Deciding on their dorm for the better place to discuss this, Team RWBY and WOLF returned to Beacon. With a temporary goodbye to Sun, the two teams entered their shared dorm room, with Akito bring the last to enter. Afterwards, he made sure to close the door. Ruby and Weiss got on their specific beds while Setsuna joined Ruby on her top bunk while Yang sat on her bottom bunk. Akito and Blake sat next to her, the latter sticking close by him incase this backfired heavily. With a deep breath, he began speaking.

Akito: "Alright... First of all... You all remember my G-Weapon, correct?"  He asked as Exia's core on his necklace glowed a bit. Appearing next to him, standing by the window, the Gundam Exia Exosuit appeared, its eyes completely blackened from it being deactivated.

Yang: "Well yeah! Kinda hard to forget about that thing."

Akito: "Well... I lied about it..."  The team fell silent. He looked towards Weiss.  "You remember me telling you about me being a slave for your father?"  The Schnee nodded.  "Well that was true. Both me and my... 'brother' were your father's pets for a while."  He said while lifting his sleeve, which showed off a burnt scar which displayed the letters, S.D.C., taking Weiss by surprise.

Akito: "After some time, the two of us escaped and went into hiding in Mantle, where we found Setsuna. We all had one goal-'to get away from Atlas'- I'm sure you know of the secret project the Atlas Military were working on before they were raided and some were stolen. Well... you're looking at one of the projects." 

There was a brief silence as Ruby, Weiss and Yang displayed expressions of shock.

Ruby: "Wait, so that... armor is..."

Akito: "Yup..."  He took Alpha off of his arm before mounting it to the right arm of Exia. 

"This, the Gundam Exia along with its main weapon the GN Sword or Alpha as its code name is, was one of those three Gundams from Atlas. The one that you guys just now saw, the Eclipse Gundam was another of the three. There were three Gundams that Atlas created to increase their fighting strength; Gundam Exia, Eclipse Gundam and Gundam Wing Zero. Exia and Eclipse were stolen—Exia by me and Eclipse by my brother who passed it on to someone else in the White Fang. Wing Zero, is still in Atlas' possession, from what I know."

Weiss: "I knew something was off! That's armor just looked Atlesian and connecting the dots to the reports about the stolen projects... That was you!?"

Akito: *nods* "Yup... A while after Setsuna and I left the White Fang, we were arrested but then Ozpin found us and gave us the offer to start over... We accepted and now our files are completely wiped clean of our injustice... However... that doesn't excuse my actions in Atlas..." 

He looked down as silence filled the room. He was expecting some form of berating from them, hatred. All of those Especially from someone like Weiss. However...

Ruby: "You said you did it to survive and protect Setsuna, right?"

Akito: "Huh...? Yeah... Why?"  he looked up, to see the argent eyed girl smiling at him.

Ruby: "Then you don't need to feel ashamed. You stole and hurt others, yeah that's bad and... a crime. But if you did it only if you had no other choice in the moment. Then, while I won't really call it justifiable, it is a reason I can sympathize with. At least that's what I believe."

Yang: "Yeah! If Ruby was in Setsuna's place and I was left with a choice where either I have to steal and hurt others to save her or abandon her, I'd chose the former option without question! So don't beat yourself up about it. You were put in the spotlight. Right, Weiss?"  Everyone looked towards the heiress, who haven't said anything yet. Akito just glanced away, thinking that she would turn him away. However.

Weiss: "So long as he's telling the truth... then I understand."   She crossed her arms, looking away with a 'hmph'. Akito seemed surprised as Blake and Setsuna both smiled at him. Soon, he too began smiling a bit and nodded.

Akito: "Thank you guys.. For understanding."  Rub and Yang smiled brightly with Weiss letting loose a small smile.

Autumn: "Well that turned out better than I expected. Even the Ice Queen understands!"

Akito telepathically: "No kidding..."

Winter: "Well, I guess now is the best time for you to introduce us to them"  Akito fell a bit silent, debating on if he should really do it now or not.

Summer: "Don't worry bro. We discussed this already and we all agree with Winter."

Spring: "Yeah! Besides, it would be awesome to finally come out around them!"

Akito telepathically: "... Alright... It was bound to happen eventually.."

Now with the debate over, Akito looked back at his friends, taking a deep breath before he spoke up.

Akito: "Guys?"  Everyone stopped to look at him.  "I have one more thing to share with you. And trust me when I say, this is something... I didn't steal."

Yang: "What is it?"

Akito: "Well... A better question would be, 'who are they.' Come on out girls." 

With his eyes flashing from the colors green, magenta, orange and blue in that order, in front of the door materialized four young girls all with their respective colors. The first girl had light green hair with golden eyes and small branch-like antlers in her head. She was the shortest of the four, about Weiss' height. The second girl was around Ruby's height, with her hair colored in a light peach-like color and green eyes with her pupils turned horizontally instead of vertically. Like the first, she had Antlers, however they were much larger and pointed downwards, sticking out of her hair as she appeared to be some kind of Deer Faunus. The third had bright redish-orange hair to accompany her red eyes. She seemed to have a bit of a sassy nature, kinda like Weiss does but was like an inch shorter than Blake. The final girl, who seemed to be the eldest was also a Faunus like the Deer girl. With icy blue hair tied in a pony tail and beautiful iridescent colored eyes, she had black and red horns on her head pointing back, giving her a type of goat appearance. She also seemed to be the most well-mannered of the four; these girls were, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

(Spring)

(Summer)

(Autumn)

(Winter)

Spring: "Ahh! Free like a... um... Tree!"

Summer: "It's free as a bird, Spring..."  she deadpanned to which the green-haired girl pouted at her.

Spring: "But that doesn't rhyme!"

Winter: *sighs* "Pardon them. My name is Winter and these are my sisters, Spring, Summer and Autumn. And we are Akito's sisters." 

She bowed gently before them with Spring giving them her signature smile. While Summer gave them all a pleasant smile, Autumn just crossed her arms and nodded downwards to them, acknowledging them.

Autumn: "And just for clarification, I'm the badass sister!"  She said, smiling smugly as she pointed her nose up. However a collective groan from the other three sisters, caused her to click her tongue in irritation.  "S-Shut it! You know it's true!"

Akito smiled and chuckled before he glanced over at the others, who all had shocked expression, even Blake and Setsuna. Despite them knowing of the sisters' existence, they've never seen them actually be in person before. Though he did notice the sad look on Ruby's face upon the mention of the name "Summer"  while Weiss looked surprised from the name "Winter". Akito sighed a bit and looked out of the window.

Akito: "Ah... things are gonna get interesting.."  He said with a small smile before he felt his scroll vibrating. Taking it out, he rose his eyebrows and his wolf ears perked up as he saw that Ozpin had texted him...

Ozpin's text: "Apologies for the unfortunate timing, but I would like for you and Ms. Setsuna to meet me in my office now. It's urgent."

>Chapter 9: Secrets Revealed<

Akito and Setsuna: "Uggghhh..."

Both wolves let out collective groans of annoyance as they were walking through downtown Vale. The first Semester was going to start the next week, so both wanted to spend time with their friends. Unfortunately for them, Ozpin had a mission for the two of them.

Setsuna: "Why us...?"

Akito: "We did agree to this..."

Summer: "Eh, it can't be that bad."

Autumn: "If it doesn't involve fighting, then yes it would be.."

Akito: *sighs* "Well... let's just get to this damn defector already..."

After walking a few blocks, the two had arrived at a shop named "Tukson's book trade". However as Setsuna wad about to walk in, Akito held her back. She looked at him confused before he pointed to the window. She took a glance as well, seeing the two teenagers, a dark skinned female with bright green hair and a silver haired male.

Glancing at each other, Akito and Setsuna had a strange feeling so decided to watch. After walking up to the counter, the female ringed the bell on the counter.

Tukson: "Be right there!"  He came out of the back room, multiple stacks of books in his hands.  "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade! Home to every book under the sun!"  he placed the books down and turned to her.  "How may... uh... How may I help you?"

Guy: "Just browsin'."  He said, closing a book.

Girl: "Actually, I was wondering, do you have any copies of The Thief and The Butcher?"  She asked, leaning over the counter a bit as Tukson hummed.

Tukson: "Yes we do."

Girl: "That's great!"

Tukson: "Would you... like a copy?"

Girl: "No, just wondering."  That line left a bad taste in both Akito and Setsuna's mouths as the glanced at each other before nodding. Soon, the guy slammed the book he was holding shut, catching both the female and Tukson's attention.  "Oh, oh! What about Violet's Garden in paperback?"

It seemed as Tukson also felt that something was off as he gave them both suspicious glances before the male answered

Guy: "He's got it. Hardback too."  He held up the book in question.

Girl: "Ooh, options are nice."

Guy: "Aww, no pictures."  He slammed the book shut.  "Hey. Do you have any comics?"

Tukson: "Near the front."

Girl: "Oh! No! Wait! What. About. The Third Crusade?"

Tukson: "Um... I... don't believe we carry that one."  Once again, the guy slammed another book shut.

Guy: "Oh."

Girl: "What was this place called again?"

Tukson: "'Tukson's Book Trade.'"

Girl: "And you're Tukson?"

Tukson: "That's right."

Girl: "So then I take it that you're the one who came up with the catchphrase?"  Getting more suspicious, Tukson simply answered with a yes.

Guy: "And, what was it again?"

Tukson: *sighs* "'Tukson's Book Trade: Home to every book under the sun'."

Guy: "Except The Third Crusade."

Tukson: *shrugs* "It's just a catchphrase."

Guy: "It's false advertising!"

Girl: "You shouldn't make promises you can't keep, Tukson. I hear you plan on leaving."  The guy behind her, used the panel next to the door to darken the windows.  "Moving all the way to Vacuo... Your brothers in the White Fang wouldn't be happy to hear that. And neither are we. You know who we are, don't you?"

Tukson: *glares* "Yes."

Girl: "And you know why we're here."

Tukson: "...Yes."

Girl: "So, are you going to fight back?"

Tukson: "Yes!"

With claws deploying from his fingers, he leaped onto the counter before pouncing at the girl, swiping his claws at her. However she just ducked. His eyes widened as the male kicked at him and a gunshot was heard. Tukson expected he would be killed but no... he opened his eyes to find himself, completely unscathed. Both the guy and girl looked surprised before they all heard growling in the corner.

Walking out from the dark corner of the book store was Setsuna, a snarling expression on her face as caught in between her teeth was a Wind Dust Bullet, the one that the guy had fired out of his boot. She crushed it in her teeth and growled as her Ice Wolf Claws appeared on her hands.

Girl: "What the!? Where did she come from!?"  She asked startled as she un-holstered twin military-green revolver-like weapons from her rear waist before firing a couple shots aimed towards Setsuna, only for the one Akito Zara, to intercept and block the bullets with his GN Shield.

Akito: "This is as far as you go." 

He said, flipping Alpha into its blade form, the girl seemed frustrated as she gritted her teeth while the guy narrowed his eyes at them. Tukson looked up at his saviors in shock, before his eyes widened as he noticed the red wolf head on Akito's jacket, basically the same as the White Fang's new logo just without the claw marks.

Tukson: "Y-You're the Wolf of the White Fang!?"  Hearing his title, the girl and guy both looked startled and sweat dropped a little.

Akito: "So, you wanna do this, guys or walk away from this like nothing happened?"  He asked as he and Setsuna stood in front of Tukson protectively. After an intense minute, the girl scoffed before holstering her weapons.

Girl: "Whatever. Come on."  She said to her partner who sighed in annoyance. Soon the two of them left the store. Akito's GN Shield disappeared as he reverted Alpha into its compact form while Setsuna's Ice Wolf Claws dissolved.

Setsuna: "Are you okay?"

Tukson: "I am... Why did you help me..? Are you here to bring me to the White Fang because I-"  Akito cuts him off.

Akito: "Relax would you? We left the Fang a long time ago. We just decided that you should be giving a chance at a new life, in Vacuo rather than have it end abruptly right here. I suggest getting there as soon as you can. No telling when those two will be back."  Tukson just stared in surprise before he blinked back into the real world once Akito began talking again.  "Also, you have the next two installments of Ninjas of Love here?"

Tukson: "Uh, yeah I do."

Akito: "Cool. I'll take em'."

Spring: "Oh! That Ninjas of Love book-gah!!"  She yelped as her sisters covered her mouth and eyes.

S.A.W: "SPLASH THEE WITH HOLY WATER! PROTECT THY INNOCENT SOUL!"

Spring: "I'm NOT a child!!"

>>Time Skip brought to you by Chibi Ruby and Chibi Nora arguing over cookies and pancakes<<

After the success of their mission, Akito and Setsuna had returned to Beacon. The male wolf groaned as he and his partner both slouched forwards while walking towards the cafeteria.

Akito: "Finally that's over..."

Setsuna: "Setsuna knows we agreed to this... but why is it so stressful??"   The black wolf looked at his partner, patting her head gently as he replayed the conversation with Ozpin in his head.

(Flashback)

Ozpin: "I do apologize to call you both so late."  Standing in front of the Headmaster were Akito and Setsuna, the latter of the two was yawning from her exhaustion. The black wolf scratched her head to sooth her a bit as he shook his head at the white-haired man.

Akito: "It's alright old man, though the more puzzling thing is why you called us in the first place."  Ozpin chuckled at the nickname 'old man' before shaking his head.

Ozpin: "Right. Well I have an offer for all six of you."  With the way he said the word 'six' took the two wolves and the four girls in the male's head by surprise while the man chuckled at their reactions.  "Oh please, do you think all of those times you speak to yourself go by unnoticed by everyone, Mr. Zara?"

Akito: "Well then... Girls?"

With his eyes flashing an array of colors, the four girls appeared next to his brother. Upon seeing them, Ozpin rose both his eyebrows a bit, seemingly in surprise before he chuckled. Gesturing towards the two chairs in front of his desk, Setsuna took one of the seats while Spring looked at Akito, who smiled and gave her the go ahead to take the other seat, to which she did happily.

Ozpin: "Mmm... You lot remind me of some people I remember."  He said, looking towards Akito and the four sisters with Setsuna looking at them confused.

Winter: "Um... Pardon us?"

Ozpin: "Never mind."  He shook his head dismissively.  "I was just remembering the past. Anyways, as for why I called you all here. I'm sure you're all aware of the White Fang's antics such as the recent Dust Shop Robberies and their surprising collaboration with Roman Torchwick."

Summer: "Surprising is definitely the right way to describe it.. No way they'd work with him of all Humans."  She said with her hands on her hips as she sighed.

Setsuna: "Mhm. I still don't believe it. But.. what does this have to do with us?"

Ozpin: "Well considering you and Mr. Zara here were once members of the White Fang and have quite the reputation within it, I figured you two were best suited for this job. I would have also asked Ms. Belladonna, but I figured you wouldn't want her to stress over this." 

He said, looking towards Akito who glanced at the roof. Being by Blake's side during the time they left the others for the weekend, he took extensive notice of Blake's mood. She was determined to find out but after she did, he noticed how she seemed to be rushing things. And even when they went back to the dorms, he got a feeling of distress from her. Humming, the black wolf looked back to the Headmaster.

Akito: "What would you like us to do?"

Ozpin: "I will be assigning special missions to you and Setsuna that all relate to the White Fang. Considering you used to be a part of their ranks and left leaving a positive impression on them, I believe you wouldn't have any issue getting information out of them. This way, we could figure out what their motive is behind these ruthless Dust Robberies. Of course, you have the option to decline this, if you wish to do so."

He looked towards the two Wolf Faunus. The two shared a glance with each other before coming to a conclusion. They looked back at the man before him.

Akito: "When do we get started?"

Autumn: "Finally some action!"

Winter, Spring and Summer: "Autumn..."

(End of Flashback)

Akito: "Well this was expected after agreeing to this job, but I am worried about what the White Fang is planning... Adam has control over the unit in Vale and knowing how he is, whatever his grand plan is can't be good... And add to the factor that Roman is involved in all of this and those two tried to assassinate Tukson, they are doing everything to eliminate anyone who could leak their plans... And then... She, the one with the Eclipse Gundam Exosuit, is helping them... I chose to do this, not only to figure out their motives... but for Blake.. I can tell that she's been hooked on this since that night at the Docks and I want to minimize any negative effect this'll have on her.."  He clenched his fists slightly but sighed before looking at Setsuna.  "You can back out of this still, Setsu..."

Setsuna: "I know.. But Setsuna swore to be by your side at all times. And... I want to know what they're doing too.. Setsuna promises to do her best."   She said determined.

Spring: "And don't forget about us!"

Summer: "Yup! You can count on us, bro."

Autumn: "Got that right!"

Winter: "We'll always be with you, big brother."

Akito: "You girls.."  He closed his eyes, with a smile slowly creeping up his face.  "Thanks..."

With that all settled, Team WOLF made their way towards the Cafeteria, where they spotted Sun and a blue haired male. However, the latter of which was covered in grape juice. And the Cafeteria... well it was a complete mess with food all over the place, a hole in the roof, a broken pillar and all of Teams RWBY and JNPR covered in food.

Sun: "I love these guys."

Akito: "Uh... What happened...?"

Before anyone could answer him, the doors slammed open as a clearly angered Glynda Goodwitch stomped through before using her Semblance, Telekinesis to rearrange the cafeteria back to its normal state.

Glynda: "Children, please. Do NOT play with your food!"

Teams RWBY minus Yang and JNPR gathered around a table as Nora unleashed a mighty burp. Just then, Yang came crashing through the roof, landing next to her teammates and friends. They all began to laugh as Glynda scowled. However, Ozpin rested a hand on her shoulder.

Ozpin: "Let it go."

Glynda: "They're supposed to be the protectors of the world." She sighed

Ozpin: "And they will be, but right now they're still children. So why not let them play the part?" He then began to walk away. "After all, it isn't a role they'll have for long."  He said as he took a glance towards Akito and Setsuna in particular, who were both walking towards the two teams.

Ruby: "Akito!! Setsuna!! You missed the best food fight EVER!!"

Setsuna: "Food... fight..?"  She tilted her head in confusion.

Nora: "Basically..."  She picked up a nearby tomato and threw it at Setsuna, who yelped as her instincts made her duck and the tomato wet flying right into Sun's friend.

Blue head: "Why me!?"

Ren: "Nora..."

Nora: "Sorry!"

Akito chuckled before looking at Blake, who was stroking her hair, trying to rid it of any excess food. He smiled a bit smugly and leaned towards her before whispering into her ear.

Akito: "You look like a delicious meal, Kitty~"  Immediately, her face was overrun by a massive crimson blush as she snapped her neck towards him.

Blake: "W-What is that supposed to mean!?" 

In response, Akito began to laugh a bit with him patting her head, which only worsened her blush. Yang saw this interaction and gained a devious grin. She now fully knew what to do conserving Blake and Akito.

Yang's thoughts: "Operation Wolf & Kitty is a go~"

GUNDAM SHADOWS VOLUME 2

https://youtu.be/RQXe22auYOw

Next Chapter: Welcome to Beacon

Ozpin: "I'm sure that after a night of thwarting attempted robbery, you probably just want to go home and take a nap, But, I was hoping that maybe we could have a chance to talk."

Blake: "Of course."

Akito: "Sure thing Old Man."

Blake: *elbows him* "Akito, be respectful!"

Akito: "You ain't my mom!"  Ozpin chuckled lightly at the two's banter with each other.