Okay here's chapter eleven of The Hidden King, and I will warn you guys now, this chapter will be rather dark, as Gojira will be telling his friends about his past, and going into more detail than his first explanation. So you've been warned, I don't expect you guys will expect what's coming after this chapter though, here's a hint, a new Kaiju Faunus... DAMNIT I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THE HINT THIS OBVIOUS! Though in all seriousness I would like you guys to guess what Kaiju I'll be adding next, and to make this more interesting I'd like to hear your opinions on which Kaiju should be Faunus, and which Kaiju should be Grimm. Okay I've rambled enough, so let's get going shall we?
Here's part 11 of the redux!
Beacon Academy, Dorm of Team GAMR Two days after Initiation
Gojira was shocked that after returning from his morning walk to find all his friends gathered in his team's dorm room, and they wore worried expressions, Gojira was confused and he asked," What's going on? I'm a little confused here?". Ruby then said," This is kinda an intervention, everyone here has been worried about you Goji!", everyone nodded at Ruby's statement, which startled Gojira, and he asked," Why? I'm fine guys, I've had time to put my past behind me Ruby!", Ruby and the others saw through his lie easily, as his usual smirk didn't reach his eyes.
This time Yang spoke saying," I think you're gonna get mad when I say that's absolute crap Gojira. Everyone here sees through that lie, and we don't want to lose a friend, I don't know how the rest of them feel about you, but I know me and Ruby would worry if you got hurt or worse". Gojira was touched by his friends sympathy, but when he glanced towards the others, he realized that he had found a new family in the team he had been made leader of, and he had found even more in the other teams of RWBY, and JNPR, Jaune spoke up then saying," If you ever need help you can come to Team JNPR, or if we're not able to you can go to Team RWBY, but you should always go to your Team first".
Gojira nodded at Jaunes advice and said," I've got something to tell everyone here, I've not told anyone about my past except for Ruby and Yang, as to why they knew I will explain later, but I will ask a request for everyone here, don't interrupt my story okay?". Everyone nodded at his thinly veiled threat, knowing he wouldn't hurt them physically however he would most likely give them a tongue lashing that they wouldn't forget, at the groups nods he took a deep breath to steel his nerves, not knowing that his friends would think about him once he was done.
Gojira started speaking in a deep, but soft voice saying," Life as I grew up wasn't all that bad, and things were relatively stable, my parents had good jobs, and we had plenty to eat, butwhen the White Fang decided to change their tactics my parents were begged by their goons to join. As time passed more people started to attack my parents, though not physically as my father was a former Huntsman, and my mother was skilled in martial arts, the Fang sabotaged their jobs, forcing my parents to find work elsewhere. Everyone had been turning away from us, until one day a few months ago a man dressed in a black suit wearing a weird Grimm mask broke down the front door of my house, but he wasn't alone as White Fang troops poured in capturing my parents, while my mom had hidden me inside a closet. The man in black tried to force my parents to join them, he tortured them for hours until he decided to kill them, he cut my dads head off and stabbed my mom in the guy, their Aura having failed hours before, and I was forced to run away, from everything I had known, but I didn't get far before they found my trail. I didn't get away cleanly, as his goons shot at me, and I wasn't able to dodge everything", Gojira lifted up his shirt showing several bullet wounds that had left some scarring.
Gojira continued saying," That's not all I went through though, after I escaped my old home I could hear the man ordering his soldiers to find me and bring me to him, something I knew I couldn't let happen. So I ran even further, pushing myself past the point of exhaustion and then some, after running for a week I felt a slight burst of primal instincts that seemed to want me to head to Patch island, so I decided to swim to it, seeing as I couldn't ride a ferry there".
The Saurian Faunus paused before continuing," Unfortunately for me I was attacked by several seaborne Grimm along the way which managed to give me more wounds, but I managed to get to the island before I passed out, but before I could find what my instincts were wanting I was assaulted by a small pack of Beowolves which I managed to kill. After that I spent several weeks on Patch licking my wounds, and surviving on small game, until one day I found myself faced against a horde of Beowolves, and I ran yet again as I was forced to flee my camp, I had been running for several hours when I came across a clearing where I met Ruby, who proceeded to wipe out the horde in a matter of minutes". At his praise Ruby blushed in embarrassment while mumbling what sounded like thanks, though no one was certain, and then Pyrrah spoke asking," This all happened in what a month and half? I'm surprised that you're as stable as you are now".
Gojira tilted his head in confusion, so Weiss took this opportunity to say," What Pyrrah means it's astonishing that you're still sane, most people would have lost their minds after going through what you did, yet you Gojira haven't even let that stop you!". Gojira actually blushed in embarrassment at the praise whilst whispering," So I've been told", Ruby, and the other Faunus in the room heard his statement though they didn't know what he meant by that.
Though Ruby had noticed how Gojira had started to tear up as he started telling his story, however when he got to when his parents were murdered, she saw Gojira's spikes glow faintly at his rage towards the man who killed his family and tried to capture, and turn him into a weapon that the White Fang would use against innocent people. Something that didn't sit well with her innocent nature, though Gojira wasn't all that oblivious to her confusion Weiss suddenly said," Wait, you never did say anything about having your Aura unlocked by your parents".
At her statement Gojira frowned saying," Well they didn't unlock my Aura, Ruby and Yang helped me do so", everyone, besides Ruby and Yang, suddenly paled as they realized that Gojira should have died as he didn't have his Aura when he went through everything. His words resonated with everyone in the room, particularly Mothra who then said," I knew you had experienced quite a lot before we met, but I must say you have my respect more than ever before", Gojira was touched by his teammate's words when Anguirus and Rodan chimed in saying," Yeah boss we'll follow ya to hell and back if we have to!".
Gojira's smirk returned full force, and everyone was happy that he had finally started to truly heal from his deep emotional wounds, and move forward with his life, which a certain red reaper was extremely pleased about, something her elder sibling caught onto quickly. Yang decided that for the moment she'd watch how things play out, but if Gojira made a move on Ruby she would kick his ass, as any good sibling would, though Ruby probably wouldn't be happy about it.
I apologize for the inconsistent updates, but this chapter was an absolute nightmare for me to write as this chapter delved into some very dark stuff. Something I'm not comfortable writing often, I'd rather write happy things like the previous chapter, however Gojira needed some character development so I had to deliver. Regardless the next chapter begins the Jaunedice arc as I'll seriously enjoy writing what Goji's gonna do to Cardin and his cronies!