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Chapter 4: The Guarded Grimm.

Just after noon it was and the sun rays were shining down upon the battle that commenced. Six huntsmen/huntresses stood fighting against one villain. Well, five watched from the side lines, begging that this fight would go well. Whereas the last person was within the fight itself. Lucifer Romero grasped at his scythe, his hands starting to hurt from how hard he gripped them. His last attack had failed worse than the first, giving him a numb left hand. His enemy was none other than the new Fall Maiden, Cinder Fall. She had been injured recently in battle, but she was still as strong if not stronger than before. Her hand slammed into Lucifer's arm as he mindlessly attacked, sending a harsh heat through it. That's what's numbed his arm. Now, she was obviously beating him. Her Grimm hand sent a strong ball of fire at Lucifer, sending him flying back. She approached him with quick, but steady heeled steps and grabbed his neck, gripping it tightly. "Have you told your little friends yet who, what you really are?" Cinder's tone was vile and teasing, questioning Lucifer as if he had been caught for murder. Her hands grew tighter around his neck until a sudden hit from a staff attracted her attention. She stared at the short woman that had just attempted to attack her and snarled, grabbing the other end of the staff and throwing her away with it.

Iris, the woman that was thrown, rolled across the ground once she landed and pushed herself up slightly. A wince escaped her clenched jaw as she looked up at Lucifer, trying to fight back tears. This was the last straw. Lucifer had lost it, he stared into Iris' shaking eyes and lost it. His body shifted slightly, part of him becoming the monster they all so feared. A Grimm. His attack was fast, but in no way planned out. Lucifer charged and leapt, landing upon Cinder and pushing her to the floor. He snarled and growled like a wild dog, all human-like sense leaving him. He dug a hand of protruding claws into Cinder's stomach and smiled as a wretched scream came from the woman below. At the same time, Iris was bringing all her energy together to manage to crawl all the way to Lucifer in hopes to stop his madness. He would have killed her, if not for the tight embrace of a familiar figure. The realisation hit him as he pulled the claw out of Cinder, turning to the person who had saved him from losing even more control. It was of course Iris, protecting him in her own way. She didn't need to fight, Iris just needed to be there. She was his trigger, but also his saving light.

Their hug stopped the battle, the short and life threatening few minutes that had just gone on had ended. Vanished, as if nothing ever happened and just like that battle, Cinder was gone too. No one would have thought anything happened, except they did. They saw what happened. It wasn't just with Lucifer and Cinder, but with Iris too. The main focus was obviously the two fighters, but Yang had noticed something else. One thing that they all noticed, was that Lucifer had changed into part of something else. A monster, a Grimm or maybe something else entirely. All they knew was that they were now afraid. Completely and utterly afraid of him. Iris however, was not. She didn't care about him being… whatever he was. That wasn't the thing Yang had caught on to. The thing she saw was about Iris skin. She had noticed it before, but just thought it was blush since it commonly happens, from what she saw, when Iris was with Lucifer and blushing. It was now more obvious than before. The marking on her skin that looked at first like slightly bigger freckles or birthmarks seemed to change colour. So far, only seen to be pink or red. Right now, they were red, but turning a sort of blue colour. It wasn't an obvious one, unless you were paying so much detail to it as Yang was. Even more questions added onto the list and she wanted to make her point first, but she was interrupted by Coral. A big reminder, this was Lucifer's own team mate. "Lui..." Which seemed to be a nickname Coral called Lucifer. "What just happened? What did you just become?" His voice was shaky, but he tried to hold his fear back. Coral knew this was his friend, his teammate. So he held back his fear and waited for an answer as he walked over, holding Luna's arm for comfort. Ruby and Yang followed them, Yang being braver than Ruby. Ruby had dealt with half Grimm in the past and that never ended well. That Grimm after all was Cinder, the monster who stole power and lives. So how Ruby could not be scared of Lucifer when he seemed to be the same creature as Cinder confused everyone.

"Lucifer... Can we know everything now?" Asked Coral all whilst his fragile body was shaking and shivering. Luna was the first to notice his body's reaction and took his hand in hers to help calm his nerves. Lucifer sighed and headed towards the group, still with his Grimm side showing. Without thinking, Iris ran up to Lucifer to help bring him back to his normal state as the Grimm side to him had an impact on Lucifer's thoughts. He turned to Iris to see what he should do and unsurprisingly, Iris places her hand in his and gave him a slight nod. That was all he needed to regain control of his body. "Before I start, you need to understand that I never wished for this. I had no choice in this and neither did my parents." With just that, sympathy could already be felt but it was different to the sympathy felt towards Luna and Coral. The sympathy towards Lucifer also had a hint of sadness and fear as no one knew what to expect for Lucifer and Iris. The intro was finally told, everyone started setting up camp in the opening as they knew this was going to be a long story.

"I was only a child. A harmless, young toddler to be honest. Naive as can be but I still had a great time. Until this night of course. It was the first night in many that I stayed away from my parents, I was starting to not always need them near me but if I knew the consequences I would've never left them. The clock had just hit midnight and I was knocked out for good when the people decided to come. There was two, a woman with dark grey hair and a man who you could fool for a doctor. As they opened the door, I started to wake up and I immediately looked at the door scared as can be. My little eyes were shot as wide as could be as I had never seen these people before in my life. Even after they introduced themselves, I was shaking faster than before. 'I am Arthur Watts and this is my partner, Cinder Fall.' And that's all I remember from that night. They must have knocked me out or something because the next thing I remember was waking up inside of a tank full of water without the ability to move. The tank was designed to keep us asleep but I had always been a special child. I scanned the surroundings that I could see in front of me and I noticed all the black hearts which were kept in cases in front of each tank. My eyes continued searching as I was unaware of the big mistake I had made. The watcher of the tanks, Tyrian, had noticed I was awake and he did something to the tank. I have no clue what but whatever he did caused me to be knocked out once again. But when I woke up this time, I was laid on an operation bed with a stitch across my heart area. My worst nightmare had come true and I had become part Grimm."

Everyone but Iris was in shock. Ruby and Yang were hearing this for the first time, and hearing something you thought was impossible is pretty shocking, Luna and Coral were finally getting the full details. Even though they were Team LILC, Lucifer was always a private person and didn't just share his information because he felt like it. He never wanted to let people know of his past, but they all wanted to know and he had Iris to help him. Speaking of Iris- she cuddled up to Lucifer and clenched his cold, tanned hands- letting him know that he always had her. The pair had no idea about how the others would react, which is why they raised each other's spirit in their own way. As Lucifer looked into the distance, Iris caught sight of his zoned outlook and scanned the reactions of the others. She did this until she and Luna had caught eye contact. Luna's healthy eye had gone dull from the fact that her trusted team mate is a part of the group that killed her parents. Tears started forming in her eyes, the memory of that awful night resurfacing in her mind. She could even look at Lucifer anymore, couldn't hear him speak. She quickly gathered herself and stepped backwards, creating distance between her and Lucifer, just a little bit. "Excuse me." Was all she decided to say, her voice filled with emptiness. Knowing the betrayal he had brought, Lucifer thought it was best to not bother his leader as he knew why she was upset. "Luna!" Iris bellowed, worrying about her best friend. She picked herself up, ready to chase after Luna until she felt someone hold her back. Lucifer. She thought in her mind and thought against Lucifer's grip as she tried to hide the annoyance from her face. Iris was never one to be annoyed at someone (unless they insulted Faunus) so the fact that she was, gave a surprise to the boys. Lucifer pulled her back down to the log, embracing her hand emotively, he continued his story as if nothing happened. In the back of his mind, he knew it was all falling apart.

"After I had made a full recovery, I was forced to work for Salem but it wasn't as bad as you'd think. She took care of me, more than the others, and I was her most trusted allies. Because of that, Salem sent me on a mission that she knew the others would mess up. She requested me to join Beacon, find out anything about Ozpin possible and help her gain information to end it all. My age also helped me get into the academy even easier. With nowhere else to go, I agreed. Beacon was nothing like I had imagined and I actually really enjoyed being there. Ozpin had no idea of what my past held and who I was working for. So, I was treated as a normal student, no one suspected anything. Until I joined a team, that team being LILC. I was treated as if I was like them, with kindness, and I hadn't prepared for this. According to Salem, I "Wasn't supposed to make friends as everyone was cold and horrible" but they were the complete opposites. As the months passed, I started to forget about my mission and why I was sent there until I received a visit from Tyrian. It was also on the night when Luna had her accident."

And with that last sentence, Lucifer dragged himself to the closest tree and started taking his anger out on it. He eventually came back from his emotions when Iris yanked him away from the tree before it fell on him. Lucifer turned around to see the reactions and unsurprisingly, they were what he expected. Until he looked again anyway. Coral, Iris and the two sisters had crowded around him, all trying to see if Lucifer was okay. It caused Lucifer to feel a shiver going all through his body as he noticed his leader was nowhere to be seen. Luna was a very strong huntress, better than some trained ones, but she was very fragile in her emotional state. It wasn't a surprise to anyone when you knew Luna, she had been through so much. "Where's Lancastro?" Asked Lucifer with a determined hint to his voice, not about to leave their leader alone any longer. He usually referred to Luna by her last name as he thought it sounded cool and unique. With that question, everyone's heads spun around and the area was being scanned by the two sisters. "Why aren't you guys searching?!" Questioned Yang as Luna's teammates should be more concerned. The three members of Team LILC turned to face each other and let a smirk form in their faces. Iris stepped into an empty spot and as her eyes closed, sparks of white and light blue flew around her which indicated that she had activated her semblance. The two sisters froze in awe as Iris continued using her semblance. "She's just a little to the left. " Iris informed the group, shortly followed by a bunch a sighs and smiles. Coral started to jog to Luna's location until he was stopped by a heap in his jacket. "Let me talk to her please? I need to explain myself." Begged Lucifer as he noticed that he was the reason Luna left. With a nod of the head, Lucifer set off and didn't turn around.