Wow, I didn't think it was going to reach this much so soon, thank you everyone who followed and favored the story. I hope you like this one so let's get started.
5 years later; Within the Rose/Long Home
Living on the island of Patch for this long, young Midori woke up when she felt a weight on her left side, and already knew who it was if the wolf ears on her left side of her face, and the lazy yet wagging tail on her stomach was anything to go by, "Ruby, what have I said about sneaking into my room again," she said while waking the sleepy Wolf Faunus child up and shaking her fellow five-year-old, at the same time.
"But you're so warm, it's so much better than a thick blanket," Ruby whined as it was true as the despite the warm and cold temperatures Midori had ever since a babe, to everyone, she was perfect temperatures as she only needed one blanket, however, to stay warm. This was something that Midori never really minded as she turned Ruby into a body pillow.
Tossing the single jade-green blanket off of her body, Midori only had a sports bra and a pair of shorts covering her body, and the reason why is that Faunus Children as they grow, was known to go through two different versions of puberty: The Human and Animal parts of their body. Currently, as Faunus Children at this age, Midori sported a High-B-Cup while Ruby is at a Mid-A-Cup, and they were taller to be considered seven-year-olds yet they were not, with still-developing frames. As currently, Midori's adopted parents didn't know how this would affect her looks in the future as the expectancy of ending for both sets is for Human, around 15-16, and the last stages were around 18-20; due to not knowing much still about her Mixed Faunus Status.
Getting off the bed gently, the adopted Rose Child started her stretches in order to get the bones moving again; especially her wings as suggested by a doctor that knew about Flying Faunus at the most within the Isle of Patch, but not much about her flying aspect as such. "Can I brush your wings, please?" Ruby asked sleepily while getting up from bed rubbing her eyes. "Of course, I know that you love brushing my wings ever since we were three years old," Midori said softly to her little sister while putting on a modified shirt due to her wings over her bra.
Stepping down to the kitchen after getting dressed, the adopted siblings saw their mother was working at the stove on making breakfast "Morning you two," Summer said gently while also hearing them coming down. She is normally the first to wake up thanks to Tai waking up early to get to work, as he is the one providing money for the family, currently.
"Morning Ma," Midori said, although she did wonder if this would be the same as if she was back in her home universe. In another universe or a place and time where her parents survived, her counterpart sneezed as if, she was being mentioned.
Watching cartoons which were Transformers on a sunny Saturday morning, Midori brushed her hair while Ruby was happily brushing her wings for the next ten minutes before going after her tail, "Hey can I join?" Yang asked smiling from the stairway as the smell of food woke her up, yet saw her two little sisters are doing their everyday routine. "Of course, you can brush my hair," Ruby said handing her older sibling a brush, "Got it, now scoot up so I can sit down," Yang gently told them, and Ruby did with a playful huff making Midori hold back a laugh as Yang did begin to brush Ruby's hair and wolf tail she has yet shivered as Ruby brushed the sensitive spot on her wings and tail once again without meaning to.
Reaching the Living Room, Summer couldn't help but smile as the three siblings spent their morning together in this normal routine while sometimes as they are, watching TV, "Come on girls, breakfast is ready. we still need to go shopping today to see what weapons you want to practice with," she called out; with the girl's blinking and yet reminding them that today they were to finally get weapons to start practicing with.
"I want to use a scythe, like, Uncle Qrow," Ruby cheered while at the table and almost tossing her pancake to the ceiling. "I don't have any particular idea, so might as well get the basics for now," Midori said shrugging as somehow, she could her feathers as daggers and throwing knives while also using her natural usage of fire; to surprise her opponent. And the then turned to the elder sister as she paused while eating, "I'm not too sure if I want to use a sword or just go with my fists, since I'm not sure what style I want," Yang said while shrugging, and resumed eating the French Toast Summer made for them all.
Waiting for Yang to get dressed, the mother and three daughters made their way at last to the local small shopping center within Patch. Making it to the market in record time, however, Midori caught a lot of attention with her variations of animal parts; which she knew everyone was used to her and yet… "They still can't believe of me existing I guess," Midori thought to herself, her tails lazily whipping around.
Reaching the store holding all things of many different types of weapons, the group of females entered the shop only to be greeted by an elderly man, "Ah, hello again, come back for more?" He asked while seeing the beginnings of what he knew, was Summer Rose's first time letting her children have weapons.
Nodding, Summer went into a discussion with the owner as the children explored the store. As Ruby went to see the scythes: Summer eye-rolling at Ruby's gleeful face, Yang and Midori went to look around trying out various weapons along the way and while Yang was still split between the sword and the gauntlet, Midori just decided to let her Aura decide for her, yet she was confused as to why both her Magic and Aura was leading her to the back of the store. On the many shelves, the very back of the store held the unique to very strange weapons, and after some time she came to a shelf nearby a strange pod of sorts, and was holding a chain and sickle while also on the lower shelf to that was a pair of dual pistol short swords.
For the chain and sickle, it looked to be about five to six feet long; with the right end containing an odd metallic-red curved blade about two feet long and curved at a forty-five-degree angle while the ball on the other end was about four and a half inches wide. The pistol short swords, however, was actually a fancy-looking Kodachi, while the gun form is a Desert Eagle with the designs being in reminiscent; oddly enough, to Yuna's from Final Fantasy X-2's own guns.
Picking up the dual guns first, Midori loves the design of them both while also thinking that the chain and sickle were also great for both mid and long range. But feeling herself being drifting away, Midori ended up in the far corner of the shop; coming at a stop to a display case of an odd-looking yet very old mixed with still working, Guandao. Looking at the description, Midori found that it could fold into an assault/sniper rifle.
"Looks like you found a little treasure trove Little Bird," the elderly man said in humor when he caused Midori to jump and turn around to see him, and her family. "We were getting worried when you never showed up after ten minutes past our agreed time to meet up," Summer said worriedly yet was surprised by some of the weapons she had carried unknowingly with her and to the last, with ease.
"Sorry, I was just walking around when I felt something when I was near the Chain and Sickle, Desert Eagle Kodachi, and the Guandao rifle," Midori said to make the two adults blink.
"If that's the case then what about this," the elderly man began with Summer looking at him suspiciously as he has only been rubbing for at least two years, "I know that Signal Academy has its First-Year Students make their own weapons and if you make it in the top five, I'll make you three weapons for free," he said while surprising them.
Exiting the shop for some time, Summer brought her children to do the groceries when Midori bumped into someone, "Sorry about that miss," Midori said as she helped the older female pick up her fallen items; most of them being her groceries and some personally. "No need at all Child, it was my fault for not paying attention," an elegant female voice said. Looking up to make her blink, Midori saw the golden eyes of a platinum blonde female wearing a blue with black trim and design dress; with the air of a princess around her, "Tarot Cards?" Midori asked while seeing them, as they were the last to be picked up.
"Yes, you can see my family and master love the phrase: Trusting the heart of the cards," she said as the pair giggled at that with Midori not knowing why she laughed but it felt nice oddly enough. "I have plenty of Tarot Cards, so if you desire, you can have them all for being sweet enough to help me," she told the young Faunus to make her blink in surprise at that.
Looking through the cards she was surprised as a free gift, Midori found herself staring at the image of a traveling man with the number being the Number Zero. "Ah, I see you are of the Wild Card," the elegant woman said to get Midori to look at the woman, "Neither the beginning or the end. It represents innocence, divine inspiration, madness, freedom, spontaneity, inexperience, chaos, and creativity. In Mythology those who represent the Wild Card are heroes of their own stories," she explained making the child, woman in mind, go wide-eyed as she heard those words before from Lina during her fifth year at knowing she was a seer, yet before she could ask who she was, Midori saw her walk away and was already mixed in the crowd.
Returning to the house, the ladies were in the living when the door was destroyed, and storming in were four other Faunus wearing Grimm Masks and followed by a few others, "So the rumors are true… There is a Hybrid Faunus within this part of the Isle," the Rhino Faunus sneered, "The boss will be happy when we bring you to him," he said but saw the other three females, "A Huntress, you would make an excellent stress relief for our troops when they get into heat," he said as his mouth twisted into something that had Summer worried. "You three take them away, I'm going to have fun with the Huntress," the man said with a gleam in his orbs Summer didn't like, and mentally cursed she didn't have her weapon in hand.
It was around this time that Midori was rattling in the arms of a Rabbit Faunus; her sisters struggling with their own captors, who took off running out of the house, when the Fool Tarot Card shined; although, only Midori could see it when time suddenly froze. "Ok, what's going on? This is strange even for me," she voiced her thoughts
"If you had power, what would you do with it?" A female voice asked as it resonated around her; the vibe oddly familiar to her as if, she may have heard of that voice before, yet replied back, "I would use it to protect those I care for, no matter what stands in my way," Midori said clenching her first. "There is no way I'm losing my family again," she added as truthfully despite Lily and James being her parents and dead all this time, she saw Summer and her husband as her mother and father as well, and didn't want Fate or whoever it was at work to ruin that for her, ever again.
"Then repeat what I say," the female said in a way of understanding what Midori was feeling, secretly.
(Play Persona 4: Pursuing My True Self)
When everything resumed as normal, the Faunus holding Midori was sent flying back; catching the attention of everyone else in the room, as Midori was in the center of a mini tornado. "I am thou, thou art I," she began the winds rising higher, "Thou has become the blade to defend thy's precious bonds. Lead your people once more, Artoria; the Sword of Promised Victory," as this was going on the Wild Card floated into Midori's right hand before she crushed it.
This resulted in the tornado spreading outwards knocking everyone to the floor. Looking back at the child, everyone was shocked to see an adult woman around six feet tall with pale skin standing behind her; with her having a High C-Cup, while the female's outfit comprised of a blue with gold design catsuit leotard with a gypsy style half skirt at the back, along with three-inch high heel boots and an open trench coat to complete the look. As blonde hair fell and formed into a ponytail, her eyes opened up to reveal deep blue eyes the smile was pleasant but her expression hid a storm. In her hand is a two-handed sword, but the design of it shocked Midori as it is a blade that was only described of legend back in her universe, Excalibur.
(End Song)
"I don't care, what you are, you're going down," the Rhino Faunus said getting the weapon from his back to reveal that it was a two-sided war hammer. Charging in with a war cry, the Rhino Faunus went for a batter's swing although Artoria blocked it, followed by firing a crescent wave; knocking the Faunus back and breaking the front window in the process.
Seeing this, the Rabbit Faunus pulled out a comparable staff going in to attack from the left while the Fox Faunus pulled out a pair of tonfas and ran from the right forming a pincer attack. Seeing this as well, Artoria flipped backward then charged back blocking the weapons via using Excalibur as a shield following up with a shoving them backward causing them to stumble before slashing one and kicking the other in the stomach. At Midori's position, a ball of ice formed in her hand, "Mabufu," she called out. Thrusting the ball outward, it split into two before they both made contact with the target. "Finish this, Artoria," Midori called out.
Nodding the Queen of Knights sent the two to the Rhino Faunus, "Never attack my family again," Midori said when her body shined and something was brought forward from within. For the first time, her Semblance unlocked itself revealing that it was Elemental Creation as three chakrams made of crystal sent the White Fang packing.
Turning to face Artoria, Midori heard her in her mind, "Never forget this moment, be the blade to protect thou's dreams and let it reinforce your will." They both froze, however, and making Midori's eyes narrow from hearing her little sister scream out stop, as she realized her adopted mother wasn't here, and ran while not knowing she was speeding, to where her ears heard the scream a mile into the deepest part of the town, and Artoria ran after her.
"Please let me make it," Midori thought with fear and worry within her heart as she didn't see by passing by an Antique Shop her magic pulsed into a chest nearby in the shop's window as not known to her, her arrival in the very beginning was mixed with odds and ends of odd objects and even slowly growing rumors of creatures never before seen, showing up; which was secretly Fate and Destiny's cousin, Eris, getting involved in chaotic antics, and renewed the secret life inside of objects inside the battered trunk. Though she won't visit the shop till later on, her Magic pulsed once again and renewed the Antique Shop's objects of their lost energy or power, and intrigued the shady cloaked shop owner before going back to deal with a particular female doll of sorts.
Reaching the location of the scream a few minutes later, and at this point while quickly hidden to where they cannot see… Midori saw red as a male Cat Faunus had his pants down as two Rabbit Faunus held her sisters down; Ruby crying from her pants lowered and showing her developing chest slightly and womanhood while Yang was glaring at them hatefully, and was trying to get out of the other Rabbit Faunus' firm hold.
"If you wish to save them, then say these words," a different female voice said as Artoria vanished in a blue light while oddly feeling that she withheld a pout with a mix of surprise by who it was now sharing inside the girl's heart-like mind she has, as a Mindscape, "I am thou, thou art I," Midori said as she began to chant once more; not seeing a darker aura forming around her frame from her angered state and her magic responding to this as well to make her eyes look eerie and her voice echoed with her words as well, "Unleash thy rage on to those that bring my precious harm. Kill them all, Medusa the Rider," she finished as the dark aura left her body yet her eyes still glowed, as the Tarot Card of Death was crushed in Midori's hand and like the other, was placed in her mindscape as part of her.
Taking form of a female that has longer, light-magenta hair and wears a blindfold resembling a magenta visor like band over her eyes; secretly with them being pink-slitted like snakes, having a particular red marking on her forehead while she also wears a modified Greek mythology short black dress, wears a magenta collar-like choker, bands and handcuff with long black sleeves, cut off black legging with magenta armor to the legs, and black shoes. Her weapon is a chain with a dagger resembling a large reptilian nail, at the end.
Without a single word, Medusa spun her weapon a couple of times before swinging it forward the sound of steel cutting through the air catching everyone's attention. "Gah," the Faunus said when the dagger pierced his shoulder and seeing this, his companions released the brats only to be met with an ice dagger to their own shoulders.
Seeing that they were released, the sisters ran towards Midori as more showed up and they had guns. They aimed at both Midori and Medusa in which Medusa glanced at Midori and nodded at her order, "Finish them; I don't want harm to come to my family."
"Oh what a Bitch like you going to do?" One of the new Faunus Members states to Medusa, and made the woman narrowed her orbs at this while clutching her weapon in a brief-firm grip and without words, made that Dog Faunus regret his words as they were stunned yet even as they tried to defend themselves, were no match for her agility and quick movements of her weapon as she struck them down. For Ruby and Yang, they were frightened of the bloodshed while Midori only had an impassive look on her face as she's seen death for quite some time and she didn't see a hidden person who was the true assigned leader, remain hidden as his look of fear held him in place; watching his men being lead to a slaughterhouse and that only one of the children only gave a scent of death, and just ran away as this day would only give him nightmares and show him the truth that the White Fang's so-called peaceful goals would lead to death. But his escape didn't last long as only days later his own superior killed him in cold blood after dealing what he was rambling on as a secluded lunatic to what he saw.
One nearly dead Cat Faunus begged for his life before Midori told Medusa to stand down; confusing her yet obliged as she came over and Yang figuring things out, confused her little sister by covering her eyes at seeing Midori summoned a dagger made of crystal, and slammed it into the man's neck with no emotion except for anger on her face, since it was one of the men that was going to harm Yang from biting him earlier.
Leading her sister's home after shaking her head and giving her sisters a look of apology while Medusa left, all three were tackled by Summer, who cried and was worried over the three; even confused by some blood Midori had on her outfit. "Are you two ok?" Summer asked seeing that Yang and Ruby were shaking.
"Running after Yang and Ruby, I saw red when I saw Ruby stripped naked, and the White Fang Members about to rape her," Midori said making Summer wince at the impassive look of her adopted daughter's impassive look yet stated; ignoring the blood from Midori's outfit clinging to her shirt as she gave them a three-way hug, "I don't know what happened, but know that I love all three of you. Midori I also want to say that I'm proud that you've found your Semblance." That changed Midori's look from being impassive to confusion as she hardly noticed, resulting in Summer showing the Crystal Daggers the Faunus pulled out.
While Summer brought the children inside for some hot chocolate, she knew that Ruby would have a fear of all things masculine after this advent and hoped that she could help Ruby overcome her fears.
In the distance, the lady that gave Midori the cards watched on, "So she's already summoned two Arcana's . . . I hope the Master knew what he was doing to those two past heroes as such, for this," she said as an elegant double door behind her. She saw and went into it, and it led to an odd office of sorts and in the center, was her Master; Igor, himself. "Tell me, what do you think of the child?" He asked in his eccentric tone of accent, and knew some things, but not all.
"She is a someone who can be of great help, though her experience with death seems to have given her a rather shaded look on life," she said while he nodded in understanding by the small info he was given, "That's possibly a mixed thing if she wants our help and hers as well to us in later years… Especially if things will end up in a chaotic situation," Igor said looking at the cards before him.