Sorry that i was so inactivew the last week but important test have been written and luckily passed. I decided to amke a longer chapter for all of your wait, so i hope you like it.
A warm home is something very great, the feeling of love and passion is even greater. But many of these things are long forgotten in the nature of humanity. As is the natural feeling of fear over the darkness and unknown. One result is that humanity sees themselves as superior, as more important beings but they are wrong. They are just a small piece in the giant, holy and unpredictable game of destiny. Some may think that they can escape or make, even escape their destiny but they can't. This is the one and only thing that needs to be excepted and at the end waits death. And to walk the way of destiny is surely a hard one, only few can even manage it. But as always there are exceptions, one of them is a small little handshake with Astaroth, a contract, reaching beyond death and its borders.
"… Sure there are other ways but why take the hard way when there is an easy why just waiting for you?" Astaroth whispered into the thoughts of the weak and ignorant people of Vale.
"Are you going to except you fate or is it your will to gain immortality as me? The only thing you need to do is to reach out your hand and say My wish is granted, the contract is made." Humanity is simple, almost stupid, weak minded an easy target to make hollow, to make them his puppets. Almost 1200 people excepted his offer, when he spoke to them, only the strongest and united people were able to deny his contract.
"We got some nice growth here master." Falada spoke while slowly walking towards Mistral.
"Indeed, my name has spread again, my mark was set into their heads the moments they heard and repeated it. It is almost sad that they are so weak, almost, but only almost. Now we only need to hunt this threat down." Astaroth looked sharp up at the sky.
"Master, can we take on the seasonal maidens all by ourselves?" Falada asked, he never has encountered one before. He only has this one life.
"We can and we will. I can handle 2 at the same time with ease but all 4 will be a problem, at least at the moment." Astaroth answered looking at his newly regained swords.
And on a faraway path a young man reaches his destination, a small wooden home located at Patch. His delivery is from great importance for Yang, her new arm is what she needs the most right now.
The young man knocked on the door and waited a couple of seconds till Taiyang opened the door.
"Ahhh its finally here… thank you." Taiyang answered, taking the package.
"The business part is already done, there is no need to pay me out." The young man said when Taiyang wanted to give him money.
"Its hard outside… take at least a bit will'ya?" Zaiyang demanded pressing the money into his hands.
The young man thankfully took it and made his way back, back to Atlas.
Taiyang unraveled the package and brought the new arm up into Yangs room, next to her bed. Yang was still asleep, after the shock she took it is fully understandable. Taiyanf figured that it must have been Raven who confronted her at Summer's grave, who else could it have been. But Yang was slowly coming back to herself, facing a warm, friendly and fatherly face.
"W-what happened…?" Yang answered quite.
"Well… you tell me… but that's not of high importance now, your arm is here." Taiyang looked very happy, it was this kind of happiness you have when you can make other people even more happier.
"Really?!" Yang sprang up, sitting now vertically on her bad, she could almost feel her blood rushing thru her veins, new found energy pulsing around in her.
"It came just a couple of minutes ago… I will let you alone so you can put it on, but if you need any kind of help don't hesitate to ask, ok?" Taiyang stood up from the chair he was sitting on and slowly walked out of the room.
Now Yang was alone once again with her thought… and Astaroth.
"Well, well it finally came, won't you thank me for reminding you of having such a chance? ..." Astaroth asked with an ironic tone in his voice.
"…" Yang remained silent.
"Ohh before I forget it your love interest Miss Belladonna is doing well, if I needed to judge she surpassed you by far." Astaroth really sounded like he wanted to tease Yang.
"That's good but tell her that I will surpass her with my new arm right away!" Yang sounded energetic and pumped up.
"That's good to hear, now I will need to make my way to Mistral if you don't mind… and I know you don't mind." This were Astaroth last words for Yang until now, now she really was alone with herself.
Yang got up, out of her bed, and grabbed the arm. It was fully out of metal and had yellow stripes on it, it looked really fabulous. There also was a note attached top its palm, around the ring finger. Yang opened the little card and stated to read- Greetings, Yang. It's me Weiss, I actually talked with Ironwood about your arm, so you better thank me. But when you activate the arm it will connect itself with your bone, I know it sounds scary and painful, but trust me it is worth it. I miss you very much, please say Ruby I written you. Your dearly Weiss. Well it really was Weiss who wrote the letter so much was clear. But she actually got scared a bit over the fact that the arm would connect itself with her bone. Yang inspected the arm a bit closer and could see a little metal needle. It was as sharp as Ruby's scythe or even sharper, Yang thought.
"Well there isn't a way around it…" Yang said in a muffled voice.
And so she held the robotic arm onto her right lost arm area. The arm activated and the needle elongated itself and Yang could feel the cold needle drilling into her arm. First of all it drilled thru her skin, into the flesh which was still at the elbow area. As Yang figured before it would be the most immense pain she ever felt in her life before and she was right. After a couple of painful seconds the needle reached its destination, her bone. The needle stopped for quite some time to scan the surprisingly clean cut bone. After it scanned the area it drilled a bit further into the middle of the bone so the arm got stabilization.
Of course Yang could feel this pain once again. "Aaaaahhhhh…!" Yang screamed and fell to the floor, onto her knees.
"Yang is everything alright?!" Taiyang rushed into the room and searched for Yang for a second before he found her at the floor.
"It's alright…" Yang answered sweating and breathing heavily out of pain.
"Come… I will help you up?" Taiyang held his hand to Yang. But to his surprise Yang grabbed his hand with her dominant hand, her right on.
"It's, it's working!" Yang screamed rushing up with the help of her father.
And it really was working, the arm finally calibrated itself with Yang and now she could use it with her thoughts, just like a real arm.
"can you open your hand… please." Taiyang said in a pain filled voice. His hand, he offered, was still holding Yang's and she was squeezing his like a rubber ball.
"Oh shit… are you alright dad?" Yang snapped out of her joy.
"Luckily you didn't break a bone… But that's not important right now you have a new arm!" Now Taiyang was also out of his mind, out of happiness.
"What do we do now?" Yang asked scratching the back of her head with her left arm.
"I make us something to eat and you will test your arm a bit." Taiyang had a bright smile on his face, a smile he didn't have for a very long time on his face.
"ok, let's do it!" Yang turned around to her wardrobe and shushed her dad out of the room.
Taiyang got out of the room and before he left he said "Please don't destroy anything to important."
Yang simply answered with "Who do you think I am?"
"Exactly." And with that he closed the door.
Yang dressed herself in her normal outfit and the robotic arm worked perfectly. Yang looked down at it, to see if there is a weapon attached or not, there wasn't. But then she reminded herself at the fact that her father wanted to build with her the new weapons, or better the new Amber Celica for the right arm. But reminding herself at the weapons Yang questioned herself if her aura and semblance would work with that arm and there was only one way to find out, a field test. This field test needed to wait for tomorrow because dinner was nearly ready and today should be the day of forging her new weapons. Yang thought about this a bit longer, the memories of her forging the Amber Celicas for the first time, testing them and making them to what they were. This was in the past she got an upgrade and so should her weapons. After all she wanted to catch up with Blake, punching the fact into her mind that running away is not a solution. Fear is never a good advisor, but some fears are natural and these are the real dangers which are scaring you mindless, like the darkness or the unknown.
"Dinner is ready!" Taiyang yelled thru the house.
"OK!" Yang yelled back, walking down the stairs into the dinning room, it was really surprising how fast he could create a meal that's not only tasty but also good looking.
"I see, it is working good if I needed to guess?" Taiyang said while pointing at the chair for Yang.
"It looks great, as always. And yes it is really working well, I never thought that our technology is that far." Yang responded looking at the cooked chicken and salad with dressing.
"Thank you. Do you think we can start forging after we have eaten up?" Taiyang really looked excited, even more than Yang would have thought.
"Well of course, let me guess you already mad a plan?" Yang thought smiling at him.
"Yes, how did you know?" Taiyang said in an ironic tone. "First we need to replicate your original Amber Celicas and then we can upgrade them, I thought about flamethrowers?" Taiyang looked at Yang with one eye closed and the other one half way, almost teasing her.
"It does sound good… but please keep it simple, for my sake." Yang responded, already knowing about the crazy ideas he has.
"I wish Ruby was here…" Yang added a bit sad.
"Me too… but she knows what she is doing, even if I don't support her. I will never go against her. The same goes for you, my dear." Taiyang now sounded a bit more restrained.
"So that's why you didn't follow her?" Yang had now also finished up eating. She got up the table, gathered the dishes and carried them into the kitchen.
"But now enough of that lets go forging… I think our old smithy is still working." Taiyang got his dishes and now stood next to Yang who was cleaning her dishes. Of course Taiyang cleaned his, after they were both finished they turned around got outside and walked behind their house. Whrer the smithy awaits them and a friendly crow the smithy awaits them and a friendly crow too.
As always i hoped you liked this chapter and if you got critic for me i would be thankful.
Florian out.