Sorry took so long, I hope you like it.

"Me and my big mouth, " yelled Russell as he dodged another shot of poison. The Widowmaker had chased the group of students through the entire base and out into the open. As they ran into the open though, both Cardin and Coco realized that the Grimm had made a tactical mistake. By chasing the group out in the open it was unable to fully utilize its superior agility; a Widowmaker was only agile if it had a lot of different surfaces to bounce off of.

The Grimm seemed to realize it's blunder too, because it tried to head back into the base. A wall of earth suddenly arouse in front of the entrance to the base, curtasie of Yatsuhashi, blocking the Grimms escape. The Widowmaker turned on the gentle giant of CFVY and spat out a gob of web at him. Yatsuhashi dodged it at a speed surprising for someone of his size, but he was met with the open mouth of the Grimm. A three round burst from Dove was enough to distract it though and as it turned its head to assess the new threat Yatsuhashi delivered a punch that sent it sliding away ten feet.

Velvet came in, a bluer of brown, delivering a powerful kick that broke its forward right leg. Fox was right behind her and he managed to gouge out two of the Grimms eyes before he was knocked away. Sky stabbed it in the back and was rewarded with a kick to the stomach. Russell came in fast from the front and slid under the Grimm, just missing its clicking mandible . He drug his daggers infused with fire Dust through the length of the Widowmakers underbelly. The creature roared in pain and almost trampled Russell to death when Cardin swung his mace like a baseball bat, using all his strength, and grand slammed it almost forty feet away.

"You good, " he asked Russell who gave him a thumbs up in response. Coco opened up with her chain gun now that the others where clear. Much to her annoience the Grimm managed to dance away from the steady stream of bullets, it appeared to be still very agile even with a leg broke. The Widowmaker charged at them, spitting venom and cobwebs. They managed to dodge the incoming projectiles and spread out so they all had a clear field of fire. Thoughs with guns gave it a volley that staggered it. Then Russell and Velvet charged in and together cut a second right leg clean off. Fox was right behind them and with his arm blades cut the front left leg off. This caused the Widowmaker to lower its head, baring its neck to Yatsuhashis great sword.

As the giant moved in for the killing blow, Cardin noticed that something was wrong. Realizing that the Grimm was faking it Cardin raced forward and knocked Yatsuhashi out of the way as the beast suddenly lunged. Cardin cried out in pain as the Widowmakers fangs sunk into his right arm. The Widowmaker was classed as one of the most dangerous Grimm not for its size, they only got about as big as an Ursa, it was there venom. Deathstalker venom was dangerous but treatable. Widowmaker venom on the other hand was deadly in a matter of minutes.

"CARDIN," screamed his teammates and the CFY of team CFVY. As the boy crumpled to the ground time seemed to still. Then Velvet screamed, it was a scream of anger not fear, as white hot rage flooded into her. A strange thing about Velvet Scarlatina was that although she was shy and timid, she was as protective as a mama grizzly of all the underclassmen regardless how they treated her. She felt it was her duty to look after them and now this Grimm had the nerve to kill one of her charges? !

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, " she roared. She pulled out her box and opened it. The box transformed into what appeared to be a combo knife and large caliber rifle. The members of CRDL would of stood there in slack jawed amazement, if they weren't trying to tend to their leader. Cardin was barely conscious as he tried to watch Velvet in action. The normally docile bunny was ruthlessly tearing the Widowmaker apart with what was apparently a grenade rifle. After she emptied the magazine into the Grimm, she charged forward and tore into it with the knife end. When she was done the Widowmakers carcass was unidentifiable and she was covered in gore. Allowing a satisfied smile to cross her lips, Velvet stowed away her beloved Grif Shot and turned to face the team gave her nerves looks, they were her best friends and she trusted them, but she understood that she could be a little intimidating when she allowed her bloodlust to come out.

The boys of team CRDL were more focused on there fading leader than her. That snapped Velvet back to reality and she rushed forward. Dove had done his best to make Cardin comfortable. There wasn't anything he could do but rest his dying friends head on his lap as he blinked back tears. Sky sat on Cardins right sobbing so hard that Coco had come over and was hugging him. Fox stood with a hand on Doves shoulder. Russell sat on Cardins left, quietly holding his childhood friends hand tears silently streaming down his face. Yatsuhashi came down on one knee in front of Cardin and bowed his head.

"I beg for your forgiveness Cardin. If I had been more attentive you wouldn't be in this state, " his surprisingly soft voice choked with emotion.

"There's nothing to...to forgive Yatsuhashi," Cardin managed to say as Velvet reached the group.

"Out of the way, "she cried as she shoved Coco and Sky out of the way. She began to assess the wound Cardin received. It was bad but with her semblance...

"I would li...like you t...to write a le...letter for me, " Cardin said to Russell, he was fading fast.

"I will man. I will, " Russell managed to choke out.

"No you won't. Not if I have anything to say about it, " Velvet said with unusual confidence.

"Velvet are you sure you can do it, " asked Coco with concern. Can you do it without killing yourself, she asked silently. Velvet looked her leader in the eye.

"Yes."

Coco nodded her head in silent approval. With that Velvet went into a meditative state, concentrating on gathering her Aura. She then sent it into Cardin making a link with his own Aura. Where as Velvets Aura was a warm inviting brown, Cardins was a cold grey. Suppressing a shiver she moved to the infected area of his body. For someone who is not an Aura healer like Velvet, its difficult to explain how the process works. The best way to explain it is that you picture the injury in your mind, then simply imagine it heal itself. Of course it was an lot more complex than that, but it was close.

For Velvet it felt like only a few minutes before she was done. As Velvet withdrew her Aura, it brushed against something warm in Cardins cold Aura. Curious she reached out and touched it. The warmth was a desire to get stronger to protect his family and friends. The contact was only brief, but was enough to give Velvet a new impression on Cardin. Yes he was a jerk, but he still cared. That brief moment of contact was the first glimpse of many to come of the kind of person that Cardin Winchester could become.

When Velvet came to she noticed that she had been moved. That wasn't unusual, she could hold a meditation in battle, so her team tended to move her when she went into one. She glanced around and realized that they had moved her and Cardin into one of the rooms of the base. She was sitting on a mat while Cardin was laying on a sleeping bag. Looking at Cardin she couldn't help but notice how handsome the younger boy was now that his face wasn't wearing its usual sadistic smirk. Then her stomach growled. Blushing a bit Velvet got up and went to the door, she gave Cardin one last glance then left the room in search of food.

The bunny girl found Sky and Yatsuhashi sitting on cross legged on the floor playing cards in the lounge. The two of them looked up in surprise as she walked into the room. Without saying anything Yatsuhashi gave her a couple granola bars and a bottle of water. Velvet tore into them with wild abandon causing Sky to look at her with some disgust. When she was done Velvet looked around for the others.

"Coco and Fox are having some 'alone' time and Russell and Dove are on the roof. You've been out for almost two days by the way, " said Sky, answering all her unasked questions. Two days? That's a new record, she thought. No wonder she was so hungry and tired.

"He will be alright, " she said, answering his.

Sky let out a sigh of relief as she made her way to the stairs to the roof. She was tired, but the other members of CRDL needed to know that there leader and friend would be alright. As she climbed up she could hear Dove and Russell above her.

"Hah ," asked Dove.

"Yeah? "

"Do you ever wonder why we're here? "

"Do you mean meta..."

"Cough."

The two members of team CRDL turned around when Velvet made her presence known. They seemed to be both surprised and relieved that she was up and about. The two of them had apparently been on lookout duty, but were goofing off instead. She was going to chew them out for it since she was guilty of doing it too.

"Just thought I'd let you know that Cardin will pull through, " she said simply, before turning to go back down.

"Thank you, " Russell said. Velvet paused for a moment then gave them her shy smile.

"Don't mention it. "

Velvet made it back to the room that Cardin was resting in. The boy hadn't moved since she left him, but the steady rise and fall of his chest told her that he was breathing normally. Exhausted from the long meditation, Velvet rolled out her sleeping bag next to Cardin and lade down. In a matter of minutes she was asleep.

When Cardin awoke he thought he was dead, but then he felt a weight on his side shift. He glanced over and was meet with a pair of familiar brown bunny ears. Looking down he found Velvet was cuddling up to him in her sleep. Face going red, he was thought about shoving her off, but the warmth of her body was nice so he decided against it. The Fanus girl murmured something in her sleep and nuzzled into him. Cardin couldn't help, but think that he could get used to this.

Of course when Russell came in a few hours later and found the two cuddling in there sleep the boy couldn't help taking a picture. Cardin threatened to kick his ass when he saw the picture latter that day when the two woke up. Russell had just laughed, used to Cardins threats. Velvet had politely asked for Russell to delete the photo; Russell was going to say no, but something in the normally shy girls demeanor told him he better or else. They spent another day at the base so Cardin and Velvet could get there strength back before they called for the bullhead.

When the two teams returned to Beacon the next day everyone else noticed a change in the two teams demeanors to one another. Fighting together in life or death situation could do that to you. Things between the two teams mellowed out for the most part. They didn't hang out together, but now they could stand being around each other. As the months went by the two teams went on missions together more willingly and they found out a lot about each other. Then one day Coco and Sky were together looking for there two missing teammates. When they walked into CRDLs dorm and found Cardin and Velvet naked in the shower they did an immediate about face and fled the dorm.

-END FLASHBACK-

Cardin could help but chuckle at the explaining that he and Velvet had to do to there teams that day. Coco had almost castrated him while Russell had died laughing. Ever since then the two of them had kept there relationship on the down low. They weren't hiding it, they guest kept it between there teams. Apparently team RWBY knew know to, because Velvet had told him about the incident in the locker room. Aw well. Everyone was going to find out eventually, he stirred next to him, awakened by his chuckle. She glanced at him dazedly for a moment, then reached up and gave him a peck on the lips.

"What's so funny," she asked.

"Just thinking of the time you saved me, and then that first time we did it in the shower," he explained.

"Yes those were eventful times. Do you regret any of it," she asked. Cardin rolled onto her pinning her to the bed, a hungry look in his eyes. He kissed her patiently for a minute before breaking away for air.

"Not a bit," he replied, as he again claimed his girlfriend again.

END

That's the end of this fic, though I might add more on in the distant future. The fight scene was kind of hard for me to do. I wanted everyone to have a role in it and I wanted to make the action as good as I could. For now I think I will work on a new one shot focusing on another minor RWBY character, though I'm not sure which one. Leave a review and tell me what you thought about this fic, especially the fight scene. Until next time folks.