The wonderful night air hits my skin again. Letting my tail swing back and forth I sit on the edge of my dorm window. I have absolutely no clue where Ruby and Yang are at right now, but I can tell Blake will be here soon, call it a hunch. Looking down I spot a flash of red having a fist fight sparring session with a blonde, neither of them using weapons, and only using aura for defense. Seems like they are turning the grounds into a wide open battle field. Behind me I hear the door creak open slowly and I can smell Blake's scent. Holding onto the window I hang back into the room, my ears touching the floor.
"Hey Blake"
"Puppy"
"I'll bite"
"Really?" She gives me a skeptical look and it is quite difficult not to reply with some smart comeback about leaving marks on her. I mean, I am a wolf and I am quite hungry, lunch was a little lighter than I'm used to.
"So, what's up kitty cat?" I say after she closes the door.
"About my choice, the faunus path…"
"Still want to go down that road?"
"I...I want to have a better understanding of my own kind so I can help them better"
"Alright then, I have some things to arrange, meet me at the Beacon air docks in the morning, I'll inform our team later"
"By morning you mean…"
"When the sun is rising"
"...What if I'm asleep?"
"I'll wake you up"
And on that note, I left to go chat with Ozpin.
(POV: Charles, during the incident two days ago… Location, Vale Residential District)
Something loud woke me up, and fear was seizing my body in ways I could not possibly comprehend. Stumbling out of my bed and down the stairs of my apartment, I opened the door to see some weird sights. I have a rare semblance which allows me to see aura even when it hasn't come together intensely enough for an ordinary person to see it. This was quite annoying sometimes, and my semblance never shuts off, and it doesn't use my aura thankfully. Looking into the sky was a massive aura, which was currently in the unseeable form. It was a sight that chills my bones just to think about. The aura in the sky was in pockets of red mist, a light black tint overlaying it, and occasionally it was so thick in the air it seemed like the body of a grimm, which some people could see. I followed the flow of aura back to it's source, and I have never been more confused while pissing myself. In the back of an alleyway a dark figure was repeatedly stabbing an already deceased corpse. The aura was lighting up the alley and the body had at least sixty stab wounds across it. The figure turned and smiled at me, the only thing visible on his face as the aura parts so I can see it. It picks up a sheath and it expands into a shield with two white crescents on it, the shield itself is wrapped in the shadow aura, save those crescents. The voice was something out of a horror movie.
"Hello friend, you know what they say right? No witnesses? Scatter, Crocea Mors." When that murderer says the last part his voice drops flat into a single monotone reflected by three voices, one old, one young, and one in the middle. I feel a sudden burning in my chest and notice the demon is gone, but in my chest are shallow cuts and marks that cover it, the pain was so unbearable I fell over. I can't believe he let me live but he did.
That brings me to my current situation. I'm what's left of a sane man, now I'm in a nice padded cell, bandaged up, and mumbling something about a murderer who isn't human. I've been doing this for two days…
(POV: Anima Nul, Present Day, At the Beacon air docks moments before the sun rises)
She's almost late...here I am at fucking five in the morning and she's almost-nevermind, she is late. A beam of sunlight just hit the ground in front of me while I am leaning against an enhanced rapid response dropship. Waiting for a cute faunus girl. Who is late. So I go to find her. Moments later I am in our team's dorm, and Blake is still asleep, so I flick one of her ears and she wakes up rubbing it and hits me in the face, making me fall over and smack the floor. And it woke up the other two.
"You guys leaving already?" Yang mumbles.
"We were supposed to be gone already"
"Can we come?" Ruby asks oh so innocently.
"Can they come Blake?" I whisper to her. "They'll figure out your a faunus"
"...We'll tell them on the way, just to get it over with"
"Ok then, if you two can get Ozpin's permission you can go with us, be at the ship in thirty minutes"
Thirty minutes later…
"So where are we headed missie?"
"Bring up the holomap"
The pilot hits a button displaying the world of Remnant as we know it and I observe the map, recalling from memory where the temple is.
"Here" I point to a small island above a continent that is shaped like a dragon and it's wings while the bottom half looks like a rock.
"That's a pretty far away place, I'll have to refuel to get back here"
"They have fuel there"
"Ok"
Going into the back of the place Yang is laying on her own bench of which there is two on opposite sides of the ship, Blake is sitting in a chair at the back reading a book, as usual, and Ruby is playing a game on her scroll sitting in a chair near the cockpit. I stand up and look out the window. I raise my hand and prepare to summon my mask.
"Stalker of the dead and damned, lend me your venom"
A deathstalker mask formed over my head and my body was wrapped in the familiar comfort of the grimm aura. A thin layer of flexible bone plating wrapped around my body as well, and at my wrists two blades curve out on each wrist, and extend past my hand as long as a short sword is. The blades were a pale yellow, like the deathstalker's stinger, and the deadly venom flows through them, ready to be left behind after a slice or stab. This change of form gained a look from Ruby and Yang, but Blake was too engrossed in her reading to notice. I turn around and see them looking, and I take off the mask and sit in a chair by Blake.
"So, Yang, any path that interests you?"
"Light. I want to protect my little sis after all" She gives me a smile and closes her eyes to rest.
"Ruby?"
"Well...Maybe darkness. Work fast, get rid of threats before they can hurt my friends, protect myself better so Yang won't have to work so hard to save me all the time"
"Well, while we are there we'll get your paths done too, but only if your still sure when we get there. Hey Kevin!"
"What?" The pilot answers
"I'm going to stretch my wings, kay?"
"As long as you don't fly into the turbine like an actual bird, sure"
I open a hatch on the floor and drop through it, earning a concerned look from the sisters, while Blake smiles. I have no clue if they said anything due to the roar of the wind, but soon I was flying around in nevermore form, letting the air pass over me, it was nice and relaxing, it was peaceful and serene.
After several hours we stopped for food in a town near the coast. I didn't bother to actually do anything, we all sent Yang on a run for food while we took naps in the dropship. I had a wonderful dream, I was playing 'tag' with beowolves while using my beowolf mask form. I woke to a thud as Yang intentionally stomps on the ground, alerting everyone to her presence. She hands out the food, she got herself some burgers, Ruby got a salad, some ham, and of course one cookie. I got two steaks, a hamburger, and a taco. Blake got some roast beef sandwiches. Yang also got us some things we didn't order. Ruby got a box of chicken strips, I got a whole turkey, and Blake got some sardines. Ruby gave me a weird look given all the food I had on my side.
"Hey, just because I'm a girl with a nice lean figure doesn't mean I can't eat everything on the planet" I took a fork and knife and dug into my food. God the turkey was delicious, and raw. Fresh kill I do believe. Savoring every bite of meat was easy, or it would have been had I not scarfed down the entire bird, and turned the bones into chew toys. It was wonderful. After we had all ate we thanked Yang.
"Hey guys…" Blake began. "I have a confession"
The sisters looked at her while I relaxed on my bench in the dropship.
"I uh...well…" She took off the bow to reveal those adorable cat ears of hers, earning a smile from both Yang and Ruby, and I smiled too, having missed the sight of those ears.
"Aww, I knew there was a reason I got sardines"
"Cool, so your a faunus like Anima?"
"Yep"
"Why hide it though?" Yang asks.
"Some humans aren't too kind to faunus, so I want to keep it a secret at least until I graduate"
"Smart, but if anyone gives you trouble I know a certain psychopathic hammer girl who can't wait to break someone's legs"
"And I will turn them into ice sculptures" I smile.
"and I'll pump em fulla holes" Ruby contributes to the conversation in a creepy manner, but hey, it was funny.
(Next chapter is going to be quite, quite, long compared to average, also, has anyone guessed the Vale Demon's name yet?)