The Monkey, the Cat, and the Bat 1

It's been a couple of months since Pyrrha and I promised to spar each other in one of Miss Goodwitch's Classes. Since then Blake had written back to her parents and received a letter in return. They were glad to finally hear from her again and how proud they were of her. I had to comforted Blake as she read her letter to everyone. After that the Professor had heard about my match with Pyrrha and had put me under harsh training against all of Team RWBY. With a few scrapes and bruises, I managed to beat them individually as team JNPR watched on, Pyrrha especially. We both agreed that we should have our match on the last day of the term, since it was decided, and we went to Miss Goodwitch to organise the match, it's all everyone could talk about. I guess Nora had told someone that I took on a Nevermore and a King Taijitu during initiation at the same time and beat them, then that snowballed until it was now common knowledge. Soon it felt like everyone in Beacon Academy knew about our upcoming battle.

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It was the day before our match and the penultimate day of term, Blake, Ruby, Weiss, Yang and I were walking around Vale. They wanted to look around the city. There was a lot of buzz from the people on the streets. Yang said that it was about the Vytal Festival. That set Ruby off and she became her hyper self.

As we walked around the City of Vale, Ruby wanted to stay a bit longer to see if a couple of the stores were doing something special for the Festival, while Weiss said she wanted to scout out any combatants that were nearby.

Of course, Weiss is being strategic about the trip here. She really needs to let her hair down once in a while. 

As we got closer to the Vale docks. I heard some sort of commotion nearby. "Hey! Stop that Faunus!"

Someone shouted at the docks, Blake and I set off to the person, as the others ran behind us. I sensed two men chasing a young monkey Faunus.

"You no-good stow-away!" One of the men yelled.

"Hey! A no-good stow-away would have been caught. I'm a great stow-away." The Faunus said.

Urg! A Faunus giving us bad name. Why is it when everything is calm, someone starts something. 

By this time, Blake and I had managed to get to the docks, closely behind us, I sensed the others had caught up with us. Soon the monkey Faunus ran past us. "Someone stop him!" One of the men said.

"I'm on it." I said as I got my wings ready. Shortly, I took to the sky.

"Wait up Fran," I heard Blake called out.

"Fran, I'll help." Weiss also called out.

I turned around and grabbed onto their hands.

Soon we were all up in the air. "You concentrate on flying, Fran and I'll track him." Blake said, as I nodded my head.

"Are you alright there, Weiss?" I asked.

"Y-Yeah, I'm just not going to look down." Weiss cried out.

"It's alright Weiss. I have a tight grip." I said as I smiled.

***

We tracked him for what felt like minutes until I felt Blake pulled a little on my hand. "Fran, he's stopped moving. He's at a restaurant. Start to descend and I'll tell you when to stop."

"Okay Blake." I started to lean forward closer to the ground. Blake let go of my hand as I sensed her land safely on the ground. I quickly flew back around and dropped Weiss carefully to the ground. I turned back around and softly landed next to her.

"He was on the roof, sitting alone." Blake said.

"Okay, I'll message Ruby and Yang. They'll need to know where we are." Weiss said as Blake and I walked ahead.

"It's about time you got here. I was getting tired of waiting, still waiting for the prim white-haired beauty though." The Faunus spoke.

"She's messaging our friends, just in case you try anything. Doubt it, we clearly outnumber you. Plus, I've got our secret weapon here." Blake said as she patted my shoulder.

The Faunus then got up from his chair and walked towards me and circled around me. "She doesn't look like much. I mean yeah, she has wings, so she has the advantage in the air, but she can't see." The Faunus said as he started to wave his hand in front of my face.

I let out a sigh as I caught his hand in mid-motion. "It's so annoying when people do this. You'd think I would get used to this."

The Faunus flinched as I contacted his hand. "H-How did she do that?"

"Her Semblance makes her have exceptional special awareness, and since she is a bat Faunus she has the ability to sense things nearby. While lacking the ability to see, both her Semblance and her bat Faunus heritage, complement each other, rather perfectly don't you think. " I heard a familiar voice from behind me say. "Plus, she took on and defeated a Nevermore and a King Taijitu at the same time, so even if you try something you won't get far." Weiss warned as she tapped my shoulder.

"Is everything alright Weiss?" I asked.

"Yeah, the others are on the way." Weiss said.

"Nice of you to join us, hot stuff." The Faunus flirted at Weiss.

Oh God. He doesn't know what he's getting himself into does he? 

Weiss let out a sigh and completely ignored his comment "What do you want?" Weiss asked.

"You obviously wanted something or else you wouldn't have waited here for us to catch you." I said.

"Well have you ever heard of the White Fang?"" He said as I trembled, Blake obviously did as well.

"Yes." Weiss said not adding anything.

Weiss... Thank you. 

"Well since you three look the part of huntresses, I guess you'll want to know about the shipment." My ears perked up. "For the past couple of days, a shipment of Schnee dust has been sent to the docks and at night a group of Faunus have been unloading it onto their ships."

"What do they need with dust?" Blake asked.

"Maybe they are planning something." I answered.

"Well they cleared out two shipping containers worth of dust from the docks every night, so it must be something big."

"Blake, Fran. What do you want to do?" Weiss asked as I felt her pat my shoulder.

"We have to check it out. If the White Fang is truly behind this then we need to stop them." Blake answered.

I nodded my head. "She's right, we have to do this.

"Alright then. Let's do this. They normally appear at night, so I would get ready for a fight. Name's Sun by the way, Sun Wukong."

"It's nice to meet you, Sun. I'm Frandoll Scarlet, and this is Blake Belladonna and Weiss Schnee." I said as I indicated for Sun.

"Wait... Weiss Schnee as in that Schnee." Sun asked.

"I guess your family's name follows you wherever you go." I said jokingly as Weiss let out an annoyed sigh.

"Yes, I'm from that Schnee family."

"Then why are you hanging out with Faunus? I thought your family hated our kind."

"Well believe it or not, I don't share the same views as my Father." Weiss answered.

"Weiss wants to change the Schnee Dust Company when she takes over from her Father and help change their treatment of the Faunus. I believe in her. She's my friend and I know she can do it." I continued for her.

"Fran..." I heard Weiss mumble out.

"Having wings on your back and ears on top of your head is one thing, you can't exactly hide them, but why are you hiding your ears, Blake." Sun asked as I felt Blake grabbed onto my hand.

"I... I don't want people to treat me differently for something that can be seen, so I hide them. It's a... thing I do so people judge me for how I look and not for who I am." Blake answered as an awkward silence encumbered us all. That was until Weiss broke the silence.

"How about we go back to the dorm, Fran and let them talk about it." Weiss asked as I nodded my head.

"Okay. Make sure you message me, when you are ready for tonight." I said to Blake.

"I will."

I nodded my head, as Weiss and I left the restaurant and headed back to the dorm.

I hope Blake is alright, she was trembling when Sun spoke about hiding her cat ears. I've never felt her that scared before. What was she like when I left the White Fang.