I don't own Bloodborne, RWBY or anything else I reference.
Edited right away at the expense of Homework.
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Start of Day 5
It had been a couple hours since Cardin and Summer had started to walk along the road when Summer asked him something.
"Can I name it?"
"You want to name the Nevermore?"
"Yes, please."
Cardin looked at the Grimm resting on his shoulder, then back at her. The puppy dog eyes she was giving him were oddly familiar.
"Sure, why not?"
Using his hand, he moved the Grimm to her shoulder. The bird seemed to like her, as it started rubbing his head against her cheek. Cardin watched the scene with a smile, the woman who wasn't fully human seemed to get along with the Grimm that didn't act like one.
"So what do you want to name him?"
"Crow."
"Crow? You want to name the raven Grimm 'Crow'?"
"It...reminds me of someone I knew."
"Well, if that's the reason then I can't really argue with you. Besides, it kind of fits."
It was something Summer had been doing for a while now. She was calling people or things by nicknames to help her remember, like how she kept calling him friend or how she called Ruby and Yang, her Gem and her Sun. She would revert to names if she had a moment of clarity but most of the time, she was stuck with her nicknames. Seems 'Crow' was someone important to her, someone she wanted to remember if her mind went again.
"Friend?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you have family at home? Someone waiting for you?"
Cardin looked away, a slight frown on his previously happy face. "No one besides my team."
Summer looked a little hurt. "Is your family..."
"My dad is alive but...let's just say we don't talk much anymore. The Winchester Family is upper class and he didn't like my new stance on the Faunus. I still love him, I mean he's my father, but he was unable to expect that I had changed and our last fight had an...impact on our relationship."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be." He smiled at her "I would rather not have such a toxic person in my life. I've learned that recently." She smiled back and they continued on in silence.
They eventually got go a bridge, the wide river was flowing heavily despite the lack of rain. The large drop to the water meant that filling their canteens wasn't possible unless they found a low point in the river.
Cardin and Summer walked to the other side and began to follow the water, with Summer clawing the trees so they could find their way back.
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It took Team RWBY a four hours drive but they were close to where the family had left Cardin and Summer. The Jeep they were borrowing had room for all five huntresses but if they found the two they were looking for, it would be a tight fit. They eventually got to a bridge, stopping so that they didn't cross it, they pulled over and got out.
Miss Goodwitch turned to her students "Alright, this is the last landmark before we get to their last known location. Everyone look around. We need to know if we should keep going or if we pasted them."
The team nodded and began to look around. It took a few minutes but Yang discovered foot prints on the far side of the bridge. One were the large metal boots that Cardin wore and the other looked human but ended in claw marks.
Ruby looked shock "These footprints, is what that said lady true? Did something happen to mom?"
Miss Goodwitch spoke "We will worry about that later. Right now we need to find where they went."
After they split up, Yang walked to the edge of the bridge and leaned on the railing. Blake, knowing her partner, walked over to her.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just worried. That lady got me and Ruby all freaked out. For years mom's just been dead, but just when we find out she's alive, we learn that she's sick with something. Just can't catch a break."
"At least she's alive."
"You said it."
They had fallen into a silence when it happened. Something flow out of the trees and hit Blake in the back of the head. Yang reached out to grab her, but she was too late. The cat Faunus fell forward into the river.
"Blake!" The noise caused the other hunters to look at her, easily guessing what had happened due to her reaching towards the water.
Before Yang could follow something jumped from the trees, and landed on her. Knocking it off, revealed the Grimm; shaped like a large monkey, the Grimm had big teeth and a boney spike on the end of its tail. Most interestingly it carried a tree branch which it raised in the air before screaming.
"Oooooh ahh aahhh aaah!"
Miss Goodwitch looked worried, "Screamers!"
The trees exploded with Grimm, dozens of the creatures attacked at once, each carrying an improved weapon of some kind. The four hunters burst into action but for each they cut down two more seemed to appear.
After a minute of fighting Goodwitch made a tough choice. "Everyone back in the jeep!"
Ruby cried out. "What about Blake?!"
"We can't help her if we die, we'll lead the Grimm away and return."
Yang looked to the edge of the bridge and was considering jumping when Goodwitch grabbed the brawler with her semblance and stuffed her into the jeep. Not wasting a minute, Goodwitch turned on the car and drove, leading the Grimm away from the village. Unnoticed by RWBY, the professor had unshed tears in her eyes. They had come to save two hunters but might have lost a third.
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Cardin, Summer and Crow were taking a small break. It had taken them an hour to find a low point in the river, but thanks to their patience they were able to refill their canteens. They were now resting, with Summer and Cardin resting their feet in the water.
"Ahhhhhhh, the water's so nice on my feet."
"How are your feet, you don't wear shoes or boots?"
"They don't hurt that much, been without shoes for years. Gotten used to it."
"Shity."
As they got up, Crow cawed and flow over the river. Cardin and Summer followed the Grimm and saw someone floating downstream. Summer jumped in without a thought, and grabbed the person but it wasn't in till she put the person on the ground did Cardin recognize her.
"Blake?"
"She's not breathing!"
Cardin jumped down and began to do CPR. However, after a couple of times it didn't seem to be working.
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However, an idea popped in his head. He summoned his bell and charged it with his aura. Taping the bell on her chest caused the pulse to transform into a small shockwave. The pulse traveled through Blake, and normally it would have knocked the air out of a person.
But in this case, he was targeting the water.
The pulse worked; Blake coughed up the water and Cardin resumed CPR, and sure enough, Blake began to breathe again. However, she was still out so he rang the bell a few times, just to be sure.
After, Cardin fell back. That trick with the bell seemed to eat at his energy quickly but it worked.
He sat up after a moment.
"How is she? Do you hear her heartbeat? And does she have the curse now?"
Summer had her ear to Blake's chest "She's breathing and I don't think she has the curse. I think it needs to be put right into the blood. But I'm not sure...I hope she's ok."
"Yeah, me too."
"You spoke her name, is she familiar to you?"
"Yes, but..."
"But?"
"Blake is on Team RWBY with Ruby and Yang. So if she's here, that means the other members are close."
Summer looked shocked, but nodded and silently prayed that her daughters were alright. They looked at Blake.
"However, we can't move if Blake's out, even if the bell healed her."
"We make camp?"
Cardin looked up, by the sun it was either just before or just after noon. A little early to make camp for the day, but they really didn't have a choice. As much as he wanted to be closer to the road, for the moment, they were stuck.
"Yeah, let's make camp. Better to abandon it later then to be stuck without one when it gets dark."
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"Damn it!"
The four hunters had indeed returned to the bridge, but it had taken over two hours to out run the Grimm, regroup and return. In that time, the Grimm had ruined most of the tracks that the two missing hunters had made and any trace of Blake was gone.
Yang was taking it poorly, not that Ruby or Weiss were much better. Both were unset at the very least. The two were standing on the village end of the bridge, looking at their teammate.
They searched as long as they could, but with the closest human settlement being five hours drive, they needed to leave before it got dark and they were driving blind.
Miss Goodwitch sighed as she looked at the sun getting lower in the distance "We need to leave. We will continue tomorrow."
Yang turned to her "Blake's out there somewhere hurt or worse. How can you say we'll 'pick this up tomorrow'?"
"Miss Xiao Long, do you know why we teach parents on airships to attach their oxygen masks before attaching their child's? Because they can't help their children if they are incapacitated. It's the same thing here. If we get hurt looking for Miss Belladonna, the nearest medical attention is five hours away. Besides," She pulled her Scroll, "her aura is still green and her vitals are fine, if a little low. She is fine but we won't be if we go walking around the forest at night. I will get in contact with General Ironwood and Mistral tonight to organize a larger rescue. You have my word."
"Why didn't you do that before?! Why didn't we ask them in the first place?!"
"I'm sorry Yang, but I didn't expect this to happen!"
The students jumped back, they had never seen Miss Goodwitch lose her cool before.
"I am just as worried about your teammate as you are. But we can't help her or the others if we get hurt. This was supposed to be a quick pick at the village Yang, but this was beyond out our control and our foresight. We will return tomorrow. I promise."
The remainder of team RWBY looked at each other and nodded. They got in the Jeep and drove away.
As they sped towards Cheydinhal, Goodwitch auto-dialed general Ironwood. As a professor, her scroll had a satellite uplink feature that her students scrolls lacked.
"This is the office of general Ironwood, can I take a message?"
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch, I'm an instructor at Beacon Academy. I need to talk to James Ironwood."
"I'm sorry but the general has ordered me too..."
"You put me through to James right now or the next I see him, he'll know exactly who to blame for his secretary's new broken nose!"
"...please hold."
The teammates looked at each other and, despite the situation, giggled to themselves. Team JNPR was never going to believe it.
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Cardin and Summer had long ago set up camp, and were now relaxing; he had removed his armor and jacket and she had removed her clock. The last few days had been rough, both physically and emotionally, for the duo so a day of rest might have been just the thing they needed. Blake had been placed near the fire and had most of her unnecessary clothing removed in order to dry them and to keep her from getting sick.
Although he knew that a person's clothes not only stopped being useful after getting wet, but leaving them on would lower her body tempureture. Even in a 'not that cold' forest there was always a chance she could get Hypothermia.
'I'm lucky Summer was here to do it though. She might have killed me if I was alone.'
Though she still had a sports bra and underwear and Cardin's jacket as a blanket, one of the unnecessary clothing had been, unfortunately, her bow.
Though the shock of her...ears had disappeared quickly. She had always spoken out for Faunus rights and was defensive to the point of almost obsession. This reveal was simply the last piece of the puzzle.
Her scroll was damaged too, the water having shorted the electronic device after being submerged.
'You'd think that they would be made from tougher stuff what with all the shit we deal with but no.'
He looked to his left and saw Summer jump out of the water. She shook herself dry and took the fish out of her mouth, the tenth one today. They would needed the food, now that there was a third mouth to feed. As she dropped it to the ground Cardin removed the ones from over the fire. As he waited for one to cool down Crow flow onto his shoulder. Tearing off a small piece, he flicked it into the air, causing Crow to fly up and grab it.
"I think I'm starting to like this little guy."
He looked at Summer who was busy tearing into a cooked fish, having not heard him. It was almost relaxing, being out in the wilderness. If it wasn't for being lost, cursed and having little to no supplies, he might have wanted to stay out here for a few more days.
'I should go camping the next time Beacon has a holiday.'
The silence was broken by a groan, and the three travelers turned to the Faunus, who was holding her head in pain. Cardin got up and walked over to her.
"Hey, take it easy. Are you alright?"
Blake opened her eyes. At first she looked right into Cardin's before looking down at herself. Cardin followed them only to put his hands up in the air.
"Wait, it isn't wh..."
Blake pounced with energy near dead people don't normally have. Pinning him to the ground on his back, she spoke.
"Where are my clothes?"
Before Cardin could respond, Blake felt two large hands grab her shoulders. The person wasn't visible to Blake, but Cardin got a clear picture...of Summer Rose about to bite.
Moving quickly, Cardin moved his arm up into the path, and took the bite himself. He already had her curse but Blake didn't. The last thing they needed was for Brave getting his hands on a third 'player'.
"GAHHHHHHH!" 'God do those still hurt!'
Both huntresses jumped back. Blake, because of the situation and Summer because the yell had brought her out of it. Blake was looking at Summer with fear, unable to understand what had almost bit her.
But Summer had a much worse reaction. For days she had been moving away from the beastly side, letting her human mind work. But in an instant, all that work had almost disappeared. Cardin and her locked eyes, only for Summer to go running off on all fours.
"Summer!? Damn it, Crow!" Blake jumped at the sight of the Nevermore, but Cardin was too busy to notice. "Follow her, don't let her out of your sight." The Grimm cawed and flow away into the forest. After a second or two Cardin noticed the blood flowing from the wound and the pain that came with it.
"Shit, that still really hurts."
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Took a bullet for a classmate.
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Sent the bird to look after Summer after failing at stopping her from running away.
"Good Job."
'Fucker.'
He summoned his bell and rang it, watching as the blue pulse knotted the wound back together, but left a scar.
'I guess it only completely heals smaller wounds.' "*sigh*"
"What the hell?!"
"Fuck, now I have to deal with this."
"Excuse me?"
'Oops, did I say that out loud?'
"Blake, I will explain everything, but I first I need you to calm down. Ok? And put on your clothes, I won't look."
She waited for a second but nodded. Blake put on the rest of her outfit, but didn't notice the absent bow, 'she must not notice that it's gone.' and sat back down.
"It's been a long five days, so sorry but I'm going to give you the short version. It started when I blow up a Alpha Death Stalker and got left behind in Riverwood. After waking up, I went into the forest, and reached a cave after following some tracks. Turns out it was Summer, though I didn't who exactly she was in till we pieced together her name."
" 'We', she didn't know who she was."
"Not right away, no. You see, she got infected with a type of...sickness that causes Beasthood...and not in the Faunus kind before you jump on me. I mean you saw her, there's no Faunus alive with that level of animal features."
She nodded, it seemed that she thought the same.
"The sickness and the isolation slowly tore away at her mind. When I first found she was half crazy. Even now, with her regaining some of her human side again, she'll still do some things based on instinct, like how she tried to bite you. Which is good that she didn't because, as it turns out that the sickness is spread though fluid to blood contact and I'm already infected."
"You're infected too?"
"Yeah, although mine is a little different. I won't get into it but understand that me and her are in this...game that being played. Our only chance is to reach Beacon Academy. If both me and Summer reach the statue outside of Beacon, we'll be cured."
"The statue? What does it have to do with finding a cure?"
"Nothing, it's just the finish line. I know this is going to sound crazy, but the reason we even have this...curse is because a person gave it to Summer to keep her alive. Speaking of which, you didn't meet or talk to anyone while your sleeping did you?"
"Noooooo, why?"
"He's the guy who this curse comes from and meeting him is the first step in getting the curse, at least for me. If you didn't see him that means the CPR I gave you didn't affect you."
"CPR!?"
"Relax you weren't breathing and I panicked. You're lucky I have my bell or you would have been fish food."
She crossed her arms "So, who is he? The source of the curse."
"Alien."
She rolled her eyes. "No really."
"Really, he said that he is a 'Human old one' and that the Old One's were a race of alien creatures."
"Sure Cardin."
"Right, because my now glowing eyes and veins are normal. Nothing alien or strange about it."
She looked sceptical, which is understandable at least.
"Say I believed you. What now?"
"First we find Summer and make camp for the night. The Sun's starting to go down and not all of us have Faunus night vision."
Her eyes went wide and she reached for the bow that wasn't here.
"Yeah sorry about that, Summer took most of your clothes off to dry. We didn't know about your bow in till after and by then we already knew."
"You're...apologizing?"
"Of course. What am I," Cardin smiled with a shit eating grin "an animal?"
She narrowed her eyes and shook her head. 'The nerve.'
" *sigh* Allot as happened in my life that has made me think about what it means to be human, events both recent and a little while ago. So Blake, pay attention cause I'm only doing this once."
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Cardin got up and walked to Blake. She stood up on reflex and looked him in the eyes.
"For bullying your friends and your people; Blake, I'm really, truly sorry."
She looked for any lies or hidden messages in his speech or face, years of working in the White-Fang had taught her to notice small ticks that gave people away, but she couldn't find any.
'He's telling the truth or else a really good liar. No, this is the person whose ears go red if he lies about doing his homework, he really is apologizing!'
"Cardin," She looked down, trying to find the right words, "it might be some time before I fully trust you, but...I want accept. After talking with Weiss, I learned that sometimes you have to let old fires die out to move on. I can't stay mad at you while forgiving others when they are sorry. Besides, it's not like I've the most spotless past myself, so if you're truly willing to move on then, I will too." She smiled and looked at him "Though you still need to work on that attitude of yours."
"No promises on that last one, but I'll try." Cardin stuck his hand out "Acquaintances?"
She grabbed it "Acquaintances."
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Helped heal old wounds
They smiled at each other before he sit by the fire and she went to grab her bow. "There's still one thing Cardin. What happened to the White-Fang from your message?"
"Shit, listen. I'm not going to say that I was in the right. But you have to believe me when I say that they would have killed me and a family had I not stopped them. I maybe shouldn't have killed them but at that point they had shot a guy and I needed to act and I got really emotional. I'm really sorry."
She nodded. "We meet the family and they said the same. I'm sorry to interrogate you like this but I had to make sure. You understand, right?"
"No, I get it. Don't worry. I don't exactly have the best track record. Though..." He smiled "I did make the team at Signal Academy."
She groaned "That was awful."
"It couldn't have been worse than anything Yang has said."
"True, but that still doesn't make it good."
A caw interpreted the conversation as Crow came flying back. He landed on Cardin's shoulder as Blake jumped to her feet.
"Crow? What's wrong? Is Summer ok?"
The Grimm nodded and flow off but hovered in between two trees. Seemed he wanted them to follow him. Cardin got up and began to pack, grabbing some fish, Summer's clock and a makeshift torch. As he put on his armor, he looked at Blake to see her staring at Crow.
He shook his head. "I'll explain on the way. Right now we have to move...oh" he said, reaching behind a nearby rock "here's your weapon. Didn't want you shooting someone when you woke up."
"R..right. That's fine, just explain."
'This is going to be a long night.'
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"So this screen told you that you cured it's aggression with that bell I saw earlier?"
"Something like that. And it's not really a physical screen, but more of an illusion. It's not a solid thing but just an image my mind projects and it's just there to tell me how far along my stats are or if something comes up. I can't command it to appear."
"It almost sounds like a semblance."
"Kinda, although sometimes I feel like it hates me."
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"Have you told Summer about this screen?"
"Are you kidding? She gets teary eyed if I even bring up the curse, though I have mentioned that mine is different than hers."
They had been walking for ten minutes, not far but hard for Cardin in the dimming light, even with a torch. Blake was still a little reserved around him but she was at least willing to talk.
After a few more minutes Crow flow to the entrance of a cave with a dead Ursa outside.
"Hey Blake? You see anything in here?"
"I see Summer, but she's too far in for me to see what she's doing."
"Ok. Listen, when we go in, stay behind me. The last thing we need is Summer biting you and you getting sucked into this."
"Alright, I'm right behind you."
They walked in, Cardin holding the torch out in front of him. As they got near the back of the cave Cardin finally saw Summer; she was hunched over and cowering.
"Summer?"
"Go away." She said in a quiet voice.
"Not in till you tell me what's wrong."
"*Sniff* I almost bite her. I lost myself again, just like with you. I lost Summer Rose again. She almost disappeared. Almost gone forever."
'She's talking in that weird way again.' "It's alright. You didn't bite her and I healed myself. Everything's fine." He kneeled down, trying to look into her eyes.
"It's not. Summer wasn't strong enough, I wanted to bite, wanted to eat." Blake recoiled a bit at that revelation. Summer grabbed her head as she cried harder. "*Sob* I'm a beast, best forgotten and left behind. Tell my Gem and my Sun I died. Tell them I'm gone forever."
Cardin was looking really uncomfortable. He sighed and looked behind him at Blake and they began to mouth-talk back and forth.
"'I need your help here.'"
"'What do I say?'"
"'Tell her you forgive her or tell her about Ruby and Yang.'"
"'Didn't you tell her anything about them?'"
He gave her a flat look "'I'm the bully who no-one likes, you're their teammate. Between the two of us, whose word going carry more weight?'"
"'You are a jerk.'''
Blake walked towards Summer and kneeled down beside Cardin.
"Miss Rose?"
Summer looked up at her but looked down quickly, seems that her guilt was eating at her to that extent.
"When you attacked me, you only did it when I attacked Cardin. You reacted like any else who just watched their...friend being hurt."
"'Why the long pause on friend Blake?'"
"'No reason.'"
"But...*sob* but I tried to.."
"You reacted like your instincts told you to. You are unwell Miss Rose, no one blames the sick for coughing. What you do while in this state, isn't your fault. I know Ruby and Yang would feel the same."
"How do you know?"
"Cardin many have told you this but I'm the same team as Ruby and Yang is my partner. I know what they are like Miss Rose. When they found out you were sick, they were so worried for you. They still love their mother Miss Rose and they miss you."
"*Sob* Really?" Summer said looking up.
"Really. I forgive you for trying to bite me. Everything's going to be alright Miss Rose."
Cardin and Blake stood up, both holding their hands out for Summer to take. She grabbed both with a smile.
"C...Could you call me Summer? It helps me remember."
"Alright Summer."
They walked back to camp in silence and settled in for the night.
"So m..Ruby and Yang are on your team, who's the forth?"
"Weiss Schnee, of the Schnee Dust Company."
Cardin zoned out for a bit as they began to talk. It was nice that Summer was able to connect to someone else.
"Do you have someone you want to mate with?"
"THBPBPTHPT!"
He smiled as Blake choked on her spit.
'Looks like she got someone else with that question.'
"Why would you ask that?!"
Summer looked confused "You smell of a male. I can tell he's been around you often."
"I don't want to mate with Sun."
"Why? Is he too young like Ruby?"
"Ruby?"
"That's what Friend said. Ruby is too young for mating."
'Fuuuuuuck me.'
Cardin sat up. Though it was darker, Blake and Summer had no trouble seeing the red colour his face had turned.
"I told you already; that wasn't it."
He saw Blake's grin spread across her face.
"Oh, what did he say?"
"Summer..."
"He said she was adorable and that she always sees the best in someone. That's why he likes her."
Blake looked at Cardin a large grin on her face. "Outstanding."
"Whatever kitten," Blake's grin dropped a bit "I'm going for a walk."
'She is never going to let me live this down.'
Insight increased by 1
He stood up and walked to the river as the screen appeared.
Humanity increased by 30
Helped Summer overcome her self-hatred.
Humanity increased by 10
Helped Blake and Summer connect
Humanity has reached past two hundred. You are now protected against the mental effects of Kinhood/Beasthood Stage 3 (but not physical) and will automatically unlock a stage three power when reaching the second stage of Beasthood or Kinhood
Kinhood increased by 10
Used Blake's heritage for a comeback for the first time
"Sick burn bro."
Kinhood has reached past two hundred and you have unlocked the second stage of Kinhood and locked the second stage of Beasthood. Congratulations!
Humanity stage two unlock.
A Call Beyond.
Unleash a cluster of Small Arcane Bolts that do medium damage.
"Fuck, here it comes."
Like before the pain came quickly, but this time it was much worse. Cardin's scream caught the attention of his two campmates who watched as he fell face first into the river.
"Cardin!" "Friend!"
Summer was already in the river when Blake got to the water's edge. Summer pulled Cardin up and placed him on the ground. Unlike Blake however, he was still breathing and awake.
However, his transformation caused them to look at each other. The glowing veins were more noticeable and went to this shoulders. His hair had grown longer but was whitening, and was now a light orange. His skin, while mostly still the same, had a bluish tint to it and the glow from his irises now covered them completely, leaving only too oval's where his eyes once were.
Blake looked down at her former enemy. This was the curse? He had told her that he was on stage one a little while ago, so this must be stage two. She had no way of knowing how many stages there were, but if this was stage two...how much worse was it going to get?
End of Day 5
Cardin
Humanity - 217.5
Beasthood - 03.0
Kinhood - 202
Insight - 26
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And here is chapter three. So a new thing I'll be doing is whenever I post a new chapter, I'll post a reedited version of the pervious chapter with it as well as a post "nit picked" version of the new chapter. It'll have just minor grammar and spelling changes so don't worry about plot stuff. I know it's understandable, but I can get a little frustrated when you see a stories been updated but to see there's no new chapter. It's just life, so to avoid that I'll post all on the same day.
And here is chapter three, which introduces a third resucee to the mix. My first thought was to do Yang but most of my friends thought that Blake would make a better choice as her background would cause some friction.
One thing I wanted people to remember is that I am writing "The most interesting parts of a person's life"(an old writing technique, although bastardized here) so you should expect some bonding to be happening between the characters off screen.
Oh well, that's enough of that. Anyway here is the new chapter, I hope it's good and here's looking forward to the next one. I also want to thank everyone who reviewed, fav'd, followed or even read my story. Thank you so much, it really means allot.
Cheers!