Chapter 4: Sisterly Reunion (Update)

A/N: This is the updated version because I accidentally left out the ending.

Salem was in the meeting room, sitting down at the head of the table. She hears the doors being unlatched. She looks up to see Tyrian walking inside.

"Um... My queen. Kobura is here." He said. Salem shot a blank expression before gesturing him to let them in. Tyrian leaves the room and returns with Kobura and Rajak.

"Kobura." Salem said.

"Salem. Long time no see." Kobura said. Ironic coming from someone who was blind.

Kobura walked towards a chair and took a seat. Rajak gave Tyrian an evil smile. Tyrian growls in response.

"What do I owe the pleasure of you being here?" Salem asked. Kobura faced Salem and smirked.

"We have found someone strong enough to have partial control of the Yami no tenshi." Kobura said. Salem, and Tyrian remain quiet from shock.

"Who is this person?" Salem asked.

"According to the conversation Marc overheard, his name is Lie Ren. After further research, we find out that he was a student at Beacon Academy. He was a member of team JNPR, but after the fall of his comrade, Pyrrha Nikos, he joined Ruby Rose on her journey to Mistral." Kobura explained. Tyrian grits his teeth at the mention of Ruby's name.

"Did you say, Ruby Rose?" Salem asked.

"Yes. Rajak and I encountered him in the woods when I was trying to give my proposition to Raven." Kobura said. He lifts up his left arm, which was cut off at the elbow.

"As you can see, she didn't bother to listen." Kobura said.

"You said he has partial control over the Yami no tenshi?" Salem asked.

"Yes. The Yami no tenshi has taken full control over his subconcious, but he managed to keep it from controlling him." Kobura said. Salem processed what she was told.

"He could prove to be a valuable asset to us. I request that you bring him to me." Salem said. Kobura only chuckles and places his feet on the table.

"Now Salem, you've known me for a long time. You should know that this isn't how it works." Kobura said. Tyrian growls silently.

"Very well. What is it you want in return?" Salem asked.

"You know what I want Salem." Kobura said. He takes his feet off the table and faced Salem.

"I want the location of the winter maiden." Kobura said. Salem sighed in frustration.

"You know I can't do that."

"Then you and I have nothing to talk about." Kobura said standing up.

"I can.. I can bring him to you my Queen. That Lie Ren was one of the comrades who fought along side Ruby. The Lotus will be no different in terms of combat." Tyrian butted in. Rajak couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh that's rich Tyrian. You managed to lose your tail by the hands of her. Are you ready to become a disappointment once again?" He asked. Tyrian growled and activated his wrist blades.

"Why don't you come over here and say that!" Tyrian shouted.

"Enough Tyrian!" Salem commanded. Tyrian settles down and deactivates his wrist blades.

"Kobura, I'm afraid at this current moment I can't give you the location of the Winter maiden, but I'll consider it for the time being." Salem said. Kobura stands up and walks towards the door.

"If you change your mind, you know where to find me." Kobura said as he and Rajak walked out the door. As the door closed, Salem seemed to look in disbelief.

"The desendant of Ketsueki Ren lives among us." Salem said. She looks at Tyrian and Tyrian bows.

"Mistress, I'm very sorry for my previous failure. It's true, I am a disappointment. But I beg of you, give me another chance. I promise, I won't disappoint you again." Tyrian begged. Salem was silent for a minute before standing up.

"Come with me." She said. Not needing to be told twice, Tyrian quickly gets to his feet and follows Salem.

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Ren was still sound asleep as the sun slowly began to make its ascent. His newfound friend was already awake, and wanted him awake too.

With his wet nose, the wolf brushes against Ren. Ren didn't want to wake up.

"Nora, I'm not ready to get up yet. Give me five more minutes." Ren pleaded. The wolf continued to brush against Ren's face.

"I'll make your pancakes soon, give me some time." Ren said. The wolf then hops onto the bed and pushes his paws against Ren's side. This made Ren realize that it wasn't Nora. He sits up and opens his eyes. He sees his new friend panting happily.

"You are one strange wolf. I take it you're hungry?" Ren asked, the wolf wags its tail in response.

"-Sigh- Come on, I'll make you something to eat." Ren said as he got out of the bed.

A few minutes in the kitchen and Ren had just finished making pancakes for his team and some scrambled eggs.

He places the plate of eggs on the floor and the wolf begain to eat without missing a beat.

"Maybe I should name you before Nora decides to. Trust me, you will not like her pet names." Ren said. The wolf looked at Ren and wagged it's tail. Ren saw that the wolf's eyes were pink, like his. It reminded him of a lotus.

"What do you think of the name Lotus?" Ren asked. The wolf seem to bark in agreement. Ren smirked and pet his new friend's head.

"Alright Lotus, come on." Ren said as he took the plates, places them on the kitchen table, and walked out of the kitchen. Upon opening the door, Nora dashed into the room.

Ren sighed as he saw her devour the large stack of pancakes.

"Ruby, Jaune. You may hurry up and eat before Nora takes the last of the pancakes." Ren said. Jaune was the first to spring out of the bed.

"Nora! Save some for me!" Jaune said running into the kitchen. Ruby only slowly got out of the bed and stretched. She rubs her eyes and look at Ren.

"Morning Ren." She said.

"Morning Ruby." Ren said. "You hungry?" Ren asked.

"A little." Ruby said. Ren looked into the kitchen and saw that Nora was eating, no. Inhaling a pancake from her plate.

"You've got about five seconds before Nora finishes her plate and moves on to yours." Ren said. Ruby smiles and walks to the kitchen. Before going in through the doorway she looks at Ren.

"Are you feeling better Ren? You seemed a bit out of it last night." Ruby asked.

"Don't worry Ruby, I'll be fine." Ren said. Ruby gave him an unsure look.

"Are you sure? You looked like you had a lot on your mind last night." Ruby asked.

"I did, and to be honest, I didn't get that many answers, but I'll be alright for the time being." Ren said. Ruby's unsure look didn't leave her face.

"Ren, you know you can talk to us if something's bothering you." Ruby asked. Ren was going to just brush it off and say nothing's wrong, but soon realized, he would have to tell his team sooner or later. When to tell them was the question.

"Not now." Ren said, Ruby walked into the kitchen to see Nora had eaten all of the pancakes already. Jaune was lucky enough to eat some of the pancakes before Nora ate them all. Ren sighed.

"Wanna order takeout?" Ren asked.

"Sure." Ruby answered.

Jaune looks at the doorway and sees Ren, Ruby and a wolf standing there. He nearly disregarded it before realizing there's a wolf in the room. He stands up in a near panic.

"Guys! Why is there a wolf in here?!" Jaune yelled. Ruby and Ren both look at Lotus and see him sitting there. Ruby was startled and hid behind Ren.

"Don't worry, this is Lotus. He's friendly." Ren said petting Lotus's head. He pants in response. Ruby moves from behind Ren and looked at Lotus.

"Ren! That's a Wolf! Why is it in here?!" Jaune asked. Using his shield to hide behind it.

"He kind of followed me here." Ren said. Lotus looked at Ren, who looked back. Ren then uses his head to gesture towards Jaune. Lotus walks over to Jaune.

"Really? Wow! That could be your new nickname. Ren, the pancake making Wolf taming ninja! It's perfect!" Nora said with a wide grin on her face. Ren shook his head, Lotus sniff Jaune's shield, and Ruby giggled a little bit.

"Don't encourage her please." Ren pleaded to Ruby.

Lotus got very close to Jaune, and Jaune made the mistake of trying to force it back by thrusting his shield towards him. Lotus did not appreciate this gesture and grabbed the end of Jaune's shield.

As Lotus tugged on the bottom of Jaune's shield as Jaune tried to take it back. Now the two were playing tug of war. Jaune desperately tried to get his shield back. Nora and Ruby were amused by this.

"Hey! Give it back!" Jaune said. He knew he was stronger than the wolf (probably), but he didn't want to be too forceful. He might, A: Hurt the wolf, or B: Make it angry.

"You can do it, uh..." Ruby looks at Ren. "What's his name again?" She asked.

"Lotus." Ren answered, deciding to enjoy the little game of tug of war as well.

"Come on Lotus! You can do it!" Ruby cheered. Jaune looked at Ruby with shock.

"You're rooting for the Wolf!?" Jaune asked. Lotus pulls a little harder, nearly dragging Jaune off the chair.

"I'll root for you Jaune. Come on Jaune! You can do it!" Nora said.

The tug of war continued for about three more minutes before a knocking was on the door.

"Lotus." Ren said. Lotus lets go of the shield and walked towards Ren. Ren walks toward the door and looks through the peep hole. He sees Qrow.

"Hey kids, open up. I got someone you need to meet." He said. Ren opens the door and Qrow gestures to someone to come here. Team RNJR plus one waited and soon saw a tan skinned teenaged male walk into the room with a nervous look on his face.

"Um... Hello." The boy said.

"Everyone, this is Oscar. Oscar, this is Ren." Qrow said gesturing to Ren, who does a simple wave.

"Nora." He gestures to Nora who waves excitedly.

"Jaune." Jaune only waves.

"And Ruby." Ruby waves with an awkward smile.

"Hello." Oscar said. After a bit of a minor awkward silence, Ren decided to ask a question.

"If I may ask, why are we meeting him?" Ren asked, making sure to not sound to brash. Qrow looks at Oscar.

"Should you tell them pipsqueak, or should I." Qrow asked.

"Please stop calling me that." Oscar said.

"You can tell them. Go on." Ozpin's voice said. Ren's eyes went wide for a second.

"Was that, Ozpin?" Ren asked. Qrow and Oscar's eyes go wide.

"You can hear him?" Oscar asked.

"Wait, he can hear me?" Ozpin asked.

"Yes I can. Where is he?" Ren asked. The rest of team RNJR was confused, as was Qrow.

"I merged my soul with Oscar's." Ozpin said. Ren was surprised by this. As was both Ozpin and Oscar.

"Wait. What's going on?" Ruby asked.

"I can hear Ozpin." Ren said at the same time as Oscar saying, 'He can hear Ozpin.'

"Lie Ren, how is it that you can hear me?" Ozpin asked.

"I don't know. I just can." Ren replied.

"What? He can hear Ozpin?" Jaune asked.

"I thought Ozpin was gone." Nora stated.

"Isn't he?" Ruby asked.

"Well, more or less. He's kind of with Oscar here." Qrow said.

"What? How?" Ruby asked.

"Well, Ozpin's soul sort of lingers around. He managed to merge his with Oscars here." Qrow explained.

"Wait. Ozpin's soul is combined with Oscar's?" Ruby asked. Oscar nods his head.

"Lie Ren. You can hear me, right?" Ozpin asked.

"For about the third time today yes. But how?" Ren asked.

"I thought Ozpin was gone. He can't be here." Jaune said out of confusion, more so looking for an answer rather than doubting what he just heard.

"How is that possible?" Ren asked Ozpin, unaware that he had unintentionally agreed with Jaune.

"Yea, how is that possible?" Jaune asked. Ren was about to say something, but disregarded it as he still needed the answer.

"I told you, Ozpin's soul merged with Oscar's here. But, Ren, I don't understand. You can hear Ozpin? Did Ozpin merge his soul with you too?" Qrow asked.

"I cannot divid my soul into fragments, how Ren is able to here me is a mystery." Ozpin explained.

"He said that his soul doesn't have the ability to divide into fragments. He has no clue how Ren could hear him." Oscar explained. Everyone was still confused. Then Ruby looked at Oscar.

"If Ozpin is really with you, tell us something only he would know." Ruby respectfully requested. Oscar stopped to listen to what Ozpin had to say.

"You sure?" Oscar asked. Ren heard all of it, but would preferred to keep his mouth shut.

"You were accepted into Beacon Academy two years before anyone else." Oscar said. He then looked at Jaune.

"You faked your transcripts to get into the school. Ozpin knew the whole time." Oscar said. Both Jaune and Ruby looked at each other and then back at Oscar.

"I'm convinced." Ruby said.

"Me too." Jaune said.

"So why is he here?" Nora asked.

"I'm supposed to meet with Lionheart. Something about a Relic." Oscar explained. Team RNJR all look at Qrow, then back at Oscar.

"The relic is in danger." A voice said in Ren's head. It was a echoey demonic voice. It hurt his ears, and his head. As a result, he held his head in pain.

"Ren, what's wrong?" Nora asked, showing concern.

"Save the relic. It's not in the right hands." The voice said again. He wasn't ready to tell his team yet. It wasn't the right time.

"Nothing, just a bad headache." Ren said. The wolf whimpers as Ren shook his head.

"When did you guys get a wolf?" Qrow asked.

"That's Lotus, he's Ren's new pet." Ruby said, she still looked at Ren out of concern.

"Come with me, we need to see Lionheart." Qrow said. He and the others began to walk out of the room, but Ruby grabs Ren's arm the second they walked out of the room.

"Uncle Qrow, go on without us. I need to talk to Ren for a minute." Ruby said. Qrow looks back at Ruby.

"Try not to take too long." Qrow said. Ruby drags Ren off, and Nora looks back at them with a suspicious look on her face. Lotus followed them as they left.

Ruby, Lotus and Ren walk out of the hotel and Ruby immediately turns to look at Ren.

"Ren, what's going on?" Ruby asked. Before Ren could say anything else, Ruby spoke up again. "You've been acting strange lately, and we're getting worried. Is this about Kuroyuri?"

Ren was silent for a moment, Ruby's worried look didn't leave for a second.

"-sigh- I knew I'd have to tell you eventually." Ren started. Ruby was ready to listen.

"Yesterday, I got into a minor altercation. I was in the forest and I was thrown into a fight. The fighters were too much for me, and I was almost killed." Ren said. Ruby was shocked at this statement.

"Ren. What happened?" Ruby asked.

"I saw a fight one day and I observed from the bushes. One of the fighters noticed me and attacked me. I was fighting for my life, but it wasn't enough. They were too much for me." Ren said.

"Then what happened?" Ruby asked.

"One of them, possessed my subconcious. It was gonna possess the rest of me. It was last night when I prevented it from doing so."

"Ren." Ruby said.

"It said it would be back. And I don't know if I could prevent it this time."

Suddenly, Ren felt a pair of arms wrap around his torso and a head on his chest. He looks down to see Ruby hugging him. It felt strange to recieve a hug from someone who wasn't his childhood friend. It was a good kind of strange.

"I'm so sorry Ren." Ruby said, crying softly. Ren returns the hug and rubbed her back to comfort her. "If I was there, maybe I could've- I could've-" She tried to say in between snuffles.

"Ruby, There's nothing you could've done. It's okay." Ren said.

"If I was there, I-"

"Would've been another target. I'd rather it have been just me, than me and someone else." Ren comforted. Ruby continued to cry a little. This caused Ren to activate his semblance. Negating the negative feelings Ruby was feeling.

Ruby inhales and she was now feeling better, and had looked at Ren.

"Ren. We're a team. Next time something's wrong, please just tell-" She suddenly stopped talking as she looked at Ren's face. The black dragon ink was on his face and it was slowly disappearing.

"R-ren?"

"Don't worry. It won't be an issue. At least, not for a while." Ren explained. Ruby could only smile for the time being. Suddenly, Ruby's stomach made a growling sound.

"I'm gonna guess you're hungry." Ren asked. Ruby only nodded. Before the two could walk off, they hear a camera shutter sound followed by a flash. They both look to see a certain blonde haired brawler with a new yellow right arm.

"Now, that's what I call a picture perfect moment." She said.

"Yang?" Ruby asked in surprise. She then realized she was still hugging Ren. She immediately lets go, and without a second thought runs over and her sister and glomps her.

"Yang! I missed you so much!" Ruby said. Yang hugs her sister back. Ren looks at Yang and got flashbacks.

"Yang is my daughter." Raven's voice replied in his head. Ren could only imagine how Yang would be thrilled to know about her mother, but... Raven gave him trust, and he can't just betray it. After all, she said she would be keeping an eye on him.

"I missed you too Ruby." Yang said. She hugs her sister back and looks at Ren. Before she could say anything, she felt, and heard Ruby's stomache growl.

"Whoa. Someone's hungry." Yang said. Ruby releases and holds her hands behind her back.

"Oh, me and Ren were about to get something to eat." Ruby said innocently. Yang's face became plastered with a smug smile.

"Aww, my little sister's first date. I'm glad I'm here, or I would've missed it."

"What?" Ren asked confused.

"What?! No, Yang it's not- it!" Ruby stuttered with her face as red as her cape.

"I didn't know you'd pull a date so fast. Although, does Nora know about this?" Yang asked Ren.

"I assure you Yang, it's not like that. I'm just getting Ruby something to eat." Ren confirmed.

"Oh, you're just no fun." Yang said as she stuck out her tongue. "You know, I hadn't had a lot to eat yet, mind if I join you guys?"

"Oh, sure. Is that okay Ren?" Ruby asked.

"Gotta talk to your boyfriend first I guess." Yang said, causing Ruby to blush again. Ren didn't find anything wrong with Yang joining them. Ruby and Yang should catch up on things.

"She is watching." The demon voice said. This caught him offguard, but he felt the presence of someone. He turned around to see a raven flying from a rooftop onto a market sign. The raven then looks at him.

The voice in his head telling him 'She is watching'. The raven 'looking' at him. Ren soon put two and two together. That raven, was Raven. She really was keeping her eye on him. Not that he was gonna go back on his word, but now she knew he was there.

"Ren?" Ruby called. She then followed his line of sight and looks up in time to see the raven fly way.

"Let's go." Ren said walking in front of the two sisters. Lotus soon joined him by his side.

Yang and Ruby follow behind, and Yang decided to have a little chat.

"So when did your boyfriend get a wolf?" Yang asked.

"I have no clue. Sometime last night." Ruby answered before realizing what her sister said. "And he's not my boyfriend."

Yang could only chuckle at Ruby's embarassment.

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Oscar was behind everyone else as they walked to Lionheart's office.

"Oscar." Ozpin called.

"Yes Ozpin?" Oscar answered.

"I think I may have figured out why Ren was able to hear me." Ozpin said. Oscar was curious.

"How?" Oscar asked.

"I will, but first I need to ask." Ozpin started. After a few seconds, spoke up again."Do you know about the Yami no tenshi?"

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Salem leads Tyrian to a black liquid pool. Salem stands next to it and gestures to the pool.

"Place your tail into the pool." Salem said. Tyrian walks over to the pool and places his tail into it. Suddenly, he began to feel a large wave of pain.

"A-ARGH!" He cried in pain as his tail began to grow bulkier and stronger.

"Remove your tail." Salem ordered. Tyrian did what he was told. He looked at his tail as the black liquid dripped off. His stinger was back.

"Your tail should be stronger now, and possess more venom than before." Salem explained. Tyrian began to laugh with joy.

"Let me tell you this now; this is your last chance. If you don't bring me back the descendant of Ketsueki. You do not come back. Understood?" Salem asked. Tyrian bowed to her.

"I understand my queen."

"Good. Do not fail me again." She said walking out of the room. Tyrian looks at his reflection in the black pool.

"I will not fail you my queen. Oh no. No, in fact, I'll bring them both. The pretty little rose, and the harmless little Lotus. They'll be no match for me." Tyrian said as he rubbed his hands. Imagining the diabolical he would do to get them here. He then started to chuckle. His chuckles then turned into insane laughter. A laughter Emerald and Mercury began to hear.

"You know Em, I think I'm starting to have second thoughts." Mercury said.

"You and me both Merc... You and me both." Emerald replied.

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AAAAAAANNND THAT'S ALL FOLKS.

Sorry for yelling.

Also, after careful consideration I've decided to make this a Ren x Harem story. and you guys choose who's in it.

But, here are two rules. Weiss isn't allowed, you'll see later.

And no male x male ships. I've got nothing against it, but that's just very uncomfortable to write.

Hope you all enjoy and see you in the next chapter.