A/N: How long has it been? well it's been a while and I bet CC is going to stomp on my face with his 10K+ chapters and his rather speedy printing of those damn chapters!
Enough of a production rant against that crazy Australian, although I must thank him for making Ghost an actual character in his story "From Hunted to Hunter" also a shout out to Judge of Hunters and his RWBY OC Character fight fest!
Now onto the chapter that you guys have probably been waiting for.
Davey stared at the old rabbit Faunus before him, the grey fur a bit different than the matte black fur that once adorned the ears. They danced about as Davey replaced the glove over his pale skin. It was dead silent as the Faunus just watched Davey, the shit-eating grin still plastered on his face as he massaged his rapidly swelling check.
"I guess that was one way of seeing you again." June said with a chuckle as he watched Davey's blank visor, knowing full well of the storm of emotions inside his mind.
Then, Davey did something out of character, he went around the desk and hugged June. The Faunus letting out a sigh as he returned the hug.
"You realize you're gonna crush me if you hug me any tighter." June stated as Ghost pulled away in a flash, letting a flustered grumble out from beneath his helmet.
"Oh come on, take that damn helmet off! It's been what… 8 years, you can take that damn thing off!" June nagged as Davey sighed, his hands moving up to remove the clasps holding the helmet to his head.
Pulling up, the suit emitted a hiss as the seal was broken and the air inside the suit escaped into the room. Hesitating, only for a second, Davey let out an annoyed sigh as he lifted the helmet from his head. Placing the helmet on the table next to him June let out another sigh as he motioned to the balaclava he wore over his head.
"Really?" Davey questioned as June nodded, his foot tapping on the ground rapidly.
"Fine…" Davey sighed out as he grabbed the top and pulled the balaclava from his head, his short-cut black hair stood on end as June snickered.
Davey grumbled as he patted his hair, the static fading as he hair returned to a resting position. Davey looked about, a strange feeling of overexposure washed over him as he sat down in the nearby chair. Looking up, he noticed June studying his features.
"My, my… don't get too much sun I see." June stated in a monotone upon observing the greatly lightened skin that covered Davey's face.
He once had a healthy cream colored skin all those years ago. However, the lack of exposure to the sun had deteriorated his once light cream skin to a pale white. Davey stared at June with piercing blue eyes. June studied Davey's sharp facial features. A face covered by many scars and a pair of sunken eyes.
"My, you have changed… then again it's been 8 years." June mumbled as he continued to scan Davey's facial features.
"Nothing like the young lad I once knew!" June laughed as he averted his gaze and returned to sitting at his desk.
Davey sat there in still a slight daze as he returned the stare he had been receiving from the old Faunus man for the past few seconds. The clock on the wall was growing louder and louder with every tick as Davey finally decided to break the silence.
"How…" Davey question as he looked at June's unmoving features, a slightly raised eyebrow prompted Davey to finish.
"How did you survive?" Davey finished his question as June nodded in understanding.
"They hurt me badly, the Beowolves did, however I am not as much of a pushover as you thought I was." June stated as he lifted his shirt, many dozens of claw marks showed where the Beowolves nearly ended his life.
"It hurt, yes it did… but I wanted to live. Not just for my own sake, but to see what you would become after I left you." June continued, a slight hint of disappointment and sadness in his voice as he looked Davey right in his blue orbs.
"You're disappointed with what I've become… aren't you?" Davey stated, hanging his head in his hands as he waited for June's answer.
"No… not necessarily." This prompted Davey to raise his head in slight confusion.
"Why?" Davey asked, prompting June to leave his seat and stand under the clock.
June watched the two hands of the clock move slowly, the smaller hands always outpacing the larger hand. He let out a breath he was unaware had been holding as he turned to face Davey.
"In the eyes of many you are a monster, a destroyer and bringer of merciless death, a Ghost. However, in the eyes of a select few you are a savior… a hero and a hunter of people who are off track. You may be a criminal, but you see through the disguise of those saying they mean well." June spoke directly to Davey as he clasped his hands behind his back.
"You fight for vengeance and inevitably track down those who have made you who you are today. Those true murderers are who you seek to find and eliminate, wipe the slate clean." June finished as he watched the clock tick on and on.
Davey stood behind him, having moved to the middle of the room during his speech. It was true, Davey was a killer and a murderer, but he was the killer of those who had wronged the world and the innocent masses of Remnant. Wronged his parents. Davey clenched his hands, balling them up at his sides.
"Oh, by the by, how on earth did you pass yourself off as a prospective Beacon student to that Ozpin fellow?" June asked as he stroked his chin, awaiting an answer from Davey.
"I think he knew my intentions from the beginning. He knew who I was right off the bat so he must have had some information from the spooks in the Vale Intelligence." Davey admitted as he pulled out his scroll and read the fake transcript.
"Ah yes, the VI can be a real hassle to even a professional criminal." June mused as he looked around the room, searching for nothing in particular.
The Vale Intelligence Agency, VI for short, was the eyes and ears of almost and uncountable number of agencies and companies. They were everywhere, that meant nowhere was safe for a criminal or mercenary if the VI was out for your head and with this 300,000 lien bounty on his head some VI were sure to be sniffing around.
"Davey, how was your younger sister?" June asked as he went to an armchair a few feet away from Davey, plopping down in the soft seat.
Davey tensed slightly at this as everything that he had done in the past days flooded back into his mind. Stabbing Blake and severely injuring Yang Xiao Long, two of her sister's close friends. He clutched his head in his hands, letting out a yell of anger and regret. Looking up, he smashed his clenched fists through a nearby wooded night table, that found itself unfortunate enough to be located next to Davey. June winced slightly as Davey let out his breath as he walked around before and slumping into a seat behind him.
"That was made from imported wood from the deserts of Vacuo." June said with a bit of disappointment in his voice, a long sigh flowed from his mouth as he bent down and picked up a piece of the nightstand.
"I take it you did something you regret… by the way making that face will only age you faster." June mumbled the last part as he looked at the piece in his hands and then back at Davey's scowling face.
"Something very… regrettable." Davey said through clenched teeth, his scowl slowly disappearing.
"Oh, come now… what could you have…" June started to ask.
"I stabbed one of her friends and broke the others arm." Davey interrupted leaving June sitting there with a neutral face.
"Oh…" June said in a monotone, "Well, it could have been worse… wait, did you use your semblance?" June questioned with some mild concern.
"Yes…" Davey answered solemnly as June frowned and shot up from the chair.
"You're an absolute idiot! Your semblance is not only a threat to the entire world, but can cause lasting damage to a person's aura! That stab will take forever to heal now… maybe even kill her. At least you kept her arm attached." June's voice was stern and caused Davey to wince at his reaction.
Davey knew he had messed up big time. His semblance was not only sentient and anti-aura, but possessed the dangerous ability to greatly increase the time it took for someone's aura to heal any injuries. There were ways to reverse the status effect, but they required Davey to actually make contact with those affected.
"Davey, you must make things right and apologize. Leave Ghost behind…" June had barely started when Davey blurt out again.
"No… I must finish my mission and obtain revenge for my parents. Only then will I lay Ghost to rest, along with this retched curse that people call a semblance. I am a danger to everyone, not just those close to me but the innocent as well." Davey was implying something, something that June realized too late.
June looked up only to see Davey putting his helmet back on and slinging his bag over his shoulders. Looking over his shoulder at June, he gave a final nod before pushing the door open and started his ascent.
"Davey!" June yelled out as he chased after the giant figure.
June stumbled over his own feet and fell to his knees. The waitress from before coming to his side to help him up. June looked up from his spot on the floor at Davey, now a few meters up the stairs.
"Davey, don't do what I think you're doing! You can't find them all…" June was silenced as Davey stopped suddenly, his head snapping around.
"Davey, no he can't find them…" The electronically distorted and deep voice stated causing a shiver to go down June's spine.
"Ghost however, will find them." June couldn't see his face, but he could feel the sadistic smile creep across Davey's face as his semblance took over his mind.
June could only watch in defeat as he watched Ghost march off up the stairs. The child he once raised escaping his grasp for the second painful time in his life. But above all June feared for Davey, feared that his revenge would lead to his inevitable demise.
A/N: Yes, it has been a long time in the making and here it is, a moderately short but plot advancing chapter also don't forget to leave a review as to tell me what's good and what's bad.