ALrighty! A new chapter a new several days later :P Well, I hope this is. Again, gotta give a shout out to blaiseingfire as normal. Gotta give him a round for constantly reviewing my work. :D Honestly, he's great! *hugs him through computer* Thanks mate! Also, thank you people! Again, slight bragging but I mean, it is just amazing (to me). 1,000 views on my first chapter, 50 follows, 28 favorites, and a total of 2,480 views. Seriously, it's awesome! I love it and I'm glad I make something you guys like to read. (Not to self, stop saying the same shit over and over again).
Okay for this chapter there will be the following: words. Just read it, have a chuckle, groan, or facepalm as stuff happens, and I hope you enjoy it some more! Have fun!
Bold = WHY DID YOU PISS HER OFF?!
Italics = Thoughts
Normal = Normal conversation
The little Grimm stared up at her in confusion. A long silence fell as the two of them just looked at each other.
"C'mon Alfred, speak," Cass commanded, glaring down at him. "I know I designed you to be able to do so."
Alfred the Grimm let out a small cough and cleared its throat before opening its beak. "No need to be so pushy. I was creating a list of thing she has done as of late. It takes a while."
Alfred was the only one of his kind. Having learned mainly through experimentation after accidently turning a butterfly into a tiny Grimm, she managed to control her power. As long as there was enough hate, which there was plenty of, she could create any manner of Grimm. Smaller things were easy to make, but not Alfred.
Alfred was special, even amongst Grimm. She had, instead of devoting the hateful energy she gave him to his size or to his deadly efficiency, had given it to the complexity of his brain, the strength of his eyes, his keen sense of smell and hearing.
It had taken countless batches over the span of three years to create Alfred. Even now he wasn't perfect. He had quite the spiteful tongue and was a 100% registered smartass. But besides the personality flaws, he did his job properly. He managed to be a fantastic scout and had warned her of the waves of Grimm attacking her before.
Burying his beak into his wing, he scratched at an inch. "Sometimes I wonder why I even let you be my master," he grumbled as he looked back up. "You're so rude and have no respect for me! Honestly!"
"Remember who controls your food supply," she growled, glaring at him. "Without me you can't get any energy. Not in the amounts your brain needs anyway."
He glared up at her and huffed. "And now you're blackmailing me, you're a terrible person, you know that?"
"Bite me," she growled. "Now tell me what I want to know."
"Ugh fine." It stared up at the moon, searching its memory banks. "Well let's see, she making massive armies of Grimm deep in the forest. They're far enough away where nobody here can see them, but she's making some tunnels underground to get into the city. Don't ask me how, I don't know of any Grimm that can do it but it might be by human help."
"Human help? That's absurd," she growled. "Why would humans help Grimm?"
"Hey look, I'm your observer," he growled back. "What do you want from me? I said it looked like humans were making them, I dunno if that's true or not!"
"Ugh fine, anything else?"
"Well…I have worse news regarding the Grimm you've taken control of…"
"Oh god what is it now? Did new alphas appear?"
"Not exactly…" the bird scratched its head with one talon nervously. "Remember, don't shoot the messenger. But…almost every Grimm in the area you've conquered has died. You have a few groups of Ursai, Beowolves, and one or two Goliaths and King Taijuitus."
"Seriously?!" She slammed her fist into the ground as her face twisted into a snarl. "Shit! What happened to them?"
"Your groups of Beowolves, Boarbatusks, and Ursai seem to have been hunted down. The others were forced from your control into going back to their primal ways by Salem."
"Damnit…" she growled as she rubbed her temples. "Now that I've lost basically everything I have to go back up from square one which is impossible now that I'm in school…" she pondered for a few moments. "Tell them to go into hiding," she grumbled. "This is bad…"
"You know they won't listen to me," he grumbled. "They don't have big enough brains to understand what I say or convey to them. They only respond to force. They would move if you came down and spoke…er…fine not speak but beat them until they understood or were willing to listen!"
"Well I can't do that as I've just said," she growled back. "I'm stuck here. I need to get stronger so one day I can take down that bitch Salem." She balled her hands into fists. "Damnit! I wish Ozpin knew about this so I could just go and fix this shit. For now just-"
A cane tapped on the roofing next to her. "I've been listening to this all you know. I've been here for quite a while and am quite interested."
She whirled around with wide eyes to see Ozpin there. "H-hey Ozpin," she said, trying to play it off. "Erm…lovely night we're having, right?"
"Quite," he said as he looked up at the broken moon. An awkward silence fell between them before Ozpin turned to her. "Will you introduce me to your companion?"
Companion my ass, she thought to herself. He's just a tool I'm using. Kinda wished he had just forgotten about Alfred anyway… Aloud she said, "Alfred come out from behind my back. I don't think Ozpin will harm you…I mean…he didn't kill me after all."
Alfred popped out from behind her and settled himself on her shoulder. Peering at Ozpin he clicked his beak in amusement.
"So you're into old guys huh? That's kinda weird but hell, if you like it like that then-"
"For the love of everything Alfred!" she snarled, slapping him on his beak to shut him up. "He's just some guy who happens to own this building and its grounds who happens to let me and several hundred others live here! It's not like that! Anyway he already has Goodwitch for himself."
"That's not true. I am not in a relationship with Miss Goodwitch." He pulled a cup out of nowhere and sipped from it, enjoying the brown liquid within it. "So… you can create Grimm?"
"Some," she mumbled, Alfred shifting on her shoulder. He imitated how she felt, nervous. "If I have a blueprint in my mind I can make it, but it can quite difficult."
"Difficult enough to take several years as you said?"
"Mhmm."
"And you had an army of Grimm near Vale under your control?"
"Well I made sure they weren't anywhere where people could run into them without going out of their way," she growled. "But more or less."
"More or less? How so? Or should I ask how did you make them obey you?" Ozpin looked at her, genuinely curious. This could be valuable knowledge! Being able to tame a Grimm could prove to show that they had some basic forms of intelligence as well as to maybe show a weakness they didn't know of.
"This will take a while to explain," she grumbled. "Okay, listen. Every Grimm is different when it comes to taming. With beowolves, they all have an alpha. If you take out their alpha, they then become your back. The alpha is always the biggest and meanest looking one. Griffons are the same."
"Ursai are different. They are often in pairs of two or three. As a result, you need to do a quick bashing with them without killing them to make them obey. Nevermores need the same strategy."
"With Deathstalkers…you just need to look big and scary enough to make them obey."
"With all due respect," Ozpin said as he interjected. "You are no rather large, so how did you get any Deathstalkers to obey you?"
"Oh that's simple!" She smiled wide at him. "I made an army of enough Grimm to fill all of the school's grounds then surrounded a nest of them. They were quick to give in." She chuckled softly. "Honestly, they're not that hard to control. They're so simple minded. Really none of this matters. If you have enough force, they'll obey."
"Then…why did you bother with all of the complex measures you just listed off when you can just use force against them?" Ozpin asked, perplexed but not showing it.
"Simple, I'm not strong enough to decimate or tame an entire colony of Deathstalkers! There's like, 10 of them in a colony…would you want to fight 10 of them at once?" she asked as she placed both hands on her hips and leaned forward. "I don't know if even you could handle 10 fully grows Deathstalkers, probably not even in your prime you could have…"
"I am still in my prime Miss Cassandra," he replied without a hint of irritation at her jabs. "And all of this information is new to me. As you can guess, most Grimm do not allow us to see their social or nesting structures. What you say is quite important."
"Yeah well, I've been with a lot of Grimm. I can sum up how they think like this. The strongest is on top, the group together only for strategic purposes, and they are very simple minded."
"Be that as that may," Ozpin said, pushing his glasses up. "I believe you should attend lectures with team CFVY tomorrow. You might wish to speak with Professor Port after his class as well. He would value you information greatly."
She thought for a few moments. "So…can I opt out of going to classes?"
"I will rephrase myself," Ozpin said firmly. "You will go to classes with them tomorrow. While I do know that you wish to cause no problems, you do still have quite a temper."
"What do you mean sir?" she asked innocently. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Please, I am aware of what goes on in my own school." He smiled. "I also know that you oh so happened to put Cardin into the infirmary for the night and get him a cast. Am I wrong?"
"Nope!" she said cheerfully, surprising Ozpin. Most kids tried to deny what they had done. "But I didn't overreact…I mean you let racists into this school, you should expect some that might react violently to that…especially when their friend is being bullied. I didn't overreact in my opinion. I reacted just properly enough."
"Be that as it may," Ozpin said, shaking his head slowly. "You're not allowed to harm other students. If they harm you, you may retaliate, but I'd appreciate it if you refrained from breaking people's bones next time. Also, the next time such an event happens, I won't be able to look the other way," he warned. "Be prepared for a punishment if this does ever happen again."
"Alright fine," she grumbled, crossing her arms in annoyance. "I get it…" She turned to leave before freezing. "Why were you up here anyway?" she asked, whirling around to see that Ozpin had already vanished. "Huh…that was weird."
"He moves fast," Alfred cawed, having seen him move. "I could barely follow him with my eyes."
"Your eyes can see anything moving at the speed of sound. You're telling he was moving like that with a cane and a cup of coffee?" she asked with disbelief etched into her voice.
"Fine don't believe me!" Alfred grumbled, pecking her shoulder. "But I know what I saw. That man…he's powerful and dangerous."
"Oh yeah I know that," she chuckled nervously as she began walking back to where she had climbed up with Alfred on her shoulder. "I don't want to piss him off… he could probably kill me in a second flat."
"You underestimate your strength," Alfred said, surprised at what she was saying. "Surely he can't be that strong?"
"Who knows?" She shrugged. "I think he was just playing with me when we were fighting earlier today. He wasn't going full out at least."
"So as for further instructions?"
"You know the drill," She stuck her arm out which he hopped onto. "Keep an eye on the forest for me. We both know that whatever Salem's planning, it's going to be big. I may hate humans and Faunus alike, but I hate that bitch Salem ten times more." She gave him an arrogant grin. "If we take her down, let's take her place in the Badlands alright?"
He bowed one wing as if he was a human bowing to a noble. "As you wish Milady," he said, voice laced with sarcasm. "I'll take my leave." He flapped his wings, rising from her arm. "I will be back in a week for my feeding as per normal, yes?"
"If you're worried I'll forget you're an idiot," she growled up at him as he began to fly away. "I haven't forgotten yet have I?"
Alfred didn't respond but had sure as hell heard her as he began flying away. Cass watched the bird become little more than a speck against the white moon before turning away. She simply stood there and took a deep breath, enjoying the cold night air for a few moments.
Why was Ozpin here? She asked herself. There's no way he just knew I was here. Exploring the roof for a while she found her answer fairly quickly. Well…what do we have here?
She peaked over the edge of the roof to a balcony below her. There were loud sounds of grunting and metal on metal as the two there trained. Little Blondie is getting trained by the Amazon? Nice for him…although by the looks of it she's enjoying it to.
Both were smiling as they fought, training even as the moon came up. Ah young love…should I ruin their little moment? She asked herself as she saw them fight. Jaune went in to push Pyrrha back and unbalance her. She took this moment to fall onto her back, swing out with her feet and knock Jaune onto his back. She hopped up and pinned the blonde under her.
Shit things just got serious… She stood up and hopped down behind them. "Boo," she whispered into Pyrrha's ear right as she was leaning down to kiss Jaune.
Her face became darker than her hair as she jerked up and whirled around. "W-who's there?" she asked, eyes wide in shock. If someone had just seen us…
"Hey what's up?" Cass asked as she sat on the ball of her heels. "Did I interrupt something? Something….indecent maybe?" she asked as she tilted her head, shooting them both a cocky grin.
Both of their faces lit up like fireworks. "N-n-n-no!" Pyrrha stammered out. "W-we were just training…t-that's all!"
"Hmm? Really?" she asked with a teasing smirk. "Mind if I join in on the training I saw?" she asked with a soft coo.
Jaune looked confused. "What do you mean? You have a bat, not a shield and sword…"
"That's not the training I saw…" her grin grew. "The training I saw looked more like this." She reached out and grabbed a hold of Pyrrha's chin, tilting her up. She leaned in and pressed their lips together, kissing her quickly. She released her after a few seconds and stood up.
Pyrrha touched her lips and stared up at her in confusion. "W-w-what was that for? W-we don't even know each other yet you kissed me!"
"I thought it'd be funny," she said with a small smirk as she reached down and patted her cheek. "And I was right." She turned to Jaune. "Want one too Blondie?"
Jaune's face lit up at the very idea but she didn't seem to interested. "Well, actually, if anything I wish I had a scroll right now," she looked down at the two of them. "That position…it can make people wonder what's really going on."
Jaune was on the ground with his hands above his head, shield and sword past them. On top of his chest was the redhead with her legs straddling him. Her skirt was lifted up, showing no skin but wrapping around Jaune's body instead.
Pyrrha looked down in confusion at first before blushing fiercely to the point where it seemed her face was glowing in embarrassment. "S-s-sorry Jaune!" she stammered as she shot up, offering a hand to him. "I-I didn't mean to-"
"Well, my work here is done," she stretched her arms above her head and yawned loudly. "Wanted to have something fun to do before bed…seems I got it." She gave them both wide smiles. "Thanks for the fun you too! See ya!" she grabbed the ledge of roof she had hopped from and hauled herself up with one arm.
She then vanished into the night, leaving both of the lovers confused and flustered, especially Pyrrha seeing how, by all rights, she had been kissed by a Grimm. Sure she was a half Grimm but still…not to mention…
I have Jaune…why does it bother me that she kissed me? I guess cause I was hoping he would be my first? She thought to herself as she and Jaune looked at each other. "Are you alright Jaune? She was a bit…intense."
"I'm fine." He raised both arms. "See? Not even a scratch. If she wanted to I'm sure she could mess me up. I'm fine with a little bit of joking like that." He looked at her wordily. "Are you alright though? Your face was burning up…maybe we should stop training for tonight."
Pyrrha opened her mouth to tell him they should keep training but stopped herself. "Maybe we should just rest for tonight," she said with a small smile. More of I want to make sure nobody's watching us. If Cassandra found us after one day… I need to make sure nobody else knows.
The duo walked off through the balcony to go their room for a nice long sleep. On the roof, Cass just smirked, relaxing as she took a stroll around the roof. That was fun, she thought to herself. Messing with people is fun…I should do it more often. Oh, wait a second… Jaune wasn't scared right then. She chuckled softly. That's interesting… maybe Pyrrha makes him feel safe? Hmm…
She reached the roof over her team's room. She grabbed a hold of the edge and lowered herself so that her legs and hair was dangling. She then dropped and hit the window ledge with a soft thunk, causing only one pair of eyes to look up. In the time she was gone, everyone but Coco had gone to sleep. She was sitting on the table Fox and Yatsuhashi had been at with a notebook in her hand and a small table light on.
She put a finger to her lips for her to be quiet. Cass nodded and hopped off from the ledge, landing silently between Fox's and Yatsuhashi's beds. She closed the window and shut the curtains, preventing any moonlight from getting in.
Coco closed what she was writing in softly and locked it before sliding it into the desk's drawer. "What were you doing on the roof?" she asked in a hushed whisper. "You were there for an hour."
"Was I?" She shrugged. "Time flies. But I was enjoying the view and talking to Ozpin." I don't think Blondie and Pyrrha want others to know what they were doing out there.
Coco rolled her eyes. "Well, go to sleep. We have classes tomorrow and-"
"Oh right," she smiled wide. "Ozpin told me to go to classes with you guys. So…yeah. I need to go to classes now."
"Oh for the love of everything," Coco groaned. "Fine…but Velvet is responsible for you. You have to be at her side at all times unless, well, it's to the bathroom or something. I assume you can take care of yourself that long?"
Cass didn't go for the bait. "Yeah I can. Anyway…goodnight." She went over to the ground and stretched out, closing her eyes. As she laid there, she felt something soft hit her in the face and cover it. Sitting up she saw Coco looking over at her.
"Borrow the pillow," she said, pointing to the fluffy item in her hand. Coco had another pillow, this one bought by her as it was a dark brown color and had a furry covering. "I have another." With that she flopped into bed and closed her eyes.
"Erm…thanks Coco," she said, staring at the pillow. She set it under her head and closed her eyes, ready to fall asleep.
Coco's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as she looked at Velvet's bed. "Why… why is it like this?" She growled in annoyance. "I swear I'm killing her when she wakes up!"
In Velvet's bed there was more than one person. Velvet was there, wide awake, but so was Cass. Cass had her arms wrapped around Velvet like a body pillow, her head rested on Velvet's shoulder. Her grip was also unbreakable. Velvet had tried squirming away but when she did so, Cass just squeezed her harder, holding her in place.
"Erm…I don't know," Velvet admitted softly. "I went to bed by myself…and I woke up with her in bed with me…" She reached up and gently scratched Cass's ear. "Why did she get in my bed?"
Cass squirmed slightly when she felt a hand on her ears. "It doesn't matter," Coco said with a growl, a tick on her forehead growing. "Wake her up right now! We can just ask her!"
"Erm…if I could I would have." She smiled up at Coco. "You shake her! You're stronger than me after all! You can carry that gun of yours!"
"Uhhhh…" Coco looked nervous at the idea. "Well…you see…I…don't want to get my face ripped off. She doesn't like me and I don't trust her not to attack me from waking her up. You on the other hand, she likes." She stood there, silent for a few moments in thought. "Well, at the very least she tolerates you more than the rest of us."
"Well…I tried waking her up and I couldn't do anything, so you have to shake her. If you don't...we'll be late for class again."
"Ugh fine." Coco grabbed a hold of Cass's shoulder and began shaking her violently. "Hey! Cassandra! Get your lazy ass up if you want to shower!"
Cass groaned and slapped Coco's hands away. "Five more minutes."
"You can spend those five minutes without Velvet in your arms though!" Coco growled, flustered. Those bunny buns are mine damnit!
Cass growled as she opened both eyes and looked up at Coco. Her eyes were a dark red as she growled, "Give me five goddamn minutes."
Velvet laughed nervously and patted Cass's hair. "C'mon Cass…I need to get out of bed. I need to get ready for class."
Cass turned her glare to the bunny, making her shrink and whimper in response. Seeing and feeling how scared she was she sighed, releasing her. "Fine…go get dressed or whatever." She then leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
Velvet blushed a deep crimson while Coco stammered in shock. "W-w-why did you kiss her?!" she snarled, wanting nothing more than to punch Cass in the face. Damnit! Velvet is mine!
"Huh? Oh it's a thank you for letting me use her bed," she said as she let out a lazy yawn. "I mean, I came in without permission…it only seems right to thank her."
"So you kiss her?!"
"It was on the forehead so calm yourself down," Cass grumbled as Velvet slid out of bed to take a shower. "It's how I say thank you, alright? What? Do you want a kiss too?" she asked, lips curling into a teasing smirk.
"What?! No!" Coco stormed off to get dressed. "For the love of…we got a girl worse than Yang in our room! Ugh~" she let out the most weary sigh known to man. "Help me…"
Cass chuckled at her misery as she watched Velvet head towards the shower with a towel and a change of clothes in hand. "Hey Velvet!" Cass called out, causing the blushing, nervous, bunny to turn around. "Did it really upset you how I got into bed with you?"
She paused and thought for a moment. "G-give me a warning next time okay? We're both girls so I don't really mind…but still. A warning okay?"
"Sure thing," Cass said before she rolled back into bed. "I'll just relax in your bed for now, okay?"
"Okay," Velvet said before vanishing into the bathroom.
Cass rolled and saw that both of the guys were already gone. Looking towards Coco who was getting dressed in her uniform, she blinked in confusion. "Where did the guys go?"
"They got up early to shower and get breakfast. We swap weeks of who gets up early, this week was their week," Coco explained as she buttoned up her shirt.
"Oh…I see…well this should be interesting." She looked up at Coco. "Haven't been to school in forever and before you ask, yes, I can read and write."
"I wasn't going to ask that," Coco grumbled as she glared at her. "I was going to ask if you could refrain from touching Velvet like how you were."
She blinked in confusion. "You mean the whole, kissing her on the forehead thing?"
"Yes, that, and the fact you were sleeping with her!" Coco stormed up to her, dressed for school with her little hat on her head and shades in her hand. "I don't want to see you doing that ever again, got it? Not while you're in this room or in this school!"
"Hmmm?" She sat up, looking Coco in the eyes with a playful smirk. "Is someone maybe jealous that I got in bed with the little bunny before her?" Seeing Coco's face light up answered her question for her, making her laugh hysterically. "Aw, poor little Coco got beaten into bed by a stranger. How bad does that make you feel?"
Coco just glared at her in silence. Cass waited for a response, so when she got none, she just chuckled softly and smiled wide. "That bad huh?"
With a huff Coco turned and left, slamming the door behind her as she stormed off to the dining hall to join her teammates. Velvet came out fully dressed in her uniform from the shower. She had calmed down from earlier and was looking around in confusion, spotting only Cass there.
"Huh? Where did Coco go?" she asked Cass, walking up to her bed which Cass was still in. "Did she go ahead of us?"
"Yeah." Cass finally came out from bed, still wearing the same gray clothes she had been wearing the other day. "Also she said you're responsible for me. I have to go to classes with you cause Ozpin said so, so…yeah…you're responsible for me now!" She smiled cheerfully. "Have fun with this basket case!"
Velvet blinked in confusion. "Erm…okay…so breakfast?" she asked with a smile. "You're probably hungry right?"
"Yeah," Cass got up and followed after Velvet. "I hope they got something good for us to eat. I feel like I could eat the entire buffet by myself!"
Have you found the pairings? One is Jaune X Pyrrha...and that's all I'll say. I may need OCs one day...not soon as I have stuff planned out for now...but when I do I will say so. Just a little heads up if anyone's interested. Depending on my schedule, seeing how I upload these right after being reviewed (within 12 hours), this could be as soon as in 2 weeks to 2 months into the future. Just a little heads up.
Anyway, I wish you all a good night and sweet dreams! I hope to see you next time I upload, ciao!