"Your hair is a mess." Flyresa said as I sat down in the bathroom staring at my face seeing the weathered beard and long messy hair in the mirror. Stained pure with jet black as strands of gray made their appearance here and there but just enough to make a difference in age. I sighed rubbing the beard as I looked up at my concerned wife.
"It's been like that, ever since I left. I just, hadn't gotten around to it." I mentioned as she rubbed her hands through the long locks.
"So, how do you want it cut? Do you want me just to trim it?" She asked as I nodded my head.
"No, cut a good amount off. Stop just below my shoulders and and I'll shave my beard." I said picking up a razor from the sink.
"That much huh? Guess you'll be going somewhere hot." Her instinct was on point.
"What made you ever think that?" I chuckled shaving the thick hair from my face with the sharp blade as it fell down on the bathroom floor below me.
"Don't want a bunch of dark weighing you down. It makes sense to me. I'm about finished with your hair to." She said as I felt chunks fall off my back as I finished shaving my face, putting the razor down and feeling my clean shaven face as Flyresa finished placing the knife next to the razor as she rubbed her hand through the now much shorter hair as she placed her head on my left shoulder. Feeling the cold metal of my arm on her face.
"Do you really have to go Kyran?" Flyresa pleaded to have me stay home due to my dangerous assignment. Yet, it didn't matter what she thought. In order to keep them safe, I had to get stronger to defeat Victor.
"Yes, but I promise, I'll end this and return. I always have." I mentioned as she planted a kiss on my cheek.
"That you have." She said handing me a stone gray dress shirt and my coat which was slightly modified. "I rolled up your right sleeve over the forearm, figured it might be a little more comfortable considering. I've also washed it and sown the hole in the back together. So it should be good to go." She said as I put on the dress shirt, leaving the top two buttons open and I swung the coat over my back as I saw the right sleeve was as she said and sown above my forearm, showing skin.
"Thank you sweetie. I promise, I'll be back soon enough." I said.
"Say goodbye to Karina. You know she adores you so I think she has earned it." Flyresa mentioned.
"Never said she didn't Flyresa. Where is Karina?" I asked.
"In the guest bedroom with the rest of your gear. I'll see you before you leave." She said leaving me alone in the bathroom for a moment as I got up not to follow her but to the guest room where I twisted the handle and opened the door to my daughter crossed legged sitting in front of the Katana and Gunblade, both in their dual holster with the dual pistols sitting on the bed.
"Karina?" I asked as she leaned backwards, smiling upon seeing me.
"Have you thought a name for it Dad?" Karina asked.
"We discussed this, it's Wolfsbane." I sighed.
"Not the Gunblade silly, I meant the Katana. Its so beautiful but all I have ever you call it is the Demon Blade. Why is that?" She inquired as I sat down next to her rubbing the young one's head and using my free hand to draw the Katana from the sheath with quick elegance and placing it down in front of her as she just stared at it in awe.
"Well then, let's think of something then shall we?" I asked as we stared quietly at the blade wondering both what we would call it before suddenly I was beaten to the punch.
"Kusanagi!" She shouted.
"The Hero Blade? Why's that?" I patted her head.
"They say in the old stories of a soldier who lead the charge in the early days holding a curved hand forged sword that was bonded with his soul to be unbroken. That when he died, he used it to slay a powerful Grimm and liberate humanity. He called it Kusanagi which is why I think it fits you dad. You've always been a hero, you were one a long time ago so I think its fitting." She said as I picked up the blade with it becoming heavier than what it once was. She didn't know the dark secrets this blade held. It was unbreakable, it held power enough to destroy to the most powerful Grimm in existence only spoken of in legends. Yet it was also meant to kill me, should it ever come to it.
"Alright then, from now on, its called Kusanagi." I smiled re-sheathing the sword in the holster and connecting the two blades to my back above my coat and grabbing the two handguns and sliding them into my hip holsters.
"You're going?" Karina said with a disappointing tone.
"I have to kiddo, I have things to finish up and I promise when I get back, I'll take you anywhere you want." I proposed.
"Really?!" Her eyes lit up with excitement.
"Really, but you have to promise to wait. Okay?"
"Okay, I love you dad!" She said embracing me tightly and wrapping her small arms around me as I smiled, completing her embrace before patting her on the head and leaving the room to the downstairs where an eager Weiss Schnee was waiting for me.
"Are you ready for Vacuo?" Weiss asked getting up from her seat.
"We have one stop first then we'll be on our way. Did you already speak to Miles and River?" I asked.
"They weren't enthusiastic about it but they are heading to Atlas to investigate leads on my father. What makes you think he is in Atlas?" She wondered.
"If you were looking for an enemy, would you check your own backyard?" I counter argued.
"Fair point, let's get going to the wonderful desert." She groaned as I chuckled leaving the front door to the busy city street of Haven where both humans and Faunus walked the streets alike conducting daily business. We blended into the crowd slowly as to not draw attention to ourselves making our way to airships heading to Vacuo.
"Cute haircut, I barely recognize the Vigilante himself." Weiss pointed out my drastic change of appearance.
"Precisely, if they barely recognize me, then I'll have an easier time conducting my operations right?" I said.
"I suppose, it's just..."
"Go ahead and get it out, you think I look cuter this way." I said as she pouted.
"Well you don't have to spoil ALL my fun now." Weiss groaned as a screamed erupted down the street. The street panicked and ran the opposite direction while the both of us ran towards it. Pushing past pedestrians to the scene. After a few moments there it was in all its glory, a woman covered in her own blood as a small crowd gathered around to watch in horror. I looked up at the assailant seeing the familiar red hair and blue eyes with her Enforcer uniform plain as day.
"Where is she?! Where is Flyresa Michaelson!" Captain Tsubaki demanding pointing her Yamato sword among those in the crowd searching for an answer which I would gladly giver her.
"Didn't realize I had that feminine name now." I stepped out from among the crowd to Tsubaki who turned to confront me as she stopped recognizing me.
"You...you son of a bitch." She threatened as I reached for my Katana, drawing it from the sheath and holding it in a backwards stance against the Captain.
"Killing innocents in the street, I thought that the military's job was to protect them, not kill them?" I demanded.
"Your wife is wanted by the government for questioning. Mind telling where she is?" She said charging me as I blocked her attack and looked her directly in the eyes.
"Over my dead body.." I threatened.