Dragons in Remnant-3
"So Scythe isn't from Vale?" Yang asked as she and Ruby sat in the hospital cafeteria drinking sodas.
"Yeah, but the things he can do are amazing." Ruby stated with a smile.
"Sounds like you're swooning over this guy." Yang smirked.
"N-No, I'm not, I'm just fascinated by the things he can do." Ruby stated, after doing a slight spit-take.
"Well, uncle Qrow is right about one thing." Yang chuckled.
"What's that?" Ruby asked.
"You need your sleep, and I'm not going to take no for an answer." Yang stated picking Ruby up and slinging her over her shoulder.
"Yang put me down, this is so embarrassing." Ruby shouted flailing her arms and legs. "I can walk you know."
"I don't care, knowing you, you'd try and run off before I had a chance to put you in bed." Yang stated.
"Yang put your sister down." Tai sighed seeing them.
"Hey dad, what are you doing here?" Yang asked.
"What's up?" Ruby asked still over her sister's shoulder.
"Scythe requested to see you Ruby, he's not mad about what you did, he wants to talk though." Tai explained.
"Oh, well in that case. PUT ME DOWN YANG." Ruby exclaimed, shouting the last part.
"Alright jeez, no need to yell." Yang stated putting her sister down.
Ruby left and went to Wendy's room, where Scythe's hospital bed was placed beside hers.
"So, what's up Scythe?" Ruby asked.
Scythe sat up and motioned for Ruby to edge closer, when she was close enough, he tapped her forehead and she fell on the bed lightly snoring.
"What the hell did you do?" Yang asked, sounding concerned.
He motioned Wendy to lean over and whispered to her, letting the bluenet explain what Scythe did.
"He simply put Ruby to sleep, she'll wake up in eight hours or so." Wendy stated.
"So, we weren't the only ones concerned about her health, I appreciate you doing this. Where'd you learn how to do something like that?" Tai asked putting the sleeping Ruby in the chair by his bed.
Scythe this time wrote the response on a piece of paper.
"You learned it from a friend who used it to knock someone out so they wouldn't argue about going to a safe house during an attack on your… what's a guild?"
"C'mon I doubt you learned to do this through a game of Dungeons and Dragons." Yang sighed.
"No, we actually work for a guild, filling out certain jobs on the request board, it's what our emblems mean." Wendy explained showing her right shoulder.
Scythe moved the top part of his hospital gown and revealed the Fairy Tail Emblem on his left pectoral.
"What's the name of this guild then?" Yang inquired.
"Fairy Tail." Wendy simply said.
"Well, we should probably let you get some sleep to Scythe, after all you're starting at a new school tomorrow." Tai smiled.
"New school?" Wendy asked.
"He didn't tell you? Scythe and Ruby both kicked major ass and that caught the attention of Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy for Huntsmen and Huntresses." Yang smiled.
"You got accepted into a school like that? What a great opportunity." Wendy smiled.
"It's more than that Wendy." Tai smiled. "Beacon is one of the toughest schools to get into for becoming a full-fledged Huntsman or Huntress, I should know, I was a student there myself."
"Knock-knock." Qrow said walking in.
"What's up Uncle Qrow?" Yang asked.
"Well, I came to convince you to let Scythe get some sleep. I see Ruby already is asleep." Qrow chuckled.
"Scythe actually put her to sleep." Yang smiled.
"Well, I spoke with the Doctor, and he said Scythe is free to be discharged in a few hours so, you might want to get some sleep before you leave big guy." Qrow explained.
Scythe nodded his head, and leaned back into the bed, allowing sleep to take him.
"So, who's up for some pizza?" Tai asked.
"Ruby and I already ate brunch." Yang stated.
"It's almost noon, she skipped breakfast?" Tai asked looking at his scroll.
"Apparently, she was so concerned about Scythe and Wendy she lost track of time." Qrow stated as they left the room, allowing Scythe to get some much needed and earned sleep.
…(Scythe's Dreamscape)…
Scythe opened his eyes and smiled, finding himself in a field of rainbow roses, he sat up looking around, finding a younger smaller Wendy sitting on a picnic blanket eagerly eating a sandwich.
"Big brother, come join me." She smiled running towards him.
Scythe opened his mouth to respond, only to remain silent. He placed a hand to his throat wondering why he couldn't talk.
"You can't talk remember silly?" The little girl asked with a giggle as she grabbed his hand and pulled him to the blanket.
"I however can…" A dark eerie voice stated. (Imagine Archer's voice from Fate/Zero.)
Scythe looked up slightly to see, himself sitting on the picnic blanket, only he was different, his presence was darker, his skin was a darker tan color, the scales on his body were a deeper shade of crimson, and coal black, unlike his shining obsidian black. His counterpart's hair and all the colors of it were different, the scarlet red was replaced with pitch black, the violet was replaced with royal blue, and the silver was replaced with gold, while it was all combed down and braided down to his lower back. What gave off the evil vibe to Scythe the most was the bloodlust killer look in the emerald green eyes.
"I gotta say, it was quite fun letting me take control when battling that Torchwhick guy's goons earlier after you devoured the flames they bathed you in. I almost had complete control." His evil side stated sipping from his Japanese style teacup.
Scythe glared at him with a questioning gaze.
"Yes, yes that look of yours says it all. 'What are you doing here Glave?' Well to tell the truth, I've come with a warning. Suzie here offered a picnic for us to chat with while we talk." The now named Glave stated as the little girl known as Suzie handed him a triangle sandwich without the crusts.
"Want one big brother?" Suzie asked holding one to Scythe.
"I'd take it if I were you, these sandwiches might just be the memories of her cooking, but they are the best, quite surprising an eight year old made these." Glave smiled taking a bite out of his triangle sandwich.
Scythe took the sandwich and rubbed Suzie's head with a smile before he gave his full attention to Glave with a glare.
"Alright, you're wanting to know the warning I mentioned. The warning is I've sensed another Dragon, two in fact, within Remnant. Now I know I'm only the immortality and insanity curse Acnologia suffers from by Zeref's hand, which surprisingly was passed down to you when you bathed in his blood, very impressive by the way, slicing off some of his fingers like that. Anyways, I still have the same sensory abilities as any living breathing dragon, so watch your back. You might be unaffected by time now, but you're still affected by weapons, and murder." Glave stated.
Scythe nodded as he sat on his knees, enjoying the memory of the warmth that the non-existent sun was creating within his dream.
"I wouldn't get too comfortable if I were you." Glave stated with a smile. "I picked the one memory, we both know you can never escape."
Scythe's eyes shot open as he felt the memory of the cold wind brush against his skin. He looked up at the sky to see clouds covering the sun.
"Big brother, c'mon it's starting to rain." Suzie stated pulling on his arm.
Suzie pulled Scythe across the field, to a familiar looking cave. No matter how hard Scythe tried, he couldn't alter the course of this memory, and they eventually entered the cave, soaked to the bone.
"That storm came out of nowhere, huh big brother?" Suzie asked with a smile.
There was a sound resonating deeper within the cave, and they both looked towards the direction it came from. Just like when it actually happened, Scythe pulled the flame katana from its scabbard and used it to light the path as they traversed deeper within it.
They reached a large cavern in it, and saw mounds of gold and treasures, and one person sitting upon a throne made in one of the hills of gold. He looked to be in pain, and Scythe saw why, his left arm was missing. It was obvious by the blood soaked bandages, that the wound was fresh.
"Mister, are you all right?" Suzie asked.
(Que Music… Bring me to Life: Evanescence Ft. Linkin Park)
Scythe squinted his eyes moving closer, motioning for Suzie to stay back, while inside, he was trying to stop himself from living out this nightmare once again.
"Hey buddy, you all right?" Scythe asked, his voice a deeper version of Qrow's yet still a lighter version of Gajeel's.
Scythe stepped closer and saw the light blue hair before the guy's head shot up, his eyes filled with feral anger that clouded his judgment. Scythe stepped back, but the man zipped past him despite his injuries.
His eyes widened in shock and horror when he heard Suzie scream for a moment before the sound of bones snapping was heard.
"You're a lot smaller than I remember, Maiden of the Sky." The man said.
Scythe slowly turned round and saw the man holding a lifeless Suzie, her head twisted all the way around in a three-sixty angle.
"Sorry you had to see that young friend. But all Dragonslayers must die. My name is Acnologia, and I appreciate you bringing me the Sky Dragonslayer, saves me the trouble of having to wait for another event to catch my eye." The man stated with a solemn look on his face.
Scythe fell to his knees and cried as loud as he could in pain and agony. He raised his head, anger in his now bloodshot eyes as rage consumed him. He grabbed his other blade and charged at Acnologia with a battle cry.
Acnologia dodged the blades Scythe was wielding as he started his attack on the Dragonslayer.
"What are you doing? I was just doing my job." Acnologia stated using his arm to send Scythe flying back, landing in a pile of treasure, his fire blade heating up a silver coin the size of his palm
Scythe tried to get up before Acnologia stomped his foot on his chest, pinning him down.
"Why do you resist? I already killed the Maiden of the Sky." Acnologia asked picking up the superheated coin, the nova star design red hot.
"Whoever this Maiden of the Sky is, that wasn't her." Scythe stated through gritted teeth. "That was my little sister Suzie, and the only magic she knew, was the magic to warm someone's heart."
"I doubt that, she looks exactly like the Maiden of the Sky, so I took my opportunity to rid the world of another dangerous threat." Acnologia stated before pressing the burning hot coin to Scythe's forehead, steam pouring out of the sides as Scythe screamed in pain from the hot metal searing his flesh.
Scythe took his opportunity and used the ice blade to slice at Acnologia, cutting his face, and giving him a chance to escape. Once he was sure he was far away enough, Scythe removed the coin from his forehead and threw it in a nearby puddle of water, causing more steam to rise from it.
"That wasn't very smart boy." Acnologia stated racing over to Scythe with blinding speed.
Even though Scythe was at a major disadvantage, there was still one thing he had over Acnologia, his magic. Scythe sheathed his swords and closed his eyes. He placed his hands on the ground, and began focusing in his magic.
"Dumbass move." Acnologia shouted throwing a punch.
The fist collided with Scythe's hand, and to Acnologia's surprise, Scythe's eyes now had crimson outlining them, and his irises were catlike.
"Sage magic, that magic is as rare as Take Over magic." Acnologia stated before Scythe's fist collided with his face, sending him to the other side of the cavern.
"You're strong, that actually kind of hurt. You know somewhere in this horde of treasure, there's a piece of jewellery that will allow you to absorb magical energy without having to stay still." Acnologia smiled standing up.
"I don't care about that." Scythe hissed as red lines began to form on his face, creating three whisker markings on each cheek. "You killed my sister, the only family I had left for the past seven years." Scythe stated, as tears streamed down his face.
"You're still trying to sell me that story?" Acnologia asked with a sneer.
"Because of you." Scythe shouted. "I'm all alone now, I have no one."
Scythe knew that this was all a memory, but he gave up trying to fight it, and just let it flow like a river.
"Don't you have any parent's kid?" Acnologia asked getting annoyed.
"My parents, died seven years ago." Scythe stated in anger as the stripes began to cover his arms. "They were killed by a wild pack of wolves. Suzie was my only family, until you killed her."
With speed as fast as Acnologia's, Scythe was across the cavern, and hit Acnologia in the face once again, sending him flying back a bit before he flipped back and blocked the next punch by grabbing it.
"I'm sorry for your loss seven years ago, I truly am but all Dragonslayers are dangerous and must be eradicated before they become vicious and vile monsters like the dragons that raised them." Acnologia stated before kneeing Scythe in the gut, sending him crashing into the ceiling of the cavern.
"I don't give a damn about your mission of slaying evil. I JUST WANT YOU TO PAY FOR KILLING MY SISTER." Scythe shouted, using the ceiling of the cave as a spring board.
Acnologia dodged the attack and landed to the side of the small crater Scythe's punch caused.
'Sage Magic is just as powerful as Dragonslayer Magic, though he's nowhere close enough to the power level required to kill me, he certainly can do some damage to me if he's pissed enough, which he is. To add another sour note to this symphony the wound that accursed dragon Igneel inflicted has reopened. Better end this quickly. Gotta go full Dragon.' Acnologia mentally contemplated. "You wanna see why Dragonslayers are so dangerous? Take a look."
Acnologia's body began to grow, his arm began to elongate and expand, as the muscle and bone became bigger. The rest of his body began to follow the same growth, and became more feral, more beast like. He became the Apocalyptic Dragon.
"This is what happens to a Dragonslayer when they use too much of their magic, this is why I killed…"
Acnologia stopped mid-sentence when he sniffed the air, and the scent of the dead Suzie wafted his nostrils.
"No, it can't be, I couldn't have made a mistake I…"
Scythe took Acnologia's confusion to his advantage and lunged at him, but it didn't last as Acnologia swatted him away like a bug, imbedding him into the wall, the Dragon's scales creating several large gashes on his chest.
"No, I couldn't have made a mistake, I was sure that was the Maiden of the Sky." Acnologia stated going back to his contemplations.
"I'm gonna kill you, whether you're a Dragon or not." Scythe shouted, launching himself off the wall, and punching the dragon in the chest.
'This brat has become a thorn in my side.' Acnologia thought as Scythe jumped to the ground. 'He has most likely fractured some of my ribs, not to mention bruised a lung. I've gotta end this fast.'
Acnologia slammed his hand down on Scythe, flattening him along with creating an imprint of his hand into the ground.
Scythe's magic wore off and he was now feeling all the pain he should have felt in the first place.
"I'm sorry Suzie… I couldn't protect you… like I promised seven years ago…" Scythe wheezed out, feeling the pain in his lungs with every breath he took.
Acnologia slammed his hand down again, making the impression deeper.
"I'm sorry mom…" Scythe stated as the pain increased. "I wasn't the proper gentleman you wanted, but I did do what you asked. I took care of Suzie as best as I could over the years."
Acnologia once again slammed his hand down, causing more pain to erupt within Scythe's body. His left eye was swollen shut, while his right one was half way there. His bottom lip was cut while his upper lip was cracking in several places. Bruises covered his body.
"I'm sorry dad." He stated as everything around him started to go dark. "I wasn't strong enough be the warrior you wanted me to be, to be the hero… you saw I would be…"
Scythe turned his head and saw that his swords had detached from his waist. The swords he inherited from his father, and his father before him. Seeing them, a boost of strength shot through his body as he started to reach for them as Acnologia raised his claw for the killing blow.
"No, I can't die yet…" He stated, gritting his teeth in pain. "I'm not done, I have to avenge the death of my sister. Of my family."
Acnologia swung his claw down just as Scythe grabbed the hilt of the fire blade. He closed his eyes and focused his magic.
"I WILL LIVE…" Scythe shouted.
The interval of Acnologia's hand falling and it nearly landing on him was all the time he needed to absorb the blades magic energy and use it to slice upwards in a crescent motion while returning to laying on his back.
This motion sliced through Acnologia's scales, flesh, and bone, allowing large amounts of his blood to pour out, and pool in the crater his pounding had created. The two severed dragon fingers landing in the boiling hot blood.
"That little brat." Acnologia shouted in pain before leaving the cave and flying away, not wanting to stick around if any villagers came by hearing the battle.
From the depths of the pool of blood, Scythe's head emerged, then his shoulders, and his torso.
He wiped the blood from his face as he would water from a shower. He looked around and saw Acnologia had fled.
Not wanting to remain in the pool of blood any longer, Scythe removed himself and stepped into the rainy air, the blood easily washing off.
All his wounds were healed, the gashes and burn on his forehead were scarred up, while he felt immense power flowing through him. He felt reborn.
(End song…)
Scythe walked back into the cave, now water soaked once again, before kneeling down by Suzie's body, which had been covered by treasure during the battle. He held her in his arms and began to sob, holding her close.
"I'm sorry I made you relive this traumatizing moment." Glave said, appearing from nowhere, sounding like he meant it. "I know it was hard for you to do so at the beginning, even when you went along with the memory, you still didn't want to relive it. I had to know myself, as to how you truly gained your current magical abilities."
Scythe remained quiet as he continued to cry over Suzie's body, rocking back and forth.
"I have made my decision." Glave said walking over to the pool of blood. He dipped two fingers in it.
Glave walked over to Scythe and put the two blood soaked fingers to his forehead.
"Wake up…" Glave stated.
…(The Real World)…
Scythe's eyes shot open and he instantly sat up in bed breathing heavily, before realizing he was still in the hospital in Remnant.
"Are you okay Scythe?" Wendy asked.
Scythe looked over to see Wendy with a concerned look on her face.
"You were having a nightmare, you started to cry, and… you looked like you just experienced the worst thing in your life all over again." Wendy stated sounding equally concerned as she looked.
Scythe asked her how long he had been asleep for, and Wendy said he had been asleep for a few hours.
"Hey big guy? What's going on?" Yang asked as she walked to check up on him, Wendy, and the still sleeping Ruby.
"Scythe just woke up from a nightmare." Wendy stated.
"Oh I hate nightmares. What was it about?" Yang asked.
Scythe hesitantly wrote the simple answer on a piece of paper, and Yang's face went pale when she read it.
"The nightmare… was actually the memory of when your sister died?" Yang questioned.
"No wonder you were so scared in your sleep." Wendy stated putting her hands to her mouth.
"How… how did she die?" Yang asked.
Scythe was quiet for a while before he finally responded, with his voice.
"I don't want to talk about it…" Scythe stated simply.
"You spoke…" Yang said a bit surprised.
"I… I've decided that being silent isn't what I should be, after reliving the memory of my sister's murder, I figured I shouldn't be silent, I should talk, be heard, not ignored because I'm a mute." Scythe stated, his voice a little hoarse after not being used properly for over a year.
"Well, good to hear you're talking again." Yang smiled. "After hearing that you lost your sister, I understand why you didn't talk about her much when Wendy translated for you. Don't know what I would do if I were to lose Ruby. How similar does your sister and Wendy look?"
"Wendy is just an older version of her with different color eyes." Scythe chuckled. "Those are the only differences."
"Judging from the look on your face, I'd say the memory you just relived tired you out." Yang inquired.
'You have no idea. Another battle with Acnologia without Dragonslayer magic is hard on the mental and physical body.' Scythe thought.
"Go back to sleep, I'll ask the doctor if he can get any medicine for you for clearing out the hoarseness in your voice." The buxom blonde stated heading for the door. Yang reached the door frame before stopping and turning around. "Hey."
"Hmm?" Scythe asked raising his head a bit.
"Thank you again, for saving my sister's life." Yang smiled before leaving.
Little to either of their knowledge, the sleeping spell Scythe put on Ruby wore off, and she was just resting her eyes when they had their conversation.
'Poor Scythe.' Ruby thought as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Scythe sighed as he laid back down in the bed. Though he wasn't able to go back to sleep, and after half an hour of trying, he got up and went to the chair his pants were in and fished through one of the pockets, before pulling out three pieces of gold and a ruby.
Like a puzzle, Scythe put the pieces together and they formed a gauntlet, with the ruby on the part covering the back of the hand. Examining it, he remembered what Acnologia had said about a certain treasure item in that hoard of treasure.
"You know somewhere in this horde of treasure, there's a piece of jewellery that will allow you to absorb magical energy without having to stay still."
"I've got that piece of treasure you psycho, didn't take me long to find it at all." Scythe stated slipping the gauntlet on.
…
A/N: Hey Everyone F.M.D here.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter of Dragons in Remnant Remake. I know the Sage thing is from Naruto Shippuden, but considering Scythe managed to gain his Dragonslayer magic by bathing in Acnologia's blood.
I had to figure out some way for it to work out since I didn't do that in the original Dragons in Remnant.
I mean, a normal teen cutting through diamond hard dragon scales because he was super strong and pumped on adrenaline and rage would not have worked out at all, he would have been killed instantly.
Also I've been watching a lot of Bleach lately and I figured on creating a counterpart for Scythe, similar to Ichigo's but also completely different.
As for what Glave made a decision on, well, you're just gonna have to wait and see.
So Long ~F.M.D
