Chong was staring at the infinite sky, watching over every star as Yang approached him from behind, in an attempt to scare him as a prank. "BOO!" Yang screams out with a mischievous manner. "AHH!" Chong was scared shitless as a result.
"That caught you, huh? So what are you doing so late?" Yang sat down next to the still gasping-for-air Chong, still chuckling at his actions. "Y-You scared me shitless, you know?! Whew…I was looking at the night sky, it helps me to calm my nerves." After calming himself down, Chong lied down again and watched the night sky.
After hearing that, Yang also lied down beside Chong and asked: "Why?" to the relaxed boy. "Oh…to be honest, I'm from a land far away, known as Utopian. I was the chosen one to be a Hope Emperor after I've grown adult. My duty was to protect people from harm, and to let the flames of hope burn in them."
"This isn't an easy job, having to wear that fake smile and attitude every day, convincing them that the light will be always there for them. When I was leading today, I felt really nervous, and I came here to calm myself before heading to bed." Chong explained while staring at the wide sky. Yang kept herself silent and star-gazed with him too.
"Hey, Yang?" the boy suddenly turned his head over to Yang and called out to his name. "Hmm?" the blonde turned his head over too, and realized he was staring into her with compassionate eyes. "Uhhh…what's the matter?" Yang asked while blushing slightly.
"You made me feel relaxed too, you know that? You are a really fun person to hang with…thanks for today." Chong said with a warm smile on his face.
"O-Oh…" Yang quickly turned her head around to avoid awkwardness. "Would you mind if I hang out with you this Saturday?" Chong blurted out these words which slightly made Yang nervous. "A-Ah…sure…!" Yang awkwardly replied to Chong while blushing, still haven't calmed down from his serious stare. "Well, I'm calmed now. Thanks for everything Yang!" the boy ran off back to his own room.
"You're from far away huh…" Yang sat down and stared at the sky. "I wonder…which star are you from…"
The morning sun shined on the now sleeping boy, awaking him from his comfortable slumber. Chong yawns and awakes to prevent the sunlight from hurting his eyes anymore. He stretched his bones and starts regaining conscience.
"-yawns- Well…I gotta go get something to eat." Chong heard his stomach growled loudly and he blushed. "And fast!" Chong wore his trademark jacket and rushed down to the cafeteria, looking for a great breakfast before he receives more errands to run from Ozpin.
As he rushed down, he fetched a lot of food on his plate which amount surprises even the greediest students around him, with the shapes of O on their mouths. Chong sat down on Team RWBY's table.
"Hiya!" Chong greeted them with a warm smile on his face, and the amount of food he has on his plate scares everyone. "Woah…I've never seen you eat so much, even when you are hungry in the past." Blake spoke while eating some bread.
Chong smiled and leaned over to gave a pat on Blake's head, making her blushing furiously, and gained a not-so-amused-look by Weiss. "Alright, cut the lovey-dovey." Yang continued chowing down on her cereal while muffling the words.
After Chong finished his food, he received a message which resulted in Chong choking and patted on the back by Ruby. "Are you okay?" asked Ruby. "Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you."
Chong arrived in Ozpin's room, and was given a assignment paper. "Here, I'm sending you ahead to scout for new areas. This time, you will go with Mrs. Ruby." Ozpin said seriously while taking a sip of coffee from his coffee mug. "Okay, will do. What's my mission objectives?"
"First, scout for new areas around the Ashura Ruins, and find some rare materials there. Second, stay alive." Ozpin gave Chong the two most important tasks, and excused himself. "Alright…"
After half an hour, Chong and Ruby again ended up at the Beacon Cliff's launching pads. "Are you ready?" asked Chong while readying himself. "Yup!" said the girl cheerfully.
"Now, let me give you a piggyback." "Huh? What for?"
Ruby was at Chong's back and Chong stepped on a launching pads and kneels down. "Hold tight!" Chong focused.
"Wait….don't tell me...YAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" without even able to finish her doubts, the pad launched Ruby and Chong high up to the sky. Chong let's his Aura flow through his body and manifested the wings of his armor behind him, stabilizing the flight as they ended up in Ashura Ruins in no time, but what ends up was Chong getting punched.
"You scared me!" Ruby exclaimed while punching Chong. "Okay, okay! I'm sorry!" Chong quickly apologized for his actions but as soon as Chong finished apologizing, a growl was heard again.
"Oh." Chong and Ruby instantly armed themselves with both their scythes and posed a battle stance, prepared for incoming assaults. A group of Beowolves jumped out and confront them, but was slew nonetheless. "There's a hidden path over there!" Ruby pointed at the path which leads to a unknown place, they didn't care much and ran through it.
"Did they follow?" asked Chong. "Nop-Woah…Chong, look!" Ruby points to the direction of whatever thing she had saw. As Chong turned his head to see, he was in awe, as he seen a great arena, with a jewel shining on the middle of the arena. As Chong and Ruby walked in, they both heard a mysterious voice spoke.
"To gain something important, you must lose something important to you." Chong stopped in his tracks after hearing that. "W-What was that…?" Ruby murmured. Chong walked forward fearlessly, and a barrier filled by Aura traps Chong within the Arena.
The statue holding the Jewel sank, and a darkened Chong appeared in front of him. "H-Huh?! Is that…me?" the darkened Chong rushed forward and slashed at Chong, but he blocked it and was knocked back. "Kghhh…! He's strong!" Chong foucused and jumped forward, manifesting the scythe and shooting at the darkened figure while rushing forward, but to no avail.
"W-What?! All my attacks didn't work?!" Chong was shocked, but he came back to his senses to realize, the darkness was in front of him, and gave him a knee to the stomach, sending Chong far away and electrified by the barrier, Ruby's scream was heard from even outside.
"Get up! Beat him!" Chong stood up and uses his inner elemental Aura to summon Fire, Water, Earth, Thunder and Light Aura's, all became swords with respective elements. Chong rushed forward and each of the swords approached the dark figure, but was all deflected when the figure uses his dark energy to swirl around and deflected the swords, while kicking Chong, and jumped up to kneel him down.
"Ughhh…-cough-…" Chong was helplessly beaten up by the dark self, and was been strangled. Ruby's tears reached the ground, after seeing one of his teammate's are going to die in front on him. Chong saw this and grabbed the figure's chest.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Chong started absorbing the figure inside himself, slowly but surely, the figure was absorbed to him whole, due to the figure being an energy-formed being and Aura itself. Chong felt apart and passed out after.
Chong dived to the pits of his heart, to finally reach his heart after a deep dive, but to see another being there. "W-Who…are you…?" asked the skeptical Chong.
"I am Alex. From this day onwards, I will be your inner dark self."
"Huh? When did you come here?!" Chong was in shock, since he didn't realize how long "he" has been here. "That matters not to you…" the enigma figure replied with a somewhat melancholy tone of speaking. "Well, you can't take me that easily, the light will prevent you." Chong was determined and replied to the figure.
"We'll see about that…light co-exists with darkness. As long that there is light, there will be darkness. And there will be the day when I finally control you whole…" the enigma figure smirks while looking at Chong in a horrifying manner.
"Never…NEVER!" Chong screamed, in doubt of himself. He awoke in real life, and saw himself in the Team RWBY room, with Weiss and Ruby taking care of him along with wet towels.
"Oh, you're awake. Lie down." Weiss placed a wet cold tower on Chong's forehead while he shivered a little. "Here, have a cookie!" Ruby holds a cookie and offers Chong one in a cute manner. "Say ahhhh~" Chong opened wide and Ruby fed him the cookie, and Weiss facepalmed.
"Rest well, okay?" Ruby then skipped to take a bath. As Weiss prepared to leave, Chong held her hand and groaned out: "I…I need to talk to you." Both of them ended up in the silent night gardens that Chong stargazed every night.
"What is it?" Weiss asked him patiently. "Today…the arena's spirit…" "Chong, Ruby told me about it."
"Did…he told…you…that my darkness will take over me…?" "What?! Tell me about it!" Weiss suddenly blurted out caring words after hearing Chong's cause.
After telling her about the oh-so-realistic dream, Weiss was unable to say anything. "I-I'm scared Weiss…this is…the first time…I have ever been so scared…" Chong held his head with both hands, and started crying. Weiss suddenly cups his face, and looks at him in the eye.
The icy-cyan blue eyes of Weiss were reflected by the moonlight, both staring to the now weakened soul. "Be strong, you were strong when you were my butler, why not now? You were always there for me, now I'm here for you. Don't worry, just talk to me whenever you feel troubled, okay?" Weiss wiped of his tears, smiling.
"Y-Yeah…oh…I suddenly…remember something…" "What is it?" Weiss asked the troubled boy. "What are you…trying to say…10 years ago…when we were torn apart?" Chong was suddenly pulled over to a kiss by Weiss. Weiss's lips were warm and both of them pulled back after a few moments. "W-Wha…O-OH."
Weiss lowered her head, still blushing from the kiss. "B-Baka…" was said in a tsundere manner. "I-I love you…" Chong blushed furiously after hearing that and seeing her in a cute face, which caused him to run away. WITH WEISS CHASING HIM.
"You come back here!" Weiss screamed while chasing Chong furiously, accidently tripping on a rock and pinned Chong down, with Weiss on top of him. Both of them blushed furiously and Chong gets himself a nosebleed.
Chong smiled and let her lie down, slightly stroking her head while both of them were enjoying the night view of the infinite sky.
That's it for Chapter 3! Leave a review for the scenes you would like me to draw in this fanfiction! See ya soon! :3