Dragons in Remnant-49

"Hi Blake sweetie, how's everything going with the preparations?" Ghira asked as he grabbed his morning cup of coffee, dressed in a simple pair of sweats and a muscle shirt.

"Good so far. Thanks to Gajeel's speech we got a few Faunus signed up for our rally against Adam and the White Fang already." Blake exclaimed with a yawn.

"Have you been up all night?" Ghira asked handing her a cup of coffee.

"Dad, you know I prefer tea." Blake exclaimed.

"Hey, you're going to be working hard again today. You need to regain your strength somehow."

"To answer your question, yeah, I've been up all night with Sun and Gajeel. We didn't have as much luck with the nocturnal faction of Menagerie, but we're getting there. Gajeel gave the same speech he gave when the others gathered so he's been popular amongst the ladies of the night, and I don't mean the hookers either." Blake exclaimed, taking the coffee with a sigh of defeat.

"Has he told them he's unavailable?" Ghira asked sitting by his daughter's side.

"He has, he's even gone so far as to say we're in love." Blake said with a blush and a small smile.

"Given how your face is, I'd say your feelings of that are mutual." Ghira smirked. "Now, why don't we get you something to eat?"

"Gajeel and I had a bite to eat before we got back. He's busy tending to something though." Blake exclaimed.

"What's he tending to?" Ghira questioned.

As if on que, the sound of a large explosion, or something really heavy, making a large impact on the ground beyond the mountains in the wasteland, echoed and rumbled through Menagerie.

"He's currently clearing the desert of all hostile life, so we can expand our boarders to the desert area." Blake explained with a yawn, unfazed by the sudden tremor, while Ghira had to steady himself by holding onto the counter.

"He's gonna make a fine chieftain." Ghira smiled.

"Dad, I'm not ready for that kind of commitment." Blake groaned laying her head down, knowing he was talking about marriage.

"Sorry Blake, but I'm more than excited for my future son-in-law to take the mantel of chieftain. I'm not as young as I once was." Ghira chuckled.

"Oh stop it dear, you're only thirty-four." Kali smiled as she came in, dressed in a pair of yoga pants, and baggy t-shirt. "Where's Lily, shouldn't he be back by now from delivering the warning to Mistral's government?" Kali questioned grabbing her own cup of coffee.

"He should, but he sent this explaining why he isn't back yet." Blake sighed holding a freshly opened letter addressed to them. "It came in this morning."

"Dear Ghira, Kali, Blake, Sun, and Gajeel. If you received this, then it means the White Fang haven't intercepted the postal service. I'm sorry that the delivery of the warning is taking so long, but I was intercepted by an assassin sent by Corsac and Fennec, to prevent me from giving the warning. I still have it, though the assassin temporarily took out my wings, so I'm hoofing it until they fully heal. Hope you're all doing well. With love, Lily." Ghira read aloud. "P.S, I recorded a confession from my assassin on my scroll and sent you the data."

"This was disclosed in the envelope." Blake sighed holding up a small rectangular flat disc.

Ghira took the small disc and plugged it into his scroll, playing off the audio file on it.

"So I'm to assume that Fennec and Corsac sent you to stop me from delivering the message to Mistral's council?" Lily's voice exclaimed.

"You assume correctly panther. The name's Yuma by the way." The assassin's voice replied.

"This is more than enough to have those two locked up." Blake smiled pausing the recording.

"Not exactly sweetie, it's enough to lock Yuma up, but not enough to bring in Fennec and Corsac. They could easily get out of it with the right resources, which they do have, plus they could just accuse Yuma of being a traitor, and trying to bring them down with him." Kali explained before another rumble shook the house. "What is up with these tremors?"

"It's Gajeel, expanding the inhabitable lands." Ghira exclaimed. "Is he gonna be okay out there?"

"Trust me, he's been through more than this." Blake smiled. "Given the slight tremors we've already felt, he's not even broken a sweat yet. Scythe's intense training was more of a challenge than those creatures will be for Gajeel."

"Sweetie, you've got such heavy bags under your eyes, have you seriously been up all night?" Kali asked.

"Um, would you be mad if I… YAWN… if I said all week?" Blake asked nodding off.

"Alright, that's it, bed now young lady." Ghira exclaimed. "Has Gajeel been up for just the same amount of time?"

"Uh, he's been up for twice as long." Blake explained.

"I'll go and get him myself. As for his sudden recovery, we'll just say we had an old medical friend of his come and fix his heart." Ghira sighed.

"Mavis really did do a good job on fixing his heart." Blake smiled.

"I'll take Blake to bed." Kali sighed, escorting her daughter by the shoulders. "You go get that lug-nut here and get him in bed as well."

"On it Kali." Ghira exclaimed heading off to get dressed.

"Mom, I'm fine." Blake whined as her mom escorted her. "I can handle another month without sleep."

"Not happening, I'm putting you to bed, in your yukata, and that's final." Kali exclaimed in a stern motherly tone.

… … … … … …

"Alright, that takes care of this part of the desert so far." Gajeel sighed as he used his iron semblance to turn the rock wall into a wall of pure iron. "Now all I gotta do, is clear it out, before repeating the process with the last half of the dessert."

Gajeel turned back towards the miles off desert ahead of him, and smiled as he knew what he had to do.

"Alright, the inhabitants of the desert are all Grimm, Grimm too dangerous to be captured and researched. Then that leaves one option for me to attract them."

Gajeel sat in a meditative position, and began thinking negative thoughts, things that made him anxious, things that made him sad, things that made him angry, one person in particular.

(Que Music… Warriors: Imagine Dragons)

"Adam Taurus." Gajeel growled, letting his anger flow.

The ground rumbled beneath Gajeel, before several Manticore Grimm came popping out of the ground all leaping towards him. Keeping his anger high, Gajeel stood up and held up his arms before they turned into katana.

"Iron-Dragon: Demon Blade." Gajeel shouted slicing three of the six Manticore Grimm.

Jumping high into the air, Gajeel evaded claw from one of the Manticore Grimm behind him. Landing on the Grimm's head, Gajeel sliced its head off at the neck, and jumped at the next one before landing on the ground, beneath the Manticore's jaw, before elongating the blade, and running it through the Grimm's skull.

"Who's next?" Gajeel questioned before he was slammed by the Manticore's paw, sending him flying and imbedding him in a wall of rocks.

"That tickled." Gajeel smirked before the Manticore slammed into the same wall, creating a cloud of dust.

The Manticore Grimm reeled back its head, as it tried biting down on Gajeel, only to struggle in pain as Gajeel was covered in metal, holding the jaws open by the teeth.

"Tsk-tsk-tsk, don't you know that too much iron in your diet can be deadly?" Gajeel smirked as he inhaled.

"Iron/Shadow-Dragon: ROAR." Gajeel shouted as he exhaled the breath attack.

The attack went straight through the Grimm, dropping Gajeel as it dissolved. The Iron/Shadow slayer flipped over and landed on his feet before the ground beneath him shook.

"Here comes a big one." Gajeel smirked as the sand in front of him began to rise and fall off the Grimm, like the water did when the sea-serpent Grimm attack the ship a month and a half ago.

The Grimm was larger than the others, it wasn't a Manticore; it was a Chimera, as its snake head-tail went to strike at Gajeel, only for the iron eater to disappear within its shadow.

"You're definitely bigger than those other six. Time to go all out." Gajeel smirked jumping out of the shadow into the air.

Gajeel landed on the Chimera's back, and began riding it like a rodeo bull. His scales covering his hands, holding tight, turning the fur he was grabbing onto into iron.

"Well what do you know? Because you things are soulless, my semblance affects you like any other non-organic material." Gajeel smiled. "I guess I'm going to make you the new mascot of Menagerie."

Gajeel held tight to the Chimera's back, and placed his free hand perfectly flat on its skin, before emitting his semblance at a high wave of energy, swiftly turning the Chimera Grimm into an iron statue.

(End Song…)

"Done." Gajeel sighed standing up, before he felt light headed and fell from the Chimera's back.

"I got you."

Gajeel landed in the arms of his rescuer and recognized that voice instantly.

"You over did it there my boy." Ghira chuckled helping Gajeel to stand steadily on his feet. "I guess two weeks without sleep will do that to a person."

"Blake let that slip huh?" Gajeel asked as he stood on shaky legs, the dark bags under his eyes clearly visible.

"She did. But I gotta say, I'm impressed by your semblance. Who'd of thought it would have been connected to your magic?" Ghira whistled looking at the ironized Chimera.

"You listened to Scythe's Biography?" Gajeel chuckled looking up at his handy work.

"Not all of it, I'm only a third of the way in." Ghira explained.

"Every day for the past two weeks, whenever I'm not trying to get new recruits, I've been clearing out this desert, but they just kept coming. So I came up with a way to stop that from happening. I created a wall of iron, that went deep underground to where even the Grimm don't reside, and then I completed it with the iron wall on top, sealing any Grimm on that side of the desert, with no way through. This Chimera was the last of the Grimm on this side of it. If it wasn't we'd be surrounded right now." Gajeel sighed with a smile.

"I see." Ghira sighed. "Why do you do this?"

"Do what?" Gajeel questioned.

"You've been doing this since you heard that Levy girl was in Remnant. You're beating yourself up over what happened nearly nine years ago. Why?" Ghira questioned.

"Honestly, my entire life up until I joined Fairy Tail, has been nothing but one big screw up." Gajeel sighed, realizing Ghira wasn't going to stop this self-intervention. "Then the guild disbanded, and I felt like I lost everything all over again, before Salamander brought the guild back together. After I rejoined the guild I felt like I had reason to be happy again. Then that all changed when the four of us arrived in Remnant. Salamander and I landed in the Branwen Tribe's campsite, and the rest you already know. But when I was given a choice to fight against the Grimm, or stay on the sidelines, I chose to fight."

"Does fighting the Grimm give you some solace of feeling like you're redeeming yourself?" Ghira asked.

"I guess you could say that." Gajeel stated. "To be honest, I didn't even think I was redeemable, until I met Blake, and I found out her past was similar to mine, but different in a big way. I realized I had more in common with her than I thought, and things just sort of fell into place after that, like it was pre-destined or something."

"I wouldn't be surprised if that were true." Ghira smiled softly. "Speaking of Blake, she's waiting in bed for you to join her for a nice amount of sleep, and I mean only sleep, I don't want to be checking in on you two to find you're doing anything inappropriate."

"Y-yes sir." Gajeel exclaimed as he was a little scared at the stern look Ghira was giving him.

"Now, there's about a month and a half left before we have to stop the White Fang from destroying Haven." Ghira exclaimed.

"And we all need to be in fighting condition."

"Meaning you need to get some rest." Ghira exclaimed. "Kali and I will have some food ready for the both of you for when you wake up."

… … … … … …

"Kali we're back." Ghira shouted as he, literally, dragged in a sleeping Gajeel.

"Oh my, what happened?" Kali asked coming in from the kitchen.

"He fell asleep half way home, the man is so tired from clearing the rest of those Grimm in the first half of the desert, that he couldn't even make the trek back here." Ghira chuckled, dropping his grip on Gajeel's collar.

"He did that?" Kali questioned looking at Gajeel.

"It's what he's been doing for two weeks, when not trying to recruit anybody for our fight against the White Fang." Ghira sighed as he picked Gajeel up and flung him over his shoulder.

"Well, when you get back down, I have a story to tell you that Blake told me." Kali smiled. "It's about what happened between Scythe and his girlfriend, long before they started dating."

"Oh this I gotta hear. Give me a minute to throw him in bed, and I'll be right back down." Ghira exclaimed as he went up the stairs.

"I'll be in the kitchen cooking lunch when you get down." Kali smiled heading back where she came from.

In the kitchen, Kali pulled out a mixing bowl and placed it on the island in the middle of the kitchen, alongside the other ingredients she had gathered.

"Alright, time for me to try that Vale recipe." Kali smiled taking the packet of ground turkey, and putting it in the bowl.

Mixing up the raw meat, Kali kneaded it in the bowl with several varieties of spices, three eggs, a handful of oatmeal, and mixed a tiny portion of pineapple juice into the meat for sweetness, before letting it sit as she began to chop up vegetables after turning on the oven.

"Smells good in here, and there's nothing cooking yet." Ghira smiled hugging her from behind.

"I'm trying out that recipe from Vale that Lily gave me before he left. He said it was one Ruby made herself as she was trying to be somewhat like a house wife for Scythe after first finding out about Crimson and Scarlet." Kali chuckled.

"Who?" Ghira asked.

"Their children, created in a lab. The ones who died of cellular instability the night Beacon fell." Kali sighed. "It was explained in the biography about who they were and how they came to be, and what was wrong with them. When they died wasn't in the biography, it was something Blake told me when I asked her about them."

"I'm sorry dear, I must not be at that part yet." Ghira exclaimed, sensing the pain in his wife's voice. "Now, what is this story that Blake told you about?"

"Oh, you are gonna love it." Kali smiled.

… … …Flashback the night before Beacon Initiation… … …

"Hey Scythe, what ya reading?" Ruby asked as she and Yang sat beside the Etherion Dragonslayer.

"A book on Kitsune Grimm. I'm reading about different types of Grimm, their biology, and about their different abilities, for instance, a Kitsune Grimm, is able to create balls of energy around their tails, and take on human shape, but not human form." Scythe exclaimed, looking up from the book on Kitsune Grimm he was reading.

"Meaning?" Yang inquired.

"Meaning, they can fight like a human, but will remain looking like a Grimm, and in this form, they are able to use their attacks with their hands, enveloping their hands in energy, and causing destructive power with every hit they make, whether on ground or human opponents." Scythe explained.

"Hmm, interesting, though Kitsune Grimm are extremely hard to find, I mean finding one would make looking for Dragon Faunus look like a bake sale." Ruby stated. "Kitsune Grimm are the rarest of them all, and they are not meant to be taken lightly. People think they're so rare because they're so easy to beat, but it's just the opposite. Kitsune Grimm are so rare, because they're so filled with power."

"According to the book, the reason why they're so few in numbers is unknown, but theorised that if one were to meet another, their powers would clash, destroying the weaker one, while the stronger one would absorb the defeated Kitsune." Scythe exclaimed. "This cycle continued until there were so few today. It's rumored that they are longer living then the Goliath's."

"The what?" Yang asked.

"Elephant Grimm." Scythe stated.

"Hey, it's almost dinner time, wanna come join us in the cafeteria?" Ruby asked grabbing the comic book she was checking out.

"Sure." Scythe smiled grabbing the book and putting it back where it came from.

"So, Scythe, I heard you became famous?" Yang asked.

"I apparently did. Some Private Investigator took the footage from the warehouse 13 incident a few nights ago, and over the past few days, it became a viral hit." Scythe exclaimed.

"Excuse me, excuse me."

Scythe, Yang and Ruby turned around to see several news reporters coming to him, all with their cameras active, and several people with what looked like contracts they wanted him to sign.

"Are you the young Faunus who saved that human girl from Roman Torchwhick?" One reporter asked as they surrounded him.

"I am, is there something I can help you all with?" Scythe questioned looking into each of the cameras.

"We are with Vale and Remnant News. We wanted to ask you a few questions about why you did what you did, and whether or not you're with the White Fang?" The reporter asked, those with contracts hiding them behind their backs.

"To answer that, no, I am not with the White Fang." Scythe explained.

"Are you an Atlesian Bio-Weapon, escapee?" Another reporter asked.

"No, I am a Dragon Faunus."

"Why did you go after Roman Torchwhick?" A third asked.

"He was holding someone dear to me, hostage."

"Who was that little girl to you?" A third reporter asked.

"She's my sister, though we're not related, we're family none the less." Scythe explained.

"Why choose to help a human when the Faunus are still being oppressed by the Vale government?"

"It's not a matter of what I think I should do because of that oppression. It's about doing what's right. If the people of Vale still see me as a menace to their society, then fine, but I will be there to stand and fight, to protect them no matter what they think of me. That's what it means to be a Huntsmen, to be a hero." Scythe exclaimed turning around, and escorting Ruby and Yang to the cafeteria. "No more questions."

Several of the people with hidden contracts came up and requested him to sign them, stating they'll give him a significant amount of money if he sponsored their products.

"I don't sign anything without my lawyer present. Good day." Scythe simply responded as he walked off with Yang and Ruby.

"Scythe, you don't have a lawyer." Ruby exclaimed as they were far enough away from the crowd to where they couldn't hear her.

"They don't know that." Scythe smiled as they entered the cafeteria.

The lineup for the food wasn't all that long, and the special was steak and eggs.

"For a school, this place has some fancy food." Scythe smiled grabbing a tray.

"I'll say, but the fanciness of this food is only for tonight, the rest of the school year will be regular school food." Yang chuckled.

"Eh, doesn't matter." Ruby smiled. "If it's meant to make us feel more comfortable here, then they've done a good job."

Meanwhile at a certain table a certain orange haired teen, wearing armor, with a club at his side, was balling up all the tinfoil at the table, before he aimed it for the Etherion Dragonslayer, and hitting him in the back of the head.

Being caught off guard, Scythe stepped back and onto the ball of tightly packed tinfoil, before it rolled out from under his foot and he fell backwards, spilling the food in his hands.

"Scythe are you okaAAAAAAH…" Ruby tried to ask before she stepped and slipped on the steak Scythe spilt and landed on top of Scythe.

Everyone who saw the incident gasped at what the end results were. Even Yang was too speechless to say anything.

Ruby and Scythe had locked eyes with one another, but that wasn't the only thing that was locked. The fall caused Ruby to land on Scythe, bent forward as she straddled his waist, and wound up kissing him, while her hands were on the ground under his arms, while one of his legs was propped up between hers.

Ruby jumped up and off of him, sitting embarrassingly on her knees, as he just as quickly got up on his feet and looked away, his face redder than her cloak.

"S-so, uh… here." Scythe exclaimed holding out his hand, to help her up.

"Um, thanks." Ruby exclaimed as he pulled her up.

Once she was standing again, they looked at their hands, and both quickly withdrew them.

"Uh, you okay? Are you hurt?" Scythe asked her as they began to clean up the messes they made.

"No, I'm fine, what about you?" Ruby asked as they were back to back.

"I'm good, just hit the back of my head, nothing serious." Scythe chuckled.

"If you hit your head then we should take you to the nurse, just in case." Yang exclaimed as the two finished cleaning up their spilled food. "We can go, we'll grab something to eat afterwards."

"Here."

Yang turned to see the lunch-lady putting three foam cartons of food on the counter top.

"These are for you three. Once I saw him fall I had started putting these together, just in case. Now get going, and make sure he's alright." She said making a shoeing motion with her hand. "I'll have a talk with the one who started the whole mess."

"Thank you." Yang smiled grabbing the three dinner packs. "C'mon you two."

… … …End Flashback… … …

"And that is the story of how Scythe Khan, leader of Team KNHT, and Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY, had their first kiss." Kali smiled pulling the turkey patties out of the oven. "In all honesty, I'm not even sure how Blake knew about most of the stuff that happened before the cafeteria incident occurred."

"I was following Scythe from the shadows, I had heard of his fame, and how he got it, and I was skeptical about whether or not he was a White Fang spy, or if he was just that powerful." Blake yawned coming into the kitchen.

"What are you doing up young lady? You still need five more hours of sleep." Ghira exclaimed.

"I'm fine dad, I'll be going back to bed in a minute. I just needed some water and a snack. Though I never could resist the smell of Ruby's turkey burger recipe." Blake smiled.

"Well, judging from the way you're drooling over them, I'd say I didn't mess up a single detail from the recipe." Kali chuckled grabbing a plate and two toasted buns.

"You have that recipe down to the last molecule of perfection, I can just tell from the smell. But neither of you have lived, until you've tasted Gajeel's cooking." Blake smiled.

"Well, we're not going to let him cook in a sleep deprived state, but here. One for you and one for Gajeel, take these back to your room, and then get some sleep." Kali exclaimed handing her the plate with two empty burgers, with a slice of cheese on top.

"Alright. See you when we wake up." Blake yawned taking the plate upstairs.

"Remind me why we never had a second child?" Ghira chuckled as his daughter walked away sleepily.

"Oh I am not willing to put my body through another pregnancy." Kali smiled as she put the next batch of patties on the tray.

"How many are you making?" Ghira asked, making a burger for himself.

"Enough to feed a small army. If you haven't noticed, Gajeel and Blake both have appetites that could put a Chimera to shame."

"Speaking of which, Gajeel gave us a new mascot for Menagerie." Ghira smiled.

"Did he now, what did he do to make this mascot?" Kali questioned.

"He used his semblance and turned a Chimera Grimm into an iron statue. I could tell from the look on his face that he didn't even know he could do that." Ghira smiled biting into his burger. "These are really good."

"Maybe once Gajeel is in his right mind, and fully rested, we can have him cook a meal sometime." Kali smiled before it faded. "I really hope Lily is doing okay wherever he is."

"He'll be fine Kali, I'm sure he's resting up as we speak, I mean yes it is important that he gets the warning to the Mistral Council, but his health and safety has to come first." Ghira sighed. "I've already sent law enforcements to apprehend Yuma, his trial will come for the attempted assassination of Lily once we have the case filed and ready for court. He's going to be put away for a long time."

"I just hope he's safe." Kali sighed.

… … …In a remote village deep within the land of Anima… … …

"Take that." Lily shouted throwing a punch at the Alpha Beowolf, breaking its neck from the force of the hit.

Lily stood straight from his fighting stance before heading back towards the village, signalling for everybody to come out as it was safe now.

"Oh, thank you so much for your help." One of them village women said.

"It was my pleasure Ma'am." Lily sighed. "In fact, fighting those things is a good workout for."

"Though my sister does wish you'd stop and rest to allow your wounds to recover." The woman stated. "I'm on board with her. You push yourself too hard."

"A Guardian never knows when to quit." Lily smiled softly. "Your concern is appreciated. I have trained your men to the best of their abilities, and they are combat ready, if need be, I will return and continue to protect this village as if it were my own once more."

"Why must you go?" The woman asked.

"I have to get a warning to the Mistral Council. I've already wasted enough time recovering. I thank you for your hospitality, but I must be on my way." Lily sighed.

"The Mistral Council's main office is over a month's travel by foot."

"Then I'll just fly." Lily smiled spreading his wings, with a painful wince. "Farewell."

Lily took off and started heading Northeast, wincing at the pain throbbing in his back, as he flew through the air, stopping every ten minutes or so to let his back rest before he heard a woman's scream.

Acting on instinct, Lily spread his wings and flew in the direction of the scream, landing in the trees, finding a Faunus woman, and a human man. It was clear to see, from the woman on the ground, backing away into the tree frantically, that the man was about to force himself upon her, and not give a damn about the consequences. There was a cart behind the man, turned over, telling Lily that the man had made it nearly impossible for her to escape by turning over her mode of transportation.

"C'mere you pretty animal, I'm in the mood for some fun." The man smirked wickedly.

"S-stay away from me." The woman shouted.

Just as the man began to reach the woman, the large shadowy figure of Lily jumped down from the tree, in a crouching position, in front of the woman, glaring at the man before he stood up.

"What the? Get out of my way freak, unless you've got a death wish." The man exclaimed pulling a broad sword off his back.

"Leave the woman alone, or suffer the consequences." Lily exclaimed cracking his neck.

"You're not fooling me, those bandages around your torso tell me you're still recovering from a battle that left you mortally wounded." The man smirked. "I'd be happy to finish the job."

The man ran for Lily, swinging his sword from downward towards the Exceed with a clang of metal against metal resonating as the sword was swung.

"Hmm, impressive." Lily smiled holding up his arm as he was blocking the blade with an arrowhead shaped shield. "This fake Grimm Metal really is strong. But it ain't as strong as the real stuff."

Lily smiled as the other metal gauntlet unfolded into a second shield before he used it to slap the man away with a bitch-slap. The sword went flying through the air before falling back to the ground, blade first.

"I'd recommend you run." Lily smiled catching the weapon by the hilt. "Unless you want to get a vasectomy." He chuckled pointing the blade at the man.

The man in questioned scooted back before running away, leaving Lily with both the sword, and shields, as well as dropping the scabbard from his back.

"Gotta love when they scream in terror. One of my many guilty pleasures." Lily chuckled picking up the weapon's sheath, and turning to the Faunus woman. "Are you alright ma'am?"

"Y-yes I am. Thank you for saving me." The woman exclaimed as Lily looped his new sword onto his back.

"It's really now trouble at all." Lily smiled, before grunting as he hoisted the cart back onto its wheels. "Though it looks like your steeds have been scared off."

"N-no. I was the one tugging the cart. The man you sent running was my…" The woman stopped, seeming ashamed of what she was about to say next.

"He was your master, and you were his slave?" Lily asked.

"Y-yes. He managed to get away with it with fake employment documentations."

"My name's Panther-lily, Lily for short."

"I don't have a name." The woman exclaimed. "I was born into this life so he never bothered with giving me an actual form of identification."

"I see." Lily stated. "How about I give you a name while we head to Mistral?"

"Huh?" The Faunus woman asked.

"Well, I'm a member of the Guardians, and I couldn't live with myself if I let you return to the life of slavery and solitude." Lily smiled grabbing her by the waist and putting her in the cart. "You can tag along with me if you want?"

"Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother."

"I'm sure. So, if he was your master, what was he about to do to you?" Lily asked, as some new scent caught his nostrils as his adrenaline died down.

"W-well you see. I'm in my highest of breeding time for the month, and he was going to do just that to me. I didn't want my first to be with my master, so I tried getting away." She said with a blush.

"First time or first child?" Lily asked.

"B-both."

"Oh. I see." Lily stated. "Well, since we're going to be on the road together for a while, how about I give you that name?"

"I-I'd like that."

"Great. First off, what species are you?" Lily asked.

"Well, my Faunus species is actually pretty rare, I'm a Bi'an Faunus."

"Half dragon half tiger." Lily stated.

"Yes. My species are close to extinction though, so we're pretty much almost done for."

"Well, how does Kokoa sound?" Lily asked.

"Kokoa?"

"It means Cocoa. Your hair is cocoa brown, and your heart seems sweet like chocolate." Lily smiled as he pulled the cart.

"I like it." Kokoa smiled.

"Great. Now, first thing's first. When we get to the next town, we're getting you a shower, out of those rags, and I'm feeding you a proper meal." Lily stated.