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Chapter 4

Ghost from the Past II

Patch wasn't a place know for any outlandish things. It was a large island at the west of Vale, which main thing is that there resides the combat academy named Signal; other than that the island was pretty dull. It was known to be very secluded from the rest of the world, but other than the large grey forest there wasn't much to see there.

But all that changed the night before.

The night before; the skies of Remnant split and multiples fissures appeared across the glove. One of them appeared near Patch and now served as the main topic of the residents of the Island.

Among the residents of Patch, in a secluded house in the woods, two of them were outside in their main garden. Normally this early in the morning any normal person would spend their morning doing house chores, eating with their family or just preparing for work. These two persons were spending their morning in a more unorthodox way.

They were fighting…

It wasn't a life and death fight, since there was no killing intent coming from anyone them, and it didn't seem like a feud by any specific thing, as it was apparent that one fighter was superior to the other and wasn't using his one hundred percent in the duel and the other fighter's movement were a little sloppy, as if the muscles were sore for prolonged inactivity.

These fighters were a father and daughter duo, yang and Tai Xiao Long, and now they were doing their first morning sparring. It had been months since Ruby left for her journey to Heaven Academy, at this point she and her group should be more than half way to her destination and if Yang wanted to catch up she would need to hurry, but first she needed to put herself back in shape and what better way to refine her fighting style than with her original teacher.

At this point they had been going at it for about two hours and it started to show, mostly on Yang. She was all sweaty and was panting heavily, it had been way too long since she had to fight and she was still getting used to her prosthetic arm. Tai Yang on the other hand looked entirely fine not a drop sweat, no panting, no sign at all that he had done any effort whatsoever.

The fight resumed with Yang jumping into action and delivering a left blow to her father's face, this action didn't surprise Tai, as he used his right hand to grab Yang's left wrist and spun his body avoiding the strike. Now with his back facing Yang's left side he used his left leg to swipe Yang's own left leg. Yang's eyes widen as she knew she lost her balance, now with a quick motion of his wrist Yang's body spun on the air.

With not much time to think before landing face first on the ground, Yang used her prosthetic as support, putting its palm on the ground, and then used it to push herself. Now on mid air she spun and landed on both of her feet. Now already recomposed she wanted to analyze the fight, but didn't have any time left because her father charged straight at her using his right elbow to land a hit on her gut. With not much time to react she simply used both of her hands to stop the blow; sadly it was more force than she could handle at the moment; after hours of training and still recovering from the months of inactivity she wasn't at her peak, maybe at her peak she could handle the blow but right now she wasn't in condition to. The fight ended with Yang sprawled on the floor, breathing heavily and covered in sweat.

"That wasn't that bad, wasn't it" said Tai Yang extending a hand to Yang.

"Speak for yourself, I got my ass handed to me" responded Yang while being lifted by Tai.

"You cannot expect to get back in shape in just two days" he said, meanwhile Yang was already up and began dusting herself "you need to have patience"

"I guess you are right" she said with a little grumble.

"By the way how did the new arm fare this time, last time you weren't feeling it that much" Tai added

Yang in response let out a small laugh "Funny, at first I was reluctant to use it now it feels like my old arm, but at the same time it feels different" she said while watching her prosthetic hand "but I think I will manage"

"See, that's the spirit!" replied Tai with a smile on his face "now let's go inside, you must be tired after that sparing match"

Once they made their way to their home Yang proceeded to sprawl herself on the couch while letting out a heavy groan. Tai on the other hand decided to go straight to the kitchen to prepare some drinks and something to eat.

Yang bored with the waiting decided to turn the television on.

"Now with reporting news about the sightings of strange lights in the sky"

'Oh right, I didn't talk with dad about that. I guess he was sleeping at that time' Yang thought as she continued to watch the TV.

"We've gotten reports about the same kind of phenomenon happening in different parts of Remnant"

'So that wasn't only in Patch?' Yang thought

"The locations of these sightings were on the south of Atlas, on the west side of Vale near Signal Academy, in the desserts of Vacuo and two parts of Mistral; on the outskirts of the city and on the west of Mistral. We've also received rumors that there were sightings near the coast of Menagerie, but we would like to verify the information first"

"Dad, did you see the sky yesterday?" Yang asked. At that moment Tai Yang was already done with the appetizers.

"No, did something happen?" Tai replied.

"Well yes, have you seen the news" Yang said

"No" Tai responded as he made his way out of the Kitchen while holding the appetizers "it's probably not that big of a deal, so don't worry too much about it. Why don't you rest? If you are up for another session you need to be well rested first"

"Yes, I guess you are right" Yang said as her face changed to a smile "but I will need more than just one sandwich to regain my energy"

After Yang ate her meal, she and her dad continued training. The result of their training ended most of them the same with Yang beaten by her father, but slowly Yang began to start holding her ground more than the last time. It seemed that with every beat-down she came back stronger than before.

The day for Yang and Tai went on as expected, without any unexpected events. Still the question of 'what those strange lights were' loomed in Yang's mind. Unknowing that she would get the answer to her question later on, as her path would become entangled with the one of two strangers, who share more than a simply destination with her.

Mistral

Unspecified Location

A farmer's life is considered by many as a boring way of living. Most people would say it consist of an endless cycle of raising corn day and night, taking care of the land and making sure that no bird gets to the close to the goods; to some extent these people would be accurate on their assumption. A farmer's life wasn't one of adventure and fame; it was a tough life where you had to work day and night, a life where you eat what you produce, a life where your economic stability is at the hands of the quality of your crops and a life where you depend upon forces of nature. All in all, to most the life of a farmer didn't seem very pleasing; after all in Remnant you could become a Huntsman and live the life of a brave hero whose feats are sung across Remnant or end up in the stomach of a Grimm…but others see the values in the farmer's life, it's a simple life, a sincere, a honest life and most of all a hard working life; and that was the beauty of it.

Oscar Pine was one of the people that saw the value in a farmer's life. He had lived his whole life in the family farm alongside his mother; he didn't know any other way of living and was pretty satisfied with it. To him this was the perfect way of living…or that's what he thought.

Sadly his comfortable way of living would soon come to an end.

It was already night and Oscar had already finished all of his daily work. He had enjoyed a meal with his mother in the kitchen downstairs and now was heading to his room to get a much awarded sleep.

It wasn't an eventful day for the young farmer; all in all it could be considered another usual day, just another day to pass by, and one that wouldn't be worth remembering in a thousand years. That would be it if it wasn't for the sudden revelation that shook the foundation of Oscar's world.

'Oscar! We have to hurry' said a mysterious voice 'I haven't foreseen this, it would be best if we made our way to haven right now'

"Shut up! I said I am not going to Haven!" responded Oscar to the mysterious voice in anger.

'Oscar, this isn't about you or me, this is about the future of Remnant' said the voice with compassion but with sternness in his voice.

"We already talked about this!" responded Oscar angrily as he motioned with his arms "I am not going"

'Oscar, I fear things are already beyond my control' said the voice with distress in his voice 'those lights of yesterday, you remember them'

"What about them?" the boy responded clearly annoyed by this feud.

'Those weren't random lights or a natural phenomenon. That was magic older than the world itself. I don't know what exactly their purpose was, I don't know if they will bring a curse or a blessing, I don't know who performed them or their intentions, I don't know how they will affect the world, but I know that it is our responsibility to figure out their nature and if it is something that will threaten the inhabitants of Remnant, stop it'

"It may be your responsibility, but not mine" responded the boy begrudgingly while getting on top of his bed and putting his hands behind his back.

'You may not like and I wish there was another way, but you and I are now one in the same; your dreams are my dreams, my strength is your strength, your hopes are my hopes and my responsibilities are your responsibilities. What is about to happen is going to change Remnant as a whole, tell me what you would rather do, go out there make a difference or stay as a farmhand in Mistral.'

'I never wanted this. I always thought that the life that preceded me was that of a farmer. It has been the way of living of the family for generations, it's the only way I know of living, the only thing I am good at…' Oscar thought as he got up of his bed. He later made his way to the window in his room; he opened it and marveled at the sight present before him. The dark sky lit by the ever-present shattered moon and millions of stars; all of them shining brightly, creating a contrast between the darkness of the sky and the light they emitted. He continued to stare at it while deep in thought.

'But I've always thought what is beyond of that life, what other options do I have aside from being a farmer? Is there another purpose to my life…' the boy then proceeded to close his eyes and stayed like that for what would seem like an eternity. Later he opened his eyes and let out a tired breath.

"…okay" muttered the boy "I...we will set to Haven tomorrow"

'I knew you would say that' responded the voicewith a little of amusement in his voice.

"Did you read my thoughts again?" asked the boy with annoyment dripping from his voice.

'They are our thoughts now'

Menagerie

Belladonna Household

It had been already five hours since the new guest of the Belladonna Household had left, ever since then the residents of the house continued to do their daily activities; Ghira Belladonna started going through some paper work, nothing serious just some bills, complains from the citizens, request from the White Fang of Menagerie, all in all the usual stuff. Kali simply decided to check that everything in the house is in one place, after that she simply proceeded to go to the balcony and spent her afternoon there. Considering the surprise appearance of the two new guests, the members of the Belladonna household were acting as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Well most of them at least….

Blake on the other hand spent most of her afternoon thinking of everything possible scenario that could involve the two guests betraying them and, to Sun's annoyment, prancing around the room. Now in fact, Blake and Sun found themselves on Blake's room. Sun found himself backwards chair-sitting with his head hanging low; he then proceeded to let out a tired sigh and lifted his head to look at his friend. Speaking of which; Blake was well…

"Blake, please, it's already been five hours since they left can you please give the subject a rest?" Sun asked with tiredness present in his face meanwhile Blake was prancing across the room, going back and forward from the study table to her bed.

Removing her thumb from her teeth she glanced at Sun's direction "We can't, we still aren't close to figure out the true intentions of them" she responded with a serious face.

"Maybe there isn't any you know; they may just be travelers in need of help" Sun responded sincerely.

Blake didn't take this response too well; her face quickly changed from one of seriousness to one of full anger "Sun!, don't you find it weird that the same day that two white fang priests show at my doorstep later on two supposed travelers show up in need of asylum" she screamed.

"Hey I am just saying they look like normal people to me" Sun said while shrugging "besides one of them is a human and if I recall correctly the White Fang doesn't like to work with them"

"They White Fang cooperated with Torchwick when it served their interest, at this point it wouldn't seem so far off that they could hire a human assassin" Blake said while rubbing her templates "and to your information the ones who orchestrated also looked like normal people"

Blake decided to calm down a little after her outburst, she let out a heavy breath and decided to continue with her tirade, albeit this time much calmer but with seriousness still present in her face "don't you find it strange?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" said Sun.

"Of all the houses in Kuo Kuana they decided to ask our help specifically, doesn't that rub you the wrong way?" the cat faunus asked with seriousness on her tone.

"Mmmm" Sun muttered deep in thought as he rubbed his chin "I think they saw the biggest house and decided to go with it. You gotta admit your parent's house it's pretty impressive" the monkey faunus responded cheerfully with a smile on his face.

Blake didn't take that answer too well…At this moment Blake wasn't clearly on the best emotional state, and despite already having a emotional outburst, Sun's little joke pushed her over the edge. She almost instantly slammed her clenched fist on the table near Sun; not expecting this Sun flinched and almost fell out of his chair.

"Sun!" screamed Blake, visibly angry "I'm in no mood for games! This is a matter that involves the livelihood of my family and I'm not gonna let anyone threaten them!" she said with resolution present in her voice and angriness present in her face "I wouldn't forgive me otherwise…" this line, in opposite to her previous statements, was said with a more muffled voice while her head started hanging low.

Almost instantly she recomposed herself and stared at Sun with the same intensity as before, there wasn't any hint of the weakness previously shown, only rage and determination were present on her face "So I advice if you are to help me be my guest, but if the only thing you will do is jokes and not take things seriously I advise you to leave"

The temperature of the room drastically decreased, it seemed like the once warm room was now as cold as a glacier. No one dared to utter a word; Blake stayed in her current position, with her clenched fist on the side of the table and looking at Sun with a serious look and both brows frowned. Meanwhile Sun stayed on his chair without uttering a word or making any movement for that matter.

They stayed like that for around a minute or two, but to them it felt like an eternity; seconds became minutes, minutes became hours and during this time none of them dared to utter a word.

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Deciding to ease the atmosphere Sun reached to Blake and placed his right hand on her left shoulder. The cat faunus taken back by this action flinched a little but didn't outright shake Sun's hand off. On the other hand Sun simply raised his face and confronted Blake eye to eye. To her surprise his face wasn't anything like she expected it to be; she expected him, after receiving such crude words, to be hurt, offended, hell even angry but to her surprise the only expression present in Sun's face was a smile; it wasn't a sarcastic smile or a playful smile, like he usually has, it was a sincere smile, one that showed compassion and care for a dear friend.

"I know how hard this must be for you Blake" said Sun breaking the silence between them "and I know that you only want to keep them safe but it won't be worth it if you burn yourself in the process so once in while you should lighten up. What I'm trying to say is sometimes is better to let loose" he concluded with a smile on his face.

Blake instantly retracted her; she lifted up her clenched fist and started rubbing the sides of her nose whiles her eyes where close. She then let out a breath and spoke "Sun I'm sorry…it's just I think all the pressure is getting to me" she then proceeded to remove her hand from her face and face Sun eye to eye "I came here to relax and to figure things out and I am here just growing white hair over nothing. But still I cannot rest until I know that my family is safe"

Sun instantly reverted back to his usual carefree and cheerful smile and said "Don't worry about it, I'm just trying to cheer you up and besides if you need help keeping your family safe you can always count on me"

"Thanks Sun" she said whole heartedly.

After their exchange the atmosphere became much bearable, no longer it felt like they were in a frozen iceberg. Sun still with things in mind decided to speak up.

"Oh by the way I wanted to tell you something; yesterday I was in the market and I saw…" Sun didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as the sound of the heavy doors of the Belladonna household slamming open filled the air.

Both him and Blake paused everything they were doing as they heard a very feminine say cheerfully "We are back~!"

They immediately knew what happened; their new guests were back.

"Huh, that was earlier than expected" said Sun as he put his hands behind his head.

Blake on the other hand didn't say anything and quickly made her way out of the room, leaving a confused Sun behind her.

Meanwhile on the leaving room the two time travelers sat cross-legged around the table and made themselves comfortable. The sight looked very strange for an outsider with no context about the situation; Viola had a leaves all over her head and her knees were dirtied, it looked like she had to get on her knees in a pool of mud, while Priam didn't look dirty rather he was soaking wet, his spiky hair has no longer up rather it was pulled back in a slim fashion, and had the shoulder pads of his armor and his gauntlets removed leaving him with both of his arms exposed. What really stands out of Priam's current appearance was the bag filled with fish he had on his back, it looked like there was a lot of it after all the size of the bag could be compared to the size of Viola.

Both of them sat there in silent for a moment until Priam decided to break the ice.

"So, how was it?" he asked while he removed his boots.

"Very funny" Viola said as she deadpanned, completely different from the cheerfulness she displayed early.

"Ohhh, so you enjoyed it" Priam said with a smirk on his face, he then proceeded to lean closer "the small trip through the jungle, did you have fun catching insects, collecting plants and getting dirty on the mud"

Viola then started to remove some leaves that she had on her hair, after that she simply sighed and rested her head on her right hand while adverting her gaze from the spearman.

"I don't know why bother with you, of all the people who I could have come here with, I get stuck with the most annoying" she said in a dejected tone, later she shifted her gaze to her partner and spoke "you really make me lose my cool, you know that"

At those words Priam's grin only increased "Ohhh, I didn't know this cold side of you, you should show it more often" he said while smirking and containing a laugh.

She simply scoffed and averted her gaze from the blue-haired man. He on the other was on the brink of laughter as he was already clutching his sides and suppressing the all the chuckles that were escaping his mouth. The only reason why Priam didn't keep pushing forward was, because Viola wasn't one to generally get angry on the other hand she would be considered the joyful one in the group, seeing this completely different side of her was like stepping into a minefield so Priam decided not to take any chances.

Before the blue-haired man could change the subject another person entered the living room.

"Oh my" said the new person with a feminine voice full of astonishment.

As the person said this the two guests shifted their view from each other to the new individual. Both of them recognized who this voice belonged to; it was the voice of the housewife that took them in the night they arrived to this time, Kali Belladonna, though they still didn't knew her name.

"Both of you sure are dirty" she said this time more playfully and with a bit more irony than her previous words.

Viola was the first one to respond to Kali's comment as she turned her head to face her.

"Sorry about that" she said while flashing a smile and in a cheerful tone, a completely one eighty from the demeanor she showed Priam earlier and more akin to her usual attitude "it's just that we've had a pretty rough day at work" she concluded with an awkward but innocent laugh while rubbing her hair.

"Don't worry about it darling" Kali simply responded with a warmly laugh "but you could use a bath, both of you" she said while also shifting her gaze at Priam. She then proceeded to move her hand to nose, pressing it, and started holding her breath.

This made a realization sink in the mind of both of them, they stink.

Priam lifted his right arm and began to sniff his armpit while Viola, not as vulgar as her partner, straightened her back and lowered her head while blushing madly in embarrassment. She later turned her face to Kali, clapped her hands together and bowed her head.

"I AM SO SORRY!" she apologized in a very over the top way "it's just that it's the first time we had any jobs and we didn't know that we would come so dirty, alsoyourhouseisverybigandwedidn'tknowifwecouldusethebathroom,atleastIdidn'tknow,pluswedon'tknowwherethebathroomactuallyisorifIshouldtakemyshoesoff,theyarepretydirtyafterall,butthatisbesidethepoint…" she kept rambling without stop, with every word her mouth moved faster and her face grew redder to the point it looked like hot iron "did I mention your house is really big!"

"Calm down" said Kali in a motherly tone, as she calmed the stuttering cat-faunus "you can use the guest bathroom and take a minute to breath, it seems that at that rate you were going to run out of oxygen" she said while adding a bit of humor to her last statement.

The other cat-faunus present in the room just nodded her head and said "sorry…" in an innocent manner. Kali responded by letting out a warm laugh.

"Follow me, the bath is this way" Kali said while motioning with her arm but before she could begin to take direction to the guests baths the non-faunus present in the room bugged in.

"Excuse me, not to be rude but where should I leave this" said Priam while lifting a bag full of fish.

"Oh, I assume that's from work?" Kali said while addressing the blue-haired man "you could give to one of our helpers, they will bring it to the kitchen"

"Great, miss…" said Priam in a questioning manner.

"Belladonna, but both of you can call me Kali there is no need to formalities" she responded.

At this moment Priam' breath seemed to stop, his entire body was in shock and his eyes widened but this lasted just a split second before reverting back to his usual demeanor. It was quick change that Kali couldn't notice but the remaining person in the room did. He later shifted his gaze from the housewife before him to her partner; in contrast to him she was calm and had a slightly confused face after seeing her partner's reaction.

"Well if you excuse us" Kali said while eying the cat-faunus beside her. She later made her way out of the room leaving the blue-haired man alone in the living room as they made their way through the corridors.

As they were making their way to the baths they bumped with another resident of the Belladonna House.

"Oh hi Blake, where are you going?" said Kali to her daughter.

Blake before answering eyed the girl beside her mother. Viola also shifted her view and both hers and Blake's gaze met for a moment, it wasn't much more than a second. Viola simply decided to flash a usual innocent smile complimented by a hand wave, to this Blake narrowed her eyes a bit and responded to the gesture with a head nod. Later she shifted her Gaze to her mother and responded her question.

"I was just heading to the living room" she said reluctantly "where are you two going?"

"I'm just showing Viola the way to the bathroom" she responded with a smile.

To this Blake eyed Viola; analyzing her to see if she was a threat or not and then simply continued her way straight to the living room without paying much mind to her mom.

"Oh my, someone seems to be on a bad mood" said Kali to her guest, to which she only responded with an awkward laugh.

"Follow me" said Kali as she kept walking through the hall with her guest following behind.

After greeting her mother and her guest Blake headed directly to the living room to meet the other new resident of her house. While the thought of leaving her mom alone with a stranger did scare her, she could easily see that the girl was the less dangerous of the two. The man on the other hand seemed like the more experienced fighter. She could see it; if her time with the White fang taught her anything it was to determine the character of different people, and even though she couldn't put her finger on what was his, she knew he was the deadlier of the two. If she had two worry about any of those two her main focus would have to be on the spearman.

'I know Sun said that I shouldn't worry too much about it but I cannot let it slide until I am one hundred percent sure they don't have any ill intent' she thought as she reached her destination. To her surprise she found the source of her worries laying on the floor with a carefree expression on his face and with no boots…

"Hey how's it going lady" the blue-haired man said with amusement as he was laying on the floor with bag full of fish near him.

"Hey..." responded Blake with a reluctant tone on her voice, clearly not amused by the closeness he was directing himself at her "Priam was it?"

"The only" he smugly responded "you know lady you have a pretty nice house"

"You know I have a name other than lady" Blake responded with hostility present in her tone.

"Ouch that tone really hurt me" Priam responded with an eye closed and a smirk on his face "I guess you are not really fond of me or my partner for that matter"

Blake flinched at what Priam said. He found out about her distrust of them but to be honest she wasn't trying to hide it.

"You are pretty easy to read" he said while twirling his spear with his right hand.

"Tell me" said Blake with a deadpanned tone.

"Excuse me I didn't hear"

"Tell me. If you already know that I don't trust both of you, then tell what is your purpose here and ill see what I'll do about it" she stated strictly.

"Ohhh pretty menacing" Priam mocked Blake while he continued to play with his spear. Blake didn't take to kindly his response as she reached for the handle of Gambol Shroud. Priam not being an idiot, despite his actions, decided to respond as he let out a sigh "Okay okay, no need to be hostile. We are just new graduates traveling Remnant and we are here because we don't have any place to stay and are in need of asylum"

"Stop lying!" screamed Blake clearly losing her cool "I know that is just a cover! I've heard many like that before" she kept her grip on her sword as she started walking slowly around her target.

"Ohhh it sounds like you speak from experience, I guess you have used some of them yourself, haven't you" teased the blue-haired man with a smirk still present in his face.

Blake couldn't contain herself anymore as soon as she heard him said that she lost all reason; she then unsheathed her blade and leapt into action. Using her left leg she performed a jump across the room and mid air shifted the position of her blade to face down directly at her target. She proceeded to use one of her shadows to propel herself and aim her sword at his heart. Just before her sword met its target; Priam back flipped and avoided the strike, leaving his boots behind.

'What?' thought Blake as her sword stabbed the floor 'he shouldn't have been able to avoid that? I didn't telegraph my attack yet he avoided it despite my speed' she then looked at her opponent and to her surprise he had a smile on his face.

She then tried to pull her sword out of the floor, but the momentum she used was way too much and now the blade was imbedded in the floor. Not that it mattered any way because in the span of a millisecond she found a foot stepping on the handle of her sword and the tip of a spear pressing against her jugular.

"You should be more careful, your attack left you way too open" she heard a voice say.

She started sweating and felt cold all over her body 'How he moved that fast?!' she thought as her grip left the handle of her blade. In her current position she wasn't able to see Priam's face but something sounded off; while the Priam she spoke a second ago sounded relax and uninterested, this Priam sounded feral like a animal seeking blood.

They stayed that way for about two seconds until Priam decide to lift his foot and remove his spear. Blake looked at Priam confused 'Why did he do that she had me right where he wanted' she thought. Priam only let out a sigh and shrugged his shoulder, he looked disappointed.

"If only this had been a real fight" he said with disappointment in his voice, completely different from the more violent and feral voice from before.

"Why didn't you kill me?" Blake asked, still confused by his actions.

"Lady if I wanted you dead you'd already be" he said as he began to pick up his things "just keep this a secret between us, I wouldn't want to get in trouble with my partner"

Blake then proceeded to pull her sword out and sheath it on her back. Then she begrudgingly started to walk out of the living room, her body still cold and still surprised by the experience. As she was about to walk out of the living room she the blue-haired man spoke.

"And by the way don't take the teasing personal, I just like to tease pretty girls" he said with a smirk on his face.

She only responded with a bow frown and an angry scoff, leaving the room with heavy footsteps. On the other hand the spearman was left wondering a very important matter that clouded his mind since her meeting with Kali.

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"Where exactly she said I should leave all this fish"

Viola Pov

"Awwwww" I said as I entered the bathtub.

It's been years since I had a bath this relaxing, back at The Sanctum there were only communal baths used by the soldiers and there wasn't much time to enjoy a bath this way. It's hard to believe that we are back in the past; that the world we grew up with is now just a distant memory but now is our duty to prevent that future from happening, to create a brighter future for everyone. Still….

This kind moments where you can simply laid back and relax; I find them the most important of all, it's when you can just drift and go with the flow rather than struggle against it in an endless battle for survival…I just hope my friends are doing okay. They are strong, much stronger than me, but still I cannot help but worry. And I hope Sis is doing fine…

Well no reason to worry about that now. Now is the time to relax after a hard day of work free from worrying about the future, free from carrying my shield, free from jungles filled with insects and mud and most importantly free from that idiot's snarky remarks. Now it's time all for me.

I should really thank Kali after this.

I stayed in the bathtub with my eyes closed and my mind clean of any thoughts. Only paying attention to the sound the small waves the water made. My mind drifted without no clear objective or idea in mind and I felt like every second was an hour. There was truly nothing that could ruin this moment.

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Until I heard people talking, really loudly by the way, it seemed like someone was scolding another person. The angry voice seems to belong to a woman while the other belongs to a man. I don't recognize them to well.

It's probably nothing; sometimes having enhanced earring can be troublesome. Just ignore it Viola…

Buuut it seems like my more curious nature got the better of me.

I stepped out of the bathtub and grab a towel. I quickly dry myself, throw the towel aside put on my clothes and exit the bathroom. I began strolling through the hall in the direction of the voices; now it becomes clear who those voice belong to. They belong to the daughter of Kali, I think her name was Blake, and to the monkey faunus that ate with us this morning.

They seem to be distressed about something. I began to increase my pace as I heard another voice that wasn't there before. It was Kali's voice and it seems like she is confused.

As I made my way to the source I remembered something. Crap, I left my shield outside the bathroom. I can turn back and get it but if the situation is this serious they might need my help.

I find the way to the source of the voices and I'm greeted by a balcony with flowers and Kali with a very distressed face. I quickly approach her.

"Kali is everything okay. Did something happen?" I ask with concern in my voice.

"Viola?" she said surprise by my presence "Blake and Sun jumped behind what seems like a white fang agent, but that doesn't make any sense. Do you know anything about this?" she said with a serious tone at the last question. That really surprise me, Kali had been nothing but supportive to us why would she all of a sudden distrusts me?

I quickly recompose myself and answered "I am as lost as you but I can help them tell me which direction they went" I said as I reach for my back and grab…nothing.

Damn it, I forgot I came charging in without my shield. Still I could use…

I couldn't finish my train of thought as I heard footsteps behind me approaching at a great speed. I quickly turn my face around and I'm greeted by Priam; who came in charging with his armor and weapon ready but still stinking of fish, not that it mattered in this situation.

"Is everything okay" he asked with a worried expression.

Good, if they are in trouble it would be best to receive Priam's aid "No, Blake and Sun are in trouble, they are chasing a white fang agent" Kali said to Priam worriedly.

Priam face seems to harden, his frown deepened and it looked like he was serious about this; which is really odd he normally doesn't get this serious about anything. Does he know something I don't?

"Which way?" he asked

"That" Kali stated while pointing north.

Now Priam's face softened and changed to his usual smirk and relax attitude. But this time he seems a little excited as if he had been looking for this.

"Well I'll be shortly back. Don't worry too much Miss Kali" he said sarcastically as he crouched on one knee, then blue lightning sparks appeared around his feet and it looked like a huge amount of aura was gathering on him. Suddenly all this energy let loose as he jumped sky-high leaving particles of energy on his trail, and a broken wood floor leaving a shocked Kali behind.

It seems like Priam will be finally able to get what he wanted ever since arriving here.

To be continued…

Authors Note-

So finally released the chapter, not gonna lie I thought that I could have it ready by one week, sadly I was wrong. Also if you read the last note you know that I split Ghost from the past in to two parts because otherwise it would have been way to long. Well it seems like I have to again split the story because I planned way too much for this chapter and wasn't able to address everything while keeping up with the crazy deadline I set to myself.

So I'll be doing this; most chapters will be 5k long and will release in between 2 to 3 weeks, if I take more than that probably the chapter will be longer or I didn't have enough time to write (I am saying this because this week was so full of things that I didn't had enough time to do it) if this happens I'll update a quick note explaining why the chapter hasn't released yet and when to expect it.

So basically next chapter will be the conclusion of Ghost from the past and possibly something regarding the legacy of our new players will be revealed. So until then leave a review, I appreciate any kind of criticism and will answer any question, and see you next time