Chapter 13: The Anomaly
Fortuna Archives
1:30 pm
The Storyteller was known for not just predicting how the lives of individuals were to play out, he always wrote them down in books and stored them in a massive superstructure he called his "archives". Inside were the books that detailed the lives of every individual in existence, even those not born yet. The archives also carried vaults where he stored books that he had considered anomalies, in which the person after their death was confirmed, he continued to write the story when he was supposed to stop.
But there was one book that he had locked away that had concerned him...
Vault 13
He opened the vault and looked at the book, in which it was pale white with a single rose on it. He remember that this book was the only one that he had considered to be an anomaly, as the woman it was about was presumed dead after an assignment. It was the book of Summer Rose, mother to Ruby Rose, and before he had even touched its surface, he heard a sinister cackle, quickly summoning his longsword Fateweaver's Repute...
" Who's there?" The Storyteller said.
" Hehe, You are so slow old man." The female voice said.
The entity in the vault with him struck him into the podium, in which he struck it when it retaliated against him, knocking it out of the Vault. It tried to run away, only to be cornered outside the archives by The Storyteller, who did everything he could to try and kill the dark entity.
" Stay still, Abomination!" He said, swinging his sword angrily.
" Why? That'll spoil our fun." The entity said in a teasing tone.
" You are a disease that must be purged." The Storyteller said, striking the entity, who only seemed to enjoy it.
" Ooh, are you always this rough?" The entity said, striking him again.
The entity summoned a group of shades to fight the Storyteller only for him to slay them, in which he grew more angry with every attempt by the Entity for tormenting him...
" Show yourself, demon!" The Storyteller demanded.
" YOU DO NOT MAKE DEMANDS OF ME!" The entity screamed, hurling him across the courtyard.
The Storyteller impacted in the wall of one of the courtyard, and was shocked to learn that the entity attacking him was the shade of Katria, his former apprentice. She was now a Endarkened Wraith, a being of immense and terrible power. He immediately felt regretful, believing Alleecia's murdering of her was the push she needed to become this being of pure darkness, and she approached her weakened master...
" Katria, what have you become?" The Storyteller asked.
" I have become so much more than you, Storyteller." Katria said.
" You are insane, that's why I locked you away." The Storyteller said.
" No, you prevented my ascension to godhood, because I was more powerful than you." Katria remarked.
" You murdered your entire family in order to use their blood to better yourself." The Storyteller said.
" Their sacrifice would have achieved my rebirth, but you sabotaged the story." Katria said.
" Your story was never written that way, as its change was not done by my hand." The Storyteller said.
" You said no one should play with the laws of fate, and here you toy with them like a child." Katria said.
" I am an agent of the laws, and I have never broken them." The Storyteller said.
" That is a bullshit response from a foolish old man." Katria said.
" What are you planning?" The Storyteller inquired.
" I am planning to write a tale you could never change." Katria said.
" That's where you're wrong girl, Stories are my business alone." The Storyteller said, driving Fateweaver's Repute into the entity's chest.
" Not anymore." Katria said, striking the old man in the face.
Katria began to laugh as it was revealed she had blinded the Storyteller with that strike, rending his ability to predict how the world worked useless.
" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?" The Storyteller demanded.
" I have made the story much more interesting." Katria said. " I will destroy the life of that warrior who aided in my murder, that Xiao Long, as she had destroyed everything that I knew. This isn't what I desired, I am cursed because of that child. Cursed to live my life as this monster, so I will treat her as the same monster, by ripping everything she loves out of her life." She said.
" Ha, you are suffering a rage curse." The Storyteller said.
" Well Cassius, you have been afflicted with The Slave's affliction, so you are powerless." Katria said before disappearing.
The Storyteller was left alone by himself, while the mindless abomination that was his student had fled to carry out her goals of revenge against Yang for allowing her to fall to the Rage Curse Affliction, which had turned her into the very wraith that has blinded him. The Slave's affliction was a curse used by ancient magisters to control the slaves under their cruel rule, blinding them and rendering their semblances useless if they had one to use. Meanwhile in the real world, Weiss was about to ask Ruby an important question...
Team RWBY dorm
12:30 pm
After a few weeks, Ruby was up and about again, though she could not pick up anything heavy still and couldn't bend over to pick something up anymore, so she had to do a lot of crouching. Weiss was glad that her girlfriend was no longer confined to bed rest and could walk without suffering serious fatigue as a result. Yang went to Signal to continue her punishment that she had received from her father, while Blake was gone at the library to study.
" Wow, it's great that you are walking again." Weiss said.
" Yeah, being stuck in bed was boring." Ruby said.
" Well, it had it's advantages." Weiss said.
" Yeah, all those nights you were there to comfort me after a nightmare." Ruby pointed out.
" Well I care about you, so don't be surprised if I was right there after the nightmare." Weiss remarked.
" Hehe, true." Ruby responded.
" Anyway, I wanted to ask you something..." Weiss said.
" Yes?" Ruby said.
" Where do you see us going in the future?" Weiss asked.
" Huh, I really hadn't thought of that." Ruby said.
" Well, my father might leave me the company since Winter prefers the military life over the corporate life." Weiss said.
" True, I wonder what I'll because of this injur-eee!" Ruby said as she tripped walking towards Weiss.
Weiss raced to try and catch her girlfriend, only to notice a bright red aura surround her and balance her back into place. This had them both amazed...
" How did you do that?" Weiss asked.
" I don't know." Ruby responded.
" What kind of aura was that?" Weiss said.
" It felt...unworldly." Ruby said with a slight bit of shock in her voice. " Anyway, you were saying?" Ruby said.
" Well, I think I might have a solution in mind." Weiss said.
" Really?" Ruby asked.
" Will you be my wife when our time at school is over?" Weiss asked.
" Yes!" Ruby said, hugging Weiss.
There was a knock at the door, and Penny entered the room followed by Jack and Mark...
" Ruby, glad to see you're walking again." Penny said.
" Hey, Penny." Ruby said.
" So this is the badass chick you told us about." Jack said.
" Penny, who are your friends?" Weiss asked,
" Why hello ladies, my name is Mark and this is Jack." Mark said.
" Top of the morning to ya!" Jack said.
" I know you guys, you're famous on the Scroll-Tube." Ruby said with excitement.
" It's always nice to meet a fan! Specially such a tough one." Jack said.
" You think I'm tough?" Ruby asked.
" You survived a blade through the chest, that makes you a badass in our book." Mark said.
" Anyway, we brought you something." Penny said.
" What's that?" Ruby asked.
" Just something badass for a badass like you." Jack said.
Penny set the large box down, and pulled out Crescent Rose Marks 2 and 1 and turned Mk 2 on, revealing it's energy blade.
" Whoa!" Ruby said.
" This is your new Crescent Rose!" Penny said.
" It's lightweight and packs a serious punch!" Mark said.
" You won't break your back holding it, and that's a guarantee!" Jack said.
" It also has a powerful alternate SMG form for you to use." Penny said.
" If it helps, we've made you some instructional videos for you." Mark said.
" They're so you can use it...LIKE A BOSS!" Jack exclaimed.
" Really, thanks guys." Ruby said.
" Hehe, she is gonna be a great huntress after all." Weiss thought.
This was a joyous moment for Weiss, her girlfriend has just agreed to marry her after they graduate from Beacon. A few years later, that promise became a reality...
Morningstar Cathedral, Atlas
12 years later...
A much older Blake was standing outside the Grand Morningstar Cathedral on the day of Ruby and Weiss's wedding. The sun had begun to set, and people were inside it's grand ballroom celebrating the most recent union of the now-head of the Schnee Dust Company and her free-lance huntress wife. Yang walked out, wearing a long, golden dress made for her by Coco Adel, and was accompanied by Sun Wukong, who was dressed surprisingly nice.
" Hey Blake, you're missing a fun party." Sun said.
" Just needed some air." Blake said.
" Yeah, bunch of rich folks together does produce a lot of hot air." Yang said.
They had a laugh and Blake rejoined them inside, where they met up with their married teammates. The evening was proceeding good, with many familiar faces among the guests, such as Team CFVY, JNPR, and SSSN. Ruby and Weiss felt happy, without knowing the danger lurking in the shadows watching Yang...
" Enjoy the evening Xiao Long, for it will be your last." Katria said with a smirk.
This chapter concludes RWBY: Tainted Blood. I hope you all smash that favorite button like a boss, and continue to check out my fanfictions as they are released. There is a planned sequel for this story, in which Katria's plans of vengeance come into play, and Yang is forced on the run as she framed for murder and the attempted murder of a certain individual.
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