chapter 8

Hello? You there hans? I was going to ask if you wanted to grab some ice cream?

The ice cream coloured girl was sporting a very prominent blush on her face which was buried into a pillow.

'did I just ask him out on a date? I can't believe I just did that... should I delete the message? What if he doesn't see me that way?' Her thoughts were interrupted by a buzz from her scroll.

Yes, I'm here. I wouldn't mind getting some ice cream.

Hans günsche was breathing heavily, his coat was off and sweat was dripping down his body.

In front of hans were some simple weaponry. Things like a poorly crafted kitchen knife, a botched sword and a broken bow.

'I can't believe it took this much effort to make these. I've been at this for a few hours. I suppose I didn't get this strong just lazing around... I worked hard.'

Meanwhile, back with neo, she was screaming in joy!

Internally of course.

Needless to say, the girl was absolutely ecstatic. She shot up from her bed and started to search through her closet.

Back with hans, he had grabbed his coat and slung it over his shoulder.

Hans:'I wonder, can I make Ice cream with my semblance? Probably with enough practice.'

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I was watching hans train with some ice stuff and watched him suddenly start going somewhere.

'was he training with his semblance? Where's he going now?' I turned to the bathroom where I could hear the shower running.

"weiss! Hans looked at his scroll and now he's going somewhere! What if it's a date?" I yelled to my bestie in the shower.

Weiss:"you're being paranoid Ruby!" I could somewhat see what she meant but I still had to ask.

"but what if he is?" There was a momentary silence before my bestie spoke up again.

"keep an eye on him! We'll follow him!"

"but isn't that stalking?"

"...we're just making sure he's okay!"

Little did they know of the incredibly difficult task of discretely following the captain.

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"hey blake?" Blake looked up from her book.

"what is it, yang?" She started twirling her hair.

"where are weiss and Ruby?" Her head returned to her book.

"I... don't know." Yang gave her a blank look before shrugging her shoulders.

"eh, they'll be fine."

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I took a swig from my flask as I sat in the bullhead.

"why the would oz just suddenly call me back in the middle of my search? Could it be more *burp* important than my mission?" I looked out of the bullhead and stared at the familiar sight of beacon.

"back to beacon. Wonder how Ruby's doing? Yang too." The bullhead shook as it landed and I lazily walked to old oz's office.

'been a hot minute since I've last been here.' I took another swig from my flask as I entered the elevator.

'oum how long does this elevator take?' Despite having just entered the elevator I was already complaining.

After a silent two minute ride up the elevator, it dinged opened and I saw that oz's desk was completely wrecked.

"what happened to your desk oz?" Oz gave me a blank look.

"Well, I hired a security guard who seemed to have amnesia. He somehow has magic and that led to an explanation about magic and maidens. Its quite funny because when he heard how the powers a passed on, he said it sounded like a pointless rule. That led to an explanation about you... then to raven. He wasn't happy about her leaving yang."

I was completely speechless.

"I don't know what to say... but, I may as well ask. Why am I here?" Old oz took a sip from his coffee.

"recently, a new type of grimm has emerged. Humanoid grimm. So far, 2 have appeared. The first was a grimm wearing bone armor with a large sword. The security guard defeated it with a shot to the back of the head." Oz showed a video of the fight.

"he's skilled. Those pistol barrels are ludicrously long though. And his eyes... those are the eyes of a hardened killer. That brings me to another question, what happened to monsoon? I heard that he'd been killed."

"that was also the security guard. However, Ruby noticed a scar on his abs when he returned. Meaning even he wasn't able to defeat Monsoon unscathed."

"wait wait... wait. Why has Ruby seen him shirtless?"

"during the fight with the first humanoid grimm, his coat had been damaged. It seems to hold sentimental value so he had to go shirtless for a while because we have no shirts in his size."

"makes sense. Now what about the second humanoid grimm?" Oz let out a sigh and I know, that's not good.

"it was one with bone armor, a large bone shield and a bone axe. The face was the only exposed part. It was killed by team RWBY." I raised an eyebrow at the phrasing.

"killed? Not defeated like the previous one?"

"yes... upon the security guard, hans günsche's return from his battle with monsoon, we inspected the humanoid grimm. And Mr günsche found human brains in the creature." I dropped my flask in pure shock.

"so... she's using humans to create these humanoid grimm..." oz nodded sadly.

"even worse, there's another one that's been discovered in mistrals largest forest. I've called you back because tomorrow, you and hans günsche will be going to dispatch this humanoid grimm." I nodded my head.

"would I be able to meet this hans günsche?" Oz shook his head.

"he's on break and is not currently in beacon." I sighed and picked up my flask.

"Well... right then. I'm going to go see how Ruby and yang are."

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Through the streets of Vale, a man walked. His appearance drew the attention of many who gawked at him.

His scars stood out well, a vertical one on his abs and one over where his heart was. The sweat running down his body didn't help. Neither did the two sheathed machetes holstered at his sides.

He stopped in front of the ice cream parlor that they were supposed to meet at. He looked around and saw neo waving him over.

The captain headed over to the table and took a seat across from neo on the small circular table.

"how come you're not wearing your coat?" The woman obviously wasn't complaining at being able to see his exposed chest, though the two scars made her curious.

"sweat." She blinked at the blank face he was giving her.

"oh, how did your fight with monsoon go?" She had an anxious look on her face.

"I barely won. The scar on my abs happened because of that fight." She grimaced at the thought.

"on a lighter note, what ice cream do you want?" The captain was relieved at the change of topic.

"3 scoops of chocolate." The mute girl smiled and skipped off to get our orders.

'I wonder if she knows sign language.'

Outside of the establishment, were two girls. This was ruby and weiss.

"I didn't expect him to go to an ice cream parlour." Ruby was scratching her chin.

"I don't think anyone would have expected that." Weiss looked to me for a second.

"with his appearance, I can understand that. He is quite intimidating at first glance." The duo walked in and slid into a stall.

They glanced over at hans who looked like he was waiting for someone.

"who's he waiting for?" Weiss looked around and noticed a girl coloured like neopolitan ice cream walking towards hans table. In one hand, she had a tub of neopolitan ice cream and in the other, a glass containing 3 scoops of chocolate.

The girl placed the chocolate in front of hans and sat across from him with her tub of neopolitan.

Hans grabbed his scroll and typed something on it before showing it to the girl.

"who is that girl?" Weiss glanced over with slight jealousy but more intrigue.

"I don't know, but she looks a lot like ice cream."

Back with the duo, neo was particularly interested in his pistols.

"how come the barrels are so long?" Now, this was a good question that many people had always pondered.

"range. It makes it have good range. But, there is also a heavy amount of recoil due to the sheer force needed to launch the bullet out of the barrel."

"I've never really used guns much. The only weapon I use, is this." After hans had read the statement, neo reached for her umbrella and pulled out a long blade from the handle.

"may I hold it?" The girl gleefully handed the blade over to him and he placed his coat down causing an audible clink of his pistols hitting each other.

He held the blade in his hand and could already tell that besitz had done something to it.

'how could I forget?' The werewolf looked to the ice cream and could noticeably tell what she was going to do next. 'Prediction.' He waved the blade slightly and could tell it was of fine craftsmanship.

He flipped the weapon and held it by the blade with the handle pointing towards neo. The ice cream girl gladly took it.

"the blade is finely crafted but if that is your only weapon, you're at a severe disadvantage in ranged combat. Though, i suspect the umbrella is bulletproof." She gave the man a cheeky grin that all but confirmed his suspicions.

"you'd be right. Though I will ask, what would you suggest for my ranged weapon? Could you perhaps get me a pistols like yours?" Hans raised an eyebrow to her question before responding.

"I'll do you one better. I'll make you a pistol. I made my own and I do have a lot of experience making guns." Her eyes lit up and she leaned forward with her scroll in hand, smirk on her face.

"how long can I expect this to take, Mr gunsmith?" Hans scroll started to buzz and he answered the call as he held a finger to neo.

"hello Mr günsche, we've received word of another humanoid grimm in the forest of mistral. It has also come to my attention that you've been doing this for free, I am going to rectify that. I've created an account linked to your scroll that has 25000 lien in it. For every humanoid grimm you kill, that is how much you will get." Neo seemed to be confused by what she was hearing.

"alright..." then, the call ended. Hans had already started typing again.

"3 days. That's how long it will take. But for now, I believe we should check in on our watchers." She raised an eyebrow until he turned to Ruby and weiss.

The two girls froze upon meeting his sight, neo realised that they had been watching them and smirked.

Hans waved them over and they nervously came over to his table.

Hans locked his hands together and glanced at the two.

"Explain..." The two gulped but weiss spoke up first.

"we were worried..." then Ruby spoke up afterwards.

"we know... we know that you're not okay! So we wanted to make sure!" Hans was once again suprised at the compassion he received.

"explain what they mean by not okay." Neo almost demanded with visible concern to the century year old man. Hans was suprised that they wanted to know but did say something.

"hallucinations..."

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