As Mephisto was running away from the 4 teens, he stopped, seeing a familiar face.

"Mephis! Hello!" The boy, who was gray haired said out to him, a smile visible on his face.

"Anphans. What brings you to Vale? Is Paris boring?" Mephisto asked him.

"Partially. I also wanted to visit you," Anphans replied, smiling brighter than before.

"Okay. . ."

(Temporary return)

"That's how I met JNPR," Mephisto told MNTL, who had grouped into the room.

The holes made by Mesagi flying through the house was covered by plaster.

"Yes. Both of us are cousins," Anphans told MNTL as well. "Oh. You two seem indifferent though," Tankou said.

"Yeah. That's what people tend to say," Mephisto said. "How Anphans met RWBY is. . ."

Several years earlier (again) . . .

Anphans was too busy staring and walking around Vale in awe, feeling like a real foreigner.

He then saw Faunuses walking. "Is this cosplaying, or something?" He muttered.

He initially shook his head. "Better not ask," he muttered again, before taking a deep breath.

Suddenly, a sudden force made him jerk to his left in high speed, causing him to crash into a glass display wall and into the store.

Anphans groaned out in pain, feeling his body in obvious pain, and also the feeling of something sharp in his arms.

"Are you alright?" A man asked him, kneeling beside him, although Anphans could not see him, as he was facing the other direction.

"No. Help. . ." He groaned out, before he was heaved up by the man.

"Thank you," Anphans groaned, before hearing multiple gunshots and many other uncomfortable sounds.

The man nodded. "C'mon. We have to hide," he said, having one of Anphans' arm around his neck as the latter was supported.

Suddenly, they stopped. Anphans didn't know why, but when he looked back, he saw men in black suits and red tinted glasses, each holding different weapons.

"Kid. Run upstairs, and get my gauntlets. It's below the bed. Use it," the man whispered to him.

Anphans nodded slowly, before the man shoved him into a room and pushed the door to close.

Anphans instantly ran upstairs, ignoring the sound of gunshots and groans.

He got into a room and locked it, before sliding down the said bed and grabbed a pair of grey coloured gauntlets with blades at the respective left and right and instantly fastened it onto his wrists.

When the door suddenly gave way, he jumped out through the window, shattering it in the process.

He fell flat on his stomach, causing him to groan in pain for a few seconds, before standing up and began running away.

'I am not a fighter. I cannot fight at all,' he thought to himself, as he got to a corner and hid there.

He saw the men in suits had gotten into the same corner, and Anphans knew he had no choice.

"I have to fight to survive huh. . ." He muttered, before running towards their direction, using his surroundings to dodge the flying bullets.

Once he was near, he climbed to nearest wall, jumped back down, and punched a man in the face.

The man backed away, holding his face in pain, but Anphans ignored that as he continued punching the rest.

He then ran away after punching their faces at least once. He then felt searing pain in the back of his right thigh.

He fell to the ground, the pain being too much. He felt his heartbeat go really fast, causing blood to become visible out of his right thigh.

Suddenly, he saw the men fighting against. . . Four teenage girls?

Anphans watched while holding onto his right thigh which had the bullet wound, getting his hands stained with his own blood in the process.

He then saw one of the men attempted to stab the teenager with black hair.

Anphans wanted to yell, but couldn't from the pain. He reached his left hand out, and suddenly, the blade at his left hand suddenly went to the front of the gauntlet, making a straight blade.

When he clenched his fist, the blade flew, leaving behind a chain at its wake.

The blade pierced through the man's throat, before the blade quickly went back to its original position, at the left side of the gauntlet.

As soon as they had ran away, Anphans felt drowsy, and before he closed his eyes, he saw the teenagers going towards him.