AN: Hello fellow hunters! I am Chronicles, The First Hunter. LOL! Looks like you have taken an interest in my story. Hopefully the first chapter will peek your interest even more. I wanted to get this out there before Vol.4 comes out. Bear in mind that this story STARTS OFF one day before the events of RWBY. Grab some popcorn, call in sick, prop your feet up, and enjoy!
Discalmer: I do not own RWBY nor Bloodborne. The former belongs to Rootster Teeth and Monty Oum. May he rest in peace. The latter belongs to the people of From Software.
It is the afternoon at a ruined abandoned city somewhere in the kingdom of Vail. Like any old abandoned ruined city, the area is dead silent, creating an eerie atmosphere. The sight of the crumbled and ruined buildings and empty streets tied in with the sad and depressing scenery. Making one wonder how the city use to looked back in its glory days before it fell. The one thing that stuck out the most is the lack of life in the ruined city. There are no animals nor plants in the city. Its like mother natural never did looked upon this city.
Through the silence, the sounds of gunshots, weapons slashing through their targets, and the monstrous cries of Grimm echoed through out the city.
A girl with long blond curly hair jumped from the rooftop of a nearby building. She has on a black hooded cloak with tattered cloths at look akin to crowfeathers, like the feathers on the hunter of hunters, Eileen the Crow. She has on a crow mask and she didn't have her hood on, allowing her hair to flow out. As she is falling, she grabbed onto a light post with both of her hands and used the momentum to swing herself to another nearby light post, which she landed safely on top of.
She has on a pair of black and yellow gauntlets that reaches up to her elbows and a long black rectangular metallic case glowing with lines of blue hanging just below her back by two black straps. Her clothes can't be seen due to her crowfeathered cloak covering her body. The girl took off her crow mask and swiped the sweat from her forehead.
She looked to be in her mid-teens. She has light brown skin, her eyes are ember red which her eye lids are a little slanted and finely arched eyebrows. As said before, she has long curly blond hair that reaches down to her mid-back and a few strands of hair that sticks up at the top of her head and curves kinda like an antenna. Bangs hung down on both side of her face. One a little longer than the other. She is around 5'4 in height.
The blond pulled out a golden chalice she is carrying. "Well, that was easy." She said, tossing it up and catching it as she gazed upon it. "If this doesn't open anything new, then I'm selling it. I wonder how much its worth?"
Just then, the girl heard a beastly shriek from above her. Her ember red eyes looked up to see a black werewolf-like creature, whose face looks like a skull of some sort, jumping out of a window and coming down toward her.
"Uh-oh. I forgot we were still playing." With that, she put the chalice back under her cloak and jumped off the light post and onto the street, avoiding the Grimm as it clawed the light post in half. The Grimm let out another beastly roar at the blond, not happy that it missed it's prey.
The blond placed her hands on her hips and leaned slightly forward with a playful grin on her face. "Aw. You want some more of Elisa? Then come and get it Grimmy." The blond named Elisa said in a cheery voice, taunting the Grimm. Being successfully provoked, the werewolf Grimm charged at Elisa, who also charged in return.
The Grimm stood up on it's hind legs and sent a swap with it's claw in a attempt to take her head off, only to hit air since Elisa easily ducked it. All that is heard next is Elisa pounding her gauntlets together and saying these words. "Ding! Ding! Ding!" Before the Grimm could guess what is going to happen, Elisa began punching the Grimm from jaw to torso with rapid succession. Not only is she punching but also kicking, elbowing, and kneeing. Elisa then vanished into a black mist as the Grimm did another swap to stop her.
Elisa reappeared in the air behind the Grimm and delivered a spinning heel drop to the head, causing the Grimm to cry out in pain. She continued disappearing and reappearing, attacking the Grimm from all directions. Keeping it off balance. Finally appearing in front of the disoriented Grimm, Elisa got into a stance and reared back her right hand. "See ya!" With that said, she dove her hand in the Grimm's torso, performing a visceral attack, and ripped her hand out causing blood to gust out in the process.
The werewolf Grimm fell on it's back, motionless.
"Oh, I just love doing Visceral attacks! Its so much fun!" Elisa squealed in a cheery and giddy tone. While she is fangirling over the visceral attack she pulled off, she failed to notice three more Grimm sneaking up behind her. All three of them jumped in the air, readying their fangs and claws to tear her apart.
"Huh?" Elisa looked back to see three Grimm coming at her from above. Elisa dropped a sweat. "Aw crap!"
Suddenly, a flash of red appeared, cutting the three Grimm clean in half. Elisa smiled, knowing what that red flash was. She looked to see another female, around the height of 5'6, standing on top of a light post, also wear a black hooded crowfeathered cloak and a crow mask. Like Elisa, this female didn't wear her hood, allowing her long wild raven black hair, which reaches down to her lower back, hang out.
The female took off her crow mask, revealing her face. She looked to be in her late teens. She has pale white skin, black eyes, and finely arched eyebrows. The bang of her hair covered her left eye. She is carrying a Murasama blade in a black sheath on her left side.
"Thanks Rize!" Elisa waved to the girl named Rize.
Rize gave a smile. "You're welcome little sis. But remember, those count as three more kills for me." She said in a cheery voice of her own. This made the smile on Elisa's face fade, replacing it with a irritated look and a twitching eyebrow. Elisa and Rize are half siblings. They have the same mom, but different dads. Even though they are not blood sisters, they still see each other as siblings. Like typical siblings, the two started a contest to see who can hunt and kill the most Grimm while they are searching of the chalice.
"Those shouldn't count! I was about to become Grimm food!" Elisa shouted out at her sister in anger. Rize only chuckled that her sister's attitude. "Oh please Elisa. You could've easily gotten out of that." Rize said as she dropped down from the light post and walked up to Elisa.
'I have to get her to drop those kills!'
'She can't fool me into dropping these kills.'
"Thats not fair Rize! My life was in danger! You can't count kills from that!" Elisa argued.
"You're trying to get me to discard my kills by saying that you were in danger, but in reality you were too slow. You tell me who isn't being fair?" Rize said to her little sister with another smile.
"Rize!" Elisa growled. Just then, a six pack of werewolf Grimm appeared and surrounded the sisters. "Alright then. How about this pack will decide who wins." Elisa said, getting in her fighting stance.
Rize smirked. "Sounds like a good idea." She pulled out her murasama blade from its sheath and held it out with one hand, pointing it at the Grimm. The blade is about 7ft long. The blade is red and the handle is black. "Are you thirsty? Chikage: The Bloodedge?" Rize said the name of her red murasama blade.
Elisa reached back to her black rectangular metallic case. The case opened to reveal the handle of a weapon. Pulling it out, it revealed to be a long gun shaped weapon. It's color is black, it had two guns handles, one is black with silver lines running down the middle and the other is sliver with red lines on the edges. It seems to have what looks like markings engraved on it.
Rize raised an eyebrow. "You're not gonna fight this with your bare hands like you normally do?"
"Nah. We need to cut their numbers down as soon as possible before it gets out of hand." Elisa said as she swung the weapon out, watching the gun transform into a blade before her very eyes. The two gun handles merged into one handle for the hilt of the blade. The blade is forged into a weird form. The bottom of the blade started to curve slightly to the right but then started to take the shape of a flame, a black flame. Markings are also engraved on it.
Rize nodded. "Yeah, you do have a point there. Things can become really troublesome if their numbers grow too big." Rize readied herself. With that, the pack of Grimm charge in from all directions.
"Here they come Elisa."
"Yeah!"
Before they could do anything, they suddenly heard a male voice shout out. "Get away from my sisters you bastards!" Soon after that, a young man came spinning down from above with a scythe, cleaving all six of the werewolves in half. The young man landed in front of the two girls. Like the girls, he has on the black crowfeathered hooded cloak. But unlike them, he has his hood on along with his crow mask.
"Thank you big brother!" Both the sisters cheered in unison. The young man sweat dropped underneath his mask. He stood up and took off his mask and hood. He has pale white skin and black colored eyes like Rize. His black hair looked like he had a bit of a bed head and he also has a bandage wrapped around his forehead. He is 6'1 in height.
Now resting his scythe on his shoulder, he turned to look at the girls. "You guys really love getting yourself in these kinds of situations, don't you?"
"What can we say Kazato? We're hunters. We thrive in situations like these." Rize told her brother with a cheeky smile. Kazato and Rize are related by blood. So Kazato is also Elisa's half brother.
Elisa crossed her arms and nod her head in agreement with her sister. "Uh-huh"
Kazato only shook his head and chuckled. 'Thrill seekers to the end. I guess they've completely forgotten one of the things hunters should NOT do. Neither Claire nor Saya would be happy if they saw that.' "Anyway, I believe I've killed the most Grimm today."
"Bullshit!" Elisa exclaimed. "You can't just decide like that!"
"Okay then. How many packs have you killed today? I've killed five, including the ones I just killed makes my fifth one." Kazato announced his kill count.
"Five" Both of the girls said in unison. It is a tie. "Wha- A tie?" Elisa blinked surprised.
"We can worry about a rematch later. Right now we should heading-" Before Rize could finish her sentence, the ground underneath them began the shake violently. "W-What the-" Elisa started.
"It feels like something is moving underneath us." Kazato said as the shaking got stronger and stronger. Suddenly, something busted out of the concert street, creating a huge dust cloud a few meters away from them. Due to the dust cloud, they couldn't see what came out of the street. All they can hear is a loud hissing sound that put them on guard even more.
"What is making that hissing sound?" Kazato said to himself, unaware of what might happen next.
Suddenly, something large bolted out of the dust cloud and towards the three siblings.
"Huh?!"
"What?!"
"What the hell?!"
The three siblings barely managed to jump out of way. Elisa jumping to the left. Kazato and Rize jumping to the right. The mysterious creature struck the ground as it passed, creating a long dust cloud.
"What the hell was that?" Kazato coughed for some of the dust got in his lung, getting back on his feet. He then looked towards his sister who is beside him. "Rize, are you okay?"
"Yeah" Rize cough as she got back on her feet as well. Then she realized something, their missing someone. "Elisa? Where is Elisa?"
"Elisa?" Kazato looked around for her but couldn't catch sight of her. "Dammit! Elisa! Where are you?!" Kazato called out to his youngest sister.
"I'm on the other side of the dust cloud! I'm fine! Are you guys okay!" Elisa shouted back.
"Yeah, we are! Hold on, I'm coming to get you!" Kazato started to run off into the dust cloud, but Rize grabbed his hand to stop him. "Rize, what are you-"
"Don't go in that dust cloud Kazato" Rize told hom. Kazato only gave her a look. "You'll see when it clears." Soon after that is said, the dust cloud did clear up. When it did, it revealed a huge long gap in the ground separating them from Elisa.
"See. If I'd let you go. You would've fallen in." Rize told her brother.
Suddenly, a loud screech is heard, the creature is coming back.
"Everyone! To the rooftops!" Kazato yelled. With that said Elisa vanished into a black mist as Kazato and Rize turned into a flock of crows. All three of them reappeared on a rooftop of a building not far from the creature. Now that they have a better view, they are able to see what this thing is. It's body is long and black and it's face also looked like a skull with red lines. It is a Grimm, a giant centipede!
"Is that a centipede?" Elisa squinted her eyes trying to get a better look.
"Looks like it. Its an Death Crawler." Rize confirmed for her sister.
The gigantic centipede crashed and thrashed as it ran through out the city, making it more ruined than what it already is.
"For something so big why is it so damn fast? Its like a freight damn train." Kazato said as he watched the centipede Grimm rampage through the city.
"Its the legs?" Rize answered him which she received a 'huh?' look from Kazato.
"The centipede doesn't have that many legs. The fewer legs it has, the faster it is. The more legs it has..."
"The slower it is huh?" Kazato finished, showing that he understood. "Rize. What class is that Death Crawler in? A class? B class?"
Rize only shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not entirely sure. I think its somewhere along in there." Elisa put her hand on her hip as she watched the gigantic Grimm. "So how do we fight this thing without getting ran over. Its not only the teeth we have to watch out for, it uses it's legs as a weapon too." Elisa pointed out to some of the buildings that have deep marks from the centipede's legs.
"Yeah, I noticed that. I've been trying to think of a plan the whole time. I would say cut off it legs to slow it down. But with the way that thing is moving, that is easier said than done. Its too risky." Kazato said. 'I know Rize and I can attempt it, but I'm not sure about Elisa. I know she can take on D and C class Grimm, but...'
Seeing how things are going, only one solution came to Rize's mind. "Well. If we're gonna do that, then there is only one thing we can do to increase our chances."
Elisa looked that her, eyes filled with thrill and excitement. "Really?! We're gonna do that!" She gasped, excitement clearly in her voice.
Rize gave a smirk and chuckle, feeling her own excitement boiling up inside. "Thats riiiight. We're gonna call on the power of our Grimm."
"Hm. Doesn't sound like a bad idea." Kazato said with a grin of his own. "Alright, let's do it!"
"Oh, this is going to be awesome!" Elisa squealed.
"Don't get too carried away Elisa. Or else you will become a Grimm." Rize told her little sister.
"Wow. Pot meets kettle sis." Kazato scoffed with a smart remark. With that, all three of them took a deep breath, closing their eyes. Connecting with their inner Grimm. As they concentrated, they could feel a dark presence welling up inside them. A black mist began to emitted from their bodies. Black lines that look akin to cracks appeared on their face, underneath their eyes. Their teeth became sharp like fangs. When they opened their eyes it is now a different color. The white of their eyes are black, their irises are red and their pupils are slit. Like the eyes of a Grimm!
"Fuck'em up" Is all that Kazato said as he and Rize disappeared into a flock of crows and Elisa dropped down from the rooftop and landed in the path of the centipede.
With a grin on her face, the black mist began to cover Elisa's arms with some kind of second skin. The skin is black with red glowing lines that look akin to blood vessels that look as if they're flowing which lava. With that, she caught the gigantic Grimm with her hands, stopping it cold.
"Oh that felt so awesome!" Elisa squealed to herself. Instead of trying to back away from the blond, the Death Crawler began to observe her with confusion and curiosity. 'Aw. It thinks I'm one of them.'
A few feet away, Rize is running toward the centipede. She pulled her Chikage out of its sheath just a bit so that it's red blade is showing. With that, she cut the tip of her thumb. "My sword. Drink my blood." Doing as it is told, her Chikage took the blood she offered into it's sheath, drinking it. "Now. BloodCain!" She called out, pulling out her blade in one swift motion as she cut three of the Grimm's legs, her Chikage coursing with blood. "Chikage: The Bloodedge. Drink the blood of this Grimm. Blood Rapture!" She called out. The blood bleeding from the centipede began to travel to Rize's sword, making her blade sharper. She cut leg after leg as she ran along the Grimm's body.
The centipede let out a shriek of pain. Feeling it's legs being cut off and it's strength being drained. Still having it in her grip, Elisa delivered an upper cut to the Grimm, sending its head upwards. "See ya!"
"Whoohoo!" Kazato came down from above, spinning with his Burial Blade in scythe form, covered with a black mist. "The End!" He sent a downward slash, decapitating it's head. He landed beside Elisa. "Oh yeah! Piece of cake!" Both of them shouted in unison, giving each other a high five.
Just then, the other half of the centipede's body began to move, startling the two. The other end rose up, it is a second head! "Wait a minute? Thats cheating! centipedes don't have two heads!" Elisa shouted.
Before the second head could do anything, Rize dropped from above and struck it's head with her Chikage. Her ran down it's back with her sword cutting it's body in half as she did. She jumped off and landed in front of her siblings, her sword still coursing with blood. The gigantic centipede fell in half, it's body fading away in a black mist. "And thats a wrap." Rize smirked.
With the battle finally being over, the siblings eye reverted back to normal.
"Nice one sis" Kazato praised his sister on the finishing move. Elisa crossed her arms and pouted a little. "Aw man. I could've done that."
Suddenly the sounds of someone clapping can be heard behind them. When they turned around, they saw a woman who looked to be in her early to mid twenties. and is 5'6 in height. She has long wild raven black hair that reaches down to her lower back like Rize's. She has pale white skin, a slender build, and red slanted eyes with finely arched eyebrows. She has on the same black crowfeathered hooded cloak but she didn't have her crow mask. She too has a murasama blade on her left which is also a Chikage. And she has the Cainhurst pistol, Evelyn on her right side.
"That was one helluva show. I expected nothing less from my babies." She praised them with a smile.
Elisa's eyes grew wide when she saw who the woman is. "Mom!" She ran and tackled her mother a hug which the woman responded with a hug of her own. "Whoa! Getting a little rough with the hugs there, aren't you my little Elisa?"
Rize walked over to her mother and little sister. "Watching us from afar away again mom? You love watching us struggle, don't you?" Rize said with a greeting smile to her mother. Her mother gave her a kid-like smile. "Well you got me there Rize. What? Is wanting to see how much my babies have grown is now a crime? Also, I see that you're enjoying the use of blood more and more. You really are a chip off the old block."
Rize only shook her head as she chuckled. "Well, you have point there." She said as she joined in on the hug. Everyone is in on the hug, except Kazato, who is standing a few feet away with his arms crossed and a grin on his face.
The woman noticed this. "What are you doing standing over there acting all cool? I know you want a piece of me. So get over here."
Kazato blushed and turned his back to her with his arms still crossed. "N-No I don't." He said with embarrassment clearly in his voice. "I'm growing up, I don't need to be hugged up under my you." He said to his mother.
"Rize and Elisa don't seem to have a problem with that."
"Thats them mom. I'm not the mama's boy I use to be, ya'know."
"Is that right? Well I'm hurt to hear that from my first born. I still remember like it was yesterday when you use to sleep with me up until you were seve-"
"Not listening!" Kazato put his hands over his ears, trying to shut her our. He never did like it when his mom brings up stuff he use to do as a kid. The woman gave a nod to both of her daughters and snuck up on the unaware Kazato. "Oh shut up and get over there." The woman suddenly jumped on Kazato's back, wrapping her arms around his neck and pinching hid cheeks.
Kazato's eye went wide and start flaying his arm. "Ow! Ow! Mom let go!" Soon after Rize and Elisa joined in on the hug, sandwiching their older brother. "Oh come on! Not you two! Get the hell off me guys!"
Just then, two people wearing crowfeathered cloaks appeared in front of the family. One of them is a woman who looks to be in her early to mid twenties and is 5'5 in height. She has pale white skin, long sliverish white hair that reaches to her lower back, finely arched eyebrows with red slanted eyes. On her left side she has the Blade of Mercy and the hunter's pistol on her right.
The person next to her is a man who also looks to be in his twenties and is 6'2 in height. He also has white skin but with a bit more color. He has short blond hair with a thin beard and dark blue eyes. On his back he has a Burial Blade that looks identical to Gehrman's.
"I figured you would be here with my students Scarlet, which is why you haven't reported in immediately after your previous assignment." The sliver haired woman said in a stern tone.
Scarlet rubbed the back of her head with a sweat drop. "Oh right. About that Saya-"
Saya held up her hand to stop Scarlet. "You can explain later. I apologize for interrupting your family time, but we have a important matter to discuss." She then brought her attention to the kids. "I see that you three are still alive and well, especially her." She motioned towards Elisa.
'Oh crap! Its Saya!' All three of the sibling thought in unison as they stood at attention. Saya couldn't help but smirk at their reaction towards her. "I trust you three are keeping the teachings from Claire and myself in mind." The three siblings all nodded.
"Where is my response?" Saya then gave them a stern look.
"Yes ma'ma!"
"Hey. What about me? I trained them too." The blond haired man said in a British accent, feeling felt out. Thats when the kids noticed him.
"Uncle Edward!" The girls shouted. Elisa and Rize would normally rush to hug him. But since Saya is there, they decide it's best that they contain that impulse.
"Hey uncle Ed." Kazato said with a greeting smile but never took his eyes off of Saya.
"Hey kids. I see that you're still getting yourself in trouble with the Grimm." Edward said with a greeting smile of his own. Edward isn't really their uncle. In fact, he is not even related to Scarlet or any of the kids dads. He has been around them for so long that he felt like a family member to them.
"Hey uncle." Kazato called out. "When can I get my hands on that siderite material so I can finally forge my own Burial Blade. This weapon sucks." He motioned to the some what Burial Blade on his back. Even though it can transform from a curve sword to a scythe, it still doesn't measure up to the original Burial Blade wielded by Gehrman or any of the other scythe weapons modelled after it. It doesn't have that special material.
"I know you're not being picking over you weapons Kazato." Came a British female voice from the kids, which startled them. Making them tenser than before. The kids look behind them to see a woman with rosy red hair that reaches to her middle back, white skin, seemingly growing purple eyes, and rosy red finely arched eyebrows standing behind them. She has on the same cloak as the rest and is 5'6 in height. Out of everyone. She seems to have the most weapons in her arsenal. She two guns, one on each side. One is black and has the words 'Elegant Death' craved in cursive on them and the other is sliverish white that has 'Elegant Life" carved on it. She has throwing knives strapped to her right thigh, a whip on her left side, and lastly the weapon passed down in her family from Lady Maria, the Rakuyo, which is on her right side.
Claire gave Kazato a stern look which made him shiver. 'Whats up with members of the brotherhood appearing out of nowhere. Seriously, we need to put a bell on them.' Kazato thought. Claire, Saya, and sometimes Edward would train the kids on how to hunt Grimm whenever Scarlet is away on assignments.
"He has a point Cherry Rose." Scarlet said, gaining a look from Claire that says 'Don't call me that again!'. "Without that special material, he won't be able to take down the toughest of Grimm with that." Edward nodded in agreement. "Shes right Cherry Rose." He said that last part on purpose with a childish grin.
Claire shot him a glare and then sighed. "I know, but my families business, Arcana Industries, just don't have any siderite in stock at the moment. That mineral is hard to come by. Especially since we're currently at conflict with the Schnee family. I'm sorry Kazato, but you'll be stuck with that weapon for a little while longer. Kazato let out a small growl of irritation. "I wish I could get my hands on a real Burial Blade as soon as possible."
"Be careful what you wish for bro. You might get it." Rize told him.
"Pfft" Is Kazato's only response to that. Edward walked up to his nephew, threw his arm around him and ruffled his hair. Much to Kazato's dislike. "Come on, cheer up lad. You'll get one eventually. I'll tell you what. If something were to happen to me on one of my hunts, my Burial Blade will be passed down to you." He jokingly said with an idiot smile.
"Idiot!"
"Moron!"
"Stupid!"
Saya, Claire, and Scarlet all punched Edward in the head for the comment he made. "OW!" Edward place his hands on the top of his head. "What the bloody hell was that for?!"
"Uncle Edward. With the kind of world we live in, you shouldn't be wagering your life like that." Rize told him. Elisa nodded. "What if it really happens, then what?"
"It was suppose to be a bloody joke!" Edward said in defense.
Scarlet only shook her head. "Anyway. Rize. Kazato. Elisa. Head on back home, I'll meet you there."
Elisa nodded obediently. "Yes ma'am. Hey Rize. Kazato. I'll race you back home. Winner gets-".
"You better hurry up slow poke!" Rize's cheery voice came from the top of a building with a mopping Kazato next to her.
"What the hell! That cheating!" With that, Elisa ran and climbed up the building their are on and chased after them.
"Now, down to business. What is this important matter you wanted to talk to me about."
"Well your majesty. We have just received two assignments from the brotherhood." Edward started off, causing Scarlet to raise an eyebrow in curiosity. "Oh? Two assignments? That hasn't happened in awhile. Okay, let's hear'em."
"Well. First, we're hunting a huntsmen who we believe is on the verge of turning Grimm." Edward continued on. Now Scarlet's curiosity is rapidly starting to overwhelm her. "A huntsmen going Grimm?! Has he become drunk with blood from hunting?" Scarlet ran up to Edward and grabbed his collar. "Don't just stand there Edward! Tell me more!" 'Will this be like the night of the hunt in Yarhnam again?'
Wide red eyes filled with excitement meeting dark blue surprised eyes. "Okay love. Just calm down for a bit."
Claire and Saya only sighed. They knew she would get like this when they tell her about the huntsmen. Which is why they made Edward tell her.
'She truly is a Child of Blood.' Claire thought, shaking her head. Saya shook her head as well. 'A Vileblood indeed.'
"The target is east of Vail. He is apparently mentally unstable. More than likely its due to trauma and stress which will soon lead to bloodlust." Saya informed the giddy Vileblood female. "He is far beyond help and must be hunted before he causes harm to innocents, other huntsmen and huntresses." Saya doesn't seemed troubled that they have to go hunt a fellow hunter. No one is.
"As for the second assignment." Claire carried on with the briefing, gaining Scarlet's attention.
It is now night time in the Kingdom of Vail. The moonlight from the shattered moon shun brightly upon a small shady town. The town's cobblestone streets are dimly lite by the street lamps, luckily the moonlight provided most of the light. The town itself doesn't look all that presentable. Boarded up houses, buildings in need of serious repair and remodelling. Not only is the appearance of the town look shady, it's residences are also shady themselves. The town has its share of thieves, black market and drug dealers, prostitutes, and...fallen huntsmen.
The town's tavern is where most go to have their fun and have a few drinks. And a few equals a lot in this tavern. Drunken fights take place which usually lead to someone getting killed. Gambles also take place here along with men, drunk or sober, looking for a nice piece of tail to take somewhere and have some fun. The tavern is dimly lite and the air is filled with cigar smoke.
Sitting that the bar of the Tavern, we find Qrow Branwen. Enjoying himself a small glass of bourbon. "Is that all? You sure there is nothing else?" Qrow said to the a slightly buff, bald head bartender who is cleaning a glass cup. This particular bartender is one of Qrow's many connections to the criminal underworld and this guy usual has the information and tips Qrow is looking for. But this time, things are different.
"Sorry Qrow, but thats all I'm able to find. Whoever it is you're trying to find really knows how to cover their tracks." The bartender said, setting the glass cup down and started cleaning another.
"I see" Is all Qrow said as he took a sip of his bourbon. Qrow winced a little and coughed, feeling the drink slightly burn down his esophagus. "Thats some good stuff."
"I would tell you to go ask Junior but after hearing what happened to him recently, I'm not so sure about that." The bartender cracked a smirk which Qrow noticed. "What happened?"
"What? You did hear? Junior almost had his balls crushed by some random blond."
"Random Blond?" Qrow raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. They say she is about this tall with long blond curly hair, blue eyes, and had gauntlets that shot bullets or something every time she punches. Not only did she drop junior, she also wrecked the entire club.
Immediately recognizing the description, Qrow only chuckled and shook his head. 'Sounds like Yang is stirring up trouble.'
While the two are talking, a man wearing a black trench coat with a black and red tattered cape, a black hat, a dirty scurf, grayish pants, and brown boots is sitting two chair away from Qrow. The man has his head hung over his drink, repeatedly muttering something to himself. His grip on his drink got tighter and tighter until it shattered, gaining Qrow's and the bartender's attention.
"Dammit! What the fuck is it with people breaking my damn cups!" The bartender said in anger.
The man then got up looking a bit off balance, drug his hand across the counter leaving money and blood from his bleeding hand. With that, he staggered out towards the door, licking the blood from his hand until a drunk man bummed into him.
"Hey! Watch where the fuck you're going!" The drunk man said in his slurred speech. The man stopped and looked that him, his bleeding hand still up to his mouth. "What? You gotta problem? You wanna fight?" Drunken man said aloud. Everyone in the tavern noticed this and stopped to witness the fight.
"Hey, whats the deal with him." Qrow asked the bartender about the man.
"I don't know. Hes just some huntsmen who came in here. He kept muttering something to himself the whole time. I just left him alone." The Bartender told Qrow. "Hey! If you're gonna fight then take it outside! Ya'll broken enough shit in my tavern anyway."
Ignoring the bartender, the drunken man kept at it, pushing the man. "What are you going to do? I'm a huntsmen. I can easily kill your-" Suddenly the man let out a inhuman yell as he hit the drunken man in the torso with a visceral attack, jabbing his bleeding right hand in the drunken man's torso. The man let out another inhuman yell as he ripped his hand out of the drunken man's body, breaking his spine causing a sickening snap to fill the tavern along with covering himself and others in blood. The drunken man's fell to the ground.
People in the tavern screamed with terror clearly on their faces by what they just witnessed.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Qrow jumped from his sit, completely caught off guard by what he saw. The bartender on the other hand is speechless from shock. Now covered in blood, the man staggered out of the tavern. Knowing that a person like this wondering around is bad news, Qrow chased after him.
AN: A Dark tension song on Youtube to set the mood: Dark Tension Rising music (Download and Royalty FREE)
When he got outside the tavern, the man is nowhere in sight. "Damn! Where did he go?" A thin fog had rolled in, tying in with the already dim and gloomy town. Qrow then noticed a trail of bloody footprints heading east of the town. Suddenly he hears a loud terrified scream coming from that direction, which he took off running towards . Qrow then came across a crying woman clinching the lifeless body of a male Faunus, whose neck is broken.
"What happened here?" Qrow asked the terrified and crying woman.
"W-We didn't do anything wrong! We were just kissing until...until...a man covered in blood just came out of nowhere and...and snapped his..." The woman balled over the male Faunus's's dead body, eyes flood with tears. "He kept saying something about a...a beast!"
Qrow's expressions frowned. What the hell is this guy's problem? "Which way did he go?" He then asked her. He has to find this guy before he kills someone else.
"H-He went towards the old cemetery." The woman pointed out into the distance.
' The old cemetery huh?' With that, Qrow gave a nod before proceeding on. Finally, he got to the old abandon cemetery that is just on the edge of the town. The place is filled with old cracked tombstones, dead trees and the ground is filed with dead grass and weeds. Dimly lite lamp posts poorly lite the area, but the moonlight gave the most light.
As Qrow walked in, he scanned the area, seeing no sign of the man. That is until he sees a figure out in the distance, with the faint sound of them hitting something. Silently, Qrow got closer and closer until the sound got louder and the stench of blood hit his nose. When he got close enough, Qrow noticed that it is the man from the Tavern and he is hacking away at someone or something with a Axe. Qrow can now here the man's breathing as he swung down his axe, butchering his victim. The man sensed Qrow's presence behind him and gave one final swing before stopping, sounding a bit out of breath.
"Grimm are all over the place." He said as he slowly turned around to face Qrow, with the Hunter's Axe in his right hand and a shotgun in his left. "You'll become one of them. Sooner or later."
Qrow raised an eyebrow in confusing. "Sooner or later? What the hell are you talking abou-" Before he could finish his question, the blood covered huntsmen latched out at Qrow. Lunging at him with his Hunter's Axe.
Ending song on Youtube: "scaPEGoat" Seraph of the End (English Cover by Y. Chang)
AN: Thank for reading everyone! I hope you enjoyed! Please show your support and leave a review. I don't usually include music with my stories but its something new I'm trying out.
Yes, the Vilebloods live on and Queen Annalise's Child of Blood is born. To be more accurate, Scarlet is a direct descendent for the queen and she is a Child of Blood. Before I even knew about the Vilebloods, I've already created Scarlet based around blood. So it fits perfectly. The same goes with Claire. On the surface her family is a high class ,or royal as some might call it, family. But underneath, their made up of assassin's and beast hunters. When I saw Bloodborne, it fit her completely. So I thought, why not make her related to Lady Maria. I love her boss fight!
Also, I know that the Chikage is called the Cainhurst Chikage, and that its an katana. I think that it'll be more appealing, appearance wise, that it is a red murasama blade like Raven's sword or Jet Stream Sam's sword from Metal Gear Rising.
Oh yeah. Raven will appear in the next chapter. Even she is a mysterious character right now, until Vol.4 that is, I'm going to portray her the way I think she might be based on what we've seen and what Qrow said about her.
Thanks for reading. This is Chronicles calling it a wrap.