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"Team IKEA..." Adrian tasted the words in his mouth as he took another large puff off his cig, eyes locked on the shattered moon above.
"That isn't even a word!" I stated as I threw my hands up in the air.
"No," Kevin agreed, nodding while crossing his arms with a grin. "It's multiple. A phrase in fact."
He then pointed above his head, on empty space, as if the 4 letters were somehow projected on there.
He spoke slowly and roved his pointer finger over his face. "If you ever mess with one of the boys... I-Kill-Ya." Each one of those words he jerked his finger upwards. "Team motto and team name, all in one! Boom!"
"That's a horrible pun!"
"One that works." Amber rubbed her chin, actually considering the idea.
"This could either go bad," I groaned into my hands, slamming my head on the table while at it. "Or horribly bad..."
"Meh, I find it quite suitable," Derrick claimed, causing me to shoot him a cold glare from between my fingers. "But where does it leave us?" He pointed towards him and Dwiki.
"Well, we could do IKEADD, which makes it 'I kid'," Amber suggested as she tried to come up with something. "Suitable with how many jokes we make around each other, but I don't think it rolls off the tongue nicely. Or you want the other option which would be DIKEAD, which would lead to 'Dickhead' or 'Dicked', that of which, if you haven't noticed, sound unpleasant as fuck. I don't know about you, but I definitely prefer the first."
"Huh."
I just balked, my mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.
"You good?" Amber asked as she snapped her fingers in front of my eyes, snapping me out of my gaping trance.
"Just... short circuited for a bit there." I muttered as I downed another shot, a mortified expression creeping it's way onto my face as I kept my eyes on the table.
I tried to wave off the thought of coming back to Team RWBY, only for Ruby to cry and beg over not to switch teams while she tries to convince me with another attempted kiss, and this time, in front of her sister, while said sister tries her hardest not to laugh her ass off.
All the while our resident cat faunus questions the new team name, jaw hanging low from switching from team 'RWBY' to a team named 'DIKEAD'. Probably snark her way at it too.
"Now that that's over with,"
"Wait," I slammed both hands on the table as I shook my thoughts off. "I never agreed!"
"We should figure out what our next course of action is." Amber finished, ignoring me completely.
"Like who Louis should end up with?" Kevin offered helpfully.
"Oi..." I growled. "I told you, nothing like that is gonna happen." Not anytime soon anyway.
"Oh..." Kevin smirked smugly. "I see how it is..."
Uh oh.
He's using that face.
His know-it-all face.
"How what is?" My eyes narrowed dangerously into stilts as I eyed him warily.
"I guess even after being couped up with 4 girls for a year, you still prefer to play for the other team."
My face twitched.
"Oi..."
"Then again," Kevin shrugged. "I wouldn't blame you. After all, that cute Neko girl did have a taste of some Redbull. Maybe she does need the added energy to keep going."
The reference and innuendo didn't go unmissed.
My face darkened as the shattered moon from the open rooftop cast the rest of my features into shadows. My shoulders started to shake. "Oi..."
"Well," Amber shrugged with him, smirking all the way. "That explains where she gets her daily dose of hairball... Or should it be said the other way around?" They both eyed my lips peel back into a snarl from the corner of their eyes with a content smirk in place. "Do you think Blake bathes herself like a cat does?" Then, after a moment of thought he added, "Or do you think someone does it to her?"
A nerve jutted out of my forehead.
"Oi!"
"And back in our days I thought we eat steaks." Adrian sighed as he inhaled the tobacco. "Turns out here, steaks eat you, with extra tartar sauce."
"OI!"
They all turned to face me, chair overturned with my chest already heaving up and down in pure hatred. My breaths came out in fine mist as my dark eyes glinted dangerously in the dark.
I eyed each of them, staring deep into their souls to make my message clear.
"I told you guys how I feel about her! About them! What?!" It came out in a ferocious hiss, followed by me throwing my arms high up in the air and spreading them out wide. "Just because I wield what's basically 2 lightsabers you expect me to go: 'Mmmm. Bend over, you will'?!"
As one, the rest of my team shrugged.
"We should be discussing what our course of action is for the plot, not my love life!" I growled, slamming the chair back in place. "I'll handle that myself! You guys stay out of it."
The wooden chair splintered and broke apart before I could even sit on it, leaving me to stand and lean on the table while my heart hammered against my chest, my blood boiling from under my skin.
The boys shrugged again, and then just exchanged glances nonchalantly.
"I vote for Blake." Derrick ignored me and went on.
"What?!" I shrieked.
"Hey, as long as your offspring doesn't look like something straight out of the Cats movie, it's fine by me." He shrugged nonchalantly as I held my hands to strangle him.
"Then I'll put my vote on the blondie." Adrian added before I could say anything else.
"You too?!" I growled. "I told you guys to stay out of this!"
"She seems similar enough to you in her attitude and habits to spontaneously burst out in a fit of rage. No offense." He added, holding out both hands. "You know it's true. In fact, you're doing it right now."
"That's not what I'm angry about!"
"Then I vote for Ruby." Dwiki raised his hand.
"I'm beginning to feel like it was a mistake for us to have this meeting in the first place..." Never had I felt like a cow being sold off in an auction, or someone who's name is listed in a dead pool. "It's being misused."
"Money's on The Ice Queen." Kevin claimed. "No pun intended."
"Then I'll go with Neo!" Amber finished with a cheer.
"May the best man win." Derrick sniggered.
They all turned to face me with wide grins spread across their faces.
"Haiz..." I sighed, shaking my head. "I swear, you guys can be such asshats sometimes."
My shoulders rose and fell, my breaths coming in mists which I hoped was from the cold night air.
"I mean that is what brought us together in the first place, remember?" Amber laughed as she downed another shot, wiping her mouth with the back of her arm. "A bunch of eccentric asshats that just doesn't belong."
"True." I felt the edge of my lips tugged into an unwanted smile, though I kept my head hung low to keep it from showing.
"So..." Kevin started as I grabbed another random barstool, patting it free of any dust and cobwebs before I set it down gently. "Now that the tension's dispersed, what's first?"
"I guess saving Weiss should be our top priority right now." I sighed as I leant back towards thin air with crossed arms. "I mean, an incomplete Team RWBY is a sad team RBY."
"Let's be honest, getting the Power Puff Girls back together are the least of your problems." Kevin echoed my sigh and copied my motions in crossing his arms. "The bad guys are still on the loose, and more cautious than ever."
"And just exactly who's fault was that?"
As one, we all turned to the man who seemed keen to keep his eyes locked to his scroll.
"Either way," Kevin waved off and ran a hand through his hair. "What are you gonna do about it?"
"What do you mean? I asked.
"You called checkmate in too early while this Queen of yours still has all her pieces intact. What do you think she's gonna do?"
I stayed silent, prompting for him to continue.
"You think she would just surrender and call quits, pushing on as she sees the uneven battlefield?" Kevin chuckled darkly. "Or... reset the chessboard and start a new game?"
"A couple added pawns on the enemy side wouldn't make a difference." I sighed and pinched the space between my eyes. "She thinks us weak, and me, dead. It's best to keep it that way. Besides..." I switched my gaze to look at Amber. "Why'd you think I sent Evans there in the first place? Other than being a potential spy, he's there to even out the battlefield."
"It's risky." Kevin pointed out.
"High risk, high reward." I shrugged off easily. "Plus, it isn't like I forced him on the task. We'd figured he'd be best for this situation instead of I, and we decided together to send him there with his own consent in tow." I waited for Amber to nod silently. "Speaking of which, where is your body?"
"Eh..."
Hazel's POV
"Hmm..." The giant of a man grunted, clearly unimpressed as he looked down with raised brows and crossed arms.
This is supposed to be the man who's supposed to help us fulfill Salem's wishes?
Evans's body lay sprawled on a laid out unfolded piece of cardboard box in an alleyway, clinging onto his duffel bag as he muttered something about... the other seer, Louis, if he recalled, in his dreams.
It looks like he's having a nightmare.
"Not very impressive." Hazel snorted. "And to think for a second that we should cower in fear, worrying of them changing out fates altogether. What was Cinder thinking?"
She must've forgotten that they're human too.
Then again...
With his time spent at the Land of Darkness, he had forgotten what it means to be human.
It died along with her sister.
To think that his death wouldn't affect him. Only someone as mad as Tyrian would have a wide smile plastered on their face as they slaughter someone they consider as close as a brother.
His face darkened as it reminded him of his own sister's death, caused by that ever omnipotent fool Ozpin.
He'll pay for it...
I'll make sure of it.
But no matter how bad he felt for the outsider and wanted to either leave his body there or wanted to wait until he woke up, orders were orders.
And orders from her grace, even more so.
And if this... Seer, He eyed the figure that was deep in slumber warily. Can help me get to Ozpin... then so be it.
After emitting a low grunt and a distraught sigh, Hazel brought a burly arm under the side of said man, wrapping it around his waist and slung him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, while he snatched the duffel bagup and carried it in the other.
"You chose to go down this path." Hazel said in a quiet whisper as his neck tilted and he glanced out of the corner of his eye. "Don't regret it."
Louis's POV
"You didn't think that could go wrong?" I deadpanned. "Like... at all?"
"I'll take my chances." Amber shrugged nonchalantly. "Besides, most of my funds are with you right now, and you're gonna need it if you're gonna take all 3 teams around the world. Yang and Ruby are probably gonna get added support from Tai and Qrow, and Pyrrha and Kevin have more than enough wealth to provide for 2 or so each, but it wouldn't be for long. It's not like Salem wouldn't provide food for her employees... right?"
"And what makes you think anything Salem eats are a delicacy?" I raised my brow at the maiden, causing her to wince. "Or the fact that she eats at all? She's Grimm. You could have a plate of worms and she'll say it's 'Food'."
Amber grumbled something under her breath, about how Cinder and the others probably have something else for dinner but made no move to tell us that.
"Anywho," I sighed as I met their eyes. "Despite Evans being on the other side of the world, we should still be cautious. There's no telling who Salem has under her influence. We need Ironwood's support to get to the Relic in Atlas, so we should still try and head there, picking Weiss up along the way while we're at it."
"Then?" Kevin asked.
"Mistral, ASAP." Amber chimed in as she shook her thoughts off. "That's the first and only relic ever unveiled when we got teleported here, so we know for sure how to access it."
"And how... exactly do you plan to access it?" Kevin raised his brow.
"Right..." I growled under my breath. "We need to find Raven. As far as we know, Qrow knows of her current location so we'd have to wait for him to get back."
A low rumble interrupted my thoughts, causing me to eye my surroundings for Grimm. When there was none, my eyes roved upwards to see a Bullhead zooming at speeds beyond required speed limit that raised alarms in our heads that there was an emergency.
Or an assault.
I felt my hand slip to Obisidan Nova as it passed overhead and flicked the hard light Dust loose, while the other boys eyed it warily, expecting for it to turn and fire it's weapons at us at any given moment.
When it passed by a few buildings went beyond the horizon, only then did our shoulders slump in relief.
Obsidian Nova's crimson blades whipped back into it's sheaths, and I buckled them to my side.
"Who the hell would ride a Bullhead at this hour?" Kevin asked with a raised brow. "I thought you said all public transports close at 9."
"They are." Amber shrugged, letting her hand slump to her side as the fierce, orange glow died inside of her palm. "Perhaps it was an emergency evacuation. We are just by the walls of Vale and the small villages around here don't get too much protection from Grimm."
"Right..." I rubbed my nose ridge as I let my adrenaline wash out of my system. "Anyway, back to the topic at hand. We'll run into Raven sooner or later. We have Yang, so hopefully she'll listen to us. What else is there to worry about?"
"There is Blake's arc." Derrick reminded us helpfully. "Where she travels home and abandons the idea of stopping the White Fang altogether." He provided, and I found myself groaning into my hands yet again.
It was honestly not that important... If only Blake's parents weren't involved in it.
We can't just leave them to die.
"Not exactly." Kevin said with closed eyes.
"What do you mean?" Both me and Amber asked at the same time.
"You said the Fennec and Corsac twins respect Adam's rule, not Sienna's." He said, eyeing us. Only then did I realize he was waiting for us to acknowledge it. I nodded. "Well, you just fatally wounded him, destroyed his pride. Hell, we're not even sure he's back with the White Fang yet, or if he will be going back. Might've skipped on that phase altogether and choose to immediately pursue your black cat."
"This is all based on a rough hypothesis." I countered. "There's no telling where he is right now. The man's a mystery. Also, the Albain twins might still have respect left to follow Adam's footsteps, since his methods has been working so far."
"Think about it Lou." Kevin held out a hand. "You said in canon that Adam returned with the success of bringing Beacon down unscathed. That's what caused the faunus of the White Fang to stage a coup against Sienna in the first place. She doesn't bring them their wanted equality while he does. Why would they do that now? When their 'leader'." He quoted with his fingers. "Is bruised and battered, coming back with not much results?" He gestured down the streets. "The White Fang had just declared war, the city of Vale is being rebuilt, and soon, so will Beacon with no delay from the Dragon Grimm spawning endless masses. Hell, it's going to be built from scratch. That's definitely faster than needing to raze it to the ground."
"Again, it's not about results, but the messages he brings and passes along." I said. "They believe in his ideals, and even if he's supposedly and presumably dead to them, and I say supposedly and presumably because I'm pretty sure he didn't go down that easily, he'd just gone and made himself a martyr. So far, he had done a damn good job at leading them against humans, and it brought results through fear."
"But you made him fear you." The rotund man pointed out. "Made him fear a human."
"Nobody saw that." I pointed out. "Nobody but Salem's... faction..." My eyes widened.
I glanced at Kevin giving me a smug grin and a thumbs up, indicating I caught onto the idea.
"Think you can put an idea in Hazel's head to pass on the message to Sienna of Adam's failure?" I asked Amber. "That should put a temporary dampener in the White Fang's actions."
"If Salem still sees some purpose for the White Fang, consider it done." She replied with a smirk, then it faltered and turned into a frown as she seemed to be having concerning thoughts. "But then again, what makes you think they'll listen to the words of a human?"
"Adam just declared war with mankind," Kevin repeated. "He just marked the White Fang on top of the list among Grimm level threats. She'll listen for any negotiation because right now, she's backed into a corner. Sienna might rule with an iron fist, but the last thing she wants is for the faunus to get exterminated via mass genocide." He turned to me. "The question should be, what're we to do about the White Fang itself?"
"We can't really do anything about em. Not yet." I replied. "The only way we saw on how to disperse them is to convince their families that violence isn't the answer and fight along with us, and I'm not about to go with Blake all the way to Menagerie just to go on a petition to achieve that." I pinched my nose ridge as I wracked my mind for answers. "There has to be another way."
"Well as long as they don't get in our way." Amber sighed. "I feel bad enough for those who lost their lives at the Fall. Students can get... carried away sometimes."
"I'm pretty sure most of those bodies were charred by some raw lightning." I deadpanned.
Amber shrugged. "Someone must've had really powerful Lightning Dust in their disposal."
"Should we split into two teams to get results faster?" Adrian suggested as he doused his cig in his shot cup with a loud crumpling noise and a fizzling hiss. Specs of orange and smoke rose out of the mixture, and fluttered above his eyes. "One goes to Atlas, the other goes to Haven."
"No." I shook my head. "Divide and conquer might work if we know what we're up against, but if we split between JNPR and RWBY, there's no telling what could potentially happen to either. They are now aware we have a freak of nature amongst our ranks, and as far as they're concerned, she's awake and her combat potential hasn't faltered. It's safer we go with Qrow in tow. Without the armour, the only one capable of fighting on par with Cinder is Evans in Amber, and I'm not about to leave both teams in charge of her, being the walls in the middle just waiting to be torn down."
"True." Amber agreed with a nod. "And it's not like I can stay asleep or in Amber forever. Qrow's protective custody won't do much against someone like Cinder. I'll do what I can with this body, but no guarantees, especially not when I arrive at the Land of Darkness. I'll have to be more active in my own skin then."
"Still don't get why you think traveling like a backpacker is a great idea." I deadpanned.
"I'm sure my body's all fine." She shrugged off easily. "I found a secluded spot in an alleyway to rest my main body in. It's well hidden from view. I'm sure nobody's gonna see me or detect me while I'm doing this."
Hazels' POV
"He has arrived, my liege." Hazel knelt down with one fist planted on the floor, behind him an unconscious body lay on the long table usually used to discuss tactics amongst the people Salem had recruited.
"What... is he doing?" Salem asked, eyeing the shaggy man as he curled up and rolled to the side.
"He appears to be... sleeping, my liege." Hazel pointed out. "I found him at one of the small villages that reside on the outskirts of Vale. He didn't even make it that far, being barely a mile out from the walls and seemed to have been walking in circles for about weeks to a month, if the tattered state of his clothing and the putrid stench that surrounds him is any indication."
"And he didn't awaken on his flight back here?" The primordial entity eyed the being curiously.
"No, my liege." Hazel answered, making sure to keep his eyes focused on the floor even though he heard her voice edge ever so closer. "He appears to be in a deep slumber. I have tried shaking him gently, and even with the loud engines of the Bullhead he would not awaken still. On the other hand, it spared him the fear and panic of having to see this much Grimm at once, making the escort much easier."
"Is that so?" Salem asked as she trailed her eyes up and down, eventually settling on his duffel bag, before snapping back to his face. "Interesting..."
Louis's POV
"If you say so man." I sighed as I watched the dark skies started to tint with a light orange hue, indicating that we don't have much time.
"By the way, why didn't you kill Cinder?" I asked the question that had been nagging at the back of my head this past month, but I never got the chance to acknowledge it, being too busy sparring or bonding with my team. "I thought the full plan was to get Amber back into tip top shape."
"It... was." Amber admitted with gritted teeth and closed her eyes. "I couldn't get through."
"What'd ya mean?"
"It's like you and... what did Nora call it? Undine...?"
"Umbra." I amended.
"Right." She shivered. "It's like you and Umbra. There's like this firewall in between that's tough to crack. I tried, really I did, but it only resulted in Cinder almost poking her eye out. Emphasis on almost." Amber looked down at her hands while she kept her eyes closed. "It's like she has two brains, all thanks to that Grimm parasite. The fought for control was too great."
"But you managed with me."
"Yeah, only because you wanted to be free and possessed, so it was 4 against-"
"4?" I raised my brow suspiciously.
Amber clamped up and blinked anxiously. Her pupils trailed left and right nervously, while cold sweat trickled down furrowed brows as her teeth chattered in the cold morning air.
He's afraid.
"Evans..." I said slowly as my eyes narrowed dangerously. "You did go in to save me alone... right?"
"Yes." Amber stated as she looked at me straight in the eye.
Nobody dared to comment, and the minutes went by in silence.
"Hmm..." I crossed my arms.
Only because we're in a time limit, I'll let this one go.
But I'll have to be sure to make a check on that later.
"Go on." I said as I glugged a full cup.
Amber let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding. "Anyway, it was 2 against 1 at that time, so it succeeded. Both Cinder and her parasite doesn't want to be controlled. One mind, I can control no problem, but two? That's a bit of a stretch."
"So basically you can possess anything that doesn't have two souls." Kevin whistled as the tension from the air drained away, clearly impressed by the convenience of such a Semblance. "What about something with 'No brain', like Grimm?"
"We tried that which ended up with Evans gasping for breath in the Emerald Forest." I sighed, shaking me head. "Apparently whatever happens to his host, happens to his real body. He's not used to feeling the emptiness and pure hatred within the Grimm and it almost caused him to collapse upon returning. Ths weakness is the reason why he didn't go... further, with his attempted shipping."
"Yeah..." She chuckled nervously as she scratched the back of her head. "Don't wanna wake up with a burning sensation when I take a leak."
"Speaking of, how did that interrogation go for you?" I drawled on as I smirked cockily in her face.
"Ruby never confronted me, being... well, Ruby, while Yang threatened to beat it into me. Blake half thanked me, and half wanted to strangle me for seeing her and her friends in the nude. In the end, nothing happened though, so I'm good." She shrugged.
"Why can't I have that kind of Sembl-"
"Because you're just gonna abuse it for your sexual needs, both of you." Amber added when Derrick opened his mouth. Clumsy D's face soured, crossing his arms and looking back to his scroll. "I take no pleasure in watching Team RWBY gets undressed, and Louis knows this. That's what's preventing him from killing me right now, just so you know."
That managed to clamp their mouths shut as none of the two dared to make eye contact with me.
"Doesn't prevent the fact that he's jealous." Kevin chuckled when he noticed my frown.
"Yeah, I noticed." Amber snickered back.
"Still can't believe they didn't do anything." I let out a frustrated sigh and ran a hand through my hair. "I thought it would've been a riot."
"Probably because he's still in Amber's body." Kevin pointed out when I rolled my eyes. "Once he gets back to his own, there's no telling what punishments they'll dish out."
Amber muttered a silent prayer, wishing that they'll forgive and forget.
"Don't worry," I laughed and rubbed my hands together. "I'll be sure to remind em when the time comes."
That gained a look of ire and a small whimper from the maiden.
"Hmm," The rotund man mused, putting a hand to his chin. "So technically, both of you have PVP Semblances."
"Mine's a bit of a glass cannon," I admitted. "But yeah. We have no use for our Semblances in PVE, or in this case, against Grimm. It only works against Hunstman, well, at least mine does." I curled and uncurled my fingers as I looked at my right hand. "Not much use against someone with their Aura still locked, and I have to get up close and personal to apply it."
Purge.
It devoids people of Aura, and by extension, their Semblance, sending them to god knows where.
...
A Semblance befitting me with a being made of the pure void that resides within.
"Think we could unlock Aura ourselves?" Kevin asked honestly as he flipped his hands back and forth. "Other than the fact that it'll help protect us against the Grimm, we might be able to help more than we already can."
"To be honest, we want to." I said slowly and honestly when all their heads snapped to my direction. "But it's not that simple. Having an Aura means having a life force. It sorta drains you dry if misused."
"Yeah," Amber agreed. "We could do that sometime though, just make sure either we or Jaune and Ren are the ones who unlock both D's."
Their frowns indicated that Evans was spot on in assuming they expected one of the girls to unlock their Auras. As to why, well... go fish.
"If you unlock Semblance anything like Evans's..." I growled under my breath. "I swear I will disable it."
Their frowns grew sour, as if they were sucking on a lemon.
"Welp, it's been fun," Amber admitted. "but it's time for me to travel again." She Getting up, right as the circumference of the sun touched the tip of the horizon. "Less Grimm in the morning," She said, stretching her arms. "Don't know why."
"Don't strain yourself." Kevin reminded.
"With my Semblance I can stay awake for 24/7." Amber boasted as she placed a palm on her chest. "I can fall asleep and take over this body, and go back all rejuvenated and fresh as a daisy. I'll be fine."
"Just saying that you're gonna be doing some heavy lifting after this." The rotund man chuckled. "And you're not exactly the fittest guy last time I checked."
"Yeah," I agreed with a chuckle of my own, tying my crimson bandana in place to cover my facial features below my eyes. "Just make sure you get enough rest and food."
"What are you? My mom?" Amber deadpanned, and gave us a 2 finger salute. "Mind if you give me the expressway out?"
"Sure buddy." I said, holding out my hand.
"I'll be checking in with you guys tonight." Amber chuckled, holding out her own. "Don't do anything I wouldn't."
As our hands touched, my body flashed an eerie black glow, then Amber's eyes flickered from deep cyan to her usual brown. Her body went slack as her head slammed onto the table.
"Uhm." Kevin muttered and looked away.
"Yeah..." I smiled sheepishly. "Probably should have someone ready to catch her before I even tried that."
Evans's POV
"Hrrrngh..."
Why do I feel like shit?
...
It feels like I've just been carried around for the past hour like a sack of fresh grain, had my back slammed against a chair, and had a hydraulic press try to crush my rib cage.
I can't feel my sides.
Little light made it's way into my eyes as I cracked my eyelids open.
The first thing I saw was white.
"The sun's already up?" Evans groaned.
It felt cold.
"I didn't expect the light to be so blinding."
It must've been really bad if it's gonna make me see white.
Evans tried to cover his eyes with the back of his forearm, only for it to be caught on something.
That something was soft.
It was also as cold as ice.
"The... hell?"
"Not quite." An authoritarian voice answered as the grip around his neck tightened. "But close enough."
Evans's eyes snapped wide open and the first thing he did was produce a choked scream.
Louis's POV
"Urk..." Kevin coughed into his fist. "Might've had too much."
"You gonna be okay?" I asked as he staggered.
"Pro...bably gonna wake up... with a bad hangover..." Kevin hiccuped. "But I'll be fine."
I was feeling a little drowsy, but nothing out of the ordinary.
The others... however...
Adrian was supporting Derrick in one hand, who had all but collapsed, Dwiki in the other even though he only downed a single shot.
To my left, I had Amber slumped and leant onto my shoulder while she feet dangled in the air as I hefted her up by under her legs, causing her ass to stick out beyond my elbow while her back bent stiffly, all while Kevin slung his arm around my neck with lidded eyes to try and walk in a straight line.
If I'd say my reddened cheeks were from the effects of alcohol alone, I'd be lying.
"Almost... there..." I claimed. "Just... a few more... meters."
Shift
"You're up early." Yang yawned into her fist as she ran a hair down her messy golden mane.
It looked way too messed up and with the additional strands that stuck out made it look like it wasn't about to be disentangled anytime soon.
"Can't sleep?" She asked.
"He promised he'll be here by the time we woke up." The person on the table said with an easy smile, humming a happy tune to herself as her feline features flicked. "So when he gets back, I'm about to rub it in..."
She looked way too happy for someone that's not a morning person.
"What happened in that room Kitty Kat?" Yang couldn't help but stifle a laugh when that got the expected reaction as Blake tried to bury her reddened face in her book. It wasn't like she didn't know, unintentionally eavesdropping as she waited outside, but it was fun to mess around with her partner every once and a while.
"You... overheard?" The cat faunus asked as her eyes darted around nervously.
"I'm gonna take it things got... interesting." Yang sat down and propped her head with one hand. "Care to tell you good ol' partner about it?"
"Nothing like that happened." Blake's cheeks flushed as she tried to wave it off. "You're reading into things too much."
"Oh really?" Yang chuckled. "Cause I heard from Louis that you and Ru-"
Some gears clicked into place as lilac eyes widened.
had stopped working.
"Yang...?" Blake asked as amber eyes peered from atop her book.
"Louis asked if I wanted to kiss him too... " She put her hands to her chin. "Too..." Her eyes flashed crimson as she slammed both hands on the table. "Ruby did WHAT?!"
"Blake!" The cat faunus suddenly found the blonde brawler's hands clamped around her shoulders in a vice grip before she had any chance to escape. "You were there before me! How far did those two go?!"
"N-nooot that faaaar!" Blake tried as Yang shook her partner's upper body wildly. "It was juuuust an innocent peck, or as close as Ruuuuby can get to iiiit!" She manage to get out, before Yang's shoulders seized up.
"A peck." Yang's brows twitched. "Oh my god, my sister just gave her first kiss to Louis. Her first... kiss..." She groaned into her palms. "What's next?! We never gave her the talk!"
"What?" Blake balked as she clapped her book shut, fully invested to the conversation.
"Me, Uncle Qrow, Dad..." Yang laughed bitterly. "It's just... it's Ruby y'know. We could never have afforded to taint her that way."
"Yang, you're lucky it's Louis she likes, and that we're surrounded by gentlemen like Ren and Jaune." Blake flung her hands up in the air. "What if Cardin and his bunch of ne'er-do-wells took advantage of her during initiation or afterwards?"
"Then they won't ever find a body. Or... bodies." Yang specified after she grit her teeth at that mental image which was actually possible.
"I can't believe this.." The black haired girl muttered as she flung her hands in the air. "No wonder she was always so innocent."
"Please don't tell Louis!" Yang begged as her nails started to dig into Blake's shoulders. "He'll take advantage of her!"
Blake raised her brow.
"He'll... He'll abuse her for lack of knowledge! What should I do? She's not even old enough date. Me, sure, I'm 17. But Ruby... my little Rubaby?!"
Blake's brow went even higher.
"I was just teasing when I said she should get with Louis. Sure, they could be together, I meant that. She has to grow up some time... but what if she starts sneaking into his room?!"
"Yang calm down. It's Louis. In fact, he tried to stop us from-" Blake's amber eyes widened as she just realized what she said. Damn her mouth.
"Us...?" Yang paused as lilac eyes met amber. "You didn't try to take advantage of Ruby too did you?"
"Do I look like I would?!" Blake yelped helplessly as she held out both hands.
"Hmm..." Yang pointed two fingers to her eyes, then flicked them towards her partner. "I've got my eyes on you partner..."
"I noticed." Blake replied with the roll of her eyes as the blonde brawler's irises turned back to lilac. "I swear I didn't try to make a move on her."
"We'll see about that." She muttered under her breath.
...
...
"So..." She shuffled uneasily after a minute of uncomfortable silence. "How good was he?"
"How... good...?" The resident cat faunus questioned.
"W-well..." She scratched the back of her head nervously. "If Ruby is really that committed, then I guess I have to see that she gets the best treatment... right?" Her shoulders rose and fell. "And who better to ask it to then the only other girl that he kissed who is totally not me." That last part came out in a rush. "I mean, how would I know what his dominant tongue feels like right... haha..."
Blake's eyes narrowed and made to open her mouth, but then her feline ears twitched when footsteps trampled on their doorstep.
The doors slammed open.
Louis's POV
"Help me a little... would ya girls...?" I groaned, crumpling onto the floor as the fatigue finally took over, causing the two beside me to fall flat to the ground with a pained groan.
"What happened?" Yang was on my side in an instant, looking relieved to be out of... whatever she and Blake were discussing beforehand.
"Too much..." Kevin growled as he held both hands to his mouth. "Should've gone with... 12 instead of... 15..."
"Just get him to the sofa before he throws up on you." I translated as I tried to prop myself up on the floor, causing Yang to nod and help Kevin up, while Blake came over to try and support me.
"Thanks." I muttered under my breath with my lids trying to close, but I forced them open.
Light footsteps padded in the direction of the corridors, and a sleepy Ruby turned towards the corner with a tired smile as she cutely rubbed her eyes. "Good... morning..." She yawned.
"Hey Rubes..." I smiled faintly as she teetered onto me. "Told ya I'll be here when you wake up."
"Yeah... So you did." She yawned with a tired smile. "Last night was fun... wasn't it Louis?" She drawled on sleepily as she clung to my side, smothering another yawn in my clothing as she nuzzled against my side. "I was a little scared at first... But you reassured me that everything was gonna be okay. You really did keep me up reaaaally late last night and I woke up with my body all sore and messed up."
THUD
Kevin's face planted onto the floor.
The first thing I felt was short hot breaths coming out in sporadic snorts and pants, as if it were coming out like a raging bull.
"Louis..." Yang hissed as her breaths came out in fine mists. "Just... what exactly did you do to Ruby last night...?!"
"You have got to be kidding me." I groaned and wondered what I had done in a previous life from the sudden headache I knew for a fact, was about to come on. "You were with us the whole time!" I looked to the cat faunus for help, but she just smiled coyly.
"I told you I was gonna get you back for last night... didn't I?" She asked as she fluttered her eyelids innocently and looked past me, where I felt searing heat wrap around my sides.
Fuck
"I'm calling the police." Kevin said as he held up his scroll and put it to the side of his face.
"Come back here!" Yang howled and lunged for me as I ducked and sprinted down the corridors.
A/N
The prologue/setup chapters are finally done, so now we can move on to the main stuffs. I know some of you are more curious as to Evans's perspective in the Land of Darkness, so that'll be next!
PS. For those of you with... creative... imaginations, Salem didn't sit on Evans's face there.
Reviewer Sessions
paradox0.5white: Huh, same for me. I'm not sure I want to give them all Semblances, but we'll see.
LordDemolitions: Preeeeetty sure I mentioned it very early on that this is my real life friends. I'm just using their calling names and not our complete or last names because... well. Safety reasons. I don't think 75% of the Authors here at FF are that bad. I mean sure, the typical Harem protag, but Dwiki bad? Nah.
Kage-kitsune9001: Mhmm. Ikr. Good thing it fits into the initials of our names.
The Ancient Irish Viking: Hey, glad you liked my fic so far. Binging through fics can be awesome. Binging through my fic? Even more so! Yeah, I do apologize for the Fall being dragged out a tad bit too long, but there were a ton of perspectives to focus on at that time. I just did what I did best and... got carried away. Also, if you don't mind, I used your idea here. Also also, if you like my story that much, please be sure to give it a Fav and a Follow to support me! I do really enjoy it when people do all 3. Follow, Fav and Review!
Sacke110: Glad to have you back! Glad you enjoyed everything but the corrupted Ruby. A small sacrifice to pay, no pun intended. Hope you'll stick throughout and forever more!
DankAnon: Ooh, that's an idea I could use. A daily life of Amber Evans. Sure. I mean... the RWBY verse is sorta based on fairy tales, so I'm sure the Big bad wolf gets a pass. I am not looking forward to writing it, not to say it would or wouldn't happen. Glad that you commented today, otherwise I'd get back to you next week!