A Blood Drop Away From Jashin
A/N This is my second story. I thought up this story when I had the idea of Ruby being trained in the way of the scythe by our own resident, crude, and immortal bad ass Hidan. Then I started thinking about what if she was raised by Hidan as well. AND THEN what if she went back to her family after that with the knowledge, training, and personality of Hidan. Ruby would be the ultimate troll. Muhahaha... sooo yeah. Read, enjoy, review, etc. See ya later.
Chapter One - Ruby, The Ultimate Troll
"Fuck!" Indiscriminate yelling could be heard by only one being. This being was currently trying to spit dirt out of his decapitated head.
"That damn shadow brat and his Jashin-damned teammates!" Our favourite immortal scythe-wielder was currently approximately 60 metres underground split in pieces preventing his escape from being buried alive.
'Argh, how the hell do I get out?!' Hidan thought. 'Damnit. At this rate I'll be stuck here for centuries!' He continued cursing when suddenly, a blinding red light surrounded Hidan's mutilated immortal corpse despite it being unseen due to the dirt and rock everywhere.
Hidan found himself in a dark void complete without anything else around. He also found his body inexplicably renewed once again. "The hell..." He mumbled.
"Ah, Hidan, my most loyal follower." A deep voice rumbled. A man looking about the age of around 28 could be seen stepping towards him. Small concrete-looking platforms were created under his feet moments before he had stepped. As he walking, an aura unlike any other Hidan had ever felt had encompassed his entire being. Three words came to thought to describe such an aura; total, unparalleled, power. He had only felt this once before, when the Jashinists performed the ritual on him that made him immortal. It gave him a connection to Jashin unlike anything that has been seen before.
As Hidan was stuck in thought, his body went ramrod straight. "Who are you?" He asked. This man stopped not three feet away from him and asked, "Hidan, you know me. I am Jashin, the one whom you worship and praise. So satisfied am I with your deeds in the Elemental Nations I have decided to gift you with something. A second chance. One that will allow you to carry out my will once more." Jashin finished.
"What is it you need me to do, my lord?"
"There is one planet not to different from your own that holds a foul enemy. They are creations called Grimm of one of my old demon generals who long ago thought that he could usurp me. Let's just say that he is nothing more than a memory now. Anyways, your job is to eliminate these creatures. If you find any who are willing to follow the path of a Jashinist, well, you know what to do." Explained the old God.
Hidan, amazed at being giving a second chance by his God, accepted reverently. "Of course, my lord! These creatures of Grimm will die by my blade!" He said zealously.
"Good. Oh, and one more thing, I promise. I've upgraded your power so that you don't have to stay in the symbol every time you use your Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood. Have a nice trip!" And with that, Hidan was sent off from one life to another altogether.
When the ex-Akatsuki member woke up, he could see white everywhere. It was snow. Snowy trees, snowy ground, snowy rocks, snowy child- wait what? A child, no older than four years old could be seen crouched down over what looked to be a woman's corpse on the ground crying. The child, who could now be identified as a little girl, looking up abruptly as she caught the sounds of Hidan's footsteps. They met eyes. Blood red connected with stunning silver as they both stared at each other in silence, the only sounds being small sobs from the girl. She had red and black hair and wore a bright red cloak. Hidan, not knowing what to do, said the first thing that came to mind. "Yo! What the fucks up with you?"
Startled by the crude language the girls mouth just hung open. "Hey, I just asked you a- shit!" A dark claw came out of nowhere as a black beast barrelled into him. Although caught off guard, he managed to push the hulking wolf off of him and sliced it open with his scythe. The tri-bladed weapon shredded the hide of the creature without mercy as it collapsed to the ground writhing in pain. Hidan slowly lifted his brutal killing tool and let it fall on the Grimm's head, piercing it completely.
More Grimm seemed to charge at him in a wave of bodies, hoping one of them would get a lucky hit in. Eventually, a bone-plated arm slapped his face forcing his head to snap around due to the force. The carnage seemed to stop as the remaining pack looked at the dead man.
Suddenly, two hands rose from the body and snapped his head back into position. Hidan's grin seemed to make some of the lesser Grimm flee but before they could get far, they were cut down. The destruction resumed although this time favouring Hidan because of the lowering numbers. Soon, the only ones left from the battle was Hidan and the pack leader.
The elder Grimm was much more intelligent than its deceased brethren, having fought in many different battles with many diverse opponents! It had fought against Huntsmen and Huntresses! It had fought in the great Grimm Wars! It had even- oh, it's dead. The head rolled from the shoulders of the great beast as Hidan sheathed his scythe back on to his back.
The girl in red, although horrified at the resulting slaughter, held a great deal of awe and satisfaction in her eyes. Hidan looked at the girl and then at the corpse. "Hey brat." He said. She looked up at him, "Was that your mother?" She nodded, solemnly. "I'm guessing that this pack I just fuckin' sliced up offed her, yeah?" Another nod. "Whelp, let's go then." Confused, the girl just decided to follow him.
Hidan picked up the corpse and walked over to an overhanging cliff. Still holding her in his arms, he did a small Earth Jutsu and created a grave in which he buried her in. He did another which had rose large, refined stone mark her grave from underneath the ground.
The girl in red watched this happen, small tears treading neatly down her face. Hidan looked at her and walked away. He stopped about a couple feet away from her and looked back. "You comin' or what, blood drop?" It was then that the girl realized her unruly state; blood dripping from her body, staining her mother's' white cloak that she had taken, red.
She walked towards the white haired man and went with him. "So!" He clapped, "Hidan's my name, your new badass, scythe-swinging, broad-banging, best friend. What's yours, blood drop?" He said.
The girl looked at him and said in a soft, melodic voice, "Ruby Rose." And promptly went silent.
"Yah see! You and I are gonna be great buddies! All we need to do is set you up with a big ass scythe and I'm gonna make a Jashinist of you yet, blood drop!" Hidan exclaimed.
"Jashinist?" Ruby questioned.
Hidan grinned savagely. Strangely, Ruby felt even safer.
Timeskip 8 years (Ruby is now 12)
"Yo, Blood Drop!" Rang a loud voice through the forest. Hidan had trained Ruby in the ways of Jashin and of the scythe. They both lived outside of the kingdoms happily killing creatures of Grimm while defending their small home. They had gone to the kingdom of Vale, which was currently the closest, many times to do research on the technology that they lacked living outside the walls, to buy things like bullets and Dust, and to also build Ruby's behemoth of a weapon, Crescent Rose.
Ruby was currently working on said weapon, polishing the outside casing of it. She maneuvered her way across the metal with skilled expertise, carefully smoothing it out. Schlink! A dark red blade stuck out from her chest as she was impaled. "What the hell, dad?" She yelled.
"Hey don't blame me! You were the one who ignored me in the first place! I was asking if you wanted deer or rabbit tonight. You're the one who always complains that we should have more variety." Hidan responded, taking his death scythe out of her torso.
"You didn't have to fucking stick me! And deer, always. You know that."
"Right, right. Deer it is. I don't know why you're so mad, you're immortal." In truth, he did know how she was feeling because of all of those times his Akatsuki partner Kakuzu tried to kill him so he would shut up. He saw now just how fun it was.
"It still hurts like a bitch though. And I'm gonna have to wash the blood out of my clothes again. Shoo, shoo. Go get my food." She exclaimed, making a waving motion with her hands as she did so.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be back soon, your royal highness. Try not to burn down the house while I'm gone, yeah? The last thing I need is another Deidara." And with that, Hidan walked off in search of their next meal.
Ruby sat there remembering how she became immortal.
Flashback
"Alright, just lay down in the symbol and we'll begin the ritual." Ruby at seven years old laid down in the symbol of Jashin imprinted in red on the ground. As the ritual began, Ruby had never felt as much pain as she was currently in now. The searing pain coursed through her entire being. It felt like every muscle, every bone, organ, in her body was being entirely reworked.
She didn't know how long that she was there for, screaming her lungs out. It felt like an eternity. Finally, the pain had subsided giving her a whole new feeling. She felt powerful, as if she could take on the entire world and come out on top! As if she could battle any foe and win! As if she could- wham! "Oww… What was that for?" She said. "You were laughing. It got annoying." Hidan responded.
Still, Ruby couldn't believe it. She was immortal now, the kind of thing that everyone dreams of having but know that they will never get it. Well, she's got it! And it's glorious!
End Flashback
Ruby shook her head, thoughts scattering. She glanced down at her baby, Crescent Rose. Her bullet count was low, she would have to get more from Vale soon. She would ask Hidan to take her when he came back with dinner. Hidan. Her father figure. The one who taught her and looked after her all of these years. Oh, she knew that she picked up some of his… less desirable traits, but she couldn't seem to care about warping to societies wants. Hidan had been the one to teach her his Jashinist Techniques, how to wield a scythe and not swing it around like an oversized bladed club, and how to deal with problems in life; most being to just cut them down mercilessly.
Sometimes she still wondered what it would be like to have a proper family like she had seen those kids in Vale have. A mother who was alive, a father (although she couldn't wish for a better one) whom she knew, and a sibling with whom they could share experiences with. She was curious about her biological father, yes. But, she definitely didn't want to have any other father than Hidan.
As she pondered her thoughts, footsteps could be heard entering the clearing where their house was located. It was Hidan caring a massive stag on his shoulders with his giant scythe sticking out of its' back. "Dinner's here!" He grinned.
"Finally, I was wondering if you got yourself killed somehow with how long you were taking." She smiled. Banter like this was a regular occurrence and they both reveled in it.
"Aww, don't be stupid, dumbass. I wouldn't do that to you." Hidan retorted. He quickly skinned the animal and started doing the necessary cleaning and gutting process before beginning to cook it.
After the stag was fully cooked, the two scythe-wielders ate their meal. "Hey," Ruby said in between bites, "I need to go to town to pick up some bullets for my baby. She's running low."
"Alright, we can head there tomorrow. I've got some cash off of that asshole that we killed last week. I mean, who the fuck just belly flops on a Jashin-damned ursa?" He bite off a leg. "Aight dog, let's hit the town, H-Dizzle."
Hidan slowly stops eating and looks at her. "Never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever call me that again." Ruby just grins. "Aight homie G." Hidan tackles her as she laughs.
This was true family.
The Next Morning
Now, under normal circumstances, if someone came up to his adopted daughter, Hidan would A - indiscriminately kill them, or B - maim them a bit and tell them to fuck off. However, today, when Hidan and Ruby 'hit the town' they were approached by a man who wreaked of alcohol. He had gray hair and wore primarily black clothing. As soon as his eyes fell on Ruby he had looked like he had seen a ghost, which he probably had with all of that alcohol. I mean seriously, who drinks this early in the day, anyways?
The strange man stumbled up to them and asked in a shaky voice, "You. I know you. A-are you named Ruby by any chance?" He pointed at Ruby. Her eyes widened as she glanced between the man and Hidan as if wondering what to do. "Yes? Ruby Rose." The man seemed to sober up after hearing that name.
"Your mother, her name was Summer Rose, wasn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah that's right, shithead. What's it to ya?" The way she talked surprised him.
"I'm yer uncle." He said bluntly. Ruby was shocked. This was just supposed to be a routine stock up and here she finds this drunk guy telling her things that he shouldn't know claiming that he was her uncle.
"My name's Qrow. I heard about what happened to your mother after we found the blood stains. I looked for you for years in all of the kingdoms but you couldn't be found. To think I would find you after just getting some milk." He explained. But the man wasn't finished. "Your father was devastated after he'd heard about what happened."
"My father?" She asked, dumbfounded.
"Yeah, come on. I'll take ya to him. He's in town. Your buddy can come along too if ya want." Ruby looked up at Hidan for confirmation. Hidan just nodded although he felt protective over his adopted daughter. He'd never cared about anyone for as long as he had lived. The only exception was this girl who made his life so complicated. Why didn't he just leave her? Ah yes, feelings and stuff.
As they followed Qrow back to a modern house in which they saw was well kept and completely unlike their own home Ruby started getting a bit nervous. Qrow knocked on the door. The man who opened was tall with blond hair. He held a warm smile that Ruby wasn't accustomed too. She didn't like it. He held that smile until he looked upon Ruby and paled. His mouth hung open, prone to catching flies.
Ruby, being the troll that she was, just grinned savagely and explained the situation as best as she was raised, "'Sup, shithead." The jaw of Qrow dropped almost as much as the jaw of her biological father Tiayang's dropped. Hidan just laughed and patted her on her back and exclaimed, "That's my girl!"
"Ruby! Is that you?! And who taught you to speak like that?!" Taiyang exclaimed.
"Not you apparently." Ruby smiled slyly.
"Ohh, you just got roasted, dumbass!" Hidan yelled.
"And who are you?" asked Taiyang.
"Her fuckin' real dad, shithead."
Ruby, Hidan, Taiyang, and Qrow were all sitting in the living room. The air was so tense you could cut it with a scythe; a tri-bladed scythe to be specific. "So, what's up, fuckers?" Ruby had her feet kicked up on the coffee table without any care. Hidan sat next to her watching protectively over her shoulder.
"Where have you been these last couple years, Ruby? We've looked through every kingdom to find you." Spoke Taiyang.
"Well that's your problem, posh spice." She responded. "We live outside the kingdoms, dumbass."
"O-outside?" Taiyang's visage paled. To live outside the kingdoms you must be incredibly brave or insane. Many a traveller have met their unfortunate end while crossing between kingdoms. Those who lived out there… well, there wasn't many for a reason. "But what about the Grimm out there!"
"We'd just kill them." Ruby replied nonchalantly. "Ew, did you ever eat a Grimm before? They taste like ash." She inspected her nails. Taiyang and Qrow looked on in disbelief.
"Yo, dumbfucks. Can we go now or are you not done yet." Said Hidan sarcastically.
"And who are you to decide what I do with my daughter?" Hidan's eyes narrowed at that.
"Your daughter?" He said slowly.
"Yes, my daughter. Now that we found her, she can come live with us instead of outside the kingdom's." Taiyang, oblivious to the growing fury of both scythe wielders continued on. "I mean, she would be much safer here."
"She's MINE." Hidan yelled. His entire body changed into that of a black and white skeleton for a brief second before switching back. The room went silent as every pair of eyes looked at Hidan. Ruby was shocked, she knew that Hidan wasn't the emotional type yet to see him be so protective over here was staggering.
"Dad?" A young voice interrupted. A fourteen year old girl with long golden hair came into the living room. "What's all the noise in here for?"
"Yang," Taiyang said slowly, "this here is your sister, Ruby. You remember, the one who went missing a few years back." he finished. Yang, wide-eyed, look straight at Ruby and asked, "I'm your sister?"
All was silent as Ruby looked into Yang's eyes. The room became even more tense as the two long lost siblings found each other for the first time in roughly eight years. Ruby burrowed her striking silver eyes into Yang's violet eyes and said, "Bitch, your a fan." And with that, she walked out of the house, Hidan not far behind.
The Xiao Long family and Qrow looked on, frozen where they stood or sat. Ruby, standing by the door, turned back and stuck her tongue out. She shut the door and left.
"Hahaha! That was priceless, Ruby!" Yelled Hidan. "The way you fucking said that to their faces was truly a masterpiece. Couldn't have done it myself, Blood Drop." Ruby looked up at Hidan with a proud expression on her face.
"Now, how about those bullets?"
Timeskip 3 years
Ruby was now considered old enough that she could go into Vale on her own without being accompanied by Hidan. Qrow and the Xiao Long's have tried many times to get in contact with her and to get her to live with them but each time Ruby would turn them down with a insult straight to their faces.
At the moment, however, she was currently reading a weapons magazine in a store that she regularly frequented called From Dust Till Dawn. She looked down at the chainsaw gun and rubbed the picture. "Ohhh… I want it…" Hidan always joked about how she got off to weapons. In reality, that wasn't to far from the truth.
Ruby giggled insanely as she continued to stroke the picture. She kept going until- "Hey, I'm tryna talk to you kid. Put your hands in the air!" A man in a black and red suit put their hand on her shoulder. That hand was gone before he could even say 'Jashin'. The body was kicked through the front window breaking the glass.
Roman Torchwick sighed as he saw the downed goon. He gave the order for the men to check out what was happening until he saw a wheel of death come barreling through. Ruby spun her scythe rapidly, carving her way through the hired muscle with ease. As she ripped her way outside she saw even more criminals loading up what looked to be Dust.
"Get her." She heard. Men from all sides enclosed on her position. "This seems like a good Friday night, cocksuckers!" And with that, she began her massacre. A swing here, a limb there, and some blood waaaay over everywhere! Ruby giggled some more as a large squirt of blood splashed on her usually lovely, sweet face.
Ruby started singing, "Praise the log! Hail Jashin! AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!~" Some of the hired help tried to run away but suddenly found themselves without legs. Two men were left, the one in white with orange hair and one man who was hired wearing a black suit. She swiped across, scratching the man in black enough to draw blood. She sensuously licked the life liquid off of her blade and swallowed.
What Ruby did next surprised everyone present who wasn't dead. Ruby gripped her scythe and cut off her own hand. "Ohhh…" she groaned in ecstasy. The other man with whom she was connected to via blood fell on the ground, his hand chopped off where she had cut hers. As Ruby's hand healed, she began to torture the poor lad, stabbing herself multiple times in the chest. She finally put him out of his misery by sticking her head with the blade of her scythe. Crescent Rose just stayed there in her head as she looked at the other man who was scared shitless.
"W-well, I can certainly say that this has been an eventful evening," Roman began, "but as much as I'd love to stay and chat-" he was cut off. "Shut up, fuckboy."
"W-what?" Him? Roman Torchwick being called something so derogatory right as he was in the middle of his monologue!
"Yeah, what kind of dude wears eyeliner anyway? A fuckboy, that's who." Ruby continued.
"It's a fashion statement!" He replied angrily. "I don't have time for this." He mumbled before shooting her with his cane.
The resounding explosion made Ruby shield herself with her scythe. As she realized that he was gone, Ruby saw that he was climbing up a ladder on the side of a nearby building. She followed him mercilessly. That cross dressing fuckboy wasn't getting away from her.
When she reached the top, she yelled, "I'm gonna show you why they call me the legendary- shit!" A red Dust crystal exploded in front of her when a lady with curly blonde hair made a shield protecting her from damage - even though she would just heal soon after. The woman just pushed up her glasses.
The resulting fight was mainly back and forth between the blond haired woman and the woman in the shadows on the bullhead that Torchwick escaped on. The aura battle was kind of boring in Ruby's opinion. Not enough blood. This random woman was also taking her kills! So she shot at the shadow woman with her baby. Her bullets were just deflected with her hand.
"Hey! Those bullets costed me a lot of money! Be a good victim and take it like a bitch, sweet cheeks!" Ruby yelled.
The bullhead escaped soon after leaving the blond haired woman and Ruby in after battle silence. "What's up, you kill-stealing fucktard?"
An Hour Later
"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady." The woman berated. "You put yourself and others in great danger."
"Damn straight, skippy! Yo, did you see what I did to those guys back there? I fucked them uuuup." Ruby said proudly.
"And that! Who taught you how to kill people like that?!"
"My badass dad, Goodbitch."
"It's Goodwitch!" Glynda yelled. "If it was up to me you'd-" She was interrupted, "You'd what? Kill me? Bitch, I'm Ruby Jashin-damned Rose, motherfucker. Maybe ya heard of me? Wreak bitches, fuck havoc! Or is it wreak havoc, fuck bitches?"
Glynda sighed. "There is some here who would like to meet you." Ruby squealed, "Ohh, is it the muffin man? I knew it! I knew he was real! Hidan told me no but I still believed!"
A man in his late thirties came into the darkly lit room and sat down. He had glasses on and grey hair. He also wielded a tall, black cane. "Do you know who I am?" He asked calmly. His aura, although powerful, felt serene. Ruby decided that it was her goal in life to fuck up his zen.
"You're not the muffin man, are you. You're an IMPOSTER!" Ruby jumped across the table and held Ozpin up by his shirt. Ozpin, to his credit, only looked mildly surprised before looking to Glynda for answers. All he got was a facepalm. Glynda had to pry Ruby off of Ozpin before making her sit back down on her seat.
"Are you finished?"Glynda asked.
"Yeah, yeah- NO!" She kicked Glynda in the shin and booked it to the door. She could taste it now, the sweet smell of fresh air, the look of the tall green grass and blue sky, ohh… "FREEDOM!" And Ozpin ruined that dream by grabbing her shirt and plopping her back on her seat. She pouted at her chance dashing away from her.
"I'm the current headmaster at Beacon." He tried again.
"Oh. Is that the place where you learn to kill shit?" Ruby asked.
"Monsters, you learn to kill monsters." Ozpin corrected. "Now, my question for you is, do you want to come to my school. We can use your talents with your scythe to kill the creatures of Grimm, to better humanity." He finished.
Hmm… On one hand, she would have access to killing Grimm and she would be paid for it, on the other hand, she would most likely have to leave Hidan behind. She decided that she would ask here father his opinion on the subject. "Oo, can I use my phone a friend card for this question? It's a real doozy." She asked.
"As you wish." He handed her a phone. She called their home phone and waited for Hidan to answer. When he did, he asked her a question, "What's up, Blood Drop? What do you need? I thought you were in Vale reading your weapon porn?"
"It's not porn Hidan! You just can't understand the relationship between a woman and her weapon!" Ruby retorted.
"Right, right. You know that we live in the same house right? You literally sleep next door. I can hear you moaning about sticking Crescent Rose inside a chakram." He said.
"W-what?"
"Yeah, and those weapon magazines you hide under your bed. Don't think I don't know about what happens in my own house, young lady. I'm so proud of you. To think my sweet Blood Drop is corrupted at such a young age."
"That's not what I called you for!" She said, trying to steer the topic away from her obsession of weapons. "I met this old guy pretending to be the muffin man asking if I wanna go to his fuckboy mansion or something to kill Grimm. He called it Bacon or something. I don't know, I wasn't listening." She said.
"It"s Beacon." Sighed Glynda.
"Yeah, that." Ruby said lamely. "So, can I go or what?"
"Sure, just make sure to fuck up some baddies for Jashin and me, okay?"
"Damn straight, daddy!"
Meanwhile, throughout this, Ozpin just had a hand on his head wondering what he had just gotten himself into.
On The Airship Going To Beacon
"Soo, Ruby." said Yang awkwardly to her younger sister trying to make conversation. "How'd you manage to get into Beacon two years early?" Ruby looked at her, "I killed like, twenty or so people." She went back to fondling- *cough* 'inspecting' her weapon. Yang looked absolutely horrified. Ruby was amused by her fear.
Suddenly, Glynda Goodwitch appeared via hologram explaining what was going to happen once they had docked on school campus. Ruby just snickered as she thought about her amalgamation of her name 'Goodbitch' that she had called her before. As she was thinking, she heard many of the passengers gasp at the view. She scoffed, she had seen better during her travels with Hidan.
A blond hopeful began throwing up in their general vicinity so she picked up her scythe in her most innocent pose and said to the poor bloke, "If you throw up on me, I will carve out your insides, wrap them around your neck, and ride your bleeding corpse down the nearest fucking mountain with no Jashin-damned helmet on, is that clear?" The blond boy just fearfully nodded at the detailed image he was given. "Good. Then we have an accord."
The hopeful students then began to make their way through the doors leading to the wonderful castle outside. The school itself was massive, with decorations making the entire thing seem even more grandiose.
Ruby set her first step out the door. "You might not be the muffin man, imposter, but I'll be damn sure that I'm going to make this place Dreary Lane, motherfucker." And with that, she hefted her beautifully crafted Crescent Rose onto her shoulders and walked off into the place where she'll stay for the next four years.
End
A/N Thanks for reading. I'll probably update more in the future if I'm not dead and all that. So, ah, without further adieu, see ya.
Edit: It seemed a bit short so I added an entire other section to make it longer. From now on, my goal is to have every chapter above 5k words. :D