Kali Wants A Kitty
Chapter 1: A Desperate Mom
The four members of team RWBY were on a boat heading towards Menagerie. The four girls were currently in their cabin, doing whatever they could to pass the time. Ruby and Blake were reading books, while Yang and Weiss were playing poker with the heiress losing constantly, which was due to the blonde cheating the whole time.
They were on this trip because Blake wanted to have her parents meet her teammates. Or at least that was what she had told them. There was actually another reason she wanted to take her friends with her to meet her parents, but she hadn't told them it yet. The cat faunus was honestly scared of how her visit to her family would go. Instead of actually reading her book, she was thinking of how their trip could end up going.
''Blake, is something the matter?'' a kind voice asked, breaking said girl out of her thoughts. Blake looked up to see her team leader looking at her with concerned eyes.
''No. Nothing's wrong,'' the raven-haired girl answered with a small smile. ''Why would you think that?''
''Maybe it's because you've been sitting this whole trip on your bed with a book in your hands, but you haven't turned the page even once,'' Weiss said while sitting on the floor with cards in her hands. ''Even if we are currently doing other things, we can still tell just by the way you're acting that something is bothering you.''
Blake was surprised at how easily the three other girls had been able to read her. She looked around and saw all of her teammates looking at her with concern in their eyes. The faunus could only sigh as she realized that it was time to tell them the truth.
''I told you guys that the reason I wanted you along with me to Menagerie was because I wanted you to meet my parents, right?'' Blake asked to which the other girls nodded. ''Well, that isn't entirely true. There is another reason I wanted you guys along.''
''Go ahead and tell us. I think we need to know,'' Yang encouraged her partner.
''I kind of need you guys for moral support,'' the cat faunus answered.
''What do you mean by that? Are your parents scary?'' Ruby asked.
''It's not that. It's just that we separated in a bad way,'' Blake explained. ''They left the White Fang before I did after they saw the direction the group was going to. They tried to get me to leave as well, but I refused. We argued about it a lot and I even went so far as to call them cowards. I said that they were afraid of doing what needed to be done and that they were a shame on our whole race. After that, I didn't see them at all. It was only after I had been in the White Fang for some time that I saw my parents were right. I was so ashamed of myself that I couldn't go back to them and decided to go to Beacon instead.''
''So you're afraid of how your parents are going to welcome you. Is that it?'' Weiss asked.
''You could say that,'' the raven-haired girl answered as tears started to form in her eyes. ''I'm... afraid of how they'll see me. After all, I became an actual criminal, something they avoided by leaving the group. For me to return to them after everything I said and did, I just can't expect them to welcome me with open arms. I was the one that brought shame to our race and not them. I can't help but feel that it might even be better if they just spat on my face and slammed door in front of me.''
Blake was suddenly pulled into a strong hug by Ruby. The redhead was rubbing the faunus' back in a comforting manner, hoping to ease the sadness the older girl was feeling.
''I'm sure it's going to be okay. If your parents truly love you, they will gladly take you back,'' Ruby said in a comforting tone. ''That's the thing about family. No matter how bad mistakes we make, they will always care about you, no matter what.''
The redhead pulled back to give a big smile to her friend. Upon seeing such a glowing smile, Blake couldn't help but feel relief wash over her. For the first time since the four girls set out on their trip, the cat faunus felt that nothing would go wrong.
Suddenly, Ruby was pulled up by a pair of strong arms wrapped around her body. The young team leader looked behind her to see Yang grinning at her widely.
''That's one of the things I absolutely love about you, Rubes! You're able to bring anyone back from depression just like that!'' the blonde said before giving the younger girl a kiss on the cheek. ''Anyways, she's right, Blake. Family sticks together, no matter what. Take me for example. I did a lot of dumb things when I was younger, but neither my dad nor Ruby ever gave up on me.''
While Yang took Ruby with her to the bed to give the younger girl more kisses, Weiss walked up to Blake and said, ''It's still so hard to believe.''
''What? That they're not related and are in love with each other?'' the raven-haired girl asked.
''No. I meant just how sickeningly cute those two can be,'' the heiress replied while making a disgusted face as a joke, causing Blake to giggle.
About two months before team RWBY left on their trip to Menagerie, Ruby and Yang had gone through a bit of drama in their lives. The blonde had confessed her love for the redhead, but had been rejected. While Ruby felt the same way towards the older girl, she was afraid of how they would get treated by society, thus leading to her rejection. Yang still tried to pursue the girl she loved, saying that they could make it work, but wasn't able to get any results. It wasn't until Taiyang and Qrow came to visit Beacon that the truth about their relationship was revealed. Ruby wasn't related to Yang at all, as her father was not Taiyang but some other man Summer git together with years ago. Once their whole situation had been explained, Tai and Qrow gave their blessings to the two girls, letting them finally admit their love for each other and become a couple. They still had to be careful with their relationship, as they could face problems through it.
''Well, despite how you feel, they fit together pretty well,'' Blake said as she watched her partner start tickling Ruby, making the younger girl laugh and squirm. ''I suppose it helps when you've known each other practically your whole lives.''
''I know that. I just don't think that we need to see every-'' Weiss began to say but noticed a couple of cards falling from underneath Yang's shirt. ''What the hell, Xiao Long!? Were you cheating during our poker game!?''
''Ruby barrier to the rescue!'' Yang said and placed said girl on her lap, so that she would be protected from the angry white-haired girl. ''Save me from the evil ice queen!''
''Yang, don't do this to me! I don't want to die yet!'' the redhead said as she tried to get out of the blonde's hold, afraid of getting beaten up by Weiss.
Blake just watched from the side the antics of her teammates and giggled. Thanks to her friends, all the anxiety she had been feeling had disappeared. The cat faunus had no worries about meeting her parents anymore.
If only she knew, what her visit would bring.
Meanwhile in Menagerie, a certain Kali Belladonna was sitting in her room while sipping whiskey. The faunus woman had a frown on her face as she was deep in thought. She was thinking about her life and how much it had not gone the way she wanted. While Kali did have a loving husband and a position that many would want for themselves, she was completely unhappy. There was one reason for this. She didn't have the one thing she had always wanted.
Kali wanted the perfect daughter for herself.
For as long as she could remember, Kali had always wanted a daughter. This was because the faunus woman herself had grown up with an abusive mother. This had led to her dreaming of having a daughter of her own that she could treat with the love and care that she never had. She wanted to be the mother that her own should have been. This dream was supposed to get fulfilled when she married Ghira and they were soon waiting for a child.
However, things didn't go as well as she had hoped. The first child the Belladonnas had was a boy, something Kali didn't want. The faunus woman decided to fix this by getting rid of her son when her husband wasn't looking. Ghira was not willing to have another child, so for her to get the daughter she wanted she needed to kill her newborn son and try again. One pillow over the baby's face and Kali's problem was quickly fixed.
Soon they were waiting for their second child and this would be the daughter Kali wanted. Blake was exactly the daughter she wanted. The faunus woman was able to shower her new daughter with all the love she had and finally had the happiness she had.
At least it seemed like that.
Kali's husband started the White Fang and wanted her to help him in his work. While the faunus woman didn't really care about Ghira's ambitions, she needed to play the part of loving wife and help him. She feared that if she were to not help him, he might divorce her and take away her daughter, thus taking away the one thing she wanted in life. However, this led to Blake getting interested in her father's work and joining the White Fang, which in turn led to her drifting away from Kali. When Blake refused to leave the White Fang with her parents, the faunus woman felt that she had truly lost her daughter for good.
Kali felt like she had failed to achieve her dream two times now, and there wouldn't be a third time either. Ghira wouldn't have another child, as he was too focused on his work as Menagerie's chieftain. The faunus woman could try to drown her misery in alcohol, while dreaming about what she truly wanted.
Kali was about to pour herself another drink when her husband suddenly called her from downstairs. ''Kali! Come here to the front door!''
The faunus woman sighed and got up. She made her way downstairs to see Ghira waiting for her with a big smile on his face. She then noticed someone at the door that she didn't think she would ever see again. Her daughter, Blake, was standing there with two other girls her age.
''Blake,'' Kali said with surprise in her voice. ''I didn't think you would ever return.''
''Yeah... well... I felt like I needed to come,'' Blake managed to say nervously. ''There are some things we need to talk about and things that I need to say. But I also brought people that I wanted you to meet.''
''Oh? And who might those be?''
Blake stepped to the side to introduce her teammates. ''These are my teammates from Beacon. Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long.''
''Wait, did you just say Weiss Schnee? As in the heiress to the SDC?'' Ghira asked with wide eyes.
''The one and only,'' Weiss replied. ''I know that my... family has not exactly treated your people well, but I can assure you that I intend to stop such crimes once I inherit the company. I am completely different from my father.''
''We believe you. Blake wouldn't bring people here that would have bad intentions towards the faunus people,'' Kali said before her husband could say anything. ''But there's one thing that puzzles me. I thought that the teams in Beacon were made of four people. Where is your fourth member?''
''Oh, she's here. She's just a bit shy,'' Yang said with a grin and stepped to the side, revealing their young team leader hiding behind her back.
''Ummm... Hello,'' Ruby said nervously.
''This here is Ruby Rose, my team leader,'' Blake said with a smile.
Kali's eyes went wide as she saw the redheaded girl. Ruby was exactly what she had always dreamed her perfect daughter to be. Small and absolutely adorable, with a perfectly cute personality as well. While she may have been a bit shy, she seemed to have manners. It was like Kali was watching her dream right in front of her eyes.
''Hello there, Ruby. I'm Kali Belladonna, Blake's mother,'' the faunus woman said with a smile and offered her hand to the younger girl.
''N-Nice to meet you, Mrs. Belladonna,'' Ruby said with a small smile of her own as she took the offered hand.
''Please just call me Kali,'' Kali said as her smile widened. The girl's hand was very soft and warm. She was liking her more and more every second.
The two of them stood still, holding hands, when Yang suddenly cleared her throat and caught their attention. The blonde had a small frown on her face as she stared at her partner's mother.
''Not to sound rude or anything, but could we come inside? I believe there are some things your daughter wants to talk about with you,'' Yang said with some venom in her voice.
''Oh, by all means. Do come in,'' Kali replied and stepped out of the way, letting her guests inside. As the four girls walked in, the faunus woman's gaze never left Ruby.
A little while later, the members of team RWBY were sitting at a table with Blake's parents. They had tea and biscuits set there for them to enjoy while talking with each other. Right now, Blake was talking with her father about how much she regretted the things she had done, like not leaving the White Fang with her parents, calling them cowards and other such things. Ghira was there to listen to his daughter open up and was telling her that she had nothing to be ashamed of and should feel proud that she eventually made the right choice. Blake's teammates were intently listening to the conversation, ready to offer comfort for their friend when she needed it.
However, Kali was not paying any attention to her own daughter at all. She was too busy looking at Ruby, who was eating biscuits and listening to what was going on with Blake. The more the faunus woman looked at the redheaded girl, the more she wanted her to be her own daughter. There was a genuine smile on Kali's face as she continued to watch the young team leader.
Ruby eventually noticed that she was being stared at and turned her attention to the faunus woman. ''Is something wrong, Mrs. Belladonna?''
''Nothing is wrong, my dear. And please call me Kali,'' Kali responded. ''Would you mind and come with me for a little while? There's something that I would like to show you.''
''But... I need to be here for-''
''I'm sure everything will go well with Blake. My husband isn't angry with her at all and neither am I. Besides, your other teammates are there for her, right?'' the faunus woman said with a smile. ''So, could you come with me?''
Ruby gave a look at her teammates. It seemed like everything was going fine with them, so she nodded and followed Kali without anyone noticing them leaving.
The redhead followed the faunus woman to one of the room upstairs. She looked around and saw that it seemed to belong to a young girl, considering all the toys and other such things that were all around the room.
''This used to be Blake's room,'' Kali said. ''Ever since I got together with Ghira, we had always planned for us to have on child and this would be their room.''
''Hard to believe this is Blake's room,'' Ruby said as she looked around herself. ''It looks like it belongs to a little kid, not to someone of her age.''
''This room stopped changing once she got into the White Fang at a very young age. Living her childhood became meaningless to her with Ghira's goals replacing it,'' the faunus woman explained. ''My husband was obviously happy that his little girl decided to follow him, but I wasn't. I was sad that I lost my daughter and failed to achieve my dream a second time.''
''W-What do you mean?''
Kali walked up to the window in the room and stared out of it, seeing all the happy families walk by her home with their children. ''For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a mother. Nothing more. I think it's because my own parents weren't very good. My father left before I was born and my mother was an abusive monster. I wanted to get a child of my own to give them the love that I wasn't allowed to have.''
''Kali... I'm so-''
''But I failed. Twice. My first child died soon after being born. And now I have failed with Blake as well.''
Ruby was shocked by Kali's words. ''What do you mean you failed!? Your daughter is an amazing person! How could you have failed with her!?''
''Because she didn't grow up as my daughter. She grew up as another soldier for the White Fang,'' the faunus woman replied as she turned to look at the redheaded girl. ''I should have stopped her from getting involved with them. I shouldn't have let my husband encourage her. She ended up throwing away her childhood and becoming a criminal in the end. I'm not so stupid as to think that she didn't do anything wrong while she was with them after we left. After letting something like that happen, how could I be nothing else but a failure?''
''I'm sure it's not that bad...''
''Tell me something, Ruby. What is your own mother like?'' Kali asked.
Ruby looked surprised for a moment, before looking down with a sad expression on her face. The faunus woman was about to apologize for her question, when the girl started speaking again.
''My mother... died a long time ago,'' the redhead said in a sad voice. ''I was very young then, but I can still remember her. She was kind and always there for me. If I were ever sad or anything, she would do anything she could to make me feel better. She might be gone now, but I will always remember her, no matter what.''
''What about your father?''
''My real father left when I was born. Yang's father took me and my mother in. I grew up pretty much my whole life thinking that he was my father and Yang was my sister. It was only recently that I learned the truth.''
Before she knew it, Ruby was pulled into a tight hug by Kali. The faunus woman held the girl tightly against herself and stroked her head in a calming manner.
''We are almost like the two sides of a coin, don't you think? You're the girl who lost her mother while I'm the mother who in a way lost her daughter,'' Kali said. ''Maybe we can help each other.''
''What do you mean?'' Ruby asked.
''Ruby Rose, would you be my daughter?''
The redhead's eyes went wide and she looked up at the woman. She couldn't believe that Kali was serious, but her face told her that she completely meant what she just said.
Before either of them could say anything anymore, the door was slammed open by none other than Yang. The blonde's eyes were red as she glared at Kali with pure hatred.
''What do you think you're doing!?'' Yang yelled as she pulled Ruby away from Kali. ''What makes you think that you can just suddenly take Ruby for yourself!? She already has a family that loves her, so she doesn't need you! Maybe instead of trying to take away girls from other families, you should go and spend time with your own daughter!''
While Kali's face seemed completely calm, she was boiling with rage on the inside. She couldn't believe that this blonde hooligan was trying to get between her and her new daughter. The faunus woman swore that she would make the girl pay for her mistake.
''Perhaps... I guess we just need to see how things turn out,'' Kali managed to reply with barely contained anger.
The next day, the members of team RWBY were on a boat, heading back towards Vale. After what happened between Ruby and Kali, Yang refused to spend anymore time within the Belladonna household. She and her teammates found an inn to stay the night before leaving the next day.
To say the least, Blake was shocked to hear what her mother had said and done. She knew that Kali had been hurt by her joining and staying in the White Fang, but she never imagined that it had been this bad. The raven-haired girl couldn't help but worry about what her mother wanted with her team leader.
''Is it true, Ruby?'' Blake asked her friend. ''Did my mother really say all those things you and Yang told us?''
Ruby simply nodded in response. What happened with Kali had been such a shock to her that she hadn't been able to fully comprehend it herself. The redhead was currently sitting on Yang's lap with the blonde's arms around her. Yang had been very clingy towards her girlfriend after yesterday.
''I don't understand. Why would she say all that?'' Weiss wondered. ''It just doesn't make sense.''
''I suppose it's my fault,'' Blake said and looked down with sadness in her eyes. ''Because I left them for the White Fang, I abandoned her. I essentially destroyed the family she had dreamed of.''
''It's not your fault that she's nuts!'' Yang said angrily and hugged Ruby closer. ''She should have thought about you as her daughter, no matter what! The fact that she's practically pushing you away to get another girl for herself is honestly disgusting!''
''Do you guys think that she will ask me to be her daughter again?'' Ruby asked with fear in her voice.
None of the redhead's teammates could answer. They didn't know how badly Kali wanted Ruby to be her daughter. They only hoped that this was all over with this incident alone.
Too bad that they didn't know what was going to happen soon.
Back in the Belladonna household, Kali and Ghira were sitting at the table, eating dinner. The faunus man was looking at his wife with a small frown on his face. He couldn't believe what she had done yesterday and was going to get some answers.
''So, care to explain to me what happened yesterday?'' Ghira finally asked.
''I don't know what you're talking about,'' Kali answered.
''You know damn well what I'm talking about. What happened between you and that girl from Blake's team?''
''Nothing that should concern you.''
Ghira finally had enough of his wife's attitude and hit the table with his fist. His eyes were practically burning with rage as he glared at Kali.
''It does concern me! You're my wife and you practically molested that poor girl! And the worst of all, you talked about Blake like she wasn't your daughter! What in the hell is wrong with you!?'' the faunus man yelled in rage.
''Did you know that Ruby is an orphan?'' Kali asked. ''Her father left her and her mother died when she was very young. She doesn't have either of her parents anymore.''
''What does that have to with anything?''
''We should adopt her,'' the faunus woman answered. ''That girl deserves to know how it feels to have a loving family. She needs to-''
''ENOUGH!'' Ghira shouted as loud as he could, cutting off his wife. ''That girl does have a family! Unlike you, I talked with her teammates and got to know them! Blake's partner, Yang, has been living with that girl almost all her life! Her father took Ruby and her mother in and they are practically family! She doesn't need you to take her as your daughter!''
''Even so, she still doesn't have a mother. She needs to-''
''Kali, we already have a daughter. Her name is Blake. Get used to it.''
Kali wanted to just go and strangle Ghira right then and there. However, she managed to hold back her anger. The faunus woman knew that she needed to be careful. Otherwise, her plans would be ruined.
''I'm going to get some tea for us,'' Kali said as she stood up from the table. ''Will you take the usual?''
''Yes,'' Ghira answered.
Kali went to get the tea for herself and her husband. However, after she had poured a cup for Ghira, she took a small bottle of liquid from her pocket and put it in his cup as well. She then took the cups and went back to the table, where her husband was still waiting.
''Kali, I'm sorry, but you can't go doing things like that,'' Ghira said as he took his cup of tea and drank some of it. ''I know how important being a mother is to you, but you can't just abandon your own daughter. She is still here and deserves to be loved, like she loves you. Do you understand?''
''I suppose so,'' Kali said as she took a sip from her own cup of tea. ''Besides, I think I have finally found a solution to my problem.''
''Really? And what might-?''
Ghira couldn't finish his sentence as he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He clutched at his heart and felt the pain get worse and worse. The faunus man's eyes were as wide as possible as he held his heart and started to make choking sounds. He looked at his wife who was still sitting calmly at the table, drinking her own tea.
''Don't be so surprised, Ghira. You are obviously going to prevent me from getting Ruby, so I just have to get rid of you. Besides, even though we were a ''peaceful'' group when you were running the White Fang, we still did a lot of dirty work behind the scenes. Remember who was your number one person in getting rid of people that were trying to take down our group?'' Kali said as she glared at her dying husband.
Ghira tried his best to fight against the poison, but was helpless against it. Eventually, he fell to the floor and died, his last vision being his wife looking at him with disgust.
After finishing her tea, Kali got up from the table and went to pack her bags for a trip to Beacon. There was a lovely little girl waiting for her there and she wasn't going to waste time in getting her.
The faunus woman walked through the front door with her belongings. There was a guard there who walked up to her once he saw her come out of the house.
''Lady Belladonna, are you going somewhere?'' the guard asked.
''Yes. I'm going on a little trip by myself,'' Kali answered. ''Try not to go inside the house. My husband is dead tired from all the work and is just poisonous to anyone that disturbs him.''
''Understood. Might I ask where are you going?''
''Oh, I'm going to Vale to meet someone important. Someone very important,'' the faunus woman answered with a smirk.
Author's notes: And a new horror story begins. Hope you guys liked it. Like my other two horror stories, this is going to be another short one with only four chapters in it and two of them being the two different endings.
Also, I said this before in my author's notes for War for Ruby, but I'm going to say it again. I'm going on a small break now and I won't be writing anything during that time. This is so I can get back my enthusiasm for this and return with more energy. However, I will still be visiting the site, so you can PM if you want to talk.
Anyways, please tell me if you liked the story and want to see it continued. Depending on your answers, I'll continue it after my break.
Until next time.
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