Chapter 10: The Mentor's Dog
"C'mon guys! It's just around the corner!" Ruby said before running up ahead of the rest of team RWBY.
"Ruby slow down!" Weiss said trying to calm the impatient girl, only to sigh as she ran around the corner. "Honestly, a new "gun and parts" shop opens up and Ruby goes crazy and wants to be there for the first day it opens…" Weiss said.
"You can't do anything about it Weiss, once Ruby has weapons on her mind, she won't stop drooling over the idea of upgrading Crescent Rose. We should get you a weapon big sis…" Yang said looking at Wasure who started to blush.
"I told you not to call me that, I'm not your sister…" Wasure said.
"Ah come on!" Yang said wrapping her arm around Wasure. "When we fought at the bar two weeks ago you were as strong as I was, and you were drunk! I haven't had anyone that is equal in strength to me. You also have blonde hair and created fire from your aura while you were drunk, so there's possible proof we are blood relatives. And besides! I've always wanted to have a bigger sister of my own!" Yang said teasing Wasure.
"Still, I don't feel like I should be called your sister… and I think I'm good on not having a weapon, my fists and semblance are good enough as it is…" Wasure said smiling at that last part.
"Yeah, but those two things can only get you so far alone…" Yang said before she felt Wasure put her arm around Yang and pulled her ear close to Wasure's lips.
"I was actually holding back when we fought at the club, I was aware I was drunk so I didn't go all out…" Wasure whispered before Yang's jaw dropped and her eyes widened.
"Please tell me you are joking…" Yang said, wondering how much she really could have been holding back.
"Nope…" Wasure said with a smile and a giggle.
"There might be some interesting books about weapons and how I can upgrade Gamble Shroud…" Blake thought, ignoring the conversation at hand.
"Though in all retrospect Wasure, you were pretty good at using other people's weapons. I'd say you'd be able to find the best weapon in the entire store, or even make one from scratch." Weiss said.
"Well… the person who taught me thought it would have been necessary at some point in time." Wasure said calmly.
"There you guys are!" Ruby said as the rest of her team walked around the corner, seeing a giant newly made building that had "Guns and Parts" on the front.
"Why didn't you go in already? Is it lock?" Weiss asked.
"Because I wanted to wait for you guys!" Ruby said. "Now Imma go inside." She said before activating her semblance and became a blur that ran into the building.
"That girl…" Weiss said rolling her eyes before she entered the building, followed by everyone else.
Everyone's eyes widen at the view, guns on display were all over the walls and counters spread throughout the large area. There was a second level up above the first that carried parts. The place looked like a mall with guns and parts being the only thing to sell. Ruby was running around staring at the weapons in the display cases with two giant shining eyes and a giant smile on her face.
"Jesus this place is big!" Yang said looking around, noticing that there were several other people browsing what was available.
"They might actually have something where I can increase the spaces on Myrtenaster…" Weiss said seeing the variety of tools used to customize weapons.
"Is that a library I see in the back?" Blake said to herself, squinting her eyes just to make sure before she smiled and her bow twitched as her answer was a yes.
"Wow there are so many things here…" Wasure said looking around. She stopped when nobody said anything and looked to see that the rest of team RWBY had already started exploring. "Well that's somewhat a surprise…" Wasure thought as she chuckled a little seeing that everyone was interested in looking through the store. Though she stopped when she saw something out of the corner of her eye.
She turned and in a display case on the wall was a large rifle that had no iron sights on it.
"T-this is!" She said running to the display case. "The FDO-849!" She said as she got a better look at the gun. "No iron sights on the gun because of holographic projector imagery which give you a 95% accurate mark on where the bullet will travel and where it will hit. Fired with a strong electromagnetic pulse round that fires the bullets, which does not mean you need to buy Dust used bullets and just buy the bullet itself! Holds up to 50 rounds in one magazine! So... much… detail!" Wasure said smiling.
Ruby walked by with a box full of add-on parts and saw Wasure talking to herself about the gun on display in front of her. "And I thought I knew my fair share of guns…" Ruby said to herself softly with a smile.
"And the best part… it's rust resistance!" Wasure said smiling.
Ruby smiled as Wasure was dreaming off about the weapon before she carried her box to a building table and pulled out Crescent Rose before setting it down on the table. "Let's get creative shall we!" She said with a pop of her fingers before moving them as she pulled out a bunch of tools, each one between two fingers.
RWBY Dorm
"I'm home!" Ruby said opening the door and quickly closing it after she stepped inside.
"Did the shop close on you or something, is that why you are so late?" Weiss asked.
"Something like that…" Ruby said rubbing the back of her head.
"You didn't buy anything did you?" Weiss asked.
"No…" Ruby said calmly.
"Good, because I had a feeling that you might have bought something and it would have kept us up all night because you would be tinkering with your weapon…" Weiss said before there was scratching at the front door.
Ruby tensed up a little and looked around to see Weiss giving her a cold stare while everyone else raised an eyebrow and looked at the door.
"I'm guessing that's the man that carried all the parts here?" Weiss said walking towards the door, seeing Ruby look a bit nervous.
Weiss opened the door and looked outside and didn't see anything or anyone. After a few seconds of looking left and right she looked down and didn't see anything, she then closed the door.
"Maybe it was just another student by mistake…" Weiss said with her head looking at the ground before she brought it up to see what looked like a long haired, black German Shepherd with a white chest, about the size of a large wolf, sitting next to Ruby. Weiss blinked a minute, looking at the dog, then back at Ruby who had a nervous smile, then back at the dog, then back at Ruby, and so forth. "Ruby…" Weiss said, her tone sounding annoyed, "DID YOU BUY A DOG AT A GUN STORE?!" Weiss shouted.
"Weiss… I can explain… and no, I did not buy this dog, it followed me here…" Ruby said holding her hands in front of her.
"That thing is the size of a giant wolf!" Weiss said pointing at the dog which just tilted its head in response.
"I didn't buy it!" Ruby said louder.
"Good god that creatures black fur is going to get all over my nice white dresses…" Weiss said as she turned around, her back against Ruby.
Wasure just had her mouth wide open and shocked eyes, seeing the dog from her air mattress.
Blake peeked out from above her bed, and like with Zwei, she didn't trust this canine.
Yang actually started petting the dog which it seemed to enjoy.
The dog saw Wasure and in an instant it ran to her, pouncing on her as it jumped over Yang's bed but below Blake's. It sent Wasure on her back before it started licking her facing as it it held her down.
"Ok, ok… down boy... down…" Wasure said with a smile, finally getting the dog off her, allowing her to sit up.
"You know him?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, he's the dog my mentor owned… I wonder how he got out…" Wasure said petting the dog behind the ears.
"That's your mentor's dog?" Weiss asked surprised.
"What's his name?" Yang asked.
"His name…" Wasure paused for a moment, "Is Chūsei…" She said calmly. "Where did you find him?" She asked Ruby.
"Well... I was on my way home when I got pulled in a dark alley. I don't remember much because everything happened in literally about 2 seconds. But what I know for the most part is that I was attacked by someone, and this dog saved me. At first I thought it was a stray that just had a good heart, but after I thanked it… it followed me back here…" Ruby said.
"I don't know why he would have helped you, but it was good that he did." Wasure said smiling. "Why are you here?" Wasure asked in her mind before looking at Chūsei.
"That is a good question…" The shadow person said, growing out from Wasure's shadow, forming into a human form behind her. "Why would this dog be here? And why did you name it Chūsei?" He asked.
The dog suddenly had its own shadow dog grow from it's shadow, towering over not only its actual self, but also the shadow person behind Wasure.
"S-scary!" The shadow person said as he stared into the white eyes of a giant beast which growled at him.
"So what can Chūsei do exactly?" Yang asked, looking at Yang and Chūsei, unable to see the shadow beings.
"Well Chūsei was trained to do almost anything really, and not your average dog tricks I mean. He was trained to infiltrate places without being seen, attack a full grown man in armor and have his teeth still pierce through the armor, do comedic relief, and much more." Wasure said. "Though, do be careful that Chūsei often does things on his own. For instance, I wouldn't undress in front of him or if he's even around. He has a nasty habit of stealing clothes, so make sure you don't go chasing after him in a bath towel or something. If you see cigarettes lying around or the smell of smoke, don't investigate or throw away the cigarettes, you'll regret it if you do." Wasure said, saying a few warnings about Chūsei , making everyone wonder what was up with this dog, or if Wasure was joking.
"But the most important thing about Chūsei here, is to not… stare at him in the eyes for too long." Wasure said covering Chūsei's eyes after she said that, knowing Ruby might have done that.
"Why not?" Yang asked.
"They will reveal the darkest of your fears and regrets to you…" Wasure said.
"I don't think a dog could do that or some of the other things, but if you say so…" Weiss said rolling her eyes with a smile.
"Devils… all of them! I knew it!" Blake thought in her mind as she stared at Chūsei from her bed.
Chūsei turned his head and looked at Blake who tensed up before slowly hiding above her bed, making the dog raise an eyebrow.
"Well if he's going to stay with us…" Weiss said before grabbing Chūsei and wrapping a leash and collar around its neck. "He's going to be sleeping outside the dorm, I don't want to wake up with a furball on my bed…" She said as she forcefully pulled Chūsei to the door. At the furball thing, Blake stared at Weiss for a moment before rolling her eyes.
Weiss opened the front door and pulled Chūsei out before quickly closing the door, making sure the dog was outside before fully shutting it. She turned around and her jaw dropped when she saw Chūsei laying on her bed, sprawled out. The leash and collar were off of him.
"Get off you stupid mutt!" Weiss said as she forcefully pulled Chūsei out of her bed.
Chūsei landed on his feet before looking at Weiss with a frown and a whine.
"Don't try it! Zwei was cute, but you look like something that could kill me… with allergies…" Weiss said before leading Chūsei back outside and made sure he was outside of the dorm before closing the door on him. She put her hands against the door and looked behind her, seeing that the dog was not in the dorm. She sighed and walked over to her bed before sitting down and looked at the clock. It was 9:16 pm.
"You're allergic to animals?" Blake said still hiding in her bed because she did not feel safe yet.
"Somewhat, only to certain breeds of dogs, and I have no idea what exact breed that is…" Weiss answered.
Just then the front door's handle turned and in walked Chūsei with Weiss's scroll hanging from his teeth. He walked between the bunk beds and tossed his head to the side before the scroll landed in Weiss's lap, her expression was one of unbelieve shock.
"I told you he'll steal stuff… he was trained to do things normal house dogs would never do even once in their life." Wasure said calmly before Chūsei walked over to Wasure and sat next to her air mattress.
"So then… does that mean he could enter here whenever he pleases?" Ruby asked.
"Yes, he could scale the wall and go through the window if he doesn't have a scroll in his mouth." Wasure said petting Chūsei a little.
"Do you think your mentor will come searching for him though?" Yang asked.
"No, he's no longer in this world…" Wasure said before the room went dead silent. She looked up from Chūsei and saw her team look rather surprised, "W-well… I-I mean… um…" She said trying to say something.
"It's ok, we understand…" Ruby said smiling.
Wasure smiled and nodded her head, "No you don't…" She said in her head.
Midnight, Beacon Cliffs
Wasure sat and watched the two moons on the edge of the same cliff that the initiation for students takes place, the light from both moons lighting up the snow on the ground like it was white powder or glistening sugar on the ground. Next to her was Chūsei who had a lit cigarette in his mouth.
"So that's what's going to happen?" Wasure said to herself. "I guess I'll have to be there when they all happen then…" She added, looking down at the ground.
"Hello Wasure, pleasant surprise to see you past curfew." A voice said behind her.
She turned and saw Ozpin standing their with his usual coffee mug and cane, along with his coat and a scarf.
"Headmaster… I wasn't expecting anyone to find me out here…" Wasure said, somewhat surprised.
"I like this spot after a full day of paperwork, it reminds me of the world I live in." He responded as he walked towards her and the dog. "May I sit next to you?" He asked before Wasure nodded her head. He walked beside Wasure and with his foot, brushed some of the snow off the edge and sat down on frozen patch of uncovered ground, laying his cane on his lap and held his coffee mug with both hands. "From what I've heard it seems you are enjoying it here at Beacon…" He said.
"Yeah, it may have only been a week somewhat, but I've enjoyed my time here… almost everyone is so nice…" Wasure said, forming a smile.
"Have you cleared things up with your teammate, Ms. Belladonna?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes…" Wasure said with a nod, "Even though she almost killed me, I still forgave her, and for that incident with the drug. I think she was just on edge from the murders and everythings else…" Wasure answered.
"You know… I have been getting police reports saying that you took part in that event back in the gym with Ms. Long, they have been coming with search warrants and demands for you. I keep telling them to go away as they have no authority here at Beacon, as we are an independent school that works to save our friends and families." Ozpin said.
"Thanks… headmaster…" Wasure said, knowing that she would have been behind bars if Ozpin just let the police do as they please.
"It was my pleasure Ms. Ita, and please… just call me Ozpin." He said before sipping some of his coffee.
"Only if you call me Wasure… I'm not a fan of being called by my last name." Wasure said.
"Very well… Wasure…" Ozpin said with a smile. "Though I don't think you should be letting a dog smoke, you know?" He said looking at Chūsei.
"He wanted a smoke, you can't stop him when he wants one…" Wasure said smiling.
"I see… and please tell your shadow friend behind me to stop making faces… it's starting to get on my nerves…" Ozpin said still holding a smile.
"EH?! YOU CAN SEE ME?!" The shadow person said with a shocked look on their face.
"And hear you…" Ozpin added.
Wasure gave a weak chuckle as the shadow person started freaking out about being seen and heard.
"Considering I have the chance, I would like to give you this to, it belongs to Ms. Schnee but ended up with me for some reason…" He said as he pulled out an envelope and handed it over to Wasure.
"What is this?" Wasure asked.
"It's an invitation to the Schnee family masquerade that will be taking place next weekend. There are four invitations for four people, I'm assuming they are for Weiss and her team, but I guess when they sent the invitations, they didn't know team RWBY obtained a fifth member…" Ozpin said.
"Can I borrow your glasses for a moment?" Wasure asked.
"Trouble with words?" Ozpin asked before Wasure nodded. "Alright, here you go…" He said before he handed his glasses over to Wasure who put them on and read the envelope before opening it and found five invitation tickets.
Wasure looked at Ozpin who had a smile on his face.
"I got my own invitation, but… it appears I won't be attending this year because I seem to have misplaced it…" Ozpin said as he smiled.
"T-thank you… how can I repay you?" Wasure asked.
"Perhaps you can start with keeping out of trouble, you are building a reputation here around Beacon. People are starting to look up to you, able to go head to head with Yang is what I've heard is going around. Don't let that pride go to your head, alright?" Ozpin said before Wasure smiled and nodded her head before handing back his glasses.
"The first of four..." Wasure thought as she looked at the invitations
On the way to Sparring Class with Glynda Goodwitch the following morning.
"A mask-a-what?" Yang said, trying to repeat what Weiss just said.
"A masquerade you idiot!" Weiss repeated.
"What's that?" Yang said, having no clue what Weiss was talking about.
"It's… how can I put it in words you'll understand?" Weiss said as she put her hand to her chin in thought. "It's like a ball, but with masks. When midnight hits, everyone removes their masks to surprise people they've talked to. It's like a regular ball but much more fun in the fact you try to guess who is who, sometimes there is a prize for getting the host right." Weiss said.
"So then… if I brought my gas mask… would that make it impossible for people to guess who I am because of that black tint?" Yang asked.
"It would but you would look like something straight out of a horror film!" Weiss shouted, saying Yang could not do that.
"Though it would be kinda interesting if that became a movie…" Ruby said.
"A long blonde woman with a gas mask on during a masquerade? I guess they would be portrayed as a psycho, hellbent on killing everyone…" Wasure said before imaging it. She got the image of Yang in a white dress holding the gas mask in one hand while standing in the middle of a burning building, laughing hysterically as it burned, broke apart and let burning pieces fall around her as she laughed. "For some reason I feel like that could happen…" Wasure thought before giving a nervous smile and a weak laugh to herself.
They walked into the spectators area of the arena, sitting down near the front row as other students started to take seats as well.
"Well… its sounds boring, I don't think I wanna go…" Yang said, using the seats below her as a foot rest and the seats above her as a headrest as she put her hands behind her head.
"Aw, c'mon Yang! It'll fun!" Ruby said.
"It would help you learn some manners…" Weiss said.
"Plus, I bet there would be a lot of cute guys you might like when everyone takes off their masks…" Wasure said, trying to persuade Yang with good looking men.
"Yeah… but then I would have to wear a dress and high heels…" Yang said before Weiss rolled her eyes.
"Yang… if you defeat me in a battle, then you won't have to go to the masquerade, but if I win… you have to go and no buts about it." Wasure said, grabbing Yang's attention instantly.
"Deal!" Yang said shooting up onto her feet.
"But… only if you beat a challenger before me… if you lose to them… then you will go this time and the next time it comes around…" Wasure said.
"Alright, alright! I won't lose to someone weaker than me or you! Bring it on!" Yang said before pounding both fists together.
Wasure grinned as she knew Yang was gonna regret this.
After several other students had fought
"This fight will with Yang Xiao Long against…" Glenda paused and looked at her tablet with squinted eyes, "Mr… Chūsei…" She said raising an eyebrow.
"C-Chūsei?" Yang said as she blinked her eyes.
At that point, the sounds of paws could be heard, nearing the arena. Heads turned to the entrance into the arena to see the giant black dog with a white chest, entering the arena. It was Chūsei, Wasure's mentor's dog.
"Hey Wasure! I thought I was facing a challenge! Professor, you can't let me be fighting a dog… I'll kill it…" Yang said before looking at Glenda.
"Miss Long, dogs have been used in sparring matches before, I'm sure you can do fine with this…" Glenda said before blowing her whistle.
"Yang…" Wasure said, grabbing her comrades attention with a smile on her face, "This is for that prank in Vincent's class where my clothes turned invisible." She said, a smile still on her face as her aura started to darken.
"I told you that was an accident!" Yang shouted.
"Chūsei… sick 'em…" Wasure said before Yang's jaw dropped as she saw Wasure still hold her friendly smile while saying those words in a dead cold tone.
Yang turned and look to see Chūsei's jaw open, revealing several rows of fangs as they neared Yang. She rolled out of the way and activated Ember Cilicia, turning her body as she saw the wolf-sized dog turn its body as it slid to a stop.
"Well if that's how things are gonna go, then fine!" Yang said before hitting both fists together as her aura flared up.
"Mind you Yang… he's stronger than he looks… By the way… you ex-boyfriend called and said he's pregnant with your child." Wasure said, still holding that smile.
Yang suddenly looked at Wasure in a confused reaction only to feel something bite into her ankle. She looked down and saw Chūsei being the one with his teeth sinking into Yang's ankle, drawing no blood though. She was about to try and get him off, but before she could, she was lifted off the ground and slammed into it before this process repeated itself over and over again, Yang was like a big play toy for a dog, being slammed into the ground.
"THAT'S CHEATING!" Yang accused Wasure of fooling her to let Chūsei to get the upper hand.
"Says the woman that gets stronger with every hit!" Wasure shouted back at Yang as she was being slammed into the ground over and over.
"You are enjoying this too much, aren't you?" Weiss said before Wasure turned to face her.
"You wouldn't know what it feels like for all the men in class to just stare at you naked… and then people start talking about your body… no offense..." Wasure said, still smiling as Weiss's left eye twitched.
"Wasure is scary when she looks happy like this…" Ruby thought as a bead of sweat rolled down the back of her head.
After several slams into the ground, Chūsei spun Yang around in the air before letting go of her ankle and throwing her into the wall around the arena, imbedding her into the wall.
"Ok… no more playing around…" Yang said as her aura started to flare up and her hair started to catch on fire, showing signs that her semblance was at work.
She ripped herself out of the wall and back onto the ground before popping her knuckles and ran up to Chūsei. She slid to him once she got close and once he was close enough, she sent a punch straight for him, cracking the earth and sending up a small cloud of dirt and dust.
"Heh…" Yang grinned as she knew she had to have hit him, but when the cloud settled, Chūsei was standing to Yang's right. "The fuck?!" Yang shouted before Chūsei jumped towards Yang, and actually did a roundhouse kick into her side, the force actually pushing her with the kick and made her tumble across the arena before she got back on her feet and slid to a stop.
"He know how to use martial arts?!" Ruby shouted, making Blake get wide-eyed.
"Yep… I told you can do things normal house dogs can't do…" Wasure said giving a slight happy chuckle.
"Y-you're scary when you get revenge…" Weiss said noticing that Wasure was enjoying this way too much.
"OK! PLAY TIME IS OVER!" Yang shouted before she grabbed some of her hair and pulled it out. "I AM NOT GONNA LOSE TO A STUPID DOG AND I WILL NOT GO TO A STUPID RICH PARTY WITH MASKS!" Yang shouted as her eyes turned red before she tossed the hair she pulled out, her aura bursting and her hair almost turning into fire.
"Wait Yang stop!" Wasure shouted, the smile on her face disappeared as she stood up and screamed at Yang. "You're making a mistake!" She shouted before Yang suddenly shot off like a bullet towards Chūsei who just stood his ground.
Yang screamed as she got closer to Chūsei, pulling a fist back before sending it straight forward to Chūsei, crashing onto the top of his head. Chūsei slid from his spot, but did not move an inch of his body as if he was a stone statue. A wave of wind then passed the two fighters and everyone was trying hard not to go with the wind, as it felt like a strong gust.
Chūsei looked up at Yang, seeing her eyes get wide in surprise to see the dog survive a blast from Yang. The dog pushed Yang's arm out of the way before turning his body around and mule kicked Yang in the stomach, sending her back across the arena before turning back around to face her. He suddenly lifted his head and opened his mouth and slowly started to breath in before Yang could slide to a stop and come back at him.
"Chūsei! STOP!" Wasure shouted, only for the dog to continue breathing in slowly, his chest expanding.
"Wasure, what's wrong?" Ruby asked.
"You'll find out in a few seconds!" Wasure shouted before she started to make her way towards the bottom of the spectators section.
Yang finally got back on her feet and saw the dog taking in a lot of air, making her tilt her head in confusion.
All of a sudden, dog closed its mouth and lowered its head, before looking at Yang. After a few seconds of staring, Chūsei opened his mouth and breathed out white fire.
Everyone's jaw dropped as they saw this expanding rush of white flames coming from the dog, reaching across the arena and towards Yang.
Suddenly, the flames started to shrink down as they reached towards Yang, before she looked to see where the flames were shrinking from and saw Wasure breathing in the flames, as if she was sucking in air until the flames were all gone, and everyone was silent after that.
"W-well…" Wasure said trying to break the silence. "Y-you lost Yang…" She said looking at Yang who had her jaw hanging open.
"Y-yeah…" Yang said, lost in words..
Wasure looked around to see everyone staring at her with open mouths. She started to turn red as the silence deepened and the stares got more intense. "I… um… I-I'll be… going… n-now!" She shouted before shooting off and ran out of the arena.
Lunch
"That was amazing!" Nora shouted. "He was like a fire breathing dragon andand FWOSH!" She said, throwing her arms up in the air.
"I honestly have no idea how to respond after seeing that…" Weiss said still processing what happened.
"What was that exactly?" Yang asked Wasure who had her jacket with the hood up and over her head, covering her eyes.
"U-um… well…" Wasure said, her voice was really soft. "Chūsei is not at entirely what you would call a dog, really. I don't know how to explain it but saying that he isn't "human" is the best way to say it." Wasure said. "H-he sort of… ate a mixed Dust crystal that gave him supreme abilities such as advanced intelligence, demi-god like strength, lightning speed, and… Dust properties…" She said before pulling her hood even more over her face.
"You mean he has abilities from Dust?" Ruby asked before Wasure nodded her head.
"Ruby, Professor Victor told us this in class! He said that Dust can be used in many ways, it can be used for weapons, for clothing, and it can be combined with someone. Do you really forget things that easily?" Weiss said to Ruby who smiled and shrugged before her facial expression changed as if something hit her.
"Hey, if you were able to breath in those white flames, then does that mean you can breath fire?!" Ruby asked, a glitter in her eyes.
"W-well… not really…" Wasure said, making that glitter disappear from Ruby's eyes. "I'm the only one out of two people that can counter those white flames, the other is my mentor." She stated.
"What does that mean?" Juane asked.
"Those flames are not ordinary flames, given they were created from a mixed Dust crystal, they sort of… b-burn anything they touch to nothing… even the ashes are burnt to nothing…" Wasure said shyly.
"So if I was to touch those flames and they stuck to me, I wouldn't have been able to pat them out?" Yang asked, making Wasure shake her head.
"No, the flames would eat away at you, and if you were to try and pat them out, your hands would catch on fire and then crawl up your arms until everything is gone. It's also very painful to feel." Wasure said making everyone look at her with wide eyes, making her blush under her hood.
"Wait, where is that dog anyways?" Ruby asked looking around, noticing Chūsei was nowhere to be seen.
"I-I scolded him after the match, so that made him go into the Emerald Forest to go blow off some steam, he doesn't like it when he doesn't get to do what he wants…" Wasure said.
Emerald Forest
"Bloody killjoy…" Chūsei said to his shadow creature, walking next to him as they went through the snow covered forest.
"What can you do? Humans are like that…" His shadow said in response.
"Maybe… but I wanted to have some fun…" Chūsei said before growling slightly.
"You'll be able to kill some Grimm here." His shadow calmly said.
"Grr… but in this damn snow?!" Chūsei said as he lifted up a paw to reveal that the snow covered his entire paw, like a glove or mitten.
"Again, what can you do? Vale is next to a mountain region, when winter hits here because of seasonal changes, and cold winds blow down from the mountains on top of that this creates a winter that lasts longer than most." His shadow said before they both came to a stop to see an Ursa standing in front of them.
"Look, a puppy has decided to become my next snack!" The Ursa shouted before bursting out in laughter.
"Move aside Ursa, or feel my wrath…" Chūsei said before growling at the Ursa.
"Oh? A little puppy is going to try and fight me? HA!" The Ursa shouted before he suddenly found himself staring into Chūsei's dark blue eyes. It was dead silent all around them.
But shortly after, whispers could be faintly heard, they spoke fast and soft, unable to make them out.
The whispers then got louder and louder, picking up speed as it got louder.
Until there was the sound of a bell tower being struck, and a deep ghost like voice echoed throughout the forest, loud and clear.
...Everything and Nothing, Everyone and No One, Everywhere and yet Nowhere…
The Ursa's head suddenly exploded and his giant body feel to the ground in front of Chūsei who looked as calm as could be. The big body soon disintegrated and left a large imprint in the snow.
"I warned you... but you stupid creatures never learn…" Chūsei said as he lifted a paw up and brushed the snow that landed on his shoulder when the Ursa fell.
"I think you went a bit overboard there…" His shadow said looking back as they walked passed the vanishing Ursa.
"Don't make me throttle your throat…" Chūsei said as he marched.
"I'm sure you want to do that to Wasure's shadow, am I right?" His shadow said, revealing a grin with rows of sharp teeth.
"It's not her shadow I want to strangle… but the one that is following her around…" Chūsei responded.
"What do you mean? I thought it was her shadow…" The shadow creature asked.
"That shadow is not her's, it's someone elses…" Chūsei said before he narrowed his eyes as his pupils returned normal.