Welcome back! For the people who waited for this chapter, I am truly sorry for not delivering. This should have come in December, but during the vacation I got lazy, again, and then school started and for a while i forgot to write.

This by no means excuses me from not, at least posting a note saying that I'm still working on this story and that it isn't dead.

There is another reason why I kept away from writing, but i will mention it at the end.

I've dragged this note for to long. Let's get back to the actual fic.

3rd person POV

It was a normal morning for team RRWBY. They got up from their beds two hours before class, showered in cold water, because Yang used all the hot water, and prepared themselves for another day of classes like every other student of Beacon.

Today went normally without any problem, only having to go through a total of six hours of Professor's Port and Dr. Oobleck's classes. In the last hour of the day, they were all in Port's class, droning out the teachers stories of his youth, and how apparently he jumped off a cliff when he was just a young lad, landed on the back of a Nevermore, and killed it by plucking it's feathers and stabbing it in the eye's and neck.

Whether he is aware of this or not, the only sound to respond back to him is the one of buzzing scrolls and maybe a weak wow from Cardin or his teammates.

Speaking of Cardin, something happened to the former bully, and now he isn't as obnoxious as he was before, and he was kinda working to make amends for his old behaviour. He even went to apologize to Jaune and to Velvet. They both accepted his apology, Jaune more easily. From Velvet's side, he got a black eye and broken nose from her team's leader, apparently some fashionista with a temper if Khorne recalled correctly.

Nobody really knows how this happened. Was this happening because of his fear of Mave, or maybe newfound respect for Jaune? Maybe he will reveal the true reason one day.

Now, outside of that irregularity, the day went on as normal and when the bell struck, the teams returned to their dorms, talking about what to do for the rest of the day.

Team RRBWY already planned something for today. They were just happy that they could finally go through with it.

''Finally, I thought classes would never end for a second there.'' Ruby sighed tiredly, sitting on a lower bunk, getting ready for today's team activity.

Team RRWBY had a pretty simple idea. Track down the single most wanted thief on Remnant and capture him, preferably alive.

''I'll ask again. Do we really have to capture him? Can't I just, I don't know, snap his neck or maybe break his spine'' Khorne asked, changing from his uniform in the corner facing the wall, giving the girls a small amount of privacy.

''No.'' The girls answered in unison in a bored tone. They've been over this before, they have no intention of doing it again

''Fine, fine. I'll be a good man.'' he finally relented,

''It's also for your own good Khorne. Think of it as a test to see if you can control yourself more.'' Weiss dropped that piece of advice to him, hoping that he would understand what she said.

''Yeah. I guess that's a good reason. *Sigh* Ok, I'll promise I won't kill him, but I'm still going to hurt him bad.''

''Well, as long as it doesn't kill, or traumatizes him, you can go all out.'' Ruby said to him.

''Thanks leader.''

Minutes later, they finally finished clothing themselves in their gear, but today they went with something different.

New outfits.

Khorne didn't understand why they needed to wear new clothing, but he was not going to bother asking. What surprised him even more was that they came up with nicknames for their new outfits. Ruby named her outfit 'Slayer', Weiss went with 'SnowPea', Yang with 'Hunter' and Blake with 'Intruder'.

They also told him to wear something different than his armor, so he decided to wear the clothes he bought with Weiss. His setup wasn't as interesting as the rest of his team. Over his black hoodie he wore the leather plates around his waist, along with the leather pauldrons and his plated boots and gauntlets with Jormungandr hanging on his back.

Ruby looked at everyone before clasping her hands in satisfaction.

''Alright! Now that everyone is ready the investigation can finally begin!'' She jumped from the bed, forgetting that she was on the lower bed and smacking her head on the top bunk.

''Ow!''

''*Sigh*, I hope we're going to take this more seriously out on the field.'' Weiss commented, both worried an irritated.

''Hey, we have a plan, and it's serious enough.'' Yang said to the heiress

''And if things go south, I'm sure we can all easily manage.'' Khorne added.

''Right!'' Ruby shook her head from side to side, getting over the pain. "Everyone remember their roles."

''Yes. You and I will go to the CCT, this time at the one here in Beacon, to look up the Schnee records for any dust robberies or other inconsistencies.'' Weiss as if she read it from paper.

''Me and Khorne will go in the shady side of the town. I have a friend there who usually knows everything happening in Vale, and with the two of us it won't be difficult at all to get the information.''

''I doubt you need me to scare this 'friend' of yours Yang, but count me in.''

"And the White Fang hold regular faction meetings to give out new missions and recruit new members. I can sneak in and find out whats happening.''

''Great! After everyone has done their part, we'll meet around Yang's and Khorne's position and go over what we found. Let's do this!'' Ruby pumped her fist at the last sentence slowly raising her teammates spirits.

''Yeah!'' Wait what. It wasn't any of the girls. The voice was male, and it came from the window.

''Sun!?'' Blake exclaimed shocked. The last thing they were expecting was for someone to eavesdrop on their plan. Much less for Sun to hang by his tail upside down in front of their window .

''How did you even get up here?!'' Weiss followed on Blake's exclamation.

''Pft! It's easy! I do it all the time!'' He couldn't have said that in more excited tone even if he wanted to.

''You do what?'' Weiss clearly didn't like his answer, if her furrowed brow is anything to go by.

''I climb stuff all the time. I like it.''He answered completely ignoring the irritation that Weiss was showing and jumped in the room without a second thought

Khorne couldn't help but snort in amusement at his happy go lucky attitude, and went up to him the faunus for handshake.

''Dammit man, you really know how to seek trouble when you want to. So, what brought you here?'' These two really became friends quick, if Khorne's jovial tone is anything to go by.

''Well, I was really looking for a chance strike at this Torchwick guy again, and I kinda knew you guys would come up with a plan, so, I just waited until you finally did so I can offer my help, and lord behold, you finally did!''

''*Snicker*. Oh Sun you bastard, If it were up to me you'd be welcome aboard instantly, but you kinda have to talk with my team about it.'' He said, pointing to Ruby with his thumb.

''So, whaddya say, are we getting back at that Roman pimp or not?''

Khorne, and Yang, had to stifle another laugh at Sun's nickname for Roman.

'Heh. Pimp.'

Sadly for Sun, not everyone was amused by his words. Before Ruby could answer, Blake quickly stepped up to him and spoke in an even tone.

''We, 'she put an emphasis on we', are going to investigate this, as a team.

''Sorry Sun, but we don't want to get anyone else involved if we don't have to.'' Ruby found the words to break it to him.

Sun on the other hand wasn't even phased by what she said. He seemed to grin even more.

''Well that's dumb. You should always get your friends involved. That's why I brought Neptune along with me.'' To prove his point further, he gestured to the window, but nobody was there. Khorne looked outside the window, and to his surprise, found him at the side of the window balancing on a thin ledge.

''Sup-Oh cr-!'' Neptune realized in that moment, that he never actually saw Mave's actual face, since he was wearing his armor when he first met him. He wore shades so his eyes were hidden, but the rest of his face was pretty scarred, but he stopped himself before he actually said something that he might regret. By the way Mave's brows were furrowed though, he may have understood the situation.

''What? Something on my face?'' His tone was slightly irritated, but sounded more tired.

''N-no It's nothing.'' Khorne decide to change the subject and ask the question that was on everyone's mind

''*Sigh* How the hell did you even get up here?''

''I have my ways.'' He looked down, ''Seriously can I come inside, it's really high up here.''

''Come here.'' With another sigh, Khorne grabbed his hand and pulled him inside, after faking that he was going to drop him and nearly giving him a hearth attack. Yes, he would have survived because of his Aura, but that would have still been a nasty fall.

''Please, don't ever do that again.''

''Sorry, but it was way too tempting.''

Ruby closed her eyes and and took a small breath, thinking on how to divide the team now.

''Ok. Sun, since you're a faunus it would be the best if you went with Blake at the White Fang meeting. And Neptune..., to be honest I don't really know what to do about you. I guess you're best bet would be to go with Yang and K-Mave.'' For a moment, Ruby almost used Mave's real name, but the stutter was quick enough that Neptune didn't fully notice.

''Wouldn't it be better if I came with you girls?'' he asked, almost pleading a bit.

''Neptune, we're only going to the CCT tower, at the one here in Beacon might I add. Yang and Mave are going to need the help more, and you can't join Blake and Sun since you're not a faunus.'' Weiss gave him the explanation, and he deflated slightly.

''Alright.''

''Hey. Why the sad face, what you don't like me or something?'' Mave couldn't help it. He was having a field day on Neptune's expense.

''Uh..I..'' He tensed up.

''Come on man relax, I have nothing with you. Just be normal and we'll do be fine. I know we kinda started on the wrong foot, but if were gonna do this, let's get those insecurities out of the way. Sorry for the way I acted before.'' He extended his arm to Neptune, and he took it and they both shook it. He didn't go for a strong grip, just to prove his point.

''Better?''

''Much better.'' Neptune couldn't help but exhale in relief.

''All right then. Welcome aboard.''

''Perfect! Everyone ready to get out there?'' Ruby asked facing the whole group, and in response she got a series of determined nods and grins.

''Then let's go catch ourselves a thief.''

''Yeah!''

And it's finally here., another chapter finished.

Now, for the other reasons I haven't written, my mind wandered way to much and I kept changing stuff about Mave/Khorne, and It's difficult for me to chose a path for him and the rest of the characters. Along with the fact that i keep thinking of new OC's that I know I can't add in this story since they wouldn't fit but at the same time, I know I can't just start other stories since their are more one-offs than anything else.

For example, for a month now I've been thinking about making a SelfInsert story, where I end up in Ruby as a Warhammer 40 character, whether a unique space marine or tech priest.

This story will not die. Worst case scenario, it ends after volume three, and I do something else, but I do want to continue after it.

We'll see in the future. See you guys next chapter.

Bye!