Chosen Flame (MaleFaunusReaderXrwby)

Chapter 24: Mountain Glenn

The full moon is shining over the ruined building of Mountain Glenn and a lone Beowolf is searching through the rubble. It looks up briefly at a the Orange haired male teen, who has it still keeping his eyes open watching. He sighs of tiredness as he keeps over the destruction. The rest of his team and Team RWBY is lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck and Katsuki is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling hole. Team RWBY and WAR have their eyes closed, but Yang Xiao Long is the first to stop pretending.

Yang: "Blake, are you awake?"

Blake: "Yeah."

Yang: "Why do you think Doctor Oobleck asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?

Blake: "Maybe he was just curious."

Yang: "You think?"

Blake: "No."

Yang: "Weiss, are you awake?"

Weiss: "Of course I'm awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said wanted to honor my family's name. I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what 'he' done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a....moral gray area."

Blake: "That's putting it lightly."

Weiss: "Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas. it wouldn't changed anything. 'He' was not the start of our name, and we are lucky, Y/n refused to let him be the end of it."

Blake: "All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a partner named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be perfect for everyone. I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I - how can I undo so many years of hate?"

Yang: "I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from challenge, Blake."

Blake: "But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran! When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran! Even my Semblance! I was born with the ability to leave a shadow of myself, an empty copy that takes the hit I ran away!"

Weiss: "But that time we learned that you were a faunus. You weren't alone."

Blake: "Yeah.." *remember how Y/n stayed with her, and fought for her and others which causes her to smile*

Yang: "At least you two have something that drives you. I've just kinda of always, gone with the flow, y'know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life I where I won't know what tomorrow bring. And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress happens to line up with that. *looks over the sleeping Ruby who is hugging Zwei who is sleeping and cuddling her close* "I'm not like Ruby, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, and never asking fo anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trained so hard to get where she is today." 

Weiss: "Well, she's still just a kid."

Blake: "She's only two years younger. We're all kids."

Yang: "Well, not anymore. I mean, I look where we are! In the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth!"