[Time Skip, One Week. Scarlet's POV]

I sighed as I copied yet another set of notes for our missing leader. He was only supposed to be gone a few days, but it's been a week. Ozpin said he had lost contact with Weiss and (Y/N) the day after they arrived at the area. The entire team has been stressed, training isn't the same without his random conversations and taunts, and without him barking orders and deciding whether to go defensive or offensive we've been getting sloppy.

Jill: "Hey Scarlet?"

Me: "Hm?"

I continued to copy down the notes, leaving side notes for him. He truly was a terrible student, he couldn't pay attention, he barely understands anything that doesn't have to do with fighting, and he never tries.

Jill: "Do you think (Y/N) is..."

Scarlet: "Is what?"

Jill: "Dead."

I accidentally snapped the pencil I was using. At the thought of him dying my body jumped.

Scarlet: "N-No. Of course not. After all, he's not allowed to die until I kick his ass."

I took a deep breath and grabbed another pencil.

Jill: "But it's been a week... And they've had no contact with Ozpin, maybe he-"

Scarlet: "He's not dead Jill!... He's not. He's not allowed to die yet, and if he's going to die he damn well crawl his ass back here so I can kill him."

I rested my head in my hands and sighed.

Scarlet: "I'm sorry Jill... We've all just been stressed out."

Jill: "I know..."

I set my pencil down and got up. I walked over to my bed and sat down, while Jill sat on hers which was right next to mine. Jill stared at the floor, her ears drooping. I put a hand on her shoulder and looked at her.

Me: "Hey, you know he's too much of a stubborn jackass to die."

Jill looked up at me and nodded. Suddenly Alex bursted through the door panting.

Alex: "(Y-Y/N)'s... Bullhead... Almost... Here."

Without another thought we ran outside to the landing pad. We saw Team RWBY waiting as well. As soon as the bullhead touched down we began walking forward. The door opened and we saw (Y/N) step off... Only he was carrying Weiss piggyback style and was dripping blood from his head and torso. As he saw us he gave us a grin then nodded as if to say hello.

(Y/N): "Aw, you guys waiting for little ol' me?"

Once he got close to he handed Weiss over to Team RWBY, she looked completely fine besides a small tear in her dress.

Alex: "(Y/N) you look terrible!"

He chuckled.

(Y/N): "You should see the other guy."

Me: "What the hell happened to you?"

(Y/N): "I'll tell you about it while you're patching me up."

Me: "You're a god damn idiot, you know that?"

[Time Skip, Dorm Room, (Y/N)'s POV]

Scarlet: "So tell us what happened exactly?"

Scarlet was currently healing the gash on my head.

Me: "Well, it turned out that it wasn't Grimm attacking the village. It was White Fang, they were kidnapping people for some reason. We weren't able to figure it out, but we did grab some files that we handed over to Ozpin."

Scarlet: "You seriously just handed over information that we could've used? You couldn't at least read it?"

I chuckled and pulled out my scroll.

Me: "Jill, heads up."

I tossed my scroll to her as she yelped and caught it.

Me: "I said I handed the FILES over. I didn't say anything about photos of said files. Come on Scarlet, I've been at the infiltration game for a long time now."

Scarlet: "That still doesn't explain why you look like you got thrown off a cliff."

Me: "Well, turns out a White Fang lieutenant was posted there, he didn't exactly like the fact there was a Schnee hanging around. So we started fighting, long story short I told Weiss to run while I held them back, might've been a little over my head seeing as there were over one hundred."

Scarlet: "What happened to the lieutenant?"

Me: "Ya' really want to know?"

Scarlet: "For Jill and Alex's sake, no."

Soon the wound on my head healed over, leaving only the one on my stomach.

Scarlet: "Alright next one."

I lifted up my shirt.

Scarlet: "Lay back, it'll be easier to get to."

Me: "Yes ma'am."

I laid back and she started healing the wound on my lower stomach, a little below my rib cage.

Scarlet: "Jill, Alex, could you leave for a bit?"

Alex and Jill nodded and started to exit.

Me: "Guys if you hear screaming she's probably trying to kill me."

Scarlet: "Oh shut the hell up."

Once they walked into the living room and shut the door Scarlet sighed.

Scarlet: "So, remember what you said before you went on that mission?"

Me: "Hmmm... I don't know, that blow to the head might've knocked something lose."

Scarlet: "About what Jill wants? For us to talk?"

Me: "Yeah, I remember why?"

Scarlet: "Once you're healed up I was thinking we could get it over with."

Me: "I guess you're right, best get it over with. Where you want to go?"

Scarlet: "There's a place on the richer side of the city that's really good. Think you can not be offensive and rude for about an hour?"

Me: "Hmmm.... I can probably do like 45 minutes, at the most."

Scarlet: "Guess that'll have to do."

[Time Skip, To the Restaurant]

I sighed as I tugged at the tie on the stupid suit Scarlet made me wear.

Me: "Seriously? Is this necessary? I mean I can barely hide any knives with this thing on, let alone get to them quickly."

Scarlet: "You can't go to a restaurant in casual clothes. This is a very expensive place so try to behave."

We walked into the restaurant and I instantly regretted letting her decide where we went. There was a classy band playing a song I didn't even know, everyone was all dolled up, and the whole place was pretty quiet. We approached a man that was seating customers.

Man: "Do you two have a reservation?"

Scarlet: "Yes, it's under 'Venetian.'"

Man: "Ah, Miss. Venetian. Right this way."

He then lead us to a table for two, as expected the table was neat and tidy, complete with folded napkins and all the pointless fancy stuff. We took our seats and ordered drinks.

Me: "So, you start because I've got no idea what this is gonna be like."

Scarlet sighed.

Scarlet: "I don't know... Maybe if you and I get to know each other we'll be able to get along or something."

Me: "Sounds corny and stupid, but I've got nothing better so sure lets do it. You want me to start?"

Scarlet: "Sure."

I took a deep breath.

Me: "Alright, so when I was a newborn, I was abandoned. I never knew my mother or father, I had no family, nothing. But, I guess my parents were kind enough to abandon me at an orphanage. So I grew up there, I made friends, I learnt to read and write a little, and then it got shut down. Evidently the place was way too old and didn't have enough money to provide for the children. So the kids were spilt up and put in different orphanages. Like most of my life I must've drawn the short straw, the orphanage I got sent to was nice, the caretakers not so much."

Scarlet: "Is that where you got some of the scars?"

Me: "No. Those didn't come till later. When I was there I mostly got a ruler across the knuckles when I got an answer wrong, or no dinner when I didn't do something right. That's where I met Roman actually. When I got punished you could bet that he'd be there beside me, when I wouldn't get dinner he'd steal enough for both of us. Eventually the caretakers got caught, and once more I was sent to another orphanage. I was real sad that I had to say bye to Roman seeing as he was like a brother to me. But the new orphanage was actually great, things were looking up, I made new friends. I felt like I had a family."

Our drinks came and we ordered food.

Scarlet: "Until...?"

Me: "Oh, yeah the story. Well, one day, men showed up, and without a word began killing the caretakers. In front of us the people we looked at as our parents were shot, sliced in half, beheaded. Then, when we thought the worst was over, they began grabbing kids left and right. Putting the older ones in one truck and the younger ones in another. I was pretty young so I was grouped with the younger kids. Then..."

I trailed off as I recalled what came next.

Scarlet: "(Y/N)? You alright?"

She placed a hand on mine. I shook my head to snap myself out of it.

Me: "Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Umm, where was I...? Oh yeah, I was taken with the other kids. We were locked up, like animals in iron cages. Our baths were getting sprayed with hoses. Our meals were stale bread and rotten meat. Almost everyday people would walk around looking at us, like we were animals, examining us trying to pick the right ones. It was two years, that I was locked up. A man in a nice pressed suit came by. Looked at me, a girl next to me, and another girl that was a little bit away. He said to my captors 'I'll take that one, that one, and this one.' And off I went, a rich man had just purchased three slaves."

I took a sip of the drink I ordered.

Scarlet: "How could someone get away with that?! How did no one notice?!"

She nearly screamed.

Me: "Shhh! Keep it down will you."

She covered her mouth and looked around at the people she had drawn the attention of, she mouthed the word "sorry."

Me: "Why are you so worked up?"

Scarlet: "It's disgusting."

Me: "Yeah... Yeah it was..."

I took another deep breath.

Me: "Anyway, once more I drew the short straw, while the two girls worked inside and were treated a hell of a lot better then me, I was forced to work and live outside. I was punished for doing something wrong, or taking a break. They would use a dagger with fire dust imbedded into the metal. They would... Cut into my skin, which cauterized the wound as they made it. That's why I have them everywhere. Even when I didn't mess up, sometimes they'd do it for fun. After years I finally snapped, as the father went to burn me with the blade my body reacted on its own. Next thing I know, he's dead and I'm holding the knife. Soon the wife walked in, and once more my body reacted, killing her too. Then the son, then daughter. And when I went to run, the two girls that got to work inside blocked my way. They said 'What will we do now?' They accepted their fate, they depended on their master. They tried to stop me, I didn't want to kill them honestly... But my body reacted on its own and I ran out of the house of corpses then worked my way to becoming an assassin, stealing, killing, anything to survive. And that's the end of my little fairytale."

Scarlet and I sat there a moment. She simply stared at me, most likely processing my story. It started to get awkward and I didn't know exactly what to say, I never really talked about my past in detail, or at length. As I was about to say something the server came over with our food. We started to eat, but about half way through Scarlet stopped and looked at me.

Scarlet: "I guess I should go now."

Me: "That was the deal."

Scarlet: "Well, I was born into a wealthy family. My mother and father were loving and always there for me. Even though my father was busy a lot of the time, he found the time to read to me or play with me. And my mother was simply wonderful in every way. Whenever I would get hurt or be sad she'd sing to me in the most beautiful of voice I've ever heard. When I was about 8 my mother and father sat me down and explained to me that I was going to have a little sister. At first I hated the idea of having a little sister annoying me all the time, having to share with her. But when she was born and as I got to be around her more, I felt the need to protect her from everything, it's like a older sibling kind of thing. I was never left wanting for anything, I had such a loving family. Then, one night, a boy in a black cloak snuck his way into our house. He didn't seem that old, about fifteen. I hid under my bed, as I watched this boy slaughter my family. I was so terrified that I couldn't move. It felt like hours that I was under my own bed, until finally the boy carved a large letter 'R' into one of the walls, and simply left. After that I was sent to stay with my Uncle, he took care of me like I was his own. And tried to give me the best life he could. When I told him I wanted to be a huntress, he just smiled at me. He then started training me in Close-Quarters-Combat along with the proper way to use a knife. And the rest is basically me graduating from my combat school and getting into Beacon."

I didn't know what to say honestly. How does someone apologize for slaughtering someone else's family? Would a simple "My Bad" work?

Scarlet: "It's not exactly as sad as your sto-"

Me: "No. If you ask me, you're story is a hell of a lot worse then mine."

Scarlet: "How? I had a great life."

Me: "Key word, had. To have something amazing such as that and watch as it is ripped away from you. Is truly heart wrenching. That's why I would've allowed you to kill me when you told me what I did."

Scarlet: "I still can't believe you offered me your head, on a silver platter."

I shrugged.

Me: "And I'd do it again if you asked. Anytime you want to kill me. Just say so."

Scarlet shook her head and let off a small smile.

Scarlet: "You truly are an unbelievable idiot."

[Time Skip, On the Walk Back]

As we walked, the air seemed lighter then before. As if we had somehow worked something out. However, if we did, I don't see how. How could she forgive me for something like that, or even just talk to me normally. As usual, while I was lost in thought I realized something.

Me: "Hey Scarlet?"

Scarlet: "Yes?"

Me: "Did you pay the bill?"

We stopped walking and looked at each other.

Scarlet: "No... I thought you did..."

We both started laughing.

Me: "Oh thank god, we can never go back to that place."

I wiped a tear from my eye as Scarlet caught her breath.

Me: "Well, it's a small crime, but you now cannot call me a criminal without being a hypocrite."

Scarlet punched me in the arm lightly.

Scarlet: "Oh shut up jackass."

We then went to Beacon and as we got to the dorm I was about to open the door, but Scarlet stopped me by calling my name.

Scarlet: "Hey, (Y/N)?"

Me: "Hm?"

I turned around to be met with her hugging me. Once more, that fuzzy feeling returned, I decided to ignore it as Scarlet leaned upward, having to press against me slightly. She got close to my ear and whispered.

Scarlet: "You're still a jackass, but maybe we can do this again sometime."

She then let go of me and casually strolled inside. I chuckled and followed in suit.

Me: 'I seem to be surrounded by interesting women for some unknown reason.'

[(A/N): Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the chapter, this one was a bit long because of the back story part. Anywho, I want to give a shout out to someone, ShadowRealmGamer, recently I read their stories and they were great, so I definitely recommend going and checking out their stories (I really like the story called "RWBY: TEAL") Anywho, DarkPrince out!

*Looks over at clock and sees its 4:11 AM.*

DarkPrince: "Well shit..."]