Chapter 13: Relic Recovery
Ren, Lotus and Fox were walking through Mistral. The walked in the direction of the Citadel location. Ren was filling Fox in on his mission.
"Okay, so let me get this straight. The relic was stolen, Lionheart sent you to retrieve it and you speculated that the reason he did so was because you have been possessed by some destructive and deadly power?" Fox asked.
"That's about the gist of it, yes." Ren said.
"What did you say that it was called?" Fox asked.
"The Yami no tenshi."
"Yami no tenshi? That's uh…. Angel of Darkness right?" Fox asked. Ren looked at Fox in minor surprise.
"I didn't know you spoke Tsubakenese." Ren said. (My name for the Remnant version of Japanese)
"My dad taught me. Said something about ladies liking a man who speaks a second language." Fox said. Ren chuckled.
"Was he correct?"
"No he wasn't. It did help me with some extra lien as a translator." Fox said with a chuckle.
"That's good. At least you get something out of it." Ren said.
"Way to see it on the positive side." Fox said. The three (Lotus) continued their walk to the citadel. They manage see a semi gigantic pagoda straight ahead.
"Think that's the citadel?" Fox asked. Ren walks forward and saw a sign that said, 'シタデル'.
"Yea, this is it." Ren confirmed.
"I saw the sign." Fox said. Ren looked at him with yet another confused look.
"Wait, you can see?" Ren asked.
"Not really." Fox replied.
"Then how did you read the sign?" Ren asked.
"I use echolocation in order to see things. The words aren't written on the sign though. They're attached so I can read it." Fox explained.
"That's an impressive use echolocation." Ren said.
"Growing up in Vacuo with blindness will do that to you. Seriously, having blindness is like a death sentence there." Fox said. Ren chuckled at that. The three walked to the Citadel and walk through the door. Inside of the Citadel were pillars holding the place up, multiple floors and multiple paintings.
Fox whistled, then he waits 3 seconds.
"This place looks like something out of Fullmetal Nephilim."
"How do you-" As if knowing he'll answer, he stopped to let Fox answer.
"Velvet likes anime and she describes the scenes to me, this was one of the season 2 settings." Fox said. Ren walked over to one of the paintings.
"Season 2 episode 27. It's nice of Velvet to describe the anime to you." Ren said.
"Yea, she's sweet like that. Mind if I take some pictures? Velv will be pissed." Fox explained.
"She'll be mad if you don't take the pictures?" Ren asked.
"No, she'll be mad because of the pictures. One, because she's not here to do so. Also, because I'm blind. So she'll think I have no clue what I'm taking pictures of." Fox said, chuckling afterwards. Ren chuckled.
"Go ahead." Ren said. Fox smirked and pulls out his scroll. Ren walked over to another set of paintings. There were four paintings. They were of the seasons. Spring, Fall, Winter and Summer.
They also had labels underneath them.
知識 was under the spring painting. 創造 was under Winter. 選択 was under Fall, and 破壊 was under Summer.
"Knowledge, Creation, Choice and Destruction." Ren read. He then remembered that those were the names of the Relics. But why were they under these painting.
Lotus began sniffing the ground. He then scratches at the floor and walks off. Ren noticed this and followed behind.
Lotus lead him to a wall and began to scratch at it.
"Hey Fox." Ren called. Fox takes a picture of a vase with dragons on it before turning and walking to Ren.
"What's up?" Fox asked.
"Lotus found something. I think it's behind this wall." Ren said.
"How do we get through?" Fox asked.
"Look around for something." Ren said. Fox nods and began to look around.
Lotus sniffs at the ground again and began to look as well.
Ren began to search in the area he was just at. He looked at the paintings. There was something about the spring painting that was shouting at him.
That's when he saw it. The spring painting was slanted. It wasn't perfectly on the wall like the others.
Ren walks to it and fixes the painting. A click was heard. Looking back at the wall, he sees it open revealing a secret passageway. Fox and Lotus hear it and walk towards the now open wall.
"What'd you do?" Fox asked.
"I straighten the painting back there, I guess that's how you open this passageway." Ren answered.
"That was it? Do the people who designed this know how easy it is for that to be discovered by mistake?" Fox asked.
"This place is normally well guarded, so it makes sense, but we should still proceed with caution." Ren said.
"I'm right behind you." Fox said.
The three went down the path. Little did they know, a scorpion faunus and a large man following behind them. Those two didn't know of the chameleon faunus following behind them.
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Jaune woke up and stretched his arms and legs. As he awakened, he saw felt his head and realized the bandage was still on. He takes it off and gets out of his bed. Feeling sore, he goes to the bathroom to take a warm shower.
Upon entering the bathroom, he notices an empty bottle of samurai shampoo in the trash can, meaning Ren was in here recently.
"Heh, Ren, for someone who's not a morning person, he sure gets things done early." Jaune said to himself. He takes his armor off and proceeds to do the same with his hoodie, before a knock was on his door. His hoodie was already only on his arms by the time he heard the knocking. He places it on the sink and walks out of the bathroom. He then proceeds to open the door.
Weiss was on the other side.
"Hey Weiss. What's up?" Jaune asked. She had an envelope in her hand.
"This was at the foot of your door. It's got your name on it, so I think it's for you." Weiss said handing him the envelope.
"Really? Thanks." Jaune said taking it and opening it up. He takes out a folded piece of paper and read it. Not out loud though.
Jaune's face slowly went from neutral to slightly upset. He lets out a sigh, crumbles the paper up and throws it in the trash right beside the door, shocking Weiss.
"Wait, Jaune." She called as Jaune walked away from the door, prompting it to close. Weiss used her foot to stop the door. She sees Jaune walking into the bathroom and closing the door. She looks in the trash can, takes out the crumbled up piece of paper.
The first few words made her flinch.
Dear Jaune
Or should I refer to you as what you will always be. A disappointment.
Those first few words made were too painful to read, but she kept doing so anyway. But she did so, outside of the room letting the door close behind her.
Yet another useless letter filled with useless information from a useless son. Funny, I find it amazing how with a legacy as great as your father's and grandfather's, you still haven't upheld their name. But, what would I expect from someone like you. I'm glad your sisters didn't became hunters too. One disappointment is enough.
Sincerely, Julia Arc.
P.S, I had so much faith in you when you started. Now I'm more disappointed than ever. If your father was here he'd be just as disappointed.
Weiss couldn't believe what she just read. This was Jaune's mother. No wonder Jaune looked heartbroken. She was gonna knock again to see if Jaune was alright, but a thud and shattering glass stopped that process. This made Weiss figure that Jaune needs some time to himself to calm down and/or realize his anger. And with that, she left but looked back at their door.
"You're not a disappointment Jaune. You've proved that to us." She said walking away.
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Jaune sat on the toilet, looking at the ground whilst gripping his head. Sadness, anger, heartbreak. All emotions he was feeling right now. His mother, disappointed in him. Calling him useless. And now his hand was bleeding and there was a broken mirror. Jaune watched as the blood from his hand dripped onto the floor. He releases his head and looked at his armor. He grits his teeth, and turns the shower on.
A few minutes later, Jaune walks out of the shower with his clothes and armor on. He then walks to the door and walks out.
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Ren, Fox and Lotus continued to walk down the path. It was very dark. But with Lotus's nose, Ren's perception and Fox's echolocation, they prevailed.
"This place is really dark." Ren said.
"Try being blind." Fox responded.
"I'm blind at the moment, does that count?" Ren said.
"Meh, close enough." Fox said. Ren sees a light towards the end of the path. Lotus sniffs the ground and then starts to growl.
"Pooch thinks something's down there." Fox said.
"I've got a bad feeling as well." Ren said grabbing his StormFlower. Fox does the same with his blades.
"Stay here, I'll scout ahead. You too Lotus." Ren said. Lotus barks in acknowledgement. Ren steps further into the light and finds himself in a large room. The room was so large it looked like the inside of a four story house with no upper floors.
Ren stepped further and stepped into the middle of the room and felt the need to look down. Upon looking down, he sees a glass like area with a heptagonal object with some kind of symbol on it inside.
"Is this, the-" Ren stopped talking upon feeling something off. Instinct told him to rolled to the side and he did exactly that.
He avoided a kunai behind thrown at him.
He rolled onto his feet. And turned around to see a masked hyena Faunus charging at him with tekko kagi.
She attempts to slice Ren, only for the Lotus ninja to deflect each of the slashes and kicking her away.
Hearing the slashes, Fox and Lotus run into the room to see a hyena Faunus with the bottom half of her face covered.
He then headed an 'Rrraww!' Come from a male. He turns around where he heard two feet plant firmly to the ground as if someone had jumped and landed.
Before he could figure out what that was, he was victim to a punch, obviously a hook, to his left side and a reverse heel kick to the same side of his face. He ducks under the Crescent kick that followed up.
Fox throws a downward elbow followed by a left straight punch. Both were blocked, but he felt the attacker stumble. So he moved in for another attack. As did his attacker.
Lotus watched as Ren and the unknown assailant went back and forward. That's when he smelled another animal. Growling, he runs towards the smell, and soon he saw a hyena running towards the fight.
Lotus ran over and pounced on said hyena. Knocking it off course.
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Inside of the dark path. Tyrian and Hazel looked into the room from a distance. They see the fight going on. Tyrian grits his teeth.
"No! That Lotus comes with me!" He shouted as he activated his wrist blades and ran towards the room.
"Wait Tyrian!" Hazel started, before realizing who useless talking to him would be. So he just ran after him.
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Ren kicks back his assailant causing her to slide back.
"Who are you?" Ren demanded.
"Talk later!" Kim-Ly answered. She throws another kunai at him. Ren rolls out of the way and hears the kunai get knocked away. Knowing that didn't come from him, he turns to see who did it. He sees Tyrian flip over his head and run towards Kim-Ly. Tyrian attacks, throwing very hard to dodge and block attacks. He then uses his tail to sweep her leg. He then grabs her leg and throws her into the wall.
Tyrian changes targets to Ren. He strikes with his tail, which Ren managed to dodge. He ten strikes with his wrist blades. Ren blocked most of them and attempts to kick him back. But his leg as grabbed. Ren was thrown into the wall on the opposite side.
Fox blocks a kick to his face, and hits Marc with a jumping knee. Knocking him to the ground. He then runs towards Ren, who had just recovered.
Tyrian's laugh was heard.
"Hey! Who are you?!" Marc asked as he got back up.
"Who I am only matters to one person. And that's you young Lotus." Tyrian said pointing to Ren.
"Me?" Ren asked in confusion. "I thought it was Ruby you were after."
"The queen has taken quite an interest in you. And I don't plan on disappointing her again." Tyrian said.
"Just come with us and no one has to get hurt." Hazel said.
"Kobura wants the Lotus with him. So, I'd advise that the two of you don't interfere." Kim-Ly said. Tyrian smirked.
[Cue- Epic Japanese Music- Samurai Warrior]
"That snake will remain in the grass then." Tyrian said. He moves fast. Rushing Ren, he twists to the right as he throws his weight into a slash at him with his left wrist blades. It is deflected by the StormFlower. Tyrian easily comes round to attack with his right blades. His attack is once again deflected and Tyrian steps back from Ren, his momentum carrying him.
Ren quickly turns around and throws the StormFlower. At Kim-Ly, who dodges it. It bounces off of the wall and Ren caught it as Tyrian dove at him. Tyrian recovers and ran at him along with Kim-Ly.
Fox heard footsteps running past him. Knowing who that was, he trips him.
Marc quickly front flips onto his feet and turns to Fox and runs at him. Fox runs back. Fox throws a punch, Marc throws a kick and the two of them clashed. They both slide back and charge back at at each other. Fox throws an axe kick in his direction. Marc dodges out of the way and ends up behind Fox. Marc throws a barrage of kicks in his direction. The first two hit him in his back, the next were blocked.
Marc performed a somersault kick, Fox blocked it with his blades and grabbed his foot. Trips him and throws him towards the wall.
Hazel ran towards him, grabs him by the torso, picks him up and slams him to the ground. Fox rolls onto his feet and faced his second attacker.
Fox spun his blades to face Hazel. He ran over to attack. Slashing at Hazel, his attacks were dodged. He aimed at his neck, but Hazel caught it. Marc hops onto Fox's blade, and side kicks Fox in the face. As Fox flew back, Marc front flipped to his feet and changed targets to Hazel.
Hazel dodges a roundhouse kick and a follow up reverse heel kick. Blocks another few kicks, and three punches. The last punch was caught, and Hazel brought his fist up and hits Marc in the back of his head, sending him face first into the ground. Fox jumps back into the fight.
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Ren jumps over Tyrian as he struck at Kim-Ly. Seeing Ren flip over him, he uses his Wrist Blades to keep Kim-Ly at bay and used his tail to strike Ren. Ren dodges. Tyrian sweeps Kim-Ly's legs and she flips over him. Landing on the opposite of Ren, leaving Ren in between them. She strikes at Ren, but Ren blocks it, pushes her back, and Roundhouse kicks her in the face. She spins back and stumbled. Ren turns to Tyrian and slashed at him. Tyrian dodges to the sides, spins around and shoots at him. Ren moves out of the way, causing him to shoot at Kim-Ly. Kim-Ly spun her Kusari-Fundo, blocking the bullets. She then launches it at Ren, wrapping it around his left wrist. Luckily, his new gauntlets kept them from hurting.
Tyrian flips into the air and brings down his wrist blades in an attempt to hit Ren. Seeing this coming, Ren moves the chain of the Kusari-Fundo in front of him, causing Tyrian to cut through that.
Shocked, Kim-Ly looks at her now broken chain, Giving Ren enough time to take the weighted end wrapped around his fist and throw it at her face.
Kim-Ly is hit in the face and stumbles back as she watched Ren and Tyrian exchange blows. She glares at Ren and attempts to use her semblance. However, her targets didn't show up. She groans and throws them anyway. Ren and Tyrian performed backflips in order to avoid them.
Ren and Fox were back to back. They look at each other, nod and switch.
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With a pair of White wings, Brock flew to the top of the Citadel. He looks down and smirked.
Wearing black neckerchief, a tan t-shirt, a pair of black cargo pants, black combat boots and a sack at his side, he reaches into his sack and brings it back out, revealing his fist wrapped in thick glass.
He then zooms down punching through the roof and everything else to reach the bottom.
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Ren clashed with Tyrian, both of them trying to push each other back.
"You've gotten stronger. You'd make a valuable ally." Tyrian said.
"Over my dead body." Ren said. He then hears something coming down fast. Tyrian heard it two. They both moved back and a winged man crashed through the ceiling and hit directly where they were standing. The glass surrounded his fist shattered and he quickly charges Ren. Pinning him by the neck against the wall.
"You better be a challenge." He said as he throws Ren to the ground. Fox tries to go help him, but Brock flapped his wings and a bunch of glass shards flew his way. A large shard hits him in the forehead as he shielded himself with his blades causing him to bleed from there.
He turns to Ren, who attacks him. Ren is easily subdued and grabbed by the neck. He is hoisted off his feet.
"Kobura needs to have a word with you, whether you like it or not." He said as he squeezed.
"A pity he asked for you alive, I'd enjoy piercing your pathetic-" Brock was interrupted by Ren shooting his face. Blinding him. He then got lashed in the back by an electric whip. He turns around to see Ilia with said whip in her hand.
"Ilia. Run!" Ren said. Ilia ignored him and got ready to fight. She lashes at Brock, but his wings and arms blocked them. She strikes again but he disappears. Ilia looks around but didn't see him. That's when Kim-Ly attacked.
Hearing her coming. Ilia defended herself against her. That's when Kim-Ly reverse heel kicked her. Which turned her around.
She turns directly into Brock, who had glass around his knuckles in the form of back of the hand claws, and stuck her in the left side of her torso.
Ilia looked in shock as he pulled the claw out.
"No!" Ren shouted. Ilia falls down, Fox rushes over and catches her. Brock brings up a sea of glass and sends it in Fox's direction. Fox used himself to cover Ilia. Using most of his aura to shield his back, he received cuts all over both his arms.
Ren runs over and throws a rage fuelled punch to the side of Brock's face. Sending him into the wall.
"Fox. Get Ilia out of here!" Ren ordered. He looked to see Kim-Ly and Marc running his way. Ren's black wings ripped through his tailcoat, and the third eye appeared on his forehead. But his scleras remained normal, and no dragon ink appeared.
"What about you!?" Fox said.
"I'll buy you some time!" Ren said. Ren the laser from his head in a horizontal line. Hitting Kim-Ly and Marc.
Brock recovers from the wall and throws a kick to Ren's torso. Ren back dashes away from it, and retaliates with a reverse heel kick. Brock catches it and forms a doorway that was seemingly made of glass. He trips Ren and spins him before throwing him into that doorway, revealing that it was a portal. He goes through the portal as well. The portal shatters and lands on the ground.
Tyrian and Hazel looked in shock as that happened.
Kim-Ly and Marc took their shock as a chance to escape and did so via smoke pellets.
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Neo walked through the forest with a slight glum expression on her face. She still had not gotten over what happened to Roman. She tried coping with her loss by leaving Cinder's faction and finding a place to get her mind off of what happened. But knowing that her partner in crime was gone, it was not easy to do.
She hears a loud crashing come from behind her. She turns and goes to investigates. Making sure to keep her umbrella close as a just in case.
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Ren was on his hands and knees with a collapsed tree behind him. He was dazed but not severely hurt. He looked back at the portal to see Brock flip through it and sent shards of glass in his direction. Ren quickly stands to his feet and evades said shards. Brock sends more shards in his direction. Ren backflips to avoid them, and then used his wings to fly backwards towards the trees. He then runs, using the trees to hide him.
Brock sniffs the air as he stopped sending the glass shards his way.
"You think you can hide from this nose kid?" Brock said. One of Ren's StormFlower was thrown at him. He moves out of the way, causing it to land in a tree. Ren drops from the sky, using his wings to pick up speed, and attempts to land on him. Moving out of the way, Brock rolls to avoid the concussive force.
Brock attacked Ren as he turned around, Ren was met with a fist to his face, followed by being grabbed by the neck and hoisted off of his feet.
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Nora woke up stretching. As she woke up, she looked at Ren's bed, but saw that he wasn't there. She got up and took her scroll out. She dials Ren's number.
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Ren's scroll started to vibrate. Brock smirked and reached into Ren's pocket and pulled it out.
He looks at the contact.
"Nora Valkyrie? Looks like your little girlfriend is concerned for you. I bet you'd like to see her again. How about I take you to her?"
"You stay away from my friends you son of a bitch." Ren said.
"I see you've met my mother. You know, I'll let you see her again. You'll be watching me as I take her flesh and peel it off one by One!" Brock said sadistically as he crushed Ren's scroll. The Dragon ink started to appear on his face as he became enraged. A laser fired from his forehead and hits Brock, prompting him to let go.
Blinded, Brock steps back. He looks at Ren who was on his knees, gritting as his the ink started to appear on his left side. Brock looked around, this is when he saw a girl with pink and brown hair staring at him. She was probably there when they started fighting.
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That man looked directly at Neo as she watched what had just happened. The white winged man rushed her, not giving her enough time to react.
He grabbed her and lifted her off her feet.
"Well well. Look what we have here. A little spy. Looks like it's my lucky day." He said as he spawned some black gases from your arm.
"There's no guarantee you'll live from this. But that's a sacrifice that I am willing to make." He said bringing his hand back. Neo braced herself.
Before Brock could do what he was about to do, Ren's other StormFlower pierced through his hand. Which brought pain, and deactivated the black gases.
"What the-" He said looking back at Ren. Ren's scleras were pitch black. His Yami no Tenshi subconscious was in control now.
Brock growls and throws the StormFlower to the ground.
"You're seriously getting on my nerves kid." Brock said releasing Neo and turning to Ren.
[Cue- Tekken 6- Fallen Colony]
"Be a challenge, will ya? I'd appre-" Before he could finish, Ren ran over and uppercuts him, and then punches downward. Ren then hits him with a powerful three punch combo, quickly follows with a front kick and then grabs him and throws him head first into the ground.
Brock quickly uses his wings to recover. As he stood to his feet he laughed.
"Now This is what I call a fight!" He said as Ren shot a laser from his head. Brock flew upwards to avoid it. Ren rubs his head in pain. Brock comes down with glass surrounding his hands and lands it on Ren's back. The glass spirals around his fist and cuts into Ren. Luckily, his aura prevented it from going through his skin too far. Unluckily, it still pierced his skin.
Brock throws Ren into the air and hits him in the torso twice. The glass piercing his stomach each strike. Then he slams him to the ground. Ren recovers and looks at him whilst holding his pained stomach.
Brock spiraled his hands around and formed what looked up like a ball of Lightning. He then punches it at him. Ren used his left wing to deflected it. Brock does the same with his foot, but Ren ducked underneath it. He tackles Brock and punched him whilst pinning him down. Each punch leaving a crater in the ground. Ren then picks him up, throws him into the air, flies up and then punches him towards the ground. Brock flies to the ground with lots of speed and Ren flew after him.
Brock hits the ground and bounced back up to his feet. He hears Ren come after him. Brock brings up a glass wall, Ren's flying foot made contact with it, but instead of breaking it, it pushed him back, then shattered.
"Ha, try again." He taunted. He snaps his fingers and lightning struck next to him. When the lightning disappeared, a Kumiho (Korean nine tailed Fox) made of glass appeared, and it was 5' 7" on all fours. It ran to Ren and began its assault. It cuts Ren in the torso with its front claw and ended up behind him. Ren turns around only to be victim to more slashes and cuts from the Kumiho. The final move was when the Kumiho resembled that of a boarbatusk's spin dash, cutting Ren up and down, pushing him back. Ren was drenched in his own blood, but was far from out of the fight and stood up in less than a second. The Kumiho lunged at him, only to be grabbed by the neck by Ren and thrown at his summoner. Upon hitting Brock, the kumiho shatters against him.
"What?! Impo-" Brock was interrupted by a punch to his nose, stunning him. Ren then grabbed him by neck and slams him face first into the ground. Ren used his wings to fly whilst dragging Brock's face against the ground before flying into the air.
Ren flies to an open meadow and slams Brock to the ground, who still flips to his feet. As Brock stood up, he saw a silver orb the size of a human head with black aura illuminating from it and surrounding it.
Ren had no idea what that was, but his subconscious did and since it was in control, he went for it. As did Brock.
The two of them clash. Brock punches Ren back, flies up and double stomps onto the orb breaking it. The black aura started to surround him. Ren flies into the air and spins down to the ground and spun back up towards Brock's torso. His spinning caused some damage, and it also caused the aura to transfer from Brock to him as he appeared on the other side.
"What!? Are you kidding me?" Brock asked in shock. Ren slammed his fist to the ground and the aura exited his fists and traveled towards Brock in a jumping manner. When the aura reached him, he was frozen as the aura wrapped around him and evaporated, turning him into glass. Ren rushed over, grabbed him by the forehead, and crushed his head completely. The headless glass statue returned to normal flopped over.
Ren turned around and began to walk away. However, his consciousness was regained, and he began to limp. He looked down to see that he was covered in his own blood. He only makes it twenty five feet before he passed out. Once he was out, his body started healing the cuts. But it was one cut at a time.
Two men wearing red and black clothing walked to Ren's unconscious body. One of them, a lightly tanned male with brown hair and a red headband going over his right eye with a rifle in his hand looked behind him to see Raven.
"This one's still breathing." He said. Raven walks closer and saw Ren covered in his own blood. He face went into one of near shock.
"Oh boy, Aiel is gonna have a field day with this one." Raven said.
"Aiel? The medic?" The first one asked.
"We're helping him?" The other asked.
"I owe him one. Quickly, before he loses more blood." Raven said. The two bandits make a stretcher and place Ren on it. They walked off with him on it. Raven looked back to see Brock's dead body. She saw the badger ink disappear from his body. She continued walking with her two tribe members. What she didn't see was black aura emerge from Brock's body and made its way to Ren. Upon reaching Ren, it lands on him and disappears.
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Nora types in Ren's scroll again in a blind panic. The first time she called, it rang a few times and went to voicemail, but the next few times, Ren's scroll went straight to voicemail.
Ruby woke up and stretched. She looked at Nora to see her with a panicked look on her face.
"Nora, is everything alright?" Ruby asked.
"Ren's not answering his scroll and it keeps going straight to voicemail and he's also not here and I'm very very very worried that something might have happened to him and-"
"Whoa, Nora. Calm down. What happened?" Ruby asked.
"Ren's scroll isn't on. It keeps going straight to voicemail." Nora said.
"Well, his scroll could just be off." Ruby said.
"Ruby. Ren never turns his scroll off. Never." Nora said. Ruby thought about it. She did have a point. Not at any point has Ren's scroll ever been off. Even late at night.
"Well you have a point there." Ruby said. A knock happened on the door. Ruby goes over and opened it and saw Blake and Yang at the door.
"I need to talk to Ren." They both said. The two of them then looked at one another.
"He's not here." Ruby said. Blake and Yang grimaced.
"Well where is he?" They asked at the same time again. The looked at each other, glaring this time.
"Why do you need to see him?" Again at the same time.
"That's between the two of us."
"Stop that!" They said, now annoyed that they've been saying the same thing at the same time.
"Um… Is this a bad time?" Oscar's voice asked. Weiss was behind him as she was the first to hear the news from him.
"No, do you need something?" Ruby asked.
"I have to inform you that the Relic has been stolen."
"What?!" Nora and Ruby exclaimed.
"When I went to receive it, it wasn't there." Oscar said.
"Wait a minute. Does Lionheart know about the Yummy no tent she?" Nora asked. Confused looks occurred throughout the room.
"I think she meant Yami no Tenshi." Ozpin said.
"Do you mean Yami no Tenshi?" Oscar asked.
"Yes yes, that. Does Lionheart know about that?" Nora asked.
"Yes he does." Oscar said.
"What does that have to-"
"Lionheart probably sent Ren to get it back. He know he possessed that power." Nora said. Everyone took a minute to process that and found out that it made sense.
"That actually makes sense." Yang said.
"Why isn't he back yet? And why hasn't Lionheart told us?" Ruby asked. Everyone was silent. Soon, Ruby's scroll vibrate.
It was from Coco.
'Hey, have you guys seen Fox?'
'No, afraid not.'
'He's been gone since this morning. We're a little worried.'
'Ren's gone too.'
'Check out these pictures of Velvet.' Coco's text said. Ruby received three pictures. One was of Velvet in Fox's jacket, which had the sleeves seemingly ripped off, and a black fox yin yang symbol.
The second one was of her turning to look at who took the picture, and the last one was of her running to coco. Ruby screenshots them and looked at her team.
"Guys, Fox is gone too." Ruby said.
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Cinder walks into the room with Salem. Who had just finished talking to Lionheart.
"You wanted to see me?" Cinder asked.
"Yes. I have located the spring maiden. Thanks to a little birdy who told Lionheart that the spring maiden is with Raven's tribe. Cinder. Take your team and convince Raven Branwen that the survival of her people depends on her cooperation Once you have Spring under control, escort her to the Relic and contact Hazel. The White Fang was promised the destruction of Haven, and they'll have it once we have what we need." Salem said. Cinder's face clearly showed one of unhappiness.
"Is there something wrong?" Salem asked.
"I don't understand. Working with bandits? Keeping Ruby alive? What's the point? We're strong enough to take what we want by force!" Cinder asked.
"Never underestimate the usefulness of others. Take Leonardo; he was one of Ozpin's most trusted, and yet now…" Salem started. Cinder looked away for a moment. "You will have the power I promised you, when the time is right. But remember that it comes with a cost. If Ruby Rose has learned to harness her gift, then you must take care to protect yours. There's only so much I can do to aid you." Salem finished. A seer appears next to Salem and a smoke-like substance contained in the head of the Seer Grimm shifts to form an image of Tyrian.
"My grace. We have… We have a problem." Tyrian said in a help me manner.
"Explain. Now." She said.
"Another Yami no Tenshi possessor interfered. And he disappeared." Tyrian said. Salem looked away and thought. Cinder was exiting the room.
"Cinder." She called. Cinder turned back to look at her. "Before you leave, I need to inform you about the Yami no Tenshi."
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Oh, my fucking GOD THOSE FIGHT SCENES HURT TO TYPE! Seriously, the fight scenes and the transitions make this a pain to type.
Anyways, guess who's winning the Harem votes?
Hint: It's Raven.
Top 4 so far:
Raven- 8
Blake- 7
Yang- 6
Ilia- 5
The 4 runner ups are:
Ruby- 4
Neo and Nora- tied for 3
Coco- 2
And Arslan- 1
I also realized that I made a mistake in the last chapter. The second voting option is actually sort of contest. The name for Ren's new gauntlets. Who can make the best name?
My personal three names are the Devil's Rose, the Archangel's Eclipse, and Falling Sky. If you have no better name, vote on these.
And finally, sadly only one person voted for Fox's semblance. The three options are Concussive Force, Defense Reduction, and Via Kitsune, and Via Kitsune got the one vote. (Via Kitsune is like Sun's semblance replaced with a nine tailed fox, or a Kitsune)
Make Predictions for the next chapter. You might be surprised when the next chapter pops ups.
And with that, I'm out.