Chapter 26: Draco's lair

Victor woke up on his back with Blake asleep on his chest. He couldn't help but chuckle at the way she was asleep on top of him. She was curled up in a ball on top of his stomach. He carefully slid himself up as to not wake her and gently ran his fingers through her hair. "She's so beautiful." He thought as he continued to run his fingers through her hair.

Her ears flicked a little and he laughed quietly. He scratched behind her ears and she started to purr. Her eyes opened and she looked at him with a smile. "Good morning Victor." She yawned as she sat up to stretch. Victor wrapped his arms around her, allowing his hands to slide beneath her pajama top.

She placed her hands on the back of his neck as he started to kiss her neck. "How are you able to get your skin so soft?" Victor questioned as he held onto his love. "You really don't know how soft all of my skin is." She whispered in his ear.

"You are starting to make this very… difficult for me."

"You were trying to avoid using hard, weren't you?"

"I was."

There was a knock at the door and Victor got out of bed to answer it. He opened the door to find Weiss, dressed and ready to continue their research. "Where have you two been?" She questioned. "It is nearly 10 in the morning! What could you two possibly be…?" She trailed off and Victor turned around to see Blake out of bed and stretching, exposing the black underwear she was wearing. "I'll be in the library when you two are done with… what you were doing." Weiss proclaimed as she walked away.

Victor turned back to Blake, who tried to act innocent. "I'm going to take a shower." She proclaimed as she walked into the bathroom. "I should probably take one too." Victor sighed.

"There's plenty of room in here."

"Very funny. Take your shower dear."

Victor laid on his bed and waited for his turn in the shower. The sound of running water cut off and Victor got out of the bed. Blake walked in front of him in nothing but a towel wrapped around her body. "Shower's open." She proclaimed as he tried to scoot by her. He was able to slide into the shower and did what he needed to do.

Victor stepped out of the shower and noticed that he didn't grab a pair of boxers before coming in. "Blake is going to jump all over this one" He thought as he wrapped a towel around his waist. He walked out to see Blake, still in her towel, sitting on the dresser where his clothes were. He felt his face turn red as he knelt down to get to the drawer that held his clothes. Blake purposely hung her legs on front of the drawer, practically rubbing Victor's face with them.

Victor tried to fight the urge, but failed as he grabbed Blake's legs and started to kiss them. He slowly made his way to her knees and stood up to take her into his arms. He started to kiss her passionately and felt her arms wrap around his neck. He broke the embrace and whispered "I would love nothing more than to make you as happy as possible." Blake started kissing his neck and added "But?"

"But we have to find out where Draco is hiding and stop him."

He heard Blake sigh "You're right." She hopped off of the dresser and let Victor get his clothes. "We'll get to that point eventually Blake, I promise." Victor proclaimed as he put his boxers on. He picked up his shirt when he felt Blake wrap her arms around him. "I love you Victor." She proclaimed as she let him go.

"I love you too Blake."

"I would like to… apologize for my advances of late. I'm sort of… in heat."

"Wait… you're in heat?"

"Yes, it happens and I just become very… sexually driven."

"You get horny?"

"If you would like to put it that way then yes."

"That… actually explains a lot. Thank you for telling me."

He finished getting dressed and turned to Blake, who was ready to go. He wrapped her in a hug and kissed her. They two walked hand in hand to the library to find a very unhappy Weiss waiting on them. "It is about time you two decided to show up." She criticized. "We got a little… distracted." Blake exclaimed as she sat down and grabbed a book.

"I could tell from your wardrobe this morning."

Victor sat down and grabbed a book. "Did you find anything while we were gone?" Victor questioned as he scanned his book. "Nothing that can be helpful." Weiss answered. "Mainly just stories and myths." The three continued to read to find anything they could on Dracos for about an hour. Victor set his book down and thought "We're going about this all wrong. We need to find information specific to THIS Draco."

He got up and went to computer. "What are you looking for?" Blake questioned as she walked over to him. "Since we already have a general area of where Draco might be," Victor explained as he hit the keys "we need to try and figure out which ruin EXACTLY the Draco could be hiding in." He typed in 'Draco sightings' into the search engine and a few new articles popped up. He saw the article about the Draco at the docks and scrolled down to see if there were any other ones.

He saw one about a possible sighting over Vale, but it was written off as a Nevermore that flew too close to the city. There were no pictures to go with the article, so Victor had to write it off as well. He saw an article with a blurry picture of a winged beast that was claimed to be a Draco. "Does this one give us anything?" Weiss questioned as she read over Victor's shoulder. "The description given does match a Draco." Victor answered. "And this was taken near the mountains. So it is definitely something."

Blake walked over to the map and questioned "Where was the picture taken?"

"8 miles northeast of Mountain's Shadow. That's where the hunter that took this picture said it was."

"That's close to Castle Vladimir. Do you think that's where the Draco is hiding?"

"It's possible, but let's keep looking. Just to be sure."

Victor scrolled through the other articles, but none of them had any definitive proof that they saw something other than a Nevermore. "From what we've gathered," Victor summarized as he approached the map "Dracos like to inhabit ruins in mountainous terrain. We've got a reliable sighting with a picture closer to Castle Vladimir than any of the other ruins. This is all we have." Blake responded "Do you think it is enough to go after the Draco?"

"I think it's all we have."

"Then our next step is to prepare." Weiss proclaimed. "Isn't that our next step?" Blake agreed "I think she's right. We need to prepare to hunt this thing down." Victor responded "And we will, but not yet."

"What do you mean not yet?"

"Until we have more definitive proof and information about the Draco, we won't begin our hunt. What we have right now… it's more of a hunch than anything."

"So we are just going to sit here while that thing continues killing? Are you scared of going after this thing?"

Victor stood up and felt his anger start to bubble. "Do not confuse my caution for cowardice, Blake." He growled. "Until we know for sure where it is, we will continue searching for information." Victor closed his eyes and took a few breaths to calm himself down before reopening them to see a look of concern on Blake's face. "I'm sorry Blake." Victor apologized as he sat down. "I didn't mean to get angry with you." She knelt down in front of him and picked his face up to look at her. "It's okay." She accepted. "I forgive you."

Victor put his hand to hers and stared into her amber eyes. "I'm going to let you two have your moment." Weiss proclaimed as she slowly backed away. "I'm going to keep doing research." Weiss went to the computer and started typing away on the keys. Victor ended his and Blake's embrace and went back to reading. Victor didn't find anything very useful in the hour he used.

"You said your town had been attacked by the corrupted?" Weiss questioned. "Yeah, about fifty of them." Victor answered. "Why do you ask?"

"How many people were killed in this attack?"

"We were able to hold them off. No one was killed."

"Interesting."

"None, what are you getting at?"

"Look at this."

Victor and Blake went over to Weiss' computer to see she had a bunch of articles pulled up about the Corrupted attacks. "These Corrupted have been moving across Remnant in, what appears to be, a wave. Attacking any town they come across." Weiss proclaimed. "The weird thing that no civilians have been harmed in these attacks, only guards and hunters." Victor rubbed his chin in thought since he wasn't wearing his mask. "Why would the Corrupted only go for hunters and guards?" Blake questioned. "Because these are the pawns." Victor proclaimed.

Weiss and Blake looked at him with strange looks and he explained "Think of all of this as a game of chess. The pawns usually go first, weaken the main force. The Corrupted are the Draco's pawns and he's using them to get rid of as many hunters and guards as possible." Blake added "He's getting ready to start his war. He's taking out humanity's only hope of fighting back."

"Exactly. This monster is clever."

"This just became that much harder." Weiss proclaimed as she sat down at the table. "This Draco is just playing one big game with us." Victor proclaimed "Then we just have to play the game."

"What?"

"He wants to play a game, so we'll play. All of it is just moves and counter moves."

"How can you be so sure about this?"

"Because I have to be. If I'm not sure, then what do we have? We are going to find this monster and end its existence."

"That's the spirit."

Victor turned to Blake and Weiss and exclaimed "We're going to go after our hunch and see if the Draco is hiding out at Castle Vladimir." The two nodded and Weiss asked "Victor, may I speak to you… in private?" Victor looked at Blake, who had a confused look on her face. "Can you give us a minute?" Victor questioned. "Okay." Blake agreed. "I'll be in my room."

She took Victor's face and kissed him. She made it a very passionate kiss and finally let Victor go. She walked out of the library, leaving Victor and Weiss very confused. "What was that all about?" Weiss questioned, finally breaking the silence. "I think she was displaying dominance over me, kinda like marking her territory." Victor explained.

"She thinks I'm trying to steal you from her? No offense, but you aren't exactly my type."

"Right. You're into Ruby, so what was your question?"

"You never answered my question yesterday. What would be a good date for me and Ruby?"

"I would suggest going somewhere nice. But don't go too fancy, that could ruin it. Trust me, nearly did that myself."

"A nice restaurant, but not too nice. Thank you Victor."

"Why did you come to me for advice?"

"Because you and Blake have a very good relationship, so why not go to the guy who made it happen?"

"Makes sense. You know Blake is going to ask what we were talking about."

"I know. Just… think of something to tell her."

"Alright. I'm going back."

"Okay. I'll continue doing some research here."

Victor got up and went to Team RWBY's room to find Blake sitting on her bed reading a book. Victor sat on the bed and Blake questioned "What did you and Weiss talk about?" Victor answered as he laid down next to her "Nothing you really need to worry about. She just wanted some advice."

"Advice about what?"

"She didn't want me to tell anyone."

"Okay."

She continued reading, but she didn't seem to like Victor's answer. He put his arms around her and assured "You are the only girl for me, Blake. There is no other girl I would rather be with than you." She seemed to like that more than his answer since she leaned more into him. "I love you Victor." She proclaimed. "I love you too Blake." Victor responded.