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Chapter Cover: Ezekiel standing there with his White cloak dancing and the symbol of the Schnee family upon his back.

Chapter Forty-Nine

The Demon Gale

"Ruby, Yang," a voice called out.

Yang turned her head toward the person who had called out to them finding Yael along with Sebastian and Noir. The group was running toward them and Yang turned her attention toward Ruby who was still kneeling on the ground her head bowed.

"Sebastian, Noir," she said.

The group reached them and Yang stood up as they approached toward her. The blonde girl let out a soft sigh as Yael placed a hand upon their shoulder.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'll be fine," Yang said, "But Ruby…"

She glanced down toward her sister, a saddened look crossing upon her features. Noir was kneeling beside the other girl with a hand upon her shoulder and was trying to talk to her but it didn't seem Ruby was answering him.

"What happened?" Sebastian asked, "How come you didn't reach the Execution in time?"

Yang frowned.

"We were stopped," she said, "They were two girls who cut us off and delayed us…but they disappeared when that Tower of Light had appeared."

Yael frowned at her.

"Two girls?" she said, "Where they part of the White Clan?"

Yang shook her head.

"I don't know," she said, "it's not like I can tell who part of the White Clan is and who isn't?"

"Did they have the white robes similar to Schneider?" Yael asked her.

Yang shook her head.

"No," she said, "They didn't wear robes but…they were powerful…I mean, my Explosive Fist attack didn't even do much damage against them and even when I used my Release I couldn't even touch her..."

"That sound strange," Sebastian said, "All member of the White Clans wear either white or blue robes…depending on what type of duties they have to carry out. If these girls weren't part of the Clan, what exactly where they doing here in the White Dimension?"

Yael frowned to herself.

"That just reinforce my thinking that there is something else going on," she said.

Sebastian was frowning too.

"You believe there is something we're missing?" he asked.

Yael didn't say anything.

Ever since I heard Ezekiel was going to execute Weiss…something had been gnawing at the back of my mind, she thought, I didn't have time to properly gather my thoughts yet…but those two girls Ruby and Yang ran into. Who were they and why did they confronted the girls and disappeared as soon as the Tower of Light appeared?

Yael narrowed her eyes.

Don't tell me…they were after the Piece of Light…, she thought.

She looked up toward the distance.

"Noir," she said drawing the Faunus's attention toward her, "You stay here with Ruby and Yang. Sebastian and I are going on ahead."

Noir nodded.

"C'mon Sebastian," she said.

"Right," The older man said.

The two launched forward leaving the group behind them. Yael was heavily suspecting that these two girls were after the Piece of Light, but how those two girls did knew that the White Clan even had one of those things in their possession.

"You've figured something out?" Sebastian asked her.

"There is something I have to make sure of," Yael told him.


Meanwhile

Mercury had his eyes wide in shock at the blade that had pierced through him from the back. He couldn't understand how that had happened and how that person had managed to sneak on him without even him noticing…

Just who…?

The young man turned his head toward the person who had stabbed him and noticed the white robes that were upon the person's form as well as the hood that was hiding their features. He could see the strange necklaces that the person was wearing.

One of the Priestess, he thought, Why does…she have a Soul Weapon?

"Mercury," the mint-colored girl yelled.

The two of them had launched toward the Priestess that had stabbed him through but she managed to move away using a familiar move. A Light Step technique causing the person to disappear before the two girls could reach him. Mercury let out an acking sound as he placed a hand upon the wound that was upon his form, blood starting to appear from underneath his finger.

He turned his gaze toward the person who had stabbed him finding that the Priestess had landed down upon the ground beside Winter and the White Lord. The sword in the person hand was still covered in blood as they stood there, the robes dancing in the wind around them.

"W…Who the hell are you?" Mercury said, "I never heard of a Priestess having Soul Weapons."

The hooded figure raised a hand toward the hood that was upon her head and removed it, letting the long white hair flow behind her. The two bleu eyes stared up toward him and they were filled with hatred as they stared into his own eyes.

Weiss Schnee stood there as she stared up at him, standing beside her Father and older sister.

"Weiss…?" he repeated, "Impossible…You were just executed by the White Star? How are you still alive?"

"Did you really think I would kill my own daughter?" Ezekiel spoke out from where he stood, "I know that Weiss is innocent from everything that you have accused her of. The one you saw getting absorbed by the White Star was nothing more than a Copy."

"How is this even possible?" Mercury said, staring down at him, "All of the evidences that I had in place. It should have been an ironclad foolproof plan…"

Ezekiel stared at him.

"Tell me Mercury," he said, "Have you never wondered why Schneider was in Vale when you were there as well."

Mercury blinked in confusion.

"Schneider?" he said, "You…You were the one who send him there?"

Ezekiel stared up toward the man.

"Right," he said.

Flashback

Lord Ezekiel stood in his office as he was staring down toward the large grounds of the Clan compound. He had this frown upon his features as he was standing there. The man knew that there was something that he was missing in all of that was happening recently concerning Weiss.

There was a knock at the door.

"Enter," he said.

The door opened and Light Schneider entered inside the room. The man had this curious look upon his face as he walked into the office and the White Lord turned to face him. Schneider came to stand in front of the desk.

"You wanted to see me sir?" he said.

"Yes," Ezekiel said, "There is something that I would like to discuss with you Captain Schneider…something that must not leave this room, do you understand?"

Schneider frowned lightly.

"Of course sir," he said.

"Do you remember the alert we have twelve years ago?" the White Lord asked.

Schneider frowned as he thought about it.

"If you're talking about the false alarm," he said, with a slow tone, "Then I remember it…thought I don't understand why you are bringing it up."

"That's because it wasn't a false alarm," Ezekiel said with a serious expression upon his face.

Schneider stared at him, completely shocked.

"What?"

"This entire compound is under the protection of a spell that was once created by Illus Schnee when he was in power," Ezekiel said, "That spell is like an intruder alarm on it's own. It will warn me, whenever there is an Aura that is not from the White Clan…but that night, it didn't even warned me of anything wrong."

He turned his gaze toward Schneider.

"It revealed also that whoever had caused the break-in is one of us," he said, "and I have strong belief what whoever that person is…they're the one responsible for my wife's death."

Schneider stared at him in shock, "Are you saying that we have a traitor among us?"

Lord Ezekiel stared at him seriously.

"Yes," he said, "and I have a feeling these events that are happening right now are the actions of that person as well…which is why I need you to go to Vale and learn the truth of what truly happened there."

Schneider stared at him, "You're sending me on a mission?"

"Yes," Lord Ezekiel said staring at him, "This mission will limit the source of suspects I have under watch right now."

"But you ordered Mercury to go and kill them?" Schneider said.

"As the White Lord of the Clan," Ezekiel said, "I have to make sure to protect the Clan from all type of threat that will threaten it…which is why I have decided to send you Schneider. As a Captain, I am sure that the White Knights and Mercury won't be a problem for you."

His eyes became emotionless.

"I want your report before the execution is made is that clear?" he asked.

Schneider stared at the man for a few moments.

"Of course sir," he said, "I will send you my report as soon as I am able."

End of Flashback

Lord Ezekiel stared up at Mercury, his eyes blue and cold as ice.

"When Schneider sends me the information he had revealed," he said, "I had thought that you were working for someone else to do all that you're doing. After the Execution, I was planning to take you down and the person who had pinned all of those false atrocities upon my daughter…but it seems that you were both one and the same."

He drew out his sword and his Aura had started to glow as well.

"Mercury Black," the man said, "For crimes you've committed against the White Clan, I won't allow you to leave here alive."

Mercury stared down at him, his eyes narrowed in anger.

"You think…you can take on the entire White Knights soldiers of 4000 against the four of you?" he said.

"Just because you've got quantity," Lord Ezekiel spoke as his power continued to rise, "Doesn't mean that you have the quality of the three people I have here with me. We are the leading body of the White Clan's forces."

Winter stood up as her own Aura started to rise and on the other side of her father, Weiss placed her own weapon at chest height as her own Aura started to rise as well. Saturn was raising his Aura too as the four of them caused the area around them to tremble in their power.

Mercury stared at them in front of him before he started to chuckle lightly.

"Well, the four most powerful members of the White Clan," he said, "I will be honored to end your lives and cut the Schnee bloodline from this world. Take them down White Knights."

The Knights all launched down straight toward the group with their weapons poised to fight. Winter placed her blade at the ready getting ready to fight when Lord Ezekiel walked forward to come to stand right in front of them.

"Father?" she said.

"I'll handle this," he said.

The man raised his broad sword which was glowing with his power and then swung it in a large arc, causing a sudden blast of power to completely overcoming everything that was in the sky above them the blast of power caused the ground to shake as large blast of wind completely destroyed the lands that were in front of them, as even the floating islands that were in the distance around them were destroyed.

Weiss glanced at her father's back as the man's cloak danced in the large wind that he had just unleashed by just swinging his sword.

He unleashed a large wave of Aura by just the swing of his blade, she thought, Dad…

"It will be best for you to release your Swords," Lord Ezekiel said drawing their attention, "This battle had just begun."

"Yes sir," the trio said.

"Blade of Ice come Forth, Blade of Snow come forth," Winter yelled as the blade she was holding in her hand started to split into two shorter swords with a light thread joining them together. Ice had started to appear around her form as she stood there holding the two blades in her hands.

"Gemina Hieme, (Twin Winter)," she said.

Weiss had raised her sword up to chest height as she stood there, unleashing her Aura at full power.

"Whiten the Petals of the Snow Flower, Myrtenaster," she said.

The blade in her hand had transformed into the rapier with the cross guard upon it as the power surged forward through her. Weiss then turned her attention upward as she glanced up toward where her Father had unleashed the blast of power.

Saturn himself raised his sword in the air as he started to spin it in a circle.

"Rain Down upon them, Milia Ferro (Thousand Steel)" he said.

Swords have started to appear all around him as they were floating around him as the twinkle of the sword shone like crystals as they spun around him. The group all stared up toward where the White Lord had launched his attack as the smoke slowly cleared up.

White Knights were still standing there in front of Mercury as well as the two girls were there as well completely hidden by the Knights. The White Knights stepped away from Mercury who was still there as he stared down at them.

"Your infamous Demon Gale I see," he said, "But as you can see that wasn't much of anything as my Knights are still there."

Ezekiel's sword had continued to glow as the purple glare was completely covering everything around him.

"That wasn't my Demon Gale," he said, "I just swung my sword at you to get rid of the flies…"

Mercury's eyes seemingly widen at him.

"Now, this…is my Demon Gale," Lord Ezekiel said, as his power continued to shoot through the roof as his sword was at the ready, "Demon…GALE,"

He swung his weapon straight toward Mercury before the entire horizon was completely overcome by the massive attack.


Yael came to a stop when the first wave of Aura had launched outward and completely destroying everything around them. The young woman had placed a hand over her face at the sudden wind that had completely overcome them.

"What the hell…?" she said completely taken aback by the amount of power that was unleashed.

"This Aura…," Sebastian said, "It's Ezekiel…there is no doubt about it."

Yael was surprised to say the least. She knew that Lord Ezekiel was powerful but to actually feel the level of power that the man has. She was completely shocked.

"So…this is the level of power of the man who became the White Lord at fifteen years old," she said, "It's more intense than I expected."

"If feels like there is a battle going on," Sebastian said, "But for the White Lord to actually unleash this level of power…what type of enemy is he facing?"

Yael was about to answer when another wave of power, even more powerful than the first cause the ground they were standing to shake and even the rock around them had cracked with the pressure of power that was being unleashed.

"I can feel Winter's Aura as well," she said, "Just who are they fighting?"


Ruby looked up at the shaking that was happening. She could feel a lot of powers surging in the distance not too far away from where she was. She doesn't know why but something familiar had tugged at her and that was what drew her attention.

"Ruby," Noir said, "Something the matter?"

The young girl didn't seem to have heard him as she was staring forward, her own silver eyes wide. She knew what she was sensing was probably impossible but…she knew what she sensing. That familiar power that she recognized…

It can't be…, she thought.

With that, she launched forward leaving both Yang and Noir to stare at her back.

"Ruby, where are you going?" Yang called.

But the girl was gone in a blink of an eye leaving behind only a swirl of red petals.

"What's gotten into her?" Noir said staring at the direction she had gone in.

"Let's go after her," Yang said, launching forward.


Ezekiel was staring at the area where Mercury and his companion was with a frown upon his face. He had launched his Demon Gale attack straight toward where the people where. His long white cloak flying behind him as he stared at the place as the destruction of the area completely overcame them with could of dust and smoke.

"So…that's the power of the Demon Gale," a voice spoke through the smoke.

Ezekiel blinked.

Weiss blinked.

Winter blinked.

Saturn blinked.

The smoke had dissipated and Mercury was still standing there completely unscathed but there was a White Glow in front of him protecting him as well as the two girls that were beside him. Most of the White Knights were destroyed in the attack that Lord Ezekiel had launched as the pieces of armors littered the ground around them.

"No effect?" Winter said shocked.

"How was that even possible?" Saturn said, "The Demon Gale is powerful enough to destroy an entire Army."

Weiss stayed silent as she narrowed her blue eyes.

"Mercury…," Ezekiel said narrowing his eyes.

The young man smiled darkly.

"It seems that your power…is worth nothing at all, White Lord."

The powerful Demon Gale...has no effect...

Next Time: Resolution

Jacques0 out.

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