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Author's Note: Hello everyone. Welcome to my very first planned story! Titled, RWBY: Desertion! In the coming chapters, you will learn about my OC. Gage Sim, and the future adventures that will ensue along with the many characters of the RWBYverse…. But, maybe a little more with a certain Blonde Brawler, her little sister, and the entirety of Team RWBY.

Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, they belong to Monty Oum, Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross. and all of Rooster Teeth.

Second Disclaimer: Any Music or Lyrics I mention from this point on belong to their respective bands/musicians.

NOTE: This Chapter has been Re-edited (Almost entirely,) compared to the orignal upload. For the newer viewers of course! Also, some future chapters will be expanded upon too. So if some chapters between 2-13 don't look as... sophisticated as other chapters at the moment, then just know that I am trying my best to fix them. You will see this note only in chapters that have been RE-edited or remade, just letting you all know beforehand! Now please, Enjoy!

Song: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

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Team RWBY

Three Weeks after the Vale Breach

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Team RWBY was assigned to return to Mountain Glenn, without a Huntsman, to scout out and eliminate all the grimm in the area so the Atlesian army could investigate the White Fang's staging area.

"Hey Yang? Are you okay?" Ruby asked, while Zwei was barking at Yang

She asked because her sister had bags under her eyes as she and her team scouted out the city, and the blonde brawler seemed to be physically tired as well.

"Yeah... i'm fine Ruby. I Just didn't get a lot of sleep last night." Yang whispered.

Yang rubbed her eyes, which were red, not out of anger, but because she hasn't slept for three whole days.

"Okay… but just tell me if we need to stop, I don't want you to fall asleep and have us leave you behind by accident Sis!"

Team RWBY believed they cleared the rest of the city out, but Yang a little Grimm killing could help her clear her mind. As would most brawlers.

"Okay… I don't think there's anymore Grimm left for us right now." Blake said.

They were at the lower part of the city, in between a collapsed bridge that overlooked the surrounding forest. As the position was closer to where most of the Grim would thrive.

Yang looked over the edge ledge and saw the forest. There was rumbling coming from it from far away, and then Zwei started to bark again as something huge came up above the distance trees…

"Whoa! What is that?!" Yang yelled.

"That's a Goliath." Ruby said as she cocked Crescent Rose. "Me and Oobleck saw them the last time we were here, and he told me not to both them… for now."

"And It doesn't look focused on us, so lets leave before it does see us." Weiss interrupted their conversation.

Yang's eyes just expanded further the long she stared at it however, "But what if it decides to come over here? Its by itself! We should take it down just in case!" She replied as she moved towards the edge of the bridge.

Yang then Jumped off the edge and started to sprint into the forest.

"Yang wait! Dont go alone!"

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Gage Sim

One year & Six months after Desertion

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Gage was sleeping, for once, and was dreaming about that day, the day they came to the door, and told him what happened…

He remembered… an image of himself sulking at his old doorstep… and it was snowing as two men stood infront of him...

But the only thing he could hear was what one of the men said to him, "I'm so sorry, no one this your age should have to go through this."

And he just couldn't believe that it had happened… Again.

Gage then woke up, and he remembered where he was. Perched up in a tree branch. In the forest that surrounded the infamous Mountain Glenn.

It was still daytime, but he remembered that he was still alone… and he didn't care. Yet again. So he tried to close his eyes again, but there were tears in them, and he didn't know why.

"What the?" He growled loudly as he wiped the tears, "I've been awake for almost a month! I can't fucking sleep without being reminde-"

"*BANG!* *BANG!*"

He was suddenly interrupted by a series of small explosions…. and the roar from a Goliath's trunk. "Shit!" Gage exclaimed.

He then stood up and looked above the treeline to see a Goliath in the distance as it appeared to be trying to stab something with it's tusks….

"*sigh* ...Who could be that stupid?"

He asked himself that, and jumped onto some of the other tree branches around him afterwards, to head towards the giant Grim quietly….

Yang tried to shoot the over-sized elephant in the eyes, but all it did was piss it off. It then tried to squish her, but Yang dodged its foot.

"Hey Elephant breath! I've had drunks that have tried to flirt with me with a better scent than yours! "

The Goliath responded to Yang's insult by using its tusks to scrape the green field below its chin, knocking her off of her feet with it's tusks.

"Agh!"

She fell onto her back quickly and tried to recover, and when she did, all she saw was the shadow of the Goliath's trunk once again as she gasped.

But then suddenly, Yang blinked…. and saw a green silhouette standing in front of her, that looked to have appeared out of thin air

And after a few seconds…. She heard something fall and land right next to her with a loud thud.

"Come on! You dont want her! She's fresh meat! You want me instead! I'm seasoned, and I just cut off your fucking trunk too!"

She listened to the silhouette's voice as it said that… and she conculded that the silhouette was indeed man.

"W...Who is that…"

She started to stand up again, but the man quickly turned without warning and pushed her back down. "Stay down!" He yelled.

"H-Hey!"

He then disappeared as the Goliath's tusks swung above her head.

But, as he was gone, Yang looked up at the Goliath and saw the him once again… but she noticed that he was dressed in mostly dark green clothes… with a shotgun on his back… and a hood over his head.

He was standing on one of the Goliath's tusks as well before he grinned… and turned towards Yang,

"...Let me take this one. Sorry, It just seems like common courtesy to me!"

The man then pulled a curved knife out of a holster on his right leg asthe Goliath tried to shake him off, so the man grabbed on to its tusks,and used it to swing below the grimm's chin, where he used the knife to stab at its skin and move closer to its lower neck.

He stabbed into it's neck and the Goliath jerked its head, but the man used the oversized elephant's movement as momentum to cut through and up the left side of it's neck.

He was launched upwards as his knife exited it's flesh. And he eventually landed ontop of the Grimm's head. But he immediately put his knife into it's neck again, and ran toward the right side of its neckline.

He then got to the edge of it's neck, and when he did, he jumped off of the Goliath, turned around as fast as he could… and let one more downwards slash into it's neck, which tore its flesh, and connected with the other cuts.

The Goliath just cried out in agony, and continued to bellow until its head eventually bowed, and fell clean off of its body. As it had now been decapitated.

"Yes!"

The man cheered for a second, and activated his Aura before he hit the ground, which cushioned the impact.

Then, Yang stood up and looked at him while he was walking towards her. Right as the Goliath's head fell on to the field behind him, and caused a massive shockwave… that didn't affect either of them.

Yang watched as her apparent, 'Hero' continued to approach her… right as she heard yelling and barking come from behind the trees behind her.

"Yang! What was that all about?!" Ruby shouted as Zwei, Weiss, and Blake stopped behind her. "And who's... that?"

Her question was referring to the man… but Yang didnt answer her little sister. So, the Team and their dog just watched as the person finally made his way to them all.

That was when they saw that the Mystery man was wearing brown jeans, brown fingerless gloves, a black shirt with a partially buttoned sage leather jacket with a connecting hood over it, and also a... Sage bandana wrapped around his face...

"Stay back Ruby!"

Yang then activated one of her Gauntlets and pointed it at the man exactly as his curved knife changed and shifted into a revolver, so he could aim it at the brawler's hand.

His revolver was a silver Colt .44 Magnum Python with a brown handle and a medium-sized barrel. Not too long and not too short, and he continued to aim it at her hand as he started to slowly pull his pistol's hammer back,

"W-Whoa! No need to blow my brains out over a kill steal Sweetheart!" He yelled.

Her response was to just cock Ember Celica one more time, and take another step towards him, "I-It's called stranger-danger you dumbass!" Yang yelled.

Ruby and the rest of her team just watched as the standoff went down… but she noticed that the man's stance and expression basically told her that he was only trying to defend himself… as he looked like he was about to take a step back…

So, she looked at him, and walked past Yang. Standing right infront of him as he still pointed the revolver at her older sister, and didn't even have her hands near Crescent Rose at all.

"...Who are you?" She asked him politely.

"R-Ruby!"

He glanced at the smaller girl for a few seconds, but then moved his eyes back to Yang's gauntlet as he answered, and still kept his weapon aimed at the older blonde.

"...My name is Gage. Gage Sim. And i'm just another teen like you. I swear."

And right there, he quickly examined the four starting with Ruby. "Small, but probably slow considering her weapon…." he looked at Crescent Rose, and saw it's scope. "Sniper and a Scythe... heavy and bolt action. Hopefully not a problem..."

Then Blake, who was holding both parts of Gambol Shroud. "Dual wielding swords? ...Should be easy to disarm her." He then looked at the bow on her head and saw it twitch and bend backwards…. "Hmm ..."

Next was Weiss, who was already sneering at him as she was in her fighting stance with Myrtenaster. "A Schnee? ….Nevermind that. Myrtenaster is one handed from what i've heard from Dad… and Rapiers are mostly lightweight, so she'll be fast..."

And lastly was Yang, who had one of Ember Celica's gauntlet's pointed at him as the other one was trying to block Ruby's face

"Hmm, Gauntlets are covering her knuckles….." He noticed the shotgun shells lined around the outer shell of the gauntlet. "Twelve gauge…. Can blow my arm off if I even try and restrain her…. so don't let her get near you."

But then… he took account in the fpur girl's ages… and felt weird since… they were also teenagers like him.

"Wait a second, four of them, all look like they're a year younger than me, and they were trying to kill Grimm? ...They're Probably from Beacon!"

So after that realization, Gage lowered his revolver, and sighed. "*sigh* Well since I introduced myself first… I guess I'll have to be the mature one..." And then he turned his revolver back into it's knife form, and sheathed it slowly.

His action made Yang smile smugly, so she nodded at him and let her gauntlets shift back into their incognito form. "Hmm. Smart move. Now, can you please hand it over 'Gage'? ...And don't pretend that I don't see that shotgun on your back.~"

Ruby then lowered Yang's hand that was in front of her face. "Y-Yang why are you-"

"*sigh* ...I just have to make sure little sis." Yang said as she turned back around. "Also, start with the shotgun, Please."

Gage simply rolled his eyes and reached for his shotgun, which was a Model 1887 Lever-action shotgun with a complete stock. He pulled it out of the holster on his back and handed it to Yang, so the barrel was facing him.

"And now the Knife."

"*sigh* ...Yeah yeah I got it…." He reached towards the sheath on his right leg with his left hand, took the sheath off, and started to handed it to Yang.

She grabbed it, and waited for him to let go of it…. But Gage looked at her and noticed something... different about her as he became entranced by her eyes… for some weird reason.

"Wait… L-Lilac eyes?." He thought to himself. "Well… anything's a common trait in this world… so don't make a big deal about it. You've had five years to mourn anyway…"

Blake then looked at his right hand and saw that he was about to close his fist, but he stopped…. and let his fist open. So she just thought that he was feeling rightfully frustrated… which made her smile a bit.

He let go of his weapon. "Don't cut yourself." And said that to Yang as he put his hands in the air.

"Okay, turn around."

He did so, and Yang immediately put his hands behind his back… smirking as she did so. "A-Agh…. So what now? ...You going to strip-search me, sweetheart?" Gage groaned as he complied with her actions.

"Yes, and instead of sweetheart... you can just call me, SIR!' She then kicked the man in the groin, but instead of it hurting him, it hurt Yang instead. "Owww!" Yang held her knee,"What is in there?!" She shouted painfully.

"Hehehe… just a Crotch plate. Gotta protect the family jewels like they're diamonds when you live out here…" He said while smirking.

Her clear groaning made Zwei started to bark at Gage, mostly because of how protective he was of his owners. "Arf! Arf!"

"Hey hey hey! Zwei we can't attract any more attention to ourselves right now!" Ruby petted Zwei and calmed him down, but she quickly looked around and noticed that there wasn't any buildings around, only trees.

"Hmm... Hey wait a second… Yang? D...Do you know How to get back to the city from here?"

And in that instant, Blake and Weiss both made a slapping sound as they facepalmed hard, and Gage chuckled a bit from her question as well. "…And you guys are Huntresses in training?" He sounded disappointed.

"Be quiet you! T-They put the words 'in training' there for a reason!" Weiss yelled at him.

That was when he suddenly lowered his hands a bit… and looked over at Ruby. "Look, I know my way back to the city from here like nothing, so if you all become little bit nicer, then I'll help you. But only on one other condition…" He said.

"...What 'conditions'?" Yang asked.

"Give me something else to call you guys besides Red, White, Black, and Yellow? Perhaps a name?" Gage answered.

Yang turned toward her teammates, and they all nodded to her, but Weiss sighed as an answer, *sigh* Fine, but you have start walking….. a-and you have to show us your face!" She said.

He then smiled as he felt Yang release him, and since he wanted to gain their trust…. Gage slowly pulled down his hood from the top of his head, and lowered his bandana down, and he ran his hand through his hair right after, in an attempt to make himself seem presentable.

Yang saw that Gage had turquoise eyes, sort-of short auburn hair, and that he had some facial scruff on his lips, chin, and the sides of his face that were connected to the hair on his chin and to his hairline.

It gave him the young and rough look, which Yang personally thought was…. A lot more than cute.

"Sounds like a plan.~" He said as he turned around and started to walk… but not before he noticed Yang and gave her a quick little wink.

At first, The blonde brawler didn't know that she was still staring at him. Not until Weiss suddenly snapped her fingers in front of Yang's face. "You can focus on your eye candy later Yang! We have a job to do! So start walking."

"Sh… S-Shut up, Weiss…." She whispered.

After beginning their journey, Yang eventually handed Gage's Knife to Blake as the rest of Team RWBY started to follow him. "...Just in case he tries anything." She said to her partner.

Blake looked at the Knife, and became confused because it had a curved blade, and a ring on it's handle. "What type of Knife is this?" She asked.

"Its called a Kukri." Gage answered.

Ruby's then eyes lit up, and nearly became distracted for a second before she shook her head, "W-Whoa there. Almost thought you said, 'cookie'!" She said, sounding a little disappointed.

"W-What? No! A Kukri is a type of knife that has a curved blade. Nothing Exotic."

Ruby frowned. "Aww..." but she then looked at his knife while Blake held it… and remembered that Gage had jusy killed a Goliath with it earlier,

"Wait a second..." She walked and stopped in front of him.. "If you killed that Goliath…*gasp* … then does that mean you're a Huntsman?!"

Gage shook his head and sighed. "Heh… yeah i wish..." And it made Ruby become very shocked.

"Where did you learn to fight then?" Weiss asked from behind him.

However, he just continued to walk rather rather give any answers. "You can ask all the questions you want when we get there, but first, you should probably tell me about yourselves."

Gage walked past Ruby, and she followed behind him. "Sooo... Your name is... Ruby right?" He asked her.

Ruby nodded, "Mmhm. Ruby Rose!" She said happily while she put her arms in the air, making him smile as well. After that, Gage turned to Yang so he could ask for her name. "And Your name is?"

She quickly answered, "Yang… Yang Xiao Long."

He simply stared at her for a few seconds… into her eyes to be specific, before just chuckled to himself. "Hmm… That's a pretty name. 'Yang'." And, the remarked instantly caused her cheeks to blush.

But Ruby also decided to punch Gage in the gut. Shouting, "Hey she's my older sister! So no making googly eyes!" at him as she did so and made him cough.

"Ruby!" Yang yelled. Again.

"Owww, okay..." he started rubbing where he was hit. "Agh… glad i know about Ice Queen over there….. She probably would've hit me somewhere lower if i tried to make a joke…."

Ruby, Yang, and Blake started to laugh, but Weiss of course growled at him angrily. "Hey! My name is Weiss!" But, Gage interrupted her. "Yeah I know who you are… Snowflake. Just never would have thought..."

Weiss stopped walking. "Thought what?!" She sounded threatened.

Gage's eyes widened soon, and just grinned at the sight of the infamous heiress glaring at him in rage."i never would've thought that someone as high in life as you would want to fulfill the same dreams as every other kid in Remnant." He said, in a very toxic tone.

She then began to stammer. "The nerve of….-*sigh* … and what's wrong with that? Hmm?"

Gage interrupted her again and put his hands behind his head in a relaxed manner. "Nothing. It just seems like you're trying to prove a point, that you can handle yourself, Right?" He asked her.

The white haired princess's cheeks became a little rosy… and she looked down at the ground. As he nearly guessed correctly. "...Yes..." she muttered.

"Good, that's probably the reason why that your father trusts you to have the whole, 'heiress role' thing." He said.

And the line up of the four teenage girls finally reached it's end, as Gage finally turned and started to stare at Blake, who gave him a weird look in return as she nearly began to glare at him too.

"And what about Ms. Also Antisocial over here?"

She narrowed her eyes…. And allowed Gage to see that the bow on her head twitch nonchalantly… again. "*sigh* ...Blake." She answered.

Her groan of an answer humored him… but he dropped his smirk quickly and looked at her bow for a second… before he took a step towards her, tilted his head a bit… and finally decided the first thing he noticed about her...

"So Blake... why the bow?"