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Here we go again.

The Blind Huntsman

Chapter 49- Volume 1, Episode 16

Rolling the Dice

It was quiet at Team KRBR's lunch table for once. The only two that actually went on to keep a conversation going were currently feeling the effects of their other two teammates moods. Blake and Kai were always relatively quiet people, although Kai used to talk to everyone he could two years ago, but now there was something different about his silence. In fact, it showed in the actions he took as he did, which was worrying. It was nothing.

Nothing might have been alright, but considering what happened to his mother and siblings just the day before was enough to have Orchid and Ruby too busy worrying about him to keep a conversation going. Blake herself kept looking toward her partner, not afraid of being caught and ignored the implicated teases that Yang tried to bestow onto her. Kai didn't even seem to notice, he was too much in his own little world as he repeatedly stabbed his fork into his scrambled eggs and bacon.

It also didn't help that Team JNPR didn't sit by them today. After what happened in the combat class that now has a spreading rumour that Kai knows something about Jaune, the blonde haired leader decided to take a little time away from their table. Leaving a whole third of the huge long table that they all used to sit at empty. Thankfully, Team RWBY stayed with them, if only because of the sibling relationship between Yang and Ruby. Even then, only half the table talked, and the other was in relatively complete silence.

Kai regarded all of this with cold calculation. All that was on his mind at that moment was what he was going to do when he went out as Stone Face again that night. He had to. He even talked to Vernal earlier and told her that he was not going to be training with her or Raven that night. Usually she would have called him a little bitch and force him to train with her anyway, but once Raven gave it the okay, already knowing what he was going to use this break for, she backed off. Cinder sent an assassin to kill his family, that was unforgivable, and it was now another reason for Kai to go out and make her life and whatever her plans may be a little harder. It didn't matter if he had to kill every single member of the White Fang tonight, he was going to make sure none of them got away this time. His hand clenched into a fist on top of his lap as a result of him thinking about it. He visited his mother earlier that morning, she was awake but she wasn't completely recovered yet. He still remembered the words she said to him.

"I'll be okay son, Qrow's been training me, I'll be fine." She told him with a tired and pained smile. "Just take it easy, please, you have enough things to worry about than to be too busy worrying about me."

His teeth gritted at the mere thought. Of course he had to worry about her, she was nearly dead by the time Qrow got her to Beacon. His sister, Malienna was being taken care of by Qrow in the vacant dorm room on the third floor of his dorm building. From what Ozpin told him, it was cleared out and had just two beds in it now. He could visit them whenever he wanted now, and vice versa. His little sister was ecstatic to hear the news, and even bragged that she helped protect Mom. Kai simply dropped to his knees and scooped her up in a hug once he was able to meet up with her again. He still felt that connection that he has always had with her ever since she was born, but during the panic he feared the worst immediately. Just because she was safe and sound now and was being protected by Qrow personally didn't mean that Cinder wouldn't try again anyway. There were high stakes now, and going out as Stone Face tonight could prove to be something he potentially regrets, but there was also high rewards to it. He simply had to push back against her, and keep his Stone Face persona hidden to make her hint that she had two enemies to worry about instead of just him.

Ozpin tried to convince him to train with him personally again, but Kail bit back and said that he already had a teacher. The fact that Ozpin didn't at all react to that outwardly and minimally inwardly told him that he had his own suspicions as to what he does at night. But he couldn't bring himself to care about what he thought at this time, Ozpin was both an ally and an enemy. Malikai told him not to trust him, Raven did as well, and that was what he has been doing.

"Woah, look at what the cat dragged in!" A familiar voice called out to him, cutting him off of his train of thought. The person who walked up behind me planted both of her hands on his shoulders.

"Excuse me?" Blake asked, raising an eyebrow. "That is my partner you have my hands on."

"Ooo~, and you got a girlfriend too?" Kai perked up as he recognized the girl behind him as Coco, his shoulders relaxed slightly, and he made a small smile creep up from the corner of his lips. "She's feisty too, she's a keeper."

"It's not like that," Kai said easily as he turned in his seat to face his body toward her. "Blake, this is Coco, she used to be a volunteer student at Signal back when I was still training there. Her and her team helped Orchid and I train for a while before we went to Mistral."

"I see." He sensed Blake relax. She said nothing more than that.

"Hi Coco!" Orchid screamed from right across the table. In fact, she hopped over the table to wrap her arms around the older girls shoulders. Kai slid in his seat to his left to dodge his friends potential body slam, and just managed to hear the "Oof" That Coco let out as she caught Orchid and spun around with the momentum pushed into her.

"Hey Orchid, see you haven't changed one bit. Unlike Mister Broody over here." The leader of Team CFVY said as she nudged him in the back of his right shoulder. "Also, stop hugging me. I have a bone to pick with you two!" She hissed.

"Eep!" Scaredy cat Orchid shrieked as she jumped back over the table and hid behind Ruby. "It's not my fault!"

"Oh yeah? Well, someone has to tell me why I had to skip a detention so I could finally see you two little shits again." Coco reprimanded as she slapped a hand against his back again, this time slightly harder.

"School." Kai simply said with a shrug. When that wasn't enough, he heard Coco sigh and drape an arm over her face.

"I leave you two alone for two years, and look what happens. One gets older and the other stays the same. Woe is me."

"That is hardly mature of you my leader." A calm gentle voice spoke up, a large heavy body backing it up as his stomping footsteps came up beside Coco. "Little Kai is a busy boy, training and studying for one such as he is something that must be a priority. Especially since he is without the use of the sense of sight. If anything, you should have expected this kind of growth." A large calloused hand rubbed the top of Kai's head. The outcross wiggled out of his grasp and slid closer to Blake, as if she was going to protect him. "Although, it seems that he has not changed too much."

"Oh please Yatsu, stop with the gentle and kind words. Get angry! Rawr!" Coco laughed and held her stomach as she nearly bent double over. Ruby and Orchid, back in her regular personality state, giggled at their expense. "Bah, I can't stay mad at you two forever, c'mere Kai."

Kai sighed as Coco hugged him from behind. He felt her breasts rest on top of his head as his head was pulled into her midriff, while other boys his age would have called him lucky and would have loved to be in his position, he simply found it slightly comfortable but opted to not be in such a position. Pulling himself back but raising a hand to reciprocate the gesture the best he could from his position sitting down at the table.

"Oh hey, it's you guys again!" Yang exclaimed with a mouthful of bacon. The rest of her team went down the line of greetings and gestures but mostly minded their own business and kept to their food. Mostly because Yang and Ren wanted to pay more attention to yet another argument Brick and Weiss were having, this one being about the importance of the colors of pencils and why Brick thought that was stupid.

"Sup. Anyway, it's good seeing you two again, and you two Red. Don't think I forgot you sitting on the sidelines cheering for Kai and Orchid to beat me up."

"Hehe… hey." Ruby flushed and waved at her awkwardly.

"And this is your partner eh?" Coco went out, moving over to Blake. She wolf whistled and Kai rolled his eyes preemptively. "A real catch on this one, I gotta say, I'm proud of you."

"Thanks, I guess." Kai said as he raised his carton of orange juice to his lips.

"Thanks I guess," Coco mocked. "Geez, you got harder to tease. No rhyme intended."

Kai tapped a finger against his brow. Reminding everyone that he was still in fact blind. He hasn't felt Blakes face yet either, so he didn't even know what she looked like, only that she had black hair and yellow eyes. Then again he only found that out because Ruby saw it necessary that he at least know how to describe her. One day he would get around to asking Blake permission to feel out her face, but right now it wasn't as important to him. Blake for that matter hasn't cared to speak since before, she didn't seem them as her friends, which made sense. If one wanted to speak to Blake, they had to go up to her, and complete steps one through five in order to catch her interest and engage in a conversation with her.

"Where's Fox and Velvet?" Orchid asked.

"Fox is training, and Velvet said that she would catch up." Coco said. "Figures that you would ask about them, they were your favorites after all." She wiped an imaginary tear from her face as she leaned against their table. "No one likes me."

"Don't worry Coco, I like you." Yatsuhashi said, placing a comforting hand on Coco's shoulder.

Coco leaned into it. "Thanks big guy, I can always rely on you."

"Wait…" Kai sensed something strange between the two. "Is there something-"

"Agh!" A feminine voice cried out in pain. Kai and just about every other head in the cafeteria turned toward the source of the cries. He couldn't see what was happening, but he projected his senses in that direction to 'see' what was happening in his own way, though all he could sense was one light weight surrounded by four other heavy ones. He could feel his eyes narrowing already, despite not seeing the scene before them, he could hear Cardin and his team laughing as they pushed around some poor girl.

"P-please stop that!" The girl whimpered, she had an accent, an accent that Kai heard from nobody else…

"Shit, him again!?" Coco asked, angry. "I thought I told that kid to leave Velvet alone."

"Ah!" Velvet shrieked as Cardin laughed and pulled her ear harder.

"Hey!" Coco yelled as she started running over there, Yatsuhashi following close behind.

They quickly found out that they didn't even need to.

"Yow!" Cardin exclaimed and held his stinging red hand, teeth marks all around his thumb and a trickle of blood falling from his wrist. His angry wide eyes looked around and locked onto Orchids, who wiped her mouth and glared at him with a certain hatred unseen ever before in her eyes. "You bitch, you bit me!?"

"Hell yeah I did!" The I-Don't-Give-A-Single-Fuck Orchid spat to the side, also known as Orchid, the Flamingo Goddess of the bad bitches. "And you really need to shower more, you taste like shit."

"What?" Cardin sneered, his face already red with embarrassment of being made to scream like that. "I'm not the one that just bit a person!"

"And I'm not the one pulling on the ears of a gentle real life bunny girl!" Orchid snapped back, shoving Cardin with both hands with surprising strength that sent the bulky boy back into his seat.

"That's right girl!" Coco cheered after making sure Velvet was okay. "Go get 'em!"

"Hmph!" Orchid whipped her magenta hair over one shoulder, not even giving Cardin the grace of sight into her eyes. "I don't need to waste my breath on you anymore, just leave bunny girl alone, and I won't volunteer to spar with you in Goodwitch's class. Capisce?"

"Whatever." Cardin scowled and stood back up, dusting off his school uniform. The rest of his team was quick to follow, leaving Orchid alone with a satisfied and triumphant smug smile on her face.

A round of applause was given to her straight after, something that made the girl preen and even bow toward the other students in the lunchroom per their applause. Kai even let himself clap a few times in support of his best friend, a small smile on his face as he sensed the entire thing go down. Velvet, Coco, and Yatsuhashi went on to thank Orchid for actions, and everyone started laughing when Orchid swapped personalities with the shy and socially awkward Orchid, and then it swapped to Samurai Orchid who started to speak in that strange language of hers.

"Were you going to move?" Blake asked as their one other teammate kept her attention on Orchid. "I noticed you thinking about it."

"Yeah…" Kai said. He probably should have expected his observant partner sense something like that from him, but didn't think too hard on it. "I might have, if Orchid didn't step it. Cardin is sorta a friend though… sorta." He dismissed Blakes question and went back to what remained of his food. There wasn't that much left, and there were classes for him to go to still that day. Blake dropped it and finished hers as well. When Orchid finished chatting to Coco, Yatsu, and Velvet she ran back up to her team and told them nearly everything they spoke about. Apparently, Velvet still has that picture that she took of him and her back from a few years ago, the one where she wanted to take a selfie with him. He missed the camera by a long shot, but it was somehow funny enough to Team CFVY that they just kept it anyway and even hung it on their wall.

The chatter faded away as they entered Mister Ports classroom. The boring lecture class that Kai always pretended to pay attention too. He would go to sleep, but there was something that was eating away at his mind.

He was going to go help Velvet and stop Cardin, right? He even thought up a little plan to embarrass Cardin and make him stop bullying not just Velvet, but all of the faunus in general. But he stopped himself for some reason, and it wasn't because Orchid did it for him. No, he stopped before he sensed her begin to move.

With a sigh he came to a realization. He wasn't going to help because someone was going to do it for him. It was pure laziness on his part, or was it something worse than that? He didn't know, but he wasn't going to lose sleep on it anytime soon.

Jaune rubbed his head and sighed as he left Professor- No, Doctor Ooblecks classroom after finishing detention with him. Who knew that just getting a question wrong and accidentally calling him a professor would have landed him in detention for two extra hours? Ugh, it was such a pain. Become a Huntsman he said, it would be gloriful he said, he wanted to be the hero he said. He was prepared to work for it, but he didn't think it would be this annoying.

"Out of the way, loser."

Jaune bumped into the wall where the bigger boy sent him in by bashing his shoulder into his. If it weren't for that wall, he would have went tumbling into the ground. He felt his aura work passively to protect him, but not fast enough. He wasn't an expert on how to use it yet, which was a massive pain for him. Literally most of the time.

"Hey!"

"Agh!" Jaune yelped as he fell to the ground this time as he got a face full of Nora. The ginger girl giggled and laughed as he helped himself up, rubbing his butt as he did so. "Nora? What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you dummy!" Nora exclaimed. "Isn't it obvious?"

Jaune looked past her to see a whole tent set up with a little sleeping bag in it. Her scroll still in the tent from what he could see. Had she set that up after class? Before class? How did nobody notice that!? "Wait… were you waiting for me the whole time I was in detention?" Jaune asked as the realization slowly dawned on him.

"Yuh huh!" Nora nodded her head happily.

"Nora… I've been in there for more than two hours."

"Mhm!" Nora nodded her head again, not any less happier. Jaune didn't know what to say. He knew his partner was pretty strange, and in a good amusing way most of the time. He liked her. But her loyalty was not something he expected. He felt himself feel oddly touched with her gesture, and the way she was smiling and bouncing up and down in excitement in front of him did little to hold back to hormonal teenage boy that was within him. Not that he would be able to act on that even if he wanted too, Nora was leagues stronger than him, not to mention out of his. "Renny kept me company, but he has his own team to lead, so I didn't want to keep him away from that for too long And Pyrrha and Rick had some studying and training to do for Oobleck and Goodiwtch and it went on and on…" Nora yawned tiredly. "I didn't want to leave you all on your lonesome, so I pitched a tent!" She spun and presented the literal tent that she did indeed pitch. Now that he really took a good look at it, the spikes keeping the tent on the ground were hammered into the floor. Besides that, Jaune felt a great sense of comradery with his partner more than he has ever before.

"Huh… Thanks." Jaune said, smiling awkwardly.

Nora smiled back.

Jaune took a step past her, and was about to start a conversation as if they were going to go back to their room. But Nora grabbed his wrist, and he was stopped in his tracks. "Y-yeah? You need something Nora?"

"Yes." Nora said, her eyes narrowing almost to a seductive level.

Jaune swallowed a lump in his throat. "What is that?"

"You."

Jaune somehow managed to both go pale and red at the same time, which ended up turning the color of his face into a pretty pink color. Before he knew it, Nora started sprinting in the opposite direction with him basically becoming one with her hand. He could barely make his protests as the excited ginger raced through the halls like a Grimm were chasing her. Or more likely in Nora's case. Vegetables. By the time they came to a stop, it was only so that Nora could open up a door, and while Jaune could still see stars, he was yanked out onto the roof of the building and dragged near the edge of it. He wasn't even conscious enough at the time to notice that Nora's hands were now in both of his, or more accurately, both of his were in hers. She was the one taking them after all.

"I had an idea!" Nora chirped.

"Uh bwuh?" Jaune slurred, slowly coming back into reality as the dizziness and stars began to fade away.

"Sooo, you know how the other day Kai accused you of not going to a school before Beacon? Well, in that case I had this idea that it's totally okay that you aren't actually trained and that I will be more than happy to get you back into shape and be the best partner ever to my second bestest friendly friend! So what do you say?"

Jaune heard what she suggested, and while he was still dizzy he wasn't dizzy enough as to not realize that Nora basically flat out said that she knew that he wasn't good enough to be a Huntsman, and despite her being willing to help him get to that level, that fact stung, and stung deep. He pulled his hands out of Nora's and turned around, facing the edge and away from her.

"You… you think I need help?" He asked, offended and if being honest with himself a little emotional.

"I…" Nora hesitated, which is rare coming from someone like her. "I want to make you a stronger person, and I know you want to be stronger. So why don't we get stronger together?"

"You think I'm weak?"

"I didn't say that!" Nora corrected with wide panicked eyes. "Just… look, I am not really good at this, but half our team gets along really well and I feel like I could be a much better partner. I just want to help you, is that so bad?"

"Just because I am struggling somewhat doesn't mean I need help. Aren't I training with you anyway? Every morning I have to deal with your insane training regime, is that not enough?" Now more than ever, Nora was able to see the tired eyes of her partner Jaune Arc. Also, she was at a loss for words. She had this whole speech planned for him to try and convince him to let her help him even more, but now all the words were lost on her.

"This is because of what Kai said, isn't it?" Jaune went on, shaking his head and pacing in front of her. "Because he threatened me because of a lie I told. A lie that if it got out, could ruin me and my family. Now because of that all of my friends know and are treating me differently."

"Not me!" Nora protested. "You're still Jauney, the leader of Team JNPR and my partner. Besides, I knew from the beginning." She laughed emotionally to herself. Unlike the sound of her laughter before, it sounded much more desperate and forced. "It's why I pushed you so hard, I-I'm sorry if it didn't work like I wanted it too, and I'm sorry if it only made things harder for you but-"

"Nora don't you get it?" Jaune cut her off, not a drop of mercy in his voice as she whimpered and shut her mouth. "I don't need your help, I never did and more importantly I don't want it."

Nora gasped, and took a step back. She felt a stinging feeling behind her eyes, and a heavy headed, like she was going to pass out then and there.

"I don't want to be some damsel in distress for my female teammate to come and rescue all the time." Jaune ran a hand over his face. "You're great Nora, you really are, but sometimes you really are overbearing."

"O-overbearing?" Nora repeated, the word came out like venom. She couldn't hold it back any longer, and the tears began to flow from her face. "O-okay… I'm sorry…"

Jaune said nothing as his partner slowly stepped away from him, he already felt bad for what he said and what he did, but his pride stopped him from apologizing and begging for her forgiveness. "Idiot…" He said to himself.

"I just wanted to be a good partner…" Nora called out right as she got to the door back into the building. Jaune tensed up at the sound of her voice, and felt his heart squeeze as he heard the desperate sorrow in her voice. Before he could act on it however, Nora was already gone.

No, he could still fix this, all he had to do was catch up to her and-

"Well, well, well…" A cocky voice snickered.

"Oh no…"

Cardin Winchester climbed over the edge of the building. What shitty luck, Jaune thought to himself. Nora just had to bring him to the spot on the roof directly over Team CRDL's room.

Kai overheard the conversation of Jaune thoroughly becoming Cardin's bitch from his spot hidden on a higher part of the roof. His burly racist of a quazi friend overheard Nora's chat with Jaune, and now the leader of Team JNPR was firmly in what Qrow probably what have called 'Deep shit'. Kai overheard everything that was said, and while he had the opportunity to jump down there and stop it himself, he didn't. He might have if he wasn't in full 'Stone Face' gear at the moment, but he didn't feel like outing himself like that. Jaune was his friend, but he wasn't a good friend. Besides, he deserved this. He made his own partner cry and lied his way into Beacon, which could have not only gotten him killed, but the lives of those who would trust him with their lives on the battlefield. Honestly, it would have been a good thing if Cardin ran off to Ozpin or Goodwitch and told them about the lie, since that way Jaune wouldn't be putting anyone else in danger like he is every time he simply drew a breath within the halls of Beacon. The fact that he was a leader of a team as well? If he didn't get strong enough to prove himself a competent fighter by the time missions come around, he would personally make sure that the friends he has on his team were not going to risk their lives running a mission with him.

Focusing his attention elsewhere, he dug his hands into the concrete on that made out the rood of the building he was on top of, and pulled out a slab of stone that he quickly molded into a mask that fits over his face. It wasn't anything pretty, he could feel it by the texture and the feel of the mask, but it wasn't meant to be anything pretty. It was just a mask that covered his face from view, and he was blind, so it wasn't like he needed the eyeholes anyway. He made them despite that, might as well create the illusion that he could see just in case some of the members of the White Fang did manage to get away. The fact that he wore a mask that covered his eyes might lead to Cinder putting the pieces together and discovering that he the vigilante going out at night to stop some of dust robberies she was making. However, this time he was aiming for something bigger.

If Cinder wanted to fight dirty by going after his family, then he was going to fight dirty in turn.

Just like they planned, Raven opened a portal to him. He heard her take a step out of the swirl of air behind him, and without a word, Kai turned around to face her and nodded his head toward her.

"You are ready?" Raven asked him.

"I am." Kai nodded his head. He told his team that he was going to be spending the night with Malienna, and they didn't even question it. They weren't going to go and check either, since they knew that he would have preferred to be alone with his sister. It pained him to lie, but it was for the greater good. He had a feeling Ozpin would agree with the saying, 'The ends justify the means'. "You went out to look for one of their compounds?"

"I did." Raven confirmed. "It was strange to hear your call even after we trained, but revenge is the best kind of motivator. However, do not let it blind you. Do not rely on me to get you out of there if you are in trouble. Neither I-"

"Neither you are Vernal can help be because then Cinder would know, I get it." Kai sighed. "Sorry for interrupting, I just know what I am getting myself into already."

"Hm." Raven sliced her sword through the air beside him, creating a portal to Vernal for him to go through. "You know the signal, once you are clear, think to me with our bond. Just as you did last time."

Kai didn't know how he managed to summon her like that the last time. The time where he killed a man for the first time. He just kept thinking about it, and Raven popped into his mind. His guess is that the emotional distress that he was in at that time signalled Raven to come check what was wrong, especially since at the time he was so emotional and grieving the death of a man he didn't he'd killed. She would know when he needed her to get him back to Beacon again, and he trusted her to do just that.

He walked through the portal she opened for him in silence, just as she greeted him with most of the time. When he came out through the other side, Vernal was quick to comment on his incredibly incognito look, but first off…

"Really. Stone Face?" She drawled, he could just imagine the amused and irritated look she had on her face.

"It wasn't my decision." Kai murmured. "This is the place then?" He asked next as he sensed around the unfamiliar terrain of that part of the city they were in.

"Yup, I've been sitting her for an hour by the way." Vernal felt the need to point out. "The fuck were you doing? A girl?"

"No."

"... A guy?"

"Goodbye Vernal. Good seeing you as always."

"Tch, I would make you pay for that if Raven didn't give me orders." Vernal said as she stepped one foot into the portal. Before she could walk through all the way however, Kai sensed her stop and look back. "Try and not get yourself killed, eh?"

"Worried about me?" Kai half-heartedly teased.

"Yeah," Vernal admitted with surprising honestly. "Without you, who am I going to beat up at night when I'm bored?" Kai snickered as he sensed that she was telling the truth. Without another word, Vernal stepped through the portal and it closed behind her a few seconds afterward. Kai got to business right away, going down to one knee to focus his senses in a condensed area. Whatever Raven and Vernal found, was just pure insanity. There were so many people inside of what he guessed to be some kind of warehouse. When he sniffed the air he could smell the salt of the ocean, but he wasn't at the docks. If he were, the sounds of the waves would be much louder. Near the harbour would be a more accurate assumption, maybe.

"Here we go again…" Kai whispered to himself and stuck his hands into the concrete beneath him. He was on the roof next to the warehouse, so he would have to jump across and soften his landing with his air manipulation. But first, he needed some weapons. Just like he did before, he made a few edged weapons made out of stone along with some throwing stars, and then pulled the concrete over to cover his tracks. Going over his mask one more time, he smoothed it out and tested its durability by punching it with an aura encased fist. He rocked himself slightly, but his aura took little to no damage. Perfect.

Going back to his senses, he focused on what could be inside of the warehouse instead of who. The amount of crates of dust he senses was enough to shock him. Raven really pulled through, this place was stocked up to the teeth. Not only that, but he could also sense a massive piece of equipment nearest to the back left wall of the building. He could only assume that it was some kind of tool. But he had a plan now just in case he was being overwhelmed. It was risky, but Cinder took a risk going after his family. Now it was time to return the favour.

Steeling himself for what he was about to do, he launched himself off the roof of the building and with his pre-made calculations he burst quite short burst of air beneath him until he thought he was on the top of the roof of the warehouse. When he landed he was just barely on the edge. It wasn't perfect, and he was a little louder than he'd have liked, but he made it.

He instantly sprawled out on the roof of the building and stayed as still as he could. From across the way he could sense someone step out onto the roof. No one he knew from what they smelled like, but it was definitely a faunus.

"Man," The older man groaned as he reached into his pocket, and took out a pack of cigarettes. "That shitty human is really working us to the bone." He complained as he took a few puffs of his cigarette.

Kai sensed that he wasn't facing him, and from what he has just heard, he was definitely a member of the White Fang. That meant his life was already forfeit, he was working with Cinder after all. Growling under his breath, Kai crept back up to his feet and with footsteps as silent as a cat he snuck him to the White Fang member. He brought out one of his stone daggers, and hesitated for a moment.

Did he really have to kill him? The man was just smoking, and his only sin was being a member of the White Fang.

Kai answered his own question by stabbing his dagger in the back of the neck of the man, who coughed and hacked on his own blood as he tore it out. He fell to his knees, but before he could make a ruckus Kai caught his body, and let it fall gently to the ground. His hands were bloody, and shaking, but it was something that needed to be done. If he didn't do it, someone else would have. Besides, even if this man was captured by the police, the worst he would get was a life sentence, or maybe even capital punishment. He was dead anyway, if he didn't die in a battle beforehand. He just sped up the process.

As the man was drained of his life, Kai scavenged his body for any kind of actual weapon, and was pleased to find that he did indeed of a short curved sword on his person. It wasn't anything like Silver Ebony, but it would have to do for now. The man also had a gun, and against his better judgment Kai took it and the holster and strapped it to his hip. All the while the man was staring at him with dying eyes, his mouth was occasionally bubbling with blood, but Kai couldn't see any of this. It was one of the boons of being blind.

"W… W-w-why?" The man croaked.

Kai nearly jumped at the sound of the man's voice. Placing a hand on his chest, he could definitely sense that his heart was beating irregularly and was going to stop soon enough, but he did not expect the man to stay alive this long and suffer, especially with a stab wound in the center of his neck. Kai was certain he hit his jugular.

"You're White Fang." Kai said for his only explanation, his tail waved behind him, and he could imagine the man's eyes locked onto it in confusion. "This was your fate from the beginning."

The man died after hearing those parting words. Kai stood up and hid the gun on his hip under his top. If he needed it, he could use it to detonate the dust. He wasn't exactly confident in his aim, but with the amount of dust that was in this building he figured it wouldn't be that difficult to hit it.

With another intake of air to relax himself. Kai descended down into the building.

"I know, I know, it's annoying." Roman groaned as he rubbed his temples with both hands. Neo stood before him with a pouty expression on her face, it looked cute but on the inside she was really worried for him. It made sense and he was touched by her concern, but sadly there were more important things to worry about. "But Cinder explicitly told me to tell you to watch this place for her. This is where most of her dust and one of the stolen paladins is after all."

Neo snarled and made wild rude gestures with her hands.

"No, you don't need to talk to the animals." Roman snickered. "They don't even need to know that you're there. Just make sure that Stone Face runt doesn't come around and muck things up for us."

Neo smirked and drew a finger across her neck. Waggling her eyebrows in what must have been a questioning way.

"Yes, if you see him, kill him. Do whatever you want with him, I don't care. Just make sure he's not going to be a problem anymore." Roman said with a wave of his hand.

Neo clapped her hands together and rubbed them against each other. She was more than happy to fulfill that order. She hasn't killed anyone in such a long time, and the last time she came close it was with that black and red haired brat that thought he could take her. If only that blind kid hadn't come along and ruined her fun just to run off. She would have liked to test herself against the blind Huntsman herself. From what was said about him, he was going to be the best Huntsman who's ever lived.

"I don't even want to think about what you're thinking about." Roman said with a mock gag. Neo rolled her eyes and flipped him off.

"Cute. But seriously, if anything happens here it's going to be our asses. I heard he nearly killed that Mercury kid."

Neo tilted her head in confusion.

"The silver haired kid, son of that assassin we worked with before." Roman elaborated, Neo made a look of realization and snapped her fingers, as if to say "Oh, that one!"

"Also, Cinder said that if she is forced to deal with that guy herself, that there is going to be problems. I don't like that, so do make sure nothing bad happens."

Neo made a whipping gestured with one of her hands.

"Hah hah, funny. But I don't feel like getting burned by her again. Woman's a monster, and I don't want to get on her bad side even more than I am now." Roman sighed.

Neo stabbed one of her fingers through a hole she made with her other hand, and then wiggled her eyebrows.

Roman laughed. "Yeah, she does need to get laid. Might help getting that stick out of her ass. I pity the poor guy that has to get into that though." Neo giggled silently. "You think you can handle it? I could always ask that hot woman with the tiger stripes to send that horny guy here as well, just in case."

Neo giggled even more at the nickname Roman had for Adam Taurus. She was honestly surprised that the man hadn't threatened to kill Roman for it, but he seemed to be reasonable. She happened to like Horny, he was incredibly dangerous and has killed a lot of people, just like her. If she didn't know any better she'd try her luck and see if he would accept a human. Jokes aside, she shook her head and stuck up a thumbs up gesture.

"Alright, if you say so." Roman shrugged his shoulders, and unlocked the car so that Neo could get out. The silent girl waved back at him happily as he drove off into the night, disappearing into the city.

Neo sighed through her nose and looked toward the warehouse she was going to be posted up in for a few days. It was going to be so boring, nothing is going to happen. She actually wished for Stone Face to come around and try to take this place down himself. If he was able to dominate Mercury like he apparently did, he should make for a good fight.

As much as she would have loved to have that happen, she knew it was probably far fetched. He was just one guy, attacking a whole compound by himself sounded like suicide. But she still held out hope, just in case.

Now… where did they keep the ice cream?

Whelp, if this isn't foreshadowing I don't know what is. I am sorry this took a while to come out, but I decided to take a little break from all of the writing. I am proud of this chapter however, and I hope you all enjoyed it as well. Also, I cut out the Cardin and Jaune chat because basically nothing changed in it besides maybe one thing.

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