RWBY and APRJ: volume 1

Chapter 16: black and white

"Finally, she talks!" The monkey Faunus chortled with glee. "Two days and all you two have giving is nothing but silence and weird looks"

Blake frowned and stared down at the Faunus in anger.

"Yeah, like that" The Faunus smiled. Blake and Roaul just sighed.

"Sun, are you familiar with the 'White Fang'?" Blake asked.

"Of course, I don't think there's not a Faunus on the planet that knows about them" The Faunus, known as 'Sun', answered. "Just hollered-up being wanting to take whatever they want, bunch of freaks if you ask me"

Blake simply drunk her tea.

"I was once a member of the White Fang" Blake calmly admitted, making Sun choke on his cup of tea. Roaul did not even care, she said 'once', that was good enough for him.

"You were a member of the White Fang?" Sun asked, clearly shocked.

"That's right, I was a member for most of my life actually" Blake answered, remembering what it was like. "You could say I was born into it, almost. Back then, things were different. During ashes of war, the White Fang was supposed to be a peace treaty between humans and Faunus. Although, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still though of us as the lesser beings, so, the White Fang rose up, thinking that they were speaking the voice of our people. I was right there next to it, in front of every rally and boycott. I thought we were actually making a difference, but I was just a youthful optimist."

Roaul though hard on Blake's words. He swore that he was in SOME sort of situation like that also. Hearing voices and seeing the children of the Faunus race. Was Blake the one he saw all this time?

"Five years ago, our leader stepped down and a new one stepped up. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly, our peaceful protests were replaced with organised attacks. Fires were set to shops that refused to serve us, stealing cargo used from Faunus labour. The worst part, was that it was actually working; we were being treated like equals. But, not out of respect, out of fear" Blake finished explaining the whole story, setting her tea cup on its saucer. "So, I left. I decided that I wouldn't use my skills to aid in their violence. Instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a huntress. Here I am, a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little, black bow"

Blake wiggled her cat ears, moving the bow around. Roaul sighed heavily.

"That's SOME story" Roaul nodded his head. "Mine's kind of similar, but that's for another time"

"So,,.have you told any of your friends yet?" Sun asked, Blake closed her eyes, trying to forget the mishap she made the other night with Weiss. Speaking of Weiss, she was looking for Blake with Ruby, Yang and Team APRJ, minus Roaul, as they were trying to find him also. They called out their names, but to no avail.

"Weiss...you're not helping!" Ruby growled.

"You know who else could help? The police" Weiss suggested. Ruby grunted and turned around. "What?! it was just an idea!"

"Yeah...a bad one" Ruby whispered.

"Has anyone seen and Mistral teenager called 'Roaul'?!" Amity shouted.

"Well, I don't think this is getting us anywhere" Pico groaned.

"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today" Everyone turned around in surprise, seeing Penny, smiling as usual.

"Penny, where did you come from?!" Ruby asked.

"Hello again, what are you doing?" Penny questioned.