, the diagonal cut between the green and black fabric on her shirt moving ever so slightly to appear wave like.

"Kris, listen. It's getting late." The leader spoke up in a hushed tone. "We need to get back ourselves before night falls. I have searched every floor. There is no one-" She stopped herself, rounding the last corner of the building. "Bloody hell..." She muttered at the sight of the blood stained floor. The sunlight shining through the window and causing a shadow that hid a deformed figure.

"What is it?" Kris almost seemed reluctant to ask, her head slowly moving towards the building.

"Seems we were too slow again..." Kagami's shoulders dropped some. A moment of silence fell before the red head spoke up.

She bit her lip softly. "How many?"

"Just one..." The jade haired girl responded before freezing. "Wait..." She sniffed the air, the smell of fresh blood burning her nose. "If you did pick up this person's aura... and it disappeared just a bit ago..." Her eyes slwoly widened as the deep growl coming from behind her. Slowly, she turned around, reaching for the hilt of her sword. Her arm slowly fell back down though at the sight of glowing red eyes towering above her from the shadows.

"We have a very big problem! There's a-!" A heavy grunt was heard before static overcame the communicator and then dead silence.

Kris shot to her feet, standing on the ledge of the building with wide eyes. "Kagami! What happened?! What's going on?!"

The top window on the building across from the red head suddenly shattered, out of it coming a large and beastly Grimm that was bear hugging Kagami tight. "BERINGAEL!" The jade haired girl cried out, using her free left hand to punch the creature over and over in the face. "Now! You! Let! Go! Of! Me!"

"Oh for the love of Harambe..." Kris muttered, reaching under her trench coat and pulling out her candy cane weapons. She moved her right arm back before flinging it forward, sending out the curved edge to the building in front of her. Once attached, she jumped off, swinging through the empty streets. "Hang on!" She called out. "And guys, I need backup!"

Kagami grunted, the Grimm tightening its hold on her. "Come on!" Her metal covered fist rammed into its jaw bone. "Let go!" Her eyes then went wide, her arm dropping down as the Beringel opened its mouth and let out a war cry. With wide eyes, her long green hair flew up and around her face as the two continued to fall. "Crap..."

Several seconds away, Kris gritted her teeth and pressed the communicator harder into her ear. "I said backup!" She then blinked, seeing the sunlight reflect light from the top of a building for a split second. "Oh."

Kagami looked over, seeing the glimmer of light. She then smiled, looking back up at the open mouth before her. "I'm not sorry about this." She smirked, seeing a dart glide straight into its mouth and down its throat. The Beringel shook its head, jerking away for a moment. It then bloated for a moment, smoke escaping its mouth as it groaned.

"Bull's eye." Elise grinned, laying across the roof top of another building in the distance. She pulled her head back from her scope, stretching her neck out a bit before taking aim again. She still had Kagami's hoodie on, the warmth of it hard to give up. Her legs were outstretched in woodland camouflage pants that the military use to use. Covering her feet was a pair of brown boots, covered in dirt and mud.

Grinning, Kris jumped on its back and lodged her weapons on the stunned Grimm's arms. "Come on, you dumb thing! Let go!" The wind of falling blew back her trench coat, revealing her green shirt and green sweatpants. Hee black boots dug into the Beringel's back, red laces on the left and green laces on the right.

A moment later, the beast let go. Kagami put her hands on its shoulders and pushed herself up onto its back. "Come on!" She grabbed a hold of Kris, the ground below approaching way to fast now. The two girls jumped up just as the Grim, turned onto its back. It then struck the ground, a wall of dust and debris rising up around it.

Kris and Kagami had bpth grabbed onto the edge of the building, slowly down their speed before jumping down onto the ground below. "Nice job." Kagami panted softly, holding out her hand to which Kris high-fived.

Growling deeply, the large gorilla Grimm started to stand up from where it had crashed down, the dust slowly clearing as the shape of its body became visible.

Kagami took a deep breath, reaching back and drawing her blade. "Alright, come and get some." She muttered and took one step forward. She then junped and flinched backwards, eyes wide as a red and fiery blast struck the beast. As it burst into flames with a deadly cry of rage, she quickly looked around with wide eyes. "What just happened here!?"

"Sorry," Cheyenne said over Kris' communicator. "I think I got a little trigger happy for a moment." She laughed very softly. She too was on a rooftop. She was on one knee, her rifle aiming down at the Beringel below. In the past few months, she had made several changes to the weapon. Now, on the side of the gun, there was a shift. Above it was several different colors in the form of a rainbow. Right now, it was on red.

"Won't happen again!" She smiled innocently, changing the shift to light blue. "But stand back now." She brushed her hair back, taking a deep breath. She had on a sleeveless light brown trench coat that went down to her knees, the collar fluffed up and made of whool. Underneath was a white button up shirt and brown jeans. From her hands to her shoulders, there was light brown fabric wrapped around them. She shifted, her dark brown boots groaning back.

Kris blinked a few times, sighing as she looked up at Kagami. "Chey happened."

The jade haired girl blinked a few times before nodding. "Yeah. I can see that." She stepped back again, a blue blast striking the Grim, before them. It roared, turning to face the two girls. It started to step towards them, skin still ablaze. Finally, it started to step slower and slower, the flames dispersing as its body was in cased in ice.

With it frozen, Kagami darted forward, slicing away its thick legs. The legs shattered like glass as the body and arms flew up. Kris spun her weapons around, the blades popping out at the end. She jumped up, spinning around as she cut of the beast's arms. The torso struck the ground, the ice shattering as the Beringel let out a bloody roar of anger. It started to twist and turn, thrashing around before a dart struck its neck. Its torso went limp, yet it still growled in rage and looked around. A red blast suddenly struck it again, sending pieces of the monster all over the area.

"And there we go." Kagami took a deep breath, walking through the decaying Grimm parts. She reached down, picking up the remains of a cracked and broken Beringel Grimm mask. "One less monster humanity has to face." She took a deep breath, clutching it tight as she looked back at Kris.

The red head flashed a smile, reaching out and catching the mask. "I'll put it with the others." She gave a nod, looking over as the sun disappeared behind the horizon.

"Okay guys, it's late." Cheyenne stood up, stretching out her arms. "I think we shiuld be getting back. It's going to take more than one day to reclaim all of Vale no matter how hard we try."

In Julia Caesar's base, the four girls were downing plste after plate of food. Even Kris found herself devouring more salad than she humanly thought possible.

"Well for the love of Oum," Jess walked up in front of them, her arms crossed. She still wore her same old uniform. "If you guys keep eating like this, Julia will run out lf food for her troops."

Elise let out a large burp, holding out a hand and pointing up at the older red head. "Hey, tracking down Grimm amd survivors is hard work."

"I do it every day." Her eyes narrowed.

The brunet blinked a few times before she lowered her arm. After a second, she quickly went back to devouring her plate of meat.

Kagami chuckled softly as Jess shook her head and rolled her eyes. "I still can't believe Julis let you stay here..." She sighed, shaking her head some more as she turned on her heels and walked off.

"We don't eat that much, do we?" Cheyenne asked, looking at the other three girls.

"Naw," Kris slurped down a peice of veggie bacon. "Jess is just grumpy because Julia is all healed and training started up again. She has to wake up super early, train, then go to work, come back and eat, then train some more so she can sleep."

"I don't think my training is THAT brutal." A female voice spoke behind them.

Kagami glanced back, swallowing a mouth full of noodles. "Captain Caesar."

"In the flesh." The orange haired woman smiled, giving a faint bow before sitting between the team of girls. "Heard you four didn't have a very successful day."

"Nope." Elise sighed, downing an entire sausage.

"Well, you four are still learning." Julia reached over, grabbing a peice of bread from Kris' plate. "You went through what? Just a year at Beacon and only one of you went a combat school. And that was only for two years." She leaned back a little, stretching out hed arms. "If y'all ever want to continue learning, you can always wake up and join my men." She gave a small shrug before standing up. "Plus, I can't exactly let you stay here for free."

"Now who saved your life?" Kagami looked back at her woth a smile.

"Who saved your life three times?" She flashed a grin back.

The jade haired girl nodded slowly, looking back at her food. "Yeah, okay. Fair enough."

Julia chuckled softly, reaching over and ruffling Kris' hair. "You know, your soster really POed me earlier. Please tell me you aren't like her."

"Nope." The young red head took a large bite of salad and looked up. "I'm way worse."

"Wonderful." The captain rolled her eyes, taking a bite of bread before walking off.

Cheyenne yawned softly, drinking a glass of water before setting it down. "Before we decide to go or do something else that is crazy, can we go take a naaap... I'm tiiired!"

Kris chuckled softly, finishing her meal. "It's mot even eight yet! Why do you need to sleep?"

"Because I'm tired and want a nap..." The Faunus muttered, laying her head down on the table. "I want to take a naaaaaaaaaap..."

Elise chuckled, her plate of meat completely gone. "You know, sleep is for the weak."

"More like she sleeps for the week." Kagami muttered.

"Hey!" Cheyenne groaned, shoving her leader a bit. "I don't sleep that much!"

"You kinda do though." Kris looked over with a smile.

The Faunus groaned, glaring at her teammates before sighing as she stood up. "Whatever." She sighed and crossed her arms. "Are you three finished?"

"Yep." Kris gave a nod, Elise standing up with a nod of her own.

Kagami quickly slurped down the rest of her noodles before standing. "Sure am."

Back in their room, which was actually meant for only one person, Elise stretched out her shoulders before sliding off Kagami's hoodie. Underneath, she had on a green and brown flannel shirt which had leather padding on the shoulders. From her roght shoulder down and to the left of her waist was a belt with pouches, each filled with different kinds of darts. The same for a belt which was strapped around her waist. On her back was a pair of brown suspenders that made and x.

"Can I have that back yet?" Kagami asked, pointing at her hoodie.

"Nope." The farm girl said without hesitation, tossing it onto her bed. Since the ceiling was low, they could only stack two beds on top of each other. They then went and pushed two other beds stacked against those two. It was the only way they could make enough room for them.

"You're never getting it back." Cheyenne muttered, flopping down onto her bed with a sigh of relief. "Pretty sure she claimed it for herself."

"I agree." Kris kicked off her boots, letting her trench coat fall to the floor as she toosed her hat aside. She flopped down on the bed next fo Cheyenne.

"So," Elise sat down, twirling in a spinning chair. "Since those two are about to crash, how about a nice little bed time poem, Kagami?"

The jade haired girl glanced at her, sighing some before walking over to a dresser. She puleld out a draw, reaching in a taking out her leather book. Next to it, inside the dresser, Aero's book sat. "Alright, alright. New or old?"

"New!" All three girls said in unison.

She rolled her eyes, leaning up against a wall as she flipped through the old pieces of paper. "Alright. Alright. Here..." She stopped at a page and nodded. She then began to read.

I am not gold, nor am I silver

No hint of bronze, no innocent chilver

At the end of the final battle

When the ground begins to rattle

Citizens may be treated like cattle

For I am not a god, I can't do the impossible

I am not a hero, I can't do the incredible

I can't raise mountains or spilt rivers

I can't stop them or cease a child's fever

I am me

And that's all I'll ever be

With my mistakes and all

I'll still stand tall

I don't care if I'm not a god

Or a hero with my own ballade

I know I can't raise the dead

Their memories etched into my head

But I know I can still fight

Until the end of the darkened night

When she was done, Elise shot to her feet and started clapping. "Woo! Yay!" She then shrunk down, seeing Kagami's disapproving glare.

"You know..." Cheyenne sighed, sinking into her pillow. "I think we all needed that after today."

"You know," Kris sat up, letting her feet hang off the foot of the bed. "You're really good at that. Each poem I hear from you... they are always so amazing. I don't understand how you do it."

The jade haired girl gave a small shrug, closing her book and putting it away. "It's nothing really."

"It's something, really." Elise responded, stretching out her arms. "So do you want to go and practice or do you just want to sleep?"

"I think a little practice won't hurt." Kagami gave a nod.

"Well while you two do that..." Kris trailed off as Cheyenne started to snore. She shook her head and stood up. "While you two go do that, I'm going to go take a shower."

As the red head stepped into the bathroom, Elise and Kagami both left the room, leaving Cheyenne to sleep as much as she needed.

Sitting under the stars in the sky, Kagami took a deep breath with her hands in her lap. Her eyes shut as she slowed her breathing down.

"Alright," Elise sat in front of her, staring up at the moon. Try to think of a moment in your life when you wanted to do something but couldn't. Use that to drive you right now." She looked back at her leader. "Use that feeling to project your aura into your semblance."

Kagami took a deep breath, slowly nodding. She was going to learn how to use her semblance. She couldn't rely on the power her ancestors gave her forever. So her mind slowly drifted, bringing her back to the time she shoved Valentine off the cliff. She might not have been able to recall what happened, but her mind still remembered.

There she was, falling and falling. "Why you dumb butch!" Valentine cried, gripping Kagami's right shoulder tight. The pink haired woman's fist came crashing down, striking her in the head over and over. "Now we are both going to die!" Taking each blow as well as she could, Kagami reached up and caught the fist striking her. When she did though, the hand holdimg her shoulder moved to her neck and gripped tight.

Currently, Elise riased an eyebrow, seeing Kagami's start to sweat. Only a small droplet dripped down the side of her cheek though. "Huh?" She let out, seeing the muscles on her friend flex.

In Kagami's mind, Valentine gave off a cry of rage, squeezing Kagami's neck extremely tight. The jade haired girl held onto the woman's arm tighter, the two twirling around in midair as the fell. With jaw clenched and teeth showing, Kagami groaned at the incoming water. This was bad on all levels. She tried to breath, only to jerk and shut her eyes tight. She opened one eye, staring up at the woman. Out of nowhere, her left arm began to glow with strange green marking on it.

Meanwhile, Elise leaned forward, watching as a thick green aura surrounded Kagami. "Alright... keep going... come on..."

Back in Kagami's mind, she stared at her glowing arm for a moment before looking up. She gritted her teeth, moving her left hand to grip Valentine's face. When she did, the woman gave off a scream, the sadistic and cold gold eyes fading into blue before they two of them struck the water hard. Then blackness came.

Elise jumped to her feer and moved back as the cloth around Kagami's left and and her left sleeve blew off, the fabric falling to the ground in a bright light. Kagami's eyes shot open as she leaned forward, panting heavily. "How... was that...?"

Elise smiled from ear to ear, reaching down and helping her friend up. "That... was really cool."

Back in their room, as Kris crawld back into bed, Elise and Kagami came back inside. "Well hell... what did you two do?"

Kagami glanced down at her bare left arm, shrugging some. "Really havd no idea." She mumbled as she crawled into her bed above Kris.

"She's unlocking and learning her semblance quick, that is what is happening." Elise muttered, jumping into her bed above Cheyenne. She couldn't help but groan as she hit her head on the ceiling.

Kris chuckled, curling up in her bed. "Suuure..." She trailed off with a yawn.

"So..." Kagami pulled her blanket over her. "About Captain Caesar's offer..."

"I think it would be cool. I mean, we do need to learn a lot mlre before we go off on our own."

"That's true..." Kris gave a slow nod. "Plus, I'd love to beat my sister at something."

"So we're going to let her teach us then?" Kagami raised an eyebrow.

Elise gave a nod, getting comfortable. "Don't see why not."

"Then it's settled." The leader of team MACE shut her eyes and yawned. "Tomorrow... well do it."

Silence overcame the team for at least a minute. It almost seemed as if they were all about to fall asleep before Elise shifted and groaned. "Guuuys... we forget to turn off the lights! Someone get up and do it!"