How's it going everyone, did you miss me
As I stated before this chapter follows up Mikoto part of the story and truly ends the first volume. Plus I also wanted to make her some backstory seeing as I already did it for Fugaku
Funny thing, I was actually planning this story to just be around 4k words because I wanted this chapter too be short, odd how that happens
Well, it seems volume 3 is about to come to a close, man what a ride it has been to this point. And by that I mean being shot in the Feels over and over again by what Roosterteeth is doing to our beloved characters. Oh Adam, when I get to that part of the story-
I'm going to kill you
Also I learned the finale is almost half an hour long, WHOO!
Anyways, before we begin
Disclaimer: All property is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story
Now without further ado, let's begin
(Two days before the whole dock fight began)
Mikoto's eyes fluttered open as she looked around and realized some time has passed since she took a nap. Mikoto got up and looked out one of the windows of the Bullhead and saw they were approaching the small town that was on the edge of the kingdom of Vale. Mikoto walked towards the door of the Bullhead and stretched a bit as they arrived and landed as the door opened
"This is your stop" The pilot said looking back from the cockpit
Mikoto nodded and thanked the pilot as she got out of the Bullhead. Once she did she noticed the sun was slowly setting and figured she might get the investigation started now before it got too late.
She decided to go the nearest place she knew could get info on Qrow before she heads out of the Kingdom.
The nearest bar
Mikoto sighed as she stood in front of the open bar as she knew Qrow's drinking tendencies that he wouldn't pass a chance to get drunk while on the job. Mikoto shook her head as she entered the nearest bar she could find from the Bullhead's landing pad as several of the patrons turned to look at her
Most had a lecherous grin on their before blanching when they saw the murderous look she had on her face. One that she developed when she was training to be assassin. First rule of fighting someone that might have an advantage against you, make them fear you, was what she learned back then and is grateful she learned that back then
Mikoto walked up the counter as the bartender looked up from the glass he was cleaning to look at her with a raised brow "What do you want" The bartender asked in a gruff tone
Mikoto pulled out her Scroll as a picture of Qrow appeared on it "I'm looking for this man. Has he come by through here" Mikoto asked as the bartender glanced at the image before looking away
"Never seen him. Now buy something or leave, your distracting the customers" Bartender said waving one hand in a shooing motion
Mikoto stared at him blankly for a moment
Quicker than anyone could see, Mikoto pulled out one of her guns and shot at the bartender. The round went pass an inch of the man's scalp as a piece of his hair was removed as the Dust round hit the wall behind him
"I'm going to ask one more time" Mikoto said in a sickly sweet tone with an equally sweet smile that radiated murder from her. Mikoto leaned over the counter towards the bartender as she placed the end of the barrel of her gun underneath the man's chin "You answer my question or I'm painting your bar red. Got it" Mikoto towered over the man menacingly as her words made the hairs on everyone's back stand up straight and chills go down their spines
"Okay Okay!" The bartender said quickly with his hands up in a placating motion as he looked at her in terror "He passed through here a few days ago, ordered a few drinks before leaving. Said something about a group outside of Vacuo, that's all I know" The bartender said fearfully
Mikoto stayed in that position for a moment before moving away from him "Damn, I was hoping to stay away from Vacuo" Mikoto cursed before looking back at the bartender "Do you know the town or city he might have said" Mikoto questioned as the bartender nodded and informed her about a town near the edge of Vacuo's border. Mikoto let out a soft sigh as she calmly put her weapon away and walked out the now deserted bar as all the patrons filed out awhile ago in fear of her
Mikoto stood outside the bar, taking a deep breath and muttering curses at Qrow for making this hard on her "Welp, guess I'm going to Vacuo. God I hope they don't remember me" Mikoto complained before noticing the sun was setting and let out a sigh "Might as well find a place to sleep for the night before heading out" Mikoto said tiredly
(The next day)
Mikoto walked out of the motel she stayed at, she didn't sleep well that night because being in a motel brought back some memories she would like to forget. Like all the times she murdered some guy in his bed or the time she and several other assassin initiates all got drunk together and she woke up on the ground of a motel along with the others strewn across several surfaces of the room. No really remembers what happened that, the only thing they know is that apparently a building burned down the same day, which was odd because who would burn down a candy factory
Mikoto let a small sigh of content "Memories" Mikoto muttered to herself as she made it to the Bullhead and informed the pilot where to go and sat back down in her seat in the back
Mikoto smiled to herself, not all memories in Vacuo were bad, just the ones where she had to kill people who didn't deserve it. Like a political opponent who was going to bring fresh water and food to the slums of horrid city in Vacuo but his partner didn't like competition and hired her to kill him. She hated what happened to the city that lost the shred of hope they all deserved.
Mikoto let out a sigh and prayed to Oum that if she was to go into one of Vacuo's bigger cities so she wouldn't run across another assassin there or anyone that would recognize her
Mikoto let out another sigh before closing her eyes as it'll be awhile before they arrive to her destination
(Later)
Mikoto woke a few hours later to find they had arrived at her destination. Mikoto stretched a bit when she got up and thanked her pilot before hopping out of the Bullhead
The place they landed is in the middle of a savanna near the edge of the kingdom's borders where the desert is located. Hopefully the town she was dropped off at might have some information about whether Qrow was here or not
Apparently yes he was here because a barmaid with a short mini skirt told her that he kept flirting with her while he was here. Mikoto simply pinched the bridged of her nose before asking where he went. She told him she saw him leave south, outside the kingdom's borders near the desert
Mikoto thanked the woman before leaving. Mikoto took some time to gather some things from the local stores, such as a rucksack filled with food and water, as she has no idea how long she'll be outside the kingdom. She also brought a compass, a fire starter kit for a campfire at night, extra ammunition for her guns, binoculars and a map of the recorded area outside the kingdom.
Mikoto took a deep breath before she began her trek through the grassland. She kept walking through the vast grassy fields for hours, the only time she stopped was when a pack of Grim catches a whiff of her scent and attacked her. Wasn't really a challenge dealing with the smaller grunts but fighting against alphas and majors get tiring. Plus with the fact she was out in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on her back and some supplies brought back some more memories of her time in Vacuo
During the time she was initiate at the age of thirteen she was forced to wander the wilderness outside the kingdom for a week before returning to the safety of the kingdom. If the initiates give up and head towards a city near the edge of the kingdom they would be immediately killed by the supervising assassin that were watching over them from a distance. This was to make sure they never speak a word of their order, as well as to weed out the cowards and weaklings amongst the recruits.
She survived the wilderness but barely. She only got by when she found another initiate who was far too nice compared to the other recruits as he suggested they team up to survive together.
She killed him before he got a chance to finish talking
Mikoto regretted that action severely afterwards but she had gone five days without food and four days without water as a random Grim attack ruined her supplies, leaving her with only a days worth of both. She blamed it on the fact delusional when she found the initiate from being under the sun for so long and only saw him as a chance to survive. She didn't even realized that she had grabbed his neck and threw him onto the ground, choking him before finally snapping his neck. She had ignored his body and immediately went for his supplies to satisfy her hunger and thirst.
When she realized what she did she only stared at the corpse with a blank look on her face as she kept saying, it was him or her, him or her
Even the supervisor who approached her after she finished her week out into the wilderness told her that it was necessary and the other boy was weak compared to her. He said that they didn't need someone who would bring disgrace to their order
Mikoto snapped out of her distant gaze and looked around at the Savannah as she realized she had been walking around for a couple of hours if the sun hanging high above her meant anything. Mikoto let out a huff as she continued walking forward as she pulled out a water canteen from the small rucksack she had on her back and took a sip of lukewarm water as old memories continued to flash through her mind
She remembers the first time she assassinated someone. It wouldn't be the first time killing someone, no, the other initiate was her first time killing someone. She thought she was dead to killing because she felt nothing afterwards when she realized killed that initiate but she wasn't. When she killed the man she was hired to kill, she stared into his eyes that were filled with fear and horror as they looked back into hers. She stared back before the man fell back dead but she didn't move from her spot, she just stared at the man before looking at her hands and saw them covered in blood
She started shaking, taking erratic breaths before she running into the bathroom and hurled her lunch into the toilet. It took her years to understand why she felt something like that after she killed the man and not the initiate. She killed the initiate to survive, she killed the man for no such reason but for pay. It also didn't help that at the time she was sane in the mind and actually had cognitive reaction to what she did as well as being able to feel the sticky sensation of blood on her hands.
She continued to kill people though, it was required of her to do so but she only took missions at night. Mostly because that's when the lights are out and its hard to see the horror in their eyes as she kills them. One of the reason she was nicknamed the Devil of the rising sun because she would do all her jobs before the sun rises and shines a light on her horrid work.
Mikoto let out a tired sigh when she looked around and noticed she's been walking nearly the entire day already. Mikoto looked off to the side where she saw saw a watering hole in the distance with a single tree to the side of it.
She also saw a few Grim lingering around the water. Mikoto took a deep breath as she began walking towards the watering hole. Mikoto moved quietly across the surface of the ground as she wasn't noticed by the Grim, five in total by her count.
Mikoto walked up behind the Beowolf that off to the side by itself. She flicked both her fists as the arm blade on the back of both her hands unfolded into its double edged point. Mikoto stood behind the Beowolf before softly to its side where it noticed her, far too late as she had already stabbed it through its neck and out the other side.
She already moved to the next Grim before the one she killed fell to the ground and started to evaporate. The one nearest heard its kin drop and turned around, only for Mikoto to thrust her arm blade into the roof of the Beowolf's mouth and out its skull.
Mikoto pulled the blade out as the remaining Beowolves finally took noticed of her and rushed towards her.
Mikoto raised her right arm as her arm blade popped out from its spot on her arm and turned into a short tanto blade while her left handed folded up along with her gauntlet into its gun form.
Mikoto began firing at the Grim as only the younger Beowolf fell to her rounds, the other two were much older and armored variant of the regular Beowolves. Mikoto ducked from the first armored Beowolf's slash before jumping over the second. Mikoto then turned around and ran up the Beowolf's back she jumped over. Mikoto thrust her blade into its back as she had one foot on its shoulder and pointed her gun in its eye as she pulled the trigger.
Mikoto pulled the blade out of the dead armored Beowolf's back as she dropped to the ground as she stared at the remaining Beowolf as its brethren faded away to nothing. The last armored Beowolf, and the largest, stayed lowed to the ground with low growl
Mikoto stared at the Grim and with a deep breath she took a step forward. The Beowolf lunged forward as Mikoto dropped to her knees as it went over her. Mikoto swung her blade against its chest, drawing blood, as it passed over her and landed behind her. The Beowolf let out another roar before throwing several slashes at her which she dodged adeptly
Mikoto with an overhead strike, plunged her blade into the Beowolf's knee before ripping the blade sideways and sliced its leg off. The Beowolf fell onto its one good knee as its head was pushed back as Mikoto raised her gun against the bottom of its jaw. Mikoto pulled the trigger as the round went through the bottom of its jaw and through the base of its skull as it fell back dead, disintegrating to nothing.
Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief as she walked down to the edge of the water. She looked around the area once more in case there were any more Grim hanging around the area. She saw none so she got down on one knee before she scooped up some water in her hands and splashed it against her hot face
Mikoto let out a sigh before pulling out her canteen again as she took a swig of her water. Mikoto stood back up, walking over to the lone tree and decided to set up camp as the sun was nearly setting by now. After breaking off some old wood from the tree she made a campfire and began cooking the canned food she brought. Once she ate she stayed up for some time and stared at the sunset in the distance.
Mikoto's muscles tensed just for a bit when she saw the sun go under the horizon as darkness soon covered the land until the moon appeared on the other horizon. Mikoto let out the breath she was holding as more memories of Vacuo kept coming back.
She hated being here, she might not be in the towns or even the cities where she might be found but just being here, near the place where she no longer considered home makes her entire being tense. If it wasn't for the fact Qrow's life might be in stake she would never have came back here.
Mikoto stared at the campfire as the flames slowly died down to smokey embers. Mikoto stared at campfire for a moment before letting out a sigh as she climbed the tree to the highest branch and got into a comfortable position before falling asleep with her gun in hand.
(Next Morning)
Mikoto woke up when she felt the rays of the sun on her skin. Mikoto looked around and remembered where she was before jumping back down to the ground. Mikoto barely slept, old memories kept popping up which made it hard for her to sleep
After some time she got her morning schedule out of the way along with her packing up the makeshift camp she had and covering the campfire in dirt. Once she looked over the place to see that it looked like no one had been here she went on her way and continued south
After some time walking Mikoto wondered if she was going to find Qrow at all, or if he was still even alive. Mikoto shook her head of this pessimistic thoughts and tried to stay positive for the man's nieces' sake
Mikoto smiled, those two brought life into her normal boring schedule when they came around with Sasuke. It was nice to cook for the girls when they stayed over for the evening, along with them wanting to help her cook. Ruby especially, she always found it adorable how the girl got excited when they were going to make cookies. She wondered if that was what it would have been if she had daughters
Mikoto then had a thought about her sons if they were girls. She stopped walking as she had a fit of giggles before laughing loudly at the thought. Her children would stay exactly the same, no matter what gender they were and she would love them no matter what
After a moment she calmed herself down and continued walking with an amused smile on her lips. After some time Mikoto soon saw something in the distance. Mikoto's eyebrows furrowed as she went to investigate
When she got close she realized it was an old CCT support station that had been run down from a previous Grim attack. Mikoto frowned and felt something was off as she pulled out the binoculars she had in her rucksack.
Mikoto looked through the binoculars as she looked around the supposed deserted CCT support station. It looked abandoned at first glance but that's when she noticed there were some foot prints in the dirt coming in and out of the large building at the end of the station. Not to mention that none of the other buildings had footprints at their entrances except for that one.
Mikoto frowned as she put her binoculars away and slowly made her way to the abandoned station. Once near the entrance of the station she saw the door with footprints in the dirt open. Mikoto dove off to the side behind the corner of one of the extra buildings.
Mikoto peeked around the corner and saw it was two members of the White Fang talking to one another as they walked off to the side. Mikoto narrowed her eyes as she knew this is the place Qrow had to be at
"Dammit you drunk, what the hell did you get yourself into" Mikoto cursed under her breath before walking along the edge of the station, making sure there was no other members around before making it to the back of the building the WF members came out of.
Mikoto climbed up the side of the building near the top where an open window that was big enough through was. Mikoto climbed through the window before hanging on the ledge of the window as she looked around as it looked like a normal abandoned station.
Mikoto frowned as she jumped up to the rafters above and hid in the shadows. Mikoto waited as the two members slowly came back inside. Mikoto watched them as they went towards the corner of the room where they pushed a tile on the wall and opened a secret door on the floor next to them
Mikoto dropped to the ground softly as she followed the two members down the pathway the door opened up. Mikoto slipped into the passageway before the door closed behind her as she slowly walked down the steps as she followed the WF members in silence.
After some time they made it an open room as Mikoto stayed back at the entrance and looked around. The room the passageway led her was to an old dug out mine shaft with several WF members moving boxes onto mine carts
"Alright! Get the cargo onto those mine carts and shipped them out. I'll be dealing with the prisoner" The tallest member and obvious leader commanded gruffly
"Yes sir Lieutenant!" The men shouted in response with a small salute before getting to work
The supposed lieutenant was much bigger than Mikoto by a good two feet. He wore a white sleeveless trench coat, black muscle shirt and white cargo pants. He also had a white and red mask that covered his face from cheekbones up while leaving his mouth visible. The eye holes were also covered by large black lenses, making the mask look more bug like and somewhat disturbing in Mikoto's opinion. Though her mask was creepy as well, which reminded her
Mikoto slid her black hannya mask on as she went cover by cover, hidden from the working members of the White Fang's view as she made it to the room the leader went into. She opened the door and found another set of stairs leading downward into darkness. Mikoto took a deep breath as she softly closed the door behind her and made her way down the steps in silence
After some time she saw light at the bottom and the sound of metal hitting flesh
"Talk, who sent you" The lieutenant's voice sounded out from below
Mikoto heard the prisoner spit before letting out a chuckle "You hit like a woman, no wait I'm wrong. A woman could hit harder than you because trust me, I've been slapped by many a woman in my time and damn does it hurt. You, honestly it feels like you're trying to tickle me compared to them"
Mikoto let out an amused huff as she recognized that voice and knew who it was. That is before flinching when she heard Qrow let out a grunt after being hit again
Mikoto leaned into the room and saw three members along with the lieutenant. Qrow had his hands chained up that were hanging from the ceiling while his feet were chained to the ground
"You will talk eventually" The lieutenant said snidely
"I am talking, you're just ignoring me ya damn idiot" Qrow said spitting in the leader's direction
"You know, we found something amongst your things. A photo of two little girls. I wonder what will happen if we pay them a visit" The lieutenant said with a twisted grin as Qrow's expression darkened along with hers at what the man was suggesting
"Don't even think about it, I'll end you before you can even get close to them" Qrow spat out darkly
"Oh and how are you going to do that. You're trapped down here with us and no one is coming to save you" The lieutenant said grabbing Qrow's face before throwing him back against the wall he was chained up against
Qrow was about to retort when he saw the masked figure of Mikoto walking towards the nearest White Fang members by the door and snapped his neck without hesitation. The loud snap brought the attention of the other members before Mikoto impaled one of her arm blades into the heart of the second WF member, ripping it out before gripping his chin and the back of his head before snapping his neck as well. Mikoto then pulled out her gun as the first member's body dropped to the floor and shot down the last WF member as the second member's body hit the floor as well until the third joined them on the ground as well. The only one left standing was the lieutenant and herself
It was kind of hypocritical when she thought about it, how she hates killing yet she just took three lives without hesitation and now she was staring down the leader's mask face through her own mask, ready to kill him as well.
Maybe it was the fact these men wanted to hurt those girls that she didn't hesitate to kill. She knew the girls could handle themselves against them but it made her blood boil at the thought of them wanting to hurt them intentionally.
Mikoto started walking towards the leader as her arm blades folded out from their position into her hands as two tanto blades. Mikoto got into a stance as the lieutenant jumped back a few feet as he pulled out a large grey rectangular box that unfolded into a large war axe. The blade of the ax had a serrated edge that started to glow bright orange as it exuded heat
"I don't know who you are, or how you got here but I'll make you regret it" The lieutenant said in a low tone that Mikoto completely ignored as she just kept staring straight at her opponent
Mikoto leaned forward and rushed towards the lieutenant, swinging his ax as it left a trail of fire in its path. Mikoto jumped over the attack before dropping down low when the man threw a right hook. Mikoto shot up from her crouched position and slashed at the man's chest which did nothing at all
Mikoto jumped over the man as he tried to attack her. Mikoto slashed at his back to no avail as his aura was stronger than she expected if he didn't show any inclination of being hurt from her strikes.
The lieutenant spun around with a backhand strike as Mikoto ducked under it before jumping up high to his face level and kicked off him with enough force to stagger him back a few feet. The lieutenant let out a low clicking sound when he found his footing as Mikoto landed a few feet away from him. Mikoto turned one of her blades into its gun form and fired at him.
The larger man ignored the shots as he charged forward with his axe raised up high. The second he got close he swung the axe as the edges of the weapon glowed bright orange. Mikoto moved back away from the strike as it was out of hitting range but she was wasn't expecting was the axe to shoot out flames from its opposing side, making it go faster as it made contact with her mask.
Mikoto felt the searing blade hit her face as the upper right portion of her mask shattered on contact. Mikoto was sent flying through the air before hitting the wall on the other side of the room. Mikoto dropped down onto her knees before standing back up and slowly turned her head back towards the lieutenant who had a cocky smirk before it was wiped from his face as a feeling of dread filling his entire being.
There was another reason why she was called the Devil of the rising sun other than the fact she killed before sunrise. For it the one reason why she was considered one of the deadliest of the order
"What, what the hell is going on" The lieutenant stuttered in actual fear as he stared at the woman he attacked as the strike he hit her with made her bleed from her forehead. He stared as he watched as she opened her visible eye to reveal blood red iris that shone brightly against her face as the eye that still covered by her mask glowed ominously through the eye hole
Mikoto's head tilted sideways, never taking her eyes off him like a predator watching its prey. Mikoto began moving forward in a slow graceful gait but what was surprising was the fact she folded both of her blades back onto her gauntlets. Mikoto then held both of her hands out as her body was covered in her blackish red aura
The lieutenant felt his heart actually trying to stop itself from fear. He should've found fighting her easy now with the fact she doesn't have a weapon but no, every fiber in his being is screaming at him to run.
"What the hell are you" The lieutenant shouted before swinging his axe at her when she soon got close but he hit nothing but air
The lieutenant looked around in front of him before he started hearing a soft beating sound coming from behind him. The lieutenant slowly looked back to see Mikoto standing behind him as she turned her head to stare at him with her unbroken part of her mask as her eye glowed through the eye hole. That was when he noticed she had her hand up or what her hand was.
Mikoto's left hand down to her wrist was covered in a black crystalline material that turned blood red near the tips of her fingers that were now claws. The entire thing had an ethereal glow to it that was both mesmerizing and horrifying to look at. That was when he noticed what was in her hand that was giving out that slow beating sound
The lieutenant looked down at his chest to see his shirt had a hole in it as blood was pouring out it. He then slowly looked back up as horror stricken his entire body as he realized what she was holding in that demonic looking hand of hers. It was his heart
"You ask what I was" Mikoto spoke in a low tone as she squeezed the heart in her hand "I am your death" Mikoto said coldly before crushing his heart in her hand as blood splattered her body and mask
The lieutenant choked a bit before falling back dead as Mikoto stood over his corpse with a blank expression on her face
"You know, back when I heard you now a Hunter I had my doubts. I mean when I met you I just thought you a naggy yet fun housewife" Qrow's voice Mikoto back to reality as she turned to see Qrow had somehow freed himself during the entire conflict and was now standing a few feet from her "And to be honest now you're just a naggy yet fun housewife that could kick my ass if she tried" Qrow said amusingly before looking at the dead lieutenant "Though I have to ask, the hell did you just do?" Qrow asked softly as he stared at her bloody crystallized hand
"Oh, um. . It's just my semblance is all. I call it the Devil's Hand" Mikoto said as she stared at her bloody hand and felt slightly sick at the sight of the crushed heart in her hand
"How original" Qrow sarcastically remarked which made Mikoto glare at him
"Not my first choice at naming it, the other name I had was the ultimate shield but that just sounded like I was being cocky" Mikoto said shaking her head
"Okay, but still, how does a semblance do that" Qrow asked incredulously as he gestured to the hole in the lieutenants chest
"Ah, well see the thing is my hand is covered in a crystalline base material that is formed by my aura, though it doesn't have to be my hand I can form it wherever but I prefer my hands. While it is in this state it is actually in a constant state of friction so slashing and stabbing things are much easier to do than my normal blades. If you're wondering about the burst of speed it's just something that could easily be learned by anyone, heck even my children figured out how to do it without me teaching them" Mikoto explained calmly
"Always hated how Itachi appears out of nowhere" Qrow commented dryly before noticing Mikoto was looking him over to see if he was hurt. Qrow brushed her off as he didn't want to be babied by anyone, plus his wounds have already begun to heal thanks to his aura. The fools decided to leave him overnight to rest, not taking the time to hurt him at all to lower the amount of aura he had "Though I have to admit, what you have is a rather powerful semblance when you think about it" Qrow stated with his arms crossed with a stern look on his face "What's the catch for using it" Qrow questioned dryly
Qrow got his answer when the crystalline surface on Mikoto's hand cracked before shattering as blood splattered across the floor. Qrow's eyes widened as Mikoto's entire hand was bloody as the skin was gone from her hand
Mikoto took a deep breath as she let out a muffled scream of pain as she held her wrist with her good hand "God it's been awhile since this has happened" Mikoto hissed out in pain. Mikoto began taking several deep breaths before looking at Qrow with an angry look on her face "If you're not doing anything, grab some damn bandages and help me!" Mikoto snapped at the other man who immediately did as told
"The hell just happened?" Qrow stated as Mikoto flinched as he began putting antiseptic on her bloody hand before wrapping it up in bandages
"My semblance has a major kickback, its powerful yes but it only lasts a minute maybe two or three minutes if I try hard to keep it stable. The downside of that is the fact the second the flow of aura my semblance uses stops it shatters because the friction my claws create kept going without a source to keep it in control. Plus the thing is the crystals were made up of my aura so it was only natural it would be connected to my own body when in use. Which means the second it goes it takes whatever flesh its connected to along with it. Which is the main reason why I only use it on one of my hands, damage easily controllable when it happens" Mikoto hissed out as Qrow finished bandaging her hand up
"Man that's quite brutal" Qrow commented
"Yeah, but it's not like its dangerous enough that I'll lose an arm or something along those lines" Mikoto shrugged as Qrow let out a soft laugh
"Yeah I guess that's a good thing that you didn't lose an arm or even a leg if you used that. Man that would suck to lose both an arm or leg if you had no choice" Qrow commented as Mikoto raised a brow as to why Qrow brought this on but ignored it before she noticed Qrow was laughing to himself about something
"What's so funny?" Mikoto inquired
"It's just this situation is funny, I was the one tortured yet I'm the one having to bandage you up" Qrow joked as Mikoto looked slightly ashamed of that fact "Hey hey, don't give me that look, thank you for coming to get me. I'm guessing Ozpin sent you" Qrow inquired as Mikoto nodded as Qrow let out a huff "Honestly, he has no faith in me at times" Qrow grumbled before looking around the room "One more question though" Qrow asked softly
Mikoto raised a visible brow on her face before remembering she had a cut on her forehead as well "Sure, and mind getting this as well" Mikoto said as she pulled her mask off and gestured to her bleeding forehead
Qrow let out a sigh as he cleaned and bandaged her forehead as he asked his questioned "Is killing something normal for you" Qrow asked in a soft yet serious tone
Mikoto flinched as her gaze drifted elsewhere ". . . We all have secrets we wish to keep Qrow" Mikoto said softly as that was enough to answer his question
"I see" Qrow said as he was satisfied with that answer for now "Done" Qrow said as he finished bandaging her head
"Thank you, now before we head out" Mikoto said as she took off the gauntlet of her currently indisposed arm and tossed it to Qrow "Until we find your weapon you can use that" Mikoto stated as Qrow put the gauntlet on as he unfolded the arm blade
"It's not a scythe but'll do" Qrow mused
"Come on, let's deal with the rest of the White Fang and get this job over with" Mikoto said as she began walking up the steps she came from with Qrow right behind her
(One hour later)
It was quick fight having to deal with only grunts as she already took down their leader. Right now Qrow was off looking for his scythe as Mikoto sat on top of the building they were just in as she stared at the sun setting in the horizon once more
"Welp, found my scythe" Qrow said bringing Mikoto's attention back to the disgruntled man who held up the scythe as he tossed her gauntlet back to her. She caught it with her good hand as her other hand wasn't going to be healed for awhile
"Good for you, anything else?" Mikoto inquired as she put the weapon in her satchel
"Yeah, it seems we were lucky as the broadcast relay wasn't destroyed. I turned it back on and sent a message out. A Bullhead is going to come pick us up soon and take us home" Qrow explained as Mikoto let out a sigh of relief "What's with you?" Qrow asked as he noticed the sigh
"Nothing, just really want to get out of this kingdom as fast as possible is all" Mikoto explained vaguely
"Does it have to do anything with this old wanted poster I found in the broadcast station" Qrow said holding up an aged yellow colored wanted poster of a woman with a hannya mask on her face and then another picture without the mask
Mikoto's eyes widened in fear at the fact her old secret was found out
"I must admit, I'm learning a lot about you today than I ever thought possible" Qrow mused as Mikoto frowned at him and looked away
"That was a long time ago, can we please not talk about it" Mikoto asked softly
"Man, with the amount you have on your head I'm surprised no one came to take it" Qrow said rubbing his chin at the amount of zeroes that were on her bounty "What in the world did you do?" Qrow asked, completely ignoring what Mikoto asked of him
"Shut up Qrow" Mikoto replied softly
"I mean did you kill a priest or something" Qrow continued
"Shut up Qrow" Mikoto responded slightly louder
"Or did you go on a murderous rampage and killed-"
"I SAID SHUT UP QROW!" Mikoto yelled at him furiously as Qrow stayed quiet. Mikoto took several deep breaths as she calmed "Like I said, it was a long time ago and I wish to leave it at that, okay" Mikoto stated in a low tone and a pointed look at Qrow
Qrow held his hands up "Alright, have it your way. All I'm saying is that you might want to inform your family is all" Qrow said offhandedly
". . . They already know" Mikoto answered after a moment
"Really?" Qrow inquired
"Yeah, and they don't really care" Mikoto said taking another deep breath and smiled, knowing her family will always be there for her
Qrow let out a hum before pulling out his Scroll as he remembered to message Ozpin of what he learned during this encounter
'The Queen has pawns. . . Also, next time have faith in me instead of sending someone to babysit me would you'
Qrow sent the message before looking back at Mikoto who stared solemnly out into the distance ". . . So, I wasn't going to ask but I also found a wanted poster of Fugaku in there as well but it was in poor condition as it fell apart when I grabbed it. What profession did he have before he became a cop that required him to have a top hat that had a feather on it and round sunglasses?" Qrow asked curiously as Mikoto looked away nervously
"Where the hell is that damn Bullhead"
And there you have it people, the true last chapter of the first volume, thank god that's over with
Now I just have to start the next chapter where it finally begins the romance. . . . Oh god. . Oh god I just realized this is the first time in a long time that I'm going to write a serious love confession with two of my story's characters. . . Well this is going to suck
*Sigh* Anyways that's all I have for now, next upload I'll be posting up will be the holiday chapter. Happy Early/Current/Late Valentine's Day everyone
That's it for today, if you could leave a review, comment, or a PM and I'll see you all later. Have good day