So yeah two chapters and so soon…it's kinda shocking for me. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed last chapter and I hope Sparky enjoyed as well. Anyway, please enjoy chapter two of 'Reading "Reaping with Sorrow".
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, Overwatch or Reaping with Sorrow. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and the late Monty Oum, Overwatch is owned by Blizzard and "Reaping with Sorrow is owned by Sparky.
Hollow stared at the two fighters who were know tied up and their weapons put away so they wouldn't fight. Hollow tapped his foot as the two continued to glare at each other.
"Now I'm going to sit you two away from each other just so you don't fight. Now I hear one argument from you two I'll duct tape your mouths shut, understand?" The two nodded before Hollow sat down.
"Good now let's continue from where we left off."
Chapter 2. Anguish of the breaking dawn
"Are there going to be any chapters with happy titles?" Weiss asked. Hollow scratched his chin before he shook his head.
The morning glare broke through the blinds of Team RWBY's room as they woke up. Yawns could be heard throughout the room as they all stretched to get on with the activities of the day. Mostly encompassing the dull but necessary classes and the needed combat training. The leader of the four huntresses was the one to break the silence in the room.
"Well another day. Let's get it over with." The rose said with a monotone voice as she grabbed her cloak and uniform. The other three only looked onto their leader with some concern as she walked to the shower with her toiletries. She had been like this since that day on their first mission as a team and it was becoming a problem. All she would do now according to her team and sister, is fight, eat, and sleep. It had been three months since she became like this and the rest all honestly had no idea what to do to fix it.
Teams RWBY and JNPR turned their heads to ask a question but were stopped by Hollow's shake of the head.
"You'll find out later." He stated.
"Attention all Beacon students." The three of them looked up to hear the intercom installed into every room sound off. "Due to recent events, you will all meet in the auditorium. This is not a drill of any kind and we expect you all to come no later than nine, thank you." Confusion was amongst the huntresses and before one could speak out Ruby exited the shower ready for the day.
"I'm guessing this is the morning after last chapter?" Lena asked and Hollow nodded.
"I'll meet you all there." Ruby said as she was walking out the door. The door shut behind her and the three looked at each other. They were all concerned about her wellbeing and before Yang could stand up Weiss spoke up.
"You know why we did it and why this needs to be kept to ourselves." She reminded the brawler. Blake looked at the two and saw while one was being calm and collected, the other was starting to lose her patience.
"Wait what?" Ruby asked as she looked at the rest of her team who were also confused. Sombra glanced at Hollow who was simply staring at the screen patiently.
"I didn't know it would cause my sister to be like that!" yang shouted back. her eyes were red with anger but mostly just frustration. "If I knew what we did turned Ruby into that I wouldn't have been a part of it in the first place!" Weiss was about to retort until Blake became the voice of reason.
"Yang, even if we regret what happened we can't tell her. If this hadn't already broken her, the truth definitely will. I'm not saying what we did was justified. I admit I have some regrets." She got off her bed and walked to her partner. "But we can't let that regret overwhelm us. We just have to accept what occurred and try to be there for our leader and your sister." Yang became silent when she said that. Blake smiled at this because it meant Yang was processing and accepting her words. The faunus grabbed her uniform and began walking to the bathroom. "When I'm done, I'll go and find Ruby. I'll message you all when I do." They nodded at this and all went back to what they were doing.
"Pause for a second." Jack requested. Hollow did so before he looked at the former commander.
"What did you girls do?" Jack asked Yang, Blake and Weiss who were just as confused as everyone else was, excluding Hollow. Before any more questions could be asked Hollow pressed play ignoring the annoyed glares being sent his way.
Beacon Auditorium:
Weiss and Yang found the remainder of their team standing in the back of the hall that was now crowded with every student. This was a bit concerning to everyone due to the fact that they had never had to meet up like this. Worries about a big emergency was on everyone's minds as they waited for the reason why they were there in the first place. The commotion died down as they saw Headmaster Ozpin walk up to the podium. His expression on his face was emotionless as he adjusted his glasses. Goodwitch at his side looked a little worried on the other hand.
"Ah they must be announcing what happened to that team." Genji muttered to himself.
"Students." He started with the same tone he would use in all of his speeches. "Last night an unfortunate event transpired. At around 9:30 team JZZY were found dead in the outskirts of the Emerald Forrest." Gasps and small murmuring could be heard as they learned the news of the team's demise.
Teams RWBY and JNPR glared at Gabriel who ignored the glares. Despite the fact, he was a killer even he didn't just go and kill innocents and destroy graves. He wasn't a serial killer and he respected the dead. Gabe decided that when he got back to Talon he'd take up the therapy lessons Sombra suggested, even if she was just simply joking.
Ozpin then held up his hand to quiet down the students. "I cannot tell you all the details but I am able to tell you that this wasn't a grim attack or an accident. Someone is responsible for their deaths. I am informing you all of this because we have no leads on the assailant as of yet. In response to this tragic event, students are permitted to carry their weapons on them at all times when they are not on Beacon grounds and will be accompanied with a trained huntsman or huntress on missions no matter how minuscule it is. I will also remind you the regulation on weapons is not a privilege. You are NOT allowed to use them unless if there is a threat on your or your team's life. Am I understood?" he said and the audience nodded their heads at his regulations. "Last night was a truly tragic event. News has already gone out to the families and I hope this will all help you realize how precious life truly is. Classes will be cancelled for the week for the mourning. With that you are all dismissed." He then exited as fast as he came, leaving dumbfounded and concerned students.
"I've never seen professor Ozpin this serious." Ren commented absentmindedly. The other students of Beacon agreed. Sure, they had seen Ozpin serious before but never this serious. Mccree frowned at the screen as he listened to the eight students talk amongst themselves.
Beacon Cafeteria:
"Well that was a thing." Yang said trying to break the silence among her team. They were all quiet after what happened at the assembly. The entire school was after a bomb like that was dropped on them.
"What worries me is that they were on a very simple mission." Weiss said earning the attention of the other teams. "I talked to Zelda sometimes during out grim studies class and she told me before they left that it was a simple search and destroy mission in outer parts of the Emerald forest. Basic grim training at most. Who or what could do that? I mean whoever did this, attacked students in a place where they could easily get help from people training to be HUNTSMEN." She said and saw the others in deep thought.
"Either a really stupid person," Blake said, letting the heiress's words sink in. "or a professional. Judging that the whole team…. Is no longer with us, I'm assuming the latter." The others nodded at this.
"Gabe was always good at that." Sombra whispered to Amelie who nodded in agreement before the two looked at their teammate, and though they would never admit it, close friend.
They were about to back to eating their lunch until the door to the mess hall burst open. The noise of the door breaking off its hinges caused everyone to look at the source of the noise. Surprisingly they all saw the support team NPR who all had very livid expressions on their faces. Even the stoic Ren had a subtle, but furious look.
They all saw the leader of the team Pyrrha Nikos, scan the room with a sharp intensity. She looked over all of the students and her eyes widened a bit until they narrowed in almost a primal look. She and her team made their way to their intended target that was an unaware team CRDL. Before anyone could process what happened, Pyrrha yanked their leader by the back of his collar and slammed him into the ground. Cardin's team was about to react until Nora and Ren started to attack the other three. Ren had Russel pinned to the wall by his foot slowly crushing his windpipe and Nora was in the process of breaking Skye's and Dove's legs. What everyone was so shocked by wasn't the sudden act of violence, but the malicious intent that they all had. It looked as if they truly wanted to harm them and even go further.
"HOLY SHIT GUYS! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!" Yang screeched in shock at Pyrrha, Nora and Ren's actions. She was about to go on but luckily Reinhardt place his gauntleted hand over her mouth and silence ensured.
"Little girl, let zhem digest zhis information. Zhey are also trying to digest zhis." Reinhardt stated softly.
"What the hell Nikos!" Cardin shouted. His only response was a straight punch to the face.
"You just can't get enough can't you?! You make him the black sheep of this school and he's now gone! So, you go on and desecrate his GRAVE?!" Pyrrha shrieked. The students watching this unfold go wide eyed at her claim. They all knew who she was talking about and slightly hung their heads at remembering him. Yang saw her sister immediately stand up from her seat, seeing the same look dawning on her face. Before any of her teammates could react, their leader used her semblance to get to her sister team. She appeared behind the champion and looked down at the bruised bully.
"Explain." She said. Her voice was monotone like before but was now dripping with venom. Cardin had a look of confusion written all over his face as he looked at the two women that would probably put him in the infirmary very soon.
"Pyrrha…what the fuck?!" Yang asked after she had freed herself from Reinhardt's grasp. Everyone stared at Pyrrha and a few at Ruby.
"What the hell are you talking about! I haven't even to been to his grave! I don't even know what you're accusing me of!" He shouted in protest only to have the champion slam something very hard in his face. He recoiled and yelped in pain. He then looked up to see her holding a piece of granite that had the engraving of the Arc symbol.
"THIS is what we find this morning when we went to visit his grave!" Pyrrha hissed at Cardin, pointing at the chunk of rock. Ruby went wide eyed at this and immediately grabbed at Cardin's hair. He screamed in pain as her nails dug into his scalp.
"Wait so Cardin murdered Jaune?!" Nora exclaimed in shock. The two teams growled as they promised revenge on Cardin when they returned to Beacon. Sombra frowned as she analysed Cardin's expression with curiosity before she brought out her phone and got to work.
"Let go! Please I honestly had no idea that happened!" he said. Tears were leaking down his face due to the pain flaring all over his head.
"How can we believe you?! After everything you did to him?! You honestly think we wouldn't suspect you for doing this?!" Pyrrha yelled back. she reeled her fist back to give the bully another punch until a loud slamming noise echoed over all the students. They all turned to see professor Ozpin standing at the entrance. His cane puncturing the hardwood floor.
"That is ENOUGH." His volume rose with his last word and it made the students shudder. "You four will all report to my office immediately. Just be lucky Ms. Goodwitch isn't the one here at the moment." Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren went to follow the headmaster until they noticed that Ruby still hadn't let go of Cardin.
'Thank god he made it.' Genji thought. Even though Genji didn't know Ozpin well enough he knew that things would've escalated if he didn't arrive. Others seemed to agree though they didn't voice it.
Ozpin noticed this too and calmly made his way to her. He was inches away now and about to put his hand on her shoulder.
"What did he ever do to you Cardin?" Ruby wispered just loud enough for the headmaster and Cardin to hear her words. Cardin gained a fearful look until Ozpin placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see him with his same neutral expression.
"Let's go Miss Rose." He said. She let out a small sigh at this and closed her eyes for a second. She wiped away some tears and nodded her head. She joined the others and headed out of the mess hall with the headmaster behind them. Ozpin then looked out into the crowd and spotted the area where the confrontation took place. He pinched the bridge of his nose and lightly shook his head before leaving the mess hall of now emotionally exhausted students.
"So…that happened." Lena quietly voiced to Angela, Mccree and Genji who all nodded.
"Reinhardt get ready to hold them back. I know this Cardin boy isn't here but just be ready to hold them back." Jack whispered to his armoured friend who nodded in agreement.
"I'll wait for her." Yang said standing up from her bench. "Despite what we did, she needs me. She was like this when she lost her mom and I need to there for her again. I'll meet you two back at the room." she gave them a wink and headed in the direction her sister went. Weiss simply looked down at her food and silently squeezed her fork almost enough for her nails to draw blood. She obviously wasn't mad at Yang, but was mad at how badly her friends and partner were in shambles.
She didn't expect what they did to impact them this much.
"I wonder what they did? What do you think araña?" Sombra asked Amelie.
"I don't really care. This is a waste of my time." The sniper replied before she began muttering curses in French. Sombra rolled her eyes at her teammates childishness.
Ozpin's office:
"Now please explain to me why you outright attacked students just now?" Ozpin asked as he propped his elbows on his desk, looking at the four in front of him. He saw Nora about to say something until Pyrrha walked up to the headmaster and placed the bloody piece of stone on his desk. He sighed as he gazed at the two crescents that were now laced with Cardin's blood.
"And you suspect the perpetrator would be Mr. Winchester and his team?" he asked and all Pyrrha did was nod. He nodded in return and leaned back a bit in his chair. "I understand things have not been well for you four as of late." There small gestures of discomfort only proved his claim true. "But in these situations, we need to think rationally about events like this. Did it occur to you that one of the four students that were murdered were in the cemetery when they met their unfortunate demise?" He then brought up a video on his scroll to show the confused students in front of him.
Ruby covered her eyes as she shivered in fear. Ana held the girl tightly in her arms as she whispered soothing things to the girl to keep her calm. Everyone glanced at Ruby with worry in their eyes.
"I won't show you the more disturbing parts, but this was caught on our school surveillance system last night." The four of them looked closer at the screen to see the back of a man standing over what seemed to be a corpse. They couldn't see the state of the person due to the man blocking him from the camera. The man was dawning a hood and the back of his cloak seemed to have a design of some skull. They became confused at the video due to him not doing anything but stand there. Out of nowhere the man pulled out two giant shotguns and obliterated a tombstone in the cemetery. They saw this go for a full minute until he turned into ashes and disappeared.
"Why'd you do it Gabe? Why?" Angela asked Gabe who didn't answer and simply moved his body as to become more comfortable in his bonds.
Ozpin then shut off the video to see the four students, dawning looks of regret and some confusion on their faces. "As you can see that the ones you all attacked weren't responsible. But due to these troubling times for us all, I will let you all go with a warning. Be very grateful that Miss Goodwitch had decided to take the day off or this would have ended with a worse punishment. You are all dismissed." Ruby and NPR all filed out of his room and he began to sip some of his coffee until he received a message on his scroll. He saw it was from his deputy headmistress and he smirked a bit. He sent her off today to see if she could find some information in Vale about a suspicion he had. There were few things the headmaster would never forget, and those weapons the murderer used were one of the few.
He looked at the message and his smirk morphed into a frown at the message. He immediately got out of his seat and headed to the elevator, but not before grabbing his cane, gripping it tight. As he made it down the elevator, Ozpin looked at the message one last time.
'Head to these coordinates. There is someone you should meet.'
'I wonder who he's going to meet?" Blake asked aloud though no one gave an answer. There was silence for a few minutes as everyone digested the information the episode had given them.
"Alright we'll take a quick break so you can all go to the bathroom and get some snacks. Sound good?" Hollow asked and everyone nodded I agreement before they walked out of the room and through a door that had just appeared. Once they had all appeared Hollow sighed as he rubbed his eyes.
"Alright guys before we go I'm just going to say thank you to all those who favorited, followed or reviewed chapter one it's great motivation. By the way SunwukongMogar and supergifford yeah I'm kinda excited and nervous o find out those three's reactions to what they've done. Anyway guys thanks for reading or watching. I am Hollow609 and I am…signing out…PEACE!"
