Hello everyone, I am back with another chapter of 'This is Remnant'. I forgot that it wouldn't be an instant 200 view first chapter. I have to start my snowball all over again. Anyways, I hope that you are all having a wonderful day and if you aren't having the best day, than I sincerely hope that I can make your day a little brighter. I hope that you enjoy this week's chapter.
Chapter 2: This is a Grimm?
Crayg woke up with a smile on his face, despite the fact of the dream he had of his parents last night. He stretched and went outside to do his workout before leaving. Taiyang noticed this and asked him about what he knew.
"What are you up to?" Crayg froze up a little as he finished up his routine. "You seem like you know a little about combat, but just how much do you know?"
"Well, I know enough to defend myself a little." Taiyang nodded as he heard the modest answer. "But, probably not as well as you could defend yourself, or Yang, or Ruby even."
"I want to put that to the test." Taiyang said as he took a pose. "Think of this as a little spar."
Before Crayg had the chance to protest against the idea, Taiyang already leapt forwards and began his tactical attacks on his opponent. Crayg had no choice, but to partake and defend against his opponent. Both of them knew that the other was holding back, but it was Taiyang who decided to try and push Crayg's boundaries. He increased the speed and power to give him a harder time.
Crayg was determined not to lose, but also not to harm his opponent. Taiyang noticed this as well since he deliberately left open spot where Crayg could have easily attacked. Instead he hoped that Taiyang would get tired of attacking and give up. However he was surprised with a question in the middle of combat.
"Why don't you attack? I have left plenty of openings for you to go for, but you don't." His question caught the attention of both Ruby and Yang, they knew why Crayg wouldn't fight back, but they knew that there was more to the story than that. "Do you think that you're that good that you don't need to harm anyone?"
"No I don't, I just- I just lost my temper and nearly killed someone close to me." He reluctantly said after feeling the pressure of eyes on him. Taiyang let up a little.
"I'm sorry to hear about that. What happened afterwards?" Crayg just fell onto his hands and knees as he admitted to what he did.
"I was just so upset with my master over something so stupid. I don't even remember what it was about, but I just took it out on him. I would have broken his neck if the others hadn't stopped me. After that I ran away and kept practicing to myself and I swore that I wouldn't come to harm anything else." Tears streamed down as the memories came back to him, the anger, the hurt look on his master's face before he ran away, the looks that everyone gave him, but most of all the pain in his hands from all the hitting. "I'm sorry, but I think that I will be leaving now."
Everyone had a small look of shock on their face as they heard what happened, but they also saw the regret in his eyes and actions. Taiyang began his assault without going easy on the kid anymore.
"Nope, we're going to finish this battle and I'm going to make you fight back." Crayg was caught off guard as Taiyang kicked him in the side. "Not wanting to hurt people is fine and not wanting to hurt anything is fine, but not facing your problems is something that I won't let you do to yourself. Not after hearing that. So Crayg, we're going to make you face it right now."
"No just stop, please!" Crayg's pleading fell on deaf ears since he was kicked again. Taiyang didn't hit as hard as Yang, but his words were as sharp as a knife. "There's nothing I can do to change it now!"
"Yes there is something you can do about it. You just have to remember what happened to make you feel that way!" Those words rang clear in Crayg's head and it was all that he heard before he began to remember what happened that day.
He remembered what happened on the day he attacked his master. Ever since he began his master was like a second father to Crayg. Everyone loved their instructor for how kind and caring he was. For years he had led them through many lessons and tournaments. He gave them wisdom and someone to talk to when others wouldn't listen. Crayg loved that man almost as much as he loved his parents. However he should have known that t couldn't last forever.
It was time for the master to step down. He was getting to the age where he should let the pupils become masters themselves. Everyone else was excited while Crayg was in fear. He didn't want to let the master to leave and never speak to him again. He rushed up to the man and began to choke him in anger. Others came in and managed to pry Crayg off of the man. Crayg looked at his hands, and then to the man they were wrapped around and finally at the eyes of everyone. They looked at him with anger and disgust. He heard a whisper but couldn't quite make it out and left in a rush. He left in his car and left town with no desire to return.
Before Crayg left the room, the man coughed and said something weakly and hoped that everyone could hear him.
"Even if you do not forgive yourself, I do and I'm sorry that I made you feel this way Crayg."
Tears filled Crayg's eyes as he remembered every detail, every action that was done at that time. He recalled the words that he heard before he left and felt worse than he had in years.
"I remember everything now." He said after a few moments of silence. "He forgave me so quickly and yet I ran away. Now I can't even go apologize to him."
"No, but you can forgive yourself." Taiyang said as he held out his hand for Crayg to grab. As he helped the boy up, he whispered into his ear. "What would your master say if he was watching you let yourself get beaten like this?"
"Fight back. he always said it to us before starting a match." Crayg said as a small fire lit in his eyes.
"Then do it. Ready for round two?" Taiyang asked with a grin hoping to have a real fight before him. And for once in a long time, Crayg was excited to fight. Unfortunately the fight didn't last long since Crayg performed a beautiful axe kick and Taiyang blocked it. However he was literally hammered into the ground like a nail. Luckily he was only waist deep in the ground and easy to dig up.
"I'm sorry about that, Mr. Xiao Long." Crayg apologized with a nervous look on his face as Taiyang rubbed his arms.
"Dang! That felt like I was being crushed by a road roller! Just how strong are you?" the question he asked was answered with a shrug. "You seriously don't know?"
"Well I notice that I am heavier than what I am on Earth and a lot stronger and durable too. Perhaps the gravity here is different or something that I don't understand." Crayg said as he moved around. "But how can I jump so high and break the ground when I land at the same time? You would think that I defy the laws of gravity. I jump high into the air like a feather but slam into the ground like a mountain."
"Well perhaps it's just best to not think about it. Since it gives you both nothing but a headache, why try to figure it out?" Yang asked hoping that they could stop to save everyone from a headache. "The point is that you are special and I still think that you should become a hunter Crayg."
"Well, maybe, but first I think that I need to go to the library and learn as much as possible about this world." He said as he began to walk in the only pair of clothes he had before Taiyang placed a hand on his shoulder.
"The girls would shun me if I didn't help you." Taiyang sighed as he revealed his plan. "Look, since you are going to be around for a while you should think about getting some clothes and cleaned up. No offense, but you smell like you had a dead rat in your pants."
"Thank you." Both Ruby and Yang said covering their noses. Yang had a little more to add with some red eyes to show her seriousness. "And don't even think about using my shampoo."
"Relax Yang he can use mine." Taiyang said before taking another sniff of the air. "Actually, please do use it. You need it, trust me."
After taking some time to make sure that he was fully cleaned, Crayg looked in the mirror to see if anything else had changed with him. He was still at the same height of six feet. His eyes were still the same earthly brown as he remembered. He was still in a good athletic condition, but still a little skinny due to his light diet since his parents passing. He combed his white hair that used to be brown wondering what could have caused the change. He left the bathroom before Yang could threaten to break down the door.
"Thank you again for all of this. I don't know where I would be right now if it weren't for you all." Crayg said with a smile. "What can I do to ever repay you all?"
"Maybe we could have him around as a butler?" Yang said teasingly as Crayg started to imagine the idea. "He would have to clean up after Zwei a lot."
"Oh, and I can have all the cookies I want." Ruby said quietly not wanting to object to the idea.
"It would be nice to come home to a clean house after work." Taiyang said after thinking about the idea of having a home caretaker. "Well, let's think about it later. First clothes, then you need to hit the books."
"I know I need to hit the books." Crayg said before looking at the two sisters. "Would either of you like to join me?"
"But that sounds boring." Ruby complained as Yang's face turned a little disgusted.
"Eugh, no thanks." Yang said and turned away taking Ruby with her. "Hey Ruby, let's head over to Signal later. I would like to look around the school a few more times before I leave for Beacon."
"Sure thing sis." Ruby said and happily left with Yang, leaving Taiyang and Crayg to go clothes shopping.
"Please don't make me spend that much on you." Taiyang's eyes narrowed a little with a glare.
"Don't worry I'll be fine with a little amount." Crayg put his hands up nervously.
After they finished up shopping, Taiyang stepped out along with Crayg in his new outfit. He wore a dark brown boots that fit snug to his shins, grassy green pants that were comfortable to move and kick around, a normal long sleeved black shirt and a thick white leather vest.
"You look like a hunter already." Taiyang said looking back at Crayg with a small grin. "You could have at least made me spend more than fifty lien on you."
"I still can't believe the bargain prices here." Crayg said wondering what else could be obtained with little money. "Dare I ask how much you get paid?"
"Enough," Taiyang said before showing the library on his scroll and handed Crayg a total of thirty five lien. "So take the ship to Vale and you will be able to find the Library across from the docks."
"Thank you very much and thanks for letting me stay another night. I really don't deserve it." Crayg said before Taiyang raised an eyebrow.
"Nonsense, you made me spend very little on you. Should the girls find out, they'll get upset with me for sure." he said as they located the docks. "Alright, good luck Crayg and I know that I am late to say this, but thanks for making sure that Yang wasn't hurt at the club."
They went their separate ways with smiles on their faces. Taiyang went over to Signal academy for work and Crayg left for Vale to learn more about Remnant. He remembered the directions that Taiyang gave him and the next thing he knew was that he had arrived at the library. He was cautious about how the library works since he had no form of identification on him. He found books from the history isle and sat down at a table that had someone already there, a girl with black hair and a black bow on top of her head. He sat down with a loud thump and his stack of books caught her attention.
"Sorry," Crayg whispered to her knowing that he was loud just then.
"It's fine." She said while analyzing his choice of books and noted how much history he was reading. "Plan on taking a test soon?"
"Uh, no. I just like history a lot and plan to learn from it." He said getting a little nervous of being seen as stupid.
"Good, we need people to learn from history." The mysterious girl said before opening her book back open and listened to him turn pages and take notes for hours. After his third round of books she finally had to ask. "Just what exactly are you doing? You have been taking notes like crazy. No one in their right mind would be studying multiple subjects and you are now studying the history of aura and Grimm like it was your first time ever learning about them."
"I- just, oh you know… wanted a refreshment course of how this world came to be." Crayg said softly, hoping that she would buy his lie.
"No you aren't, you are clearly experiencing this for your first time. Just who are you?" Her questions grew more suspicious with her tone and her bow twitched.
"Did your bow just twitch?" Crayg asked and made her amber eyes widen.
"I think you should answer my question first. Who are you and why are you here?" she said in a cold tone and slowly placed her hand on her weapon behind her.
"Okay okay, my name is Crayg Woods and I have no idea who you are." He said a little panicked that she might fight him. Seeing that her face returned to a more neutral position made him feel slightly better.
"Okay, but that doesn't explain why you are here." She responded and he cursed mentally.
"Fine, but I don't expect you to believe me when you hear my story." Crayg said giving in to her bombardment of deadly glares. "I am from a planet called Earth, and yesterday I fell off a cliff and found myself here on Remnant. Now since I know nothing about this world, where do you suppose I look for information?"
"The library," Blake said and tried to piece together his story and how much of a lie he could have told, but then she peered at his eyes and saw a look of fight or flight from them. "Okay, let's say that I believe you, what do you think about the Faunus race?"
"Oh no, I knew I forgot something." Crayg muttered before grabbing books about Faunus culture, history and health. "Oh, I think that they're really cool and interesting, but I have yet to meet one."
"What would you say if you met one?" She asked putting her book down and used her fingers as a bookmark.
"I would definitely treat them normally, but I won't lie if I see something I like then they will hear about it. I wonder if one can have the tail of a crocodile." He said thinking about the subject.
"They can, and I'll let you get back to learning now." The girls said as he opened a book.
"Oh right thanks." He said and forgot about his question he had for her. He learned about the Faunus race and their culture and how they have been discriminated against. He also learned about some mating facts about them. "I'm sorry to bother you again miss, but is it true that if a cat faunus and a human were to mate, then they would have a fifty percent chance of having a human or a cat faunus child?"
"Yes," she said before reading her book again.
"And if a cat faunus and a rabbit faunus were to mate, they could have a child with any animal trait, such as a fish?" He asked and left her very puzzled as to why he was thinking about that.
"That seems oddly specific." She said and saw that his eyes were filled with wonder, like he was genuinely having fun learning about the world. "Oh my Oum, you were telling the truth about that you are a different world."
"Oum huh?" Crayg said and turned a page. "But yes, I was telling the truth about that."
"Well, now since you're here, what are you going to do?" she asked and he closed his book.
"I get that question a lot, but the truth is that I don't know." He said and folded his arms. "Truth be told, I have no clue what to expect out in this world. The only things I know are that I am ridiculously heavy, I have the strength of a super hero, and I can take blows better than a mountain."
"Wow, you must have a lot of aura then." She said a little impressed. "When did you get it unlocked?"
"Unlocked? You have to unlock your aura?" he asked and she was beginning to regret coming here today.
"Yes, and once you have your aura unlocked, you can have a better time fighting Grimm, but you should always be careful." She warned with a serious expression on her face. "Just because you get aura doesn't mean you're invincible."
"I will keep that in mind." Crayg said as the mysterious girl stood up and began to leave. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking, I was wondering if you could help me learn more about this world. I would appreciate that."
"I would like to help with that, but I have to get ready for Beacon to become a huntress and set things right." She said and left him alone. He began reading again when Ruby rushed and surprised him.
"Hi Crayg, want to go someplace fun?" She asked with sparkling silver eyes. "It'll be fun and we can talk to each other and learn more about Remnant and Earth."
"You're interested in Earth?" Crayg asked in surprise as he collected his belongings t. "There's not much to talk about that would interest you."
"I'm certain that there must be something there that I would be interested in." Ruby countered as they left the library with a large amount of notes that Crayg wrote up with the pencils and notebooks that he bought with the money Taiyang gave him. "What kind of world is it like there?"
"Well, Earth is actually a little similar to Remnant, but there are key differences. There is no Grimm on Earth, or dust, or the usage of aura. We don't have weapons that can shift into anything else, at least not yet." Crayg began to tell Ruby about Earth and how it came to be. Her eyes widened when he got to space travel.
"You were actually able to send out a person to space?" Ruby asked hoping that he wasn't lying to her.
"Yes, we were also able to send people to the moon and let them walk on it as well." Crayg said just smiling at her and saw that her eyes were sparkling with curiosity and wonder.
"What about other planets? Were you able to send people there as well?" Ruby asked as she led him to a trail and stopped. "Oh, never mind we are here."
"Where is here?" Crayg asked and looked to see a sign that said Hilltop Mountain. "Oh, okay. Why are we here?"
"We are here to race, Crayg. I timed how fast you ran to the docks and it's faster than normal people here. So, since my semblance is speed, I thought it would be nice to race someone who can actually give me a challenge." Ruby said with a joyful expression. "We will be racing each other to the top of this mountain. We will use the trails that wrap around the mountain to the top."
"You know what, that sounds like a lot of fun and I think that at the top of the mountain we will have a nice view to look at." Crayg said with a bright smile.
"Correct. So, on your marks." Ruby said and let Crayg get ready to run. "Get set…. go!"
They both took off running the trail ahead of them, through the forest before they arrived at the base of the mountain. Ruby had her plan of playing with Crayg a little before the end. Every so often she would let him take the lead before catching up and passed him. Crayg has slowly been picking up his speed and noticed how fast he was running. He didn't want to stop and let Ruby win the competition without giving it his all. So he kept running and increasing his speed until it reached a point where he was running as fast as he could. Ruby was able to keep up with him, but she had to use her semblance to stay even. They both were sweating as they had both been running for thirty minutes straight. Their breathing grew heavier as they moved up the mountain.
"Okay, we should probably take a break." Ruby said as she saw a bench coming up. They both collapsed and breathed heavily as they rested. "This probably wasn't my brightest idea, but we're almost at the top."
"Hey Ruby, how fast do you think that we were going?" Crayg asked as he looked around and noticed how the land was becoming rockier. "So why do they call this Hilltop Mountain?"
"You'll see the reason why at the top." Ruby said as they enjoyed the sight before them. Crayg wanted to start drawing the sight but Ruby stopped him. "No you will miss on the best sight to see. So as soon as we're rested up we have to hurry. The sun is starting to go down. And we have to be back in the main city before Grimm come."
"We probably should have done this earlier then." Crayg said standing up to stretch and get ready to move again. "Can we call the race a draw and run straight to the top?"
"Well I'm like to look at the sights as we make it to the top, but I think that we should do that to save time." Ruby responded as she took a deep breath. "Ready?"
"Yup, let's go." Crayg said and they both jumped up to the next ledge and kept at that until they reached the peak. "Wow that was a lot faster than I thought. And Look at this view! It's gorgeous!"
He looked at the area with pleasure. The reason why they called it Hilltop Mountain was because it looked like the top of a hill. There were four small trees and a nice field of grass that was nice to lie on. He could see the city at the bottom of the mountain. It wasn't too far away but it looked like he could hold the entire city in the palm of his hand. He looked and saw that the sun was just starting to go down behind some more mountains. He looked around to find that Ruby was resting against the tree.
"That's so adorable." Crayg said and brought out his sketchbook and began to draw the small teen. After a while he began to finish up and looked at his work with a small smile. "If I get a chance to color it a little I think that Yang would like this a lot."
"Yang would like what a lot?" Ruby asked now over his shoulder. "Oh wow, that's a really good picture of me. You make me look so cute in it."
"Well I do think that you are quite adorable." Crayg said as he looked at the sun was now hidden by the mountains not knowing of the slight blush on Ruby's cheeks as he began packing up. "We should probably leave to make it back to Patch before it gets too dark."
"Yeah, we can just run down carefully." Ruby said as she had done it before. "Let's head back."
They began to head down the mountain with haste. Ruby was farther ahead than Crayg as he was going to take his time. He slipped and knocked down a few rocks and watched as the rocks knocked into more and got them to roll down the mountain towards Ruby. He called out to her to move out of the way, but she didn't hear anything until the rocks were halfway between them. She could have easily dodged the incoming danger, but her cloak got snagged by a rock and she landed on her back. Rocks began to roll over her and some pinned her down. She kept her arms to cover her head as the rocks passed.
"Ruby, are you alright?" Crayg shouted as he got closer and began to remove the rocks off of Ruby and saw a red light dissipate from her. "What was that?"
"That was my aura fully depleted, please help me get these off of me." She said groaning in a small amount of pain. "I am feeling the weight of these rocks."
"I'm moving them Ruby, you're going to be fine." Crayg moved rocks off of her and comforted her at the same time. "More than halfway done Ruby, you're almost free."
"Okay and thank you very much. I could have been Grimm food." Ruby said as more rocks were being removed, making the weight on her lighter and lighter. Finally the last rock was removed and Ruby could move freely. "Yay, I'm free!"
"Just be careful as you get out of the Ruby Rock Angel." Crayg joked as he heard a roar behind him. He turned around to find a black creature that looked like a werewolf, except it had a skull like mask and burning red and yellow eyes. "Ruby, pardon my language, but what in the hell is that?!"
"That's a Grimm, a Beowolf to be precise." Ruby said as her eyes narrowed and reached for her weapon and shifted it into her scythe. She took step forward and fell onto her knee as she felt her left ankle in pain. "AH, I think I sprained my ankle pretty badly. Get out of here I'll take care of this."
"Ruby, I'm not going to leave you." Crayg said and picked up Ruby and her scythe. "Hop on and I'm going to book it."
The Grimm howled loudly and caused four more to join and began to chase them. Ruby swung herself onto Crayg's back and closed up her scythe and wrapped her arms around him. "Okay RUN!"
The Grimm chased the two of them as they ran down the mountain. Crayg couldn't run as fast as he could, but he wasn't letting the Grimm catch up to him. Fatigue was beginning to show on Crayg as he and Ruby finally made it down the base of the mountain. He knew that there was still the forest to run through, but he couldn't lead these creatures into the city. He made a turn and ran towards a cave that was small enough for both of them to run in without worrying about all of the Grimm following them. Unfortunately, one of the Beowolves looked to be small enough to chase after them. Crayg frowned stopped and set Ruby on the ground just as they entered the cave.
"Crayg, what are you doing?" Ruby asked and tried to get up with him but fell down in pain.
"I'm going to protect you Ruby." Crayg declared as he blocked the entrance to the cave. "You may have more experience than me in dealing with these things but I won't just sit by idly and let you or anyone get hurt."
The Grimm charged at him as he crossed his arms in front of him. The Grimm swiped their claws against his arms, but there was a miniscule amount of damage done. Crayg had no choice but to continue blocking as the Grimm continued their assault. Crayg kept his arms up and protected himself to the best of his ability. The swipes began to cut into him and make him bleed a little since the cuts were not that deep. A Beowolf leapt with its mouth open and looked like it was aiming for Crayg's head. Luckily for Crayg, a certain girl he was protecting decided to intervene.
Ca-Chick! BANG!
Ruby was standing with her weapon drawn out and the blade mounting the ground. Smoke sizzled out of the barrel with a hiss. And the Beowolf that was about to attack, lost its head and began to turn into smoke. Crayg saw that the others were stunned to figure out what happened and heard his master call out to him in his mind.
"Crayg, fight back."
And he did. Crayg rushed out and grabbed one of the Grimm by the leg and swung it into the others. The Grimm were now in a pile next to the mountain. Four more turned into smoke as the last one watched Crayg help Ruby out of the cave and the last thing it heard was Ruby's gun going off. With the last Grimm turning into smoke, Crayg let Ruby hop onto his back and carried her back into the main city.
"Don't ever do that again Crayg. You had me worried so much about you." Ruby said as she pounded his head as hard as she could, but to him it felt like she was playfully tapping his head.
"I'm sorry Ruby, I didn't mean to make you worried, but we're safe now. So let's get you back home." Crayg said as it was getting late and Taiyang might be getting worried by now.
"Ah, there you are and what happened?" Yang said in shock once she saw Crayg's arms bleeding a little still. "Dad, Crayg's hurt."
"Okay, I'm getting the first aid kit." Taiyang shouted as a door to a cabinet opened and closed in a rush.
"Hey, Ruby has a sprained ankle so please tend to that first. My blood has dried up and it's not as bad as it looks." Crayg informed them as they began to work on first aid.
"Okay what happened?" Taiyang asked sternly and Ruby answered first, panicking a little.
"Well, ,hebegantodrawandthenweleft,buthenCraygtrippedonsomerocksandburiedmeinanavalanche, . ." Ruby said too fast for anyone to comprehend before Crayg explained what happened.
"Okay, Ruby took me from the library to Hilltop Mountain. I saw a nice scene at the top and drew a picture of Ruby. As we left the hill I caused an avalanche and that's how Ruby got her sprained ankle. Grimm then showed up and chased us into a cave. I blocked the Grimm from Ruby, but I got cuts that are not deep. After disposing them, we headed back here." Crayg said in a more calm fashion and didn't get a confused look the both of them.
"That's what I just said." Ruby pouted slightly as Yang worked on her sprained ankle. She was then given a cookie from Taiyang and began to nibble on it with a happy look. "Thank you, ow."
"Sorry Ruby, but I have to make sure that this splint holds for the night and let your aura take care of the rest overnight." Yang said and looked at Crayg's arms as Taiyang scrubbed them with warm water.
"Okay, now here comes the part that sucks the most: applying this to the open wound." Taiyang said grabbing a black bottle.
"It's fine, I have had peroxide on my cuts before." Crayg said as green liquid spilt onto his arms and his face contorted in pain. His mouth opened wide and a much suppressed yell came out. "Aaaaaahhhhhhh, what is this?"
"This is a liquid healing dust mixture." Taiyang informed and told about the applications of it. "Anyone who has their aura unlocked can use it."
"I don't have my aura unlocked you… have funny looking ears." Crayg said as a grin started to form on his face. "What ish thish shtuff ish nice very nice."
Everyone watched as he passed out on the couch with a smile on his face. Taiyang looked at the bottle and read out loud. "Warning: avoid giving to any children under the age 12 or to those who do not have their aura unlocked. It may cause them to enter a state of- so basically he's drugged. He'll be fine in the morning."
"Well Doctor Xiao Long, will the patient Ruby Rose live with her ankle or will we have to take drastic measures?" Yang teasingly said as she held out her splint for her dad to check and make sure that it was correct.
"Hmm, well nurse I must be truthful, I don't think that Miss Rose will be able to walk again unless she goes to bed." Taiyang said and played along with both of his daughters.
Ruby gasped and joined in on the act and covered her eyes with the back of her hand. "But Doctor, I must go. I have to save the world from the evil that is the Great Cookie Thief and his plans to destroy all the cookies in the world and the factories."
"Oh, she is so brave. I think that I'm falling for her." Yang said and started to giggle with her sister softly. "I want to marry her."
"You can't because she is your sister." Taiyang said as they all broke down laughing. Their laughter filled the house with joy and miraculously didn't wake up Crayg at all. "Okay, I think that we all should get a good night's sleep now."
"Okay dad." Yang said and turned to Ruby with a grin on her face as their dad went to bed. "Want me to carry you up like the hero you are?"
"Sure, but the real hero here is Crayg." Ruby said as Yang picked her up and hoisted her sister onto her shoulders. "I might not be here if he wasn't there with me."
"Perhaps, but there's no need to think on it right now, you're home and safe now. That's all that matters in the end." Yang said as they reached their rooms. Once they entered and Ruby was on her bed, Yang was curious about something. "What did he draw while you were both up there?"
"He drew me sleeping up on a tree. We can look at it tomorrow. I just want some sleep now." Ruby said and pulled up her covers which reminded Yang that Crayg wasn't covered. "Good night Yang."
"Good night Ruby." Yang said and grabbed a spare blanket for Crayg and went downstairs. As she placed the blanket over him, he woke up and looked around sleepily. "Oh sorry Crayg, I thought you were asleep."
"It's okay Miss Nice Nurse. Can I have my sketchbook? I want to show Yang something when I see her and I think that she would like it. Do you want to see?" Crayg pointed out where his sketchbook was and Yang brought it to him and watched as he opened to the page that had Ruby sleeping peacefully. She was leaning up against a tree and wrapped up in her red cloak. "Do you think that Yang might like this? I was kind of hoping that I could draw her next."
"I think that she would like to see you draw her, but why do you want to draw her?" Yang asked hoping to get some information out of him, even if he is still drugged. "Do you like her?"
"Well, she's nice and was the first person who helped me since I got here. I thought it might be nice to give her something in return." Crayg answered before falling back asleep still sitting up. Yang smiled and gently laid him down on his back and went to bed.
Another chapter done and done, I hope that you continue to enjoy these chapters and don't be shy to tell me how you felt about this chapter or what was wrong with it. I can't wait to see you all next week. Oh and I thought of a small quick Omake for this chapter, hope you enjoy~
The Only One
Yang smiled as she gently laid Crayg down on his back to sleep for the night without pain. What she didn't expect was that he grabbed her and nuzzled his cheek on the top of her head and he wrapped his arms to pin hers against him.
"Such a nice dragon plush." Crayg muttered before continuing his sleep undisturbed. Yang tried to break free from his hold, but in all honesty she kind of liked it. She closed her eyes and was about to sleep peacefully as well when she heard a slurping sound and her cowlick being tugged on. "I like this endless spaghetti."
Her eyes went red and she violently thrashed to either wake him up or break free. His grip on her was worse than Ruby to cookies or her sweetheart weapon. "Come on, let me go!"
Her cries of desperation were heard by no one. Seeing that she would be stuck there for a while, she decided to wait it out and hope he loosens up his grip soon. Seconds became minutes and a few minutes became one hour. By that time she was nearly asleep when he loosened his grip. She felt the slack and broke free of his embrace. She was about to pound him a new one when she heard him whimper out a sentence.
"I miss mom." Those words struck her and she lowered her hand and sighed. She knew how Ruby felt and she knew how she felt about the subject of mothers.
"You are one lucky person, Crayg. No one gets to touch my hair and get away with is unscathed, but I'll make this exception once for you." Yang whispered and deliberately let herself be caught by Crayg again and she rested her head on his chest. Before she fell asleep listening to his rhythmic heartbeat, she said one thing. "You are the only one who will get this treatment."
Waking up was interesting as Crayg sputtered apologies to Yang. She waved it off while Taiyang and Ruby took plenty of pictures. After that Yang and Crayg sparred. While Yang would say that she had a fun time, Crayg had another story since he was sitting in a corner pale white as can be.
"Do not touch Yang's hair. Do not touch Yang's hair ever." Crayg said and repeated to himself as he remembered her rage, her fury, and the fact that she threw so many right hooks he was begging for a left. Ruby and Taiyang watched in horror as Yang walked by with a smile on her face.
"You're the only one Crayg… who didn't get to suffer my wrath from touching my hair on the same day. I need a shower and extra attention to my hair." She said and did just that.
