RWBY: The Laidback Hero

Chapter 9: The Broken Bond

The opening ends to the view of the balcony café in the middle of Vale where Sun Wukong and Blake Belladonna were seen last episode drinking tea.

Sun: "Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Yeah, like that."

Blake: "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?"

Sun: "Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!"

Blake: "I was once a member of the White Fang."

Sun:"Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"

Blake: "That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..."

Blake: "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there."

"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist."

Blake: "Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear."

Blake: "So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow."

Blake wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate

Sun: "So... have you told your friends any of this?"

Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing.

Ruby: (shouting) "Blaaaake!"

Yang: (also calling out) "Blaaaake!"

The scene transitions to Y/n Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walking through town and calling in vain for their missing teammate. Y/n is leading the group as he's oddly quiet.

Ruby: (continuing to scream) "Blaaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?"

Yang: "Blake!"

Ruby: (turning on Weiss) "Weiiiiss, you're not helping!"

Weiss: "Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!"

Ruby:"Ugh, Weiss..."

Y/n: "were not turning Blake into the police"

Weiss: "It was just an idea!"

Ruby:  "Yeah, a bad one."

Yang: "Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions."

Weiss: "I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!"

Y/n: it doesn't matter.

Weiss: "what do you mean it doesn't matter? She's a member of the white fang. I—"

Y/n stops in his tracks as he turns around to eye Weiss.

Y/n: "I don't care who Blake was before, what matters is who she is now..we've all made mistakes we wish we could forget..all of us I'll go find her myself if have to—"

Penny: "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!"

Ruby turns around suddenly with her team in surprise

"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?"

Penny: (cheerfully ignoring the question) "Hey guys! What are you up to?"

Ruby: "Uhh..."

Y/n: "We're looking for Blake, we don't have time for—"

Penny: "Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!"

Y/n, Ruby, Weiss, and Yang stare at Penny.

Ruby: "Wait, how did you know that?"

Penny: "Uhh, the cat ears?"

Yang: (laughing a little) "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..."

The realization leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed blows through in the wind. Y/n turns around to keep walking. The others follow.

Ruby: (whispering) "She does like tuna a lot..."

Penny: "So, where is she?"

Ruby: "We don't know. She's been missing since Friday."

Penny: (gasping) "That's terrible!  Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!"

Ruby: (doing her best to continue smiling) "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?"

She looks over Penny to direct her question at Yang and Weiss, who's blinking outlines are all that's left of their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl. A tumbleweed blows past them again in the quiet.

Penny: "It sure is windy today!"

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Sun and Blake are then seen walking down an alley.

Sun: "So, what's the plan now?"

Blake: "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before."

Sun: "What if they did? I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"

Blake: "The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be."

Sun: "Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."

Blake: "How huge?"

Sun: "Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter."

Blake: "You're sure?"

Yang is coming out of a shop with Weiss, waving to the person inside

Yang: Thanks anyways!...This is hopeless, Y/n left by himself and we still can't find Blake.

Yang looks at Weiss when she looks around nonchalantly

Weiss: "maybe he's a Faunus too."

Yang: "You really don't care if we find her, do you?""

Weiss: "Don't be stupid; of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her."

Weiss walks forward, calling over her shoulder:

Weiss "The innocent never run, Yang!"

Yang looks down in thought. Maybe Weiss has a point 

Back to Ruby and Penny.

Penny: So, Blake is your friend?"

Ruby: "Yes, Penny."

Penny: "But you're mad at her?"

Ruby: "Yes. Well, I'm not. Weiss is."

Penny: "Is she friends with Blake? Y/n seems upset, very upset, is he mad at Blake?" 

Ruby: "Y/n? No, he's so sweet, Except when Blake left. . . He acts like he doesn't care but, he really does. But Weiss? Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..."

Penny: (trying to contemplate this) "But why?"

Ruby: (sighs again) "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we though she was..."

Penny: (gasps) "Is she a man?"

Ruby: "No! No, Penny. She's...I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."

Penny: "I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things."

Ruby: "Me too..."

Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake lays flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers. Spying on the potential invasion from the white fang.

Sun: "Did I miss anything?"

Blake:"Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there."

Sun: "Cool. I stole you some food!"

Blake: "Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?"

Sun: (defensively countering:) "Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?"

Blake delivers an angry glare at him

Sun: Okay, too soon!"

Just as he says this, the winds blows all around them, and they look up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of. The white outfit colorized with the bloody red logo.

Blake: "Oh no..."

Sun: "Is that them?"

Blake: (staring at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit) "Yes... It's them."

White Fang Soldier: "All right, grab the tow cables!"

Sun: "You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?"

Blake:"No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right."

Roman: "Hey! What's the holdup!?"

The soldiers look up at Roman gesturing widely and coming down the ramp with his Pimp Cane.

Roman: "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"

Blake: "This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that."

Sun: (alarmed) "Hey, what are you doing?!"

Blake falls to the ground in a crouch, then continues on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Roman berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.

Roman: "No, you i***t! This isn't a leash!" (as he's looking around, Blake suddenly appears behind him with her blade at his throat) "What the- Oh, for f-" (rolls his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear)

Blake: "Nobody move!"

The White Fang soldiers ready their guns and equip their swords in response.

Roman: "Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady."

As the White Fang closes in on her, Blake uses her free hand to go for her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears are shown to the world.

Blake: "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?"

The White Fang members lower their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do, when Roman laughs.

Roman: "Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?"

Blake: "What are you talking about?"

Roman: "The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!"

Blake: "Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation."

Suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.

Roman: (looking up) "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation..."

Two more Bullheads are hovering above the heist, and as Blake watches in horror, Roman smiles and manages to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion, Y/n's ears perk up.

Penny and Ruby turn around upon hearing the noise, seeing the smoke rise from the docking bay just a few buildings away.

Ruby: "Oh, no..."

Blake, dazed but relatively unhurt on the ground, quickly rolls and runs out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, flaming missiles destroying cargo behind her as she retreats behind more containers.

Roman: "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..."

his taunt is interrupted when a banana peel lands on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant, Sun!

Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up and readying himself to fight.

Sun: "Leave her alone!"

The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Roman as he gets up and surrounding Sun.

Roman: "You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?"

With that said, the White Fang charge at the monkey Faunus, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him, falling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirls, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.

Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Roman's head. The crime boss growls in annoyance and aims his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defends himself from just when Blake leaps into the action.

Blake: "He's mine!"

Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds. Blake continues to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, lands a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane causes her to go down.

Just as Roman deals with one opponent, Sun appears right behind her and disconnects his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks that only slow down once to show the audience what they are before becoming twin arcs of offense again. Sun swings each gun at Roman while firing everything he as at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman manages to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allows Blake to get a s***h in and knock him back.

On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and gets up to fire his cane at its supports. Blake leaps behind it, but Sun barely misses when he jumps forward, ending up right below the nozzle of Roman's cane. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to a familiar voice.

Ruby: "Hey!"

Ruby appears on the rooftop overlooking them, Crescent Rose extended and ready for action.

Roman: "Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?"

Penny: "Ruby, are these people your friends?"

Ruby: (looking behind her) "Penny, get back!"

while her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. As he chuckles. A figure dashes from the darkness to catch ruby. Y/n holds her as he lands. Ruby looks up as he lets her go. He turns to Roman as he stands next to penny.

Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up.

Ruby: "Penny, Y/n wait! Stop!"

she raises her hand in a futile attempt to stop them

Penny: "Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!"

Y/n: "I suppose this is a temporary tag team attack.. let's get him penny!"

Her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back. Y/n draws his blade as a godly flame emirs from its blade. The Heat of the flame turns the blade blue! He tears off his Joker coat as now he's full Badass future trunks! A coat with a badass red bandana! Sword of hope!

Y/n: "the future is burning blue Roman!" 

The flame burns with a wrath and vengeance Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, Y/n creates a barrier of spinning steel and fire against a running attack, leaping over a goon with his sword in tow, and finally making a wheel of fire that he throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.

Sun is observing the spectacle in amazement

Sun: "Whoa!"

he runs off to safety

Three Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle, but Penny And Y/n merely form shield with their blades as Penny launches two of her swords into the wall behind her, which in turn pull their wielder back with their strings. When her swords swirl around her again, she commands them to open their points and build up a large glowing ball of green light. Y/n pulls his sword back like a rapier thrust! The tip glows with a holy radiance! With a punching and Thrusting action, their beams fire and fuse into a beautiful array of green and Blue, several bright lasers crack the pavement when they fire at the transports and slice each one in half, causing several of the White Fang members inside to fall and letting Ruby watch as Bullheads fall in pieces behind her.

Stunned, she turns back to Penny as she aims her swords at the remaining Bullheads holding the crate of Dust and pulls back on their wires, tugging the aircraft with them.

Ruby: (watching in awe) "Whoa... How is she doing that?"

Seeing the Bullhead's flight fall under Penny's control, Roman grimaces and turns to run towards the last transport.

Y/n leaps! Landing on the strings as he runs align the tight rope, his blade drawing a flame as it gets more and more ferocious. The flame getting longer, Penny pulls with all her might on the strings, allowing Y/n to jump into the air as he c***s back and slashes the aircraft in half. and the aircraft crashes into a stack of crates, causing an explosion as a result.

Roman is watching from the safety of his escape"

Roman: These kids just keep getting weirder..."

with his observation made, he uses his cane to close the doors, and the jet lifts off, flying away from the lost battle

Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Y/n Ruby, Blake, Sun, and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear.

Ruby: speaking quickly to explain the situation"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..."

Y/n: "they are Kinda C—"

Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake

Blake: "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-"

Weiss: "Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?"

Weiss:,"Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."

Yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried.

Weiss: "I don't care."

Blake: "You don't care?"

Weiss: "You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"

Blake: "No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"

Weiss:  "Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..."

"Someone else."

Blake: looking at Y/n Ruby and Yang grinning at her, she wipes a tear from her eye, nodding

Blake: "Of course."

Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams:

Ruby: (waving her arms wildly) "Yeah! Team KRWBY is back together!"

Weiss: as the Six gather with each other, she points accusingly at Sun

Weiss: "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" (Sun laughs nervously)

Ruby: (looking around) "Hey, wait a minute... Where's Penny?"

From the darkened back seat of a limo, Penny watches the group of friends reuniting with each other.

End of Part 2 

As we see into the dorms at night, Y/n is Reading a Book on Swords as Blake Crepes down. Y/n can sense her presence. Blake toys with him as she pushes her chest on his bare back.

Blake: "Nighttime reading?"

Y/n: "yeah, it's on. Sword Techniques. Are you up for your Tuna snack?"

Blake smirks as she leans into his ear. 

Blake: "Why yes I am Mr Worrysome. I heard from the others you were really concerned with finding me."

Y/n gets a little red. And defensive 

Y/n: "You're a Valuable asset to the time, nothing more"

Blake smiles as she hugs him.He blushes harder, he feels her ears on his neck, so he turns and scratches the back of her ears as she purrs.

Blake: "you're a terrible Liar..well I'm going back to bed, goodnight"

Blake let's go and crawls back into bed.

Y/n closes the book as he smirks to himself as he softly speaks.

Y/n: "goodnight, and...

It's good to have you back"

End of Part 2

And the End of

VOLUME I