Volume 4 Issue 4: Family
Kingdom of Mistral
Oscar's Farm
The story starts with Oscar carrying a pitchfork into the barn, which has loose bits of hay strung about the floor. He passes a sink with a mirror behind it, and something makes him pause and take a closer look. He sees his own reflection and lifts a lock of his hair, as if expecting something different as he leans forward and examines the mirror more closely.
"Hello?" Oscar asked, looking into the mirror, not hearing a reply.
Not hearing a reply, Oscar leaned back and sighed before attempting to get back to work when he heard a booming voice of Ozpin introducing himself.
"Hello! I'm Professor Ozpin!" Ozpin greeted telepathically, sending Oscar crashing to the ground, causing him to breathe heavily.
"Oscar? You be careful with those tools!" the voice of Oscar's Aunt called out.
Island of Patch
Xiao Long-Rose-Branwen Family Home
With Yang.
The scene then changes to the island of Patch where Yang is inside a nightmare. All around her are broken pieces of buildings and darkness. She looks around, confused, and lets out a small gasp when she looks down. She raises both of her arms and turns them, examining their presence, particularly her right arm.
Yang looks up from her arms to see Adam Taurus walking toward her. The red accents in his hair, mask and outfit have a surreal glow. Yang steps back defensively and discovers that she is suddenly wearing Ember Celica. She blasts Adam five times, but they do nothing to him while he steadily continues walking closer.
Adam puts his right hand on the handle of his sheathed sword. Yang tries to attack him again, but her weapon is gone, as is her right arm. She stares for a moment in confusion and disbelief and then startles when Adam is abruptly directly before her. He grins at her and starts to unsheathes Wilt from Blush and makes a swinging motion but doesn't touch her but instead cuts the image of Ben and her family waking her up.
Yang awakens with a gasp. She is in her room, lying on top of her bed. The robotic arm given to her by General Ironwood rests on her bedside table, out of the box. Yang looks at it for a moment before turning her face away. She hears laughter coming from downstairs.
Yang heads downstairs to discover Professors Oobleck and Port sitting at her kitchen table and laughing with her father, and Summer along with Rex, Pisces, and Aquarius.
"And, and, and then, in comes Qrow, wearing a skirt! I was just a TA, I-I didn't know what to do, so I just... I just left the room to laugh!" Port said, creating a round of laughter.
"We told him it was a kilt! He'd never worn a uniform before, so he didn't know!" Summer added, causing everyone to laugh.
"That's mean! What's wrong with you!?" Pisces asked, but she was too busy laughing to be serious.
"Hey! The girls all said he had nice legs! I did that jerk a favor! Besides, that's not even the best part! See, then we-" Tai began before Port put his leg on the table, cutting him off.
"Like what you see?" Port asked, sending another round of laughter across the room.
"I would've paid to see that." Rex added.
In response, Summer pulls out her scroll and shows a picture of Qrow wearing a skirt, finally sending everyone over the edge as Port lost his balance from laughing too hard, falling onto the ground.
Taiyang claps from mirth and Port joins in the hilarity from the floor. Rex slams his fist into the table from laughing so hard while Pisces accidentally crushed the table by doing the same while Aquarius just giggles along with Yang, covering her mouth, but the four teachers become alerted to her presence. Oobleck stands while Port gets up off the floor.
"Oh, uh, Miss Xiao Long! Uh, please, join us." Port asked, allowing her to enter as Oobleck looked a little embarrassed.
"Oh, yes, yes, pull up a chair. Please, pull up a chair." Oobleck added.
"I'm good." Yang replied, hopping onto the counter.
"So, what are you doing here?" Yang asked.
"Despite popular belief, teachers do have a life outside the classroom." Oobleck explained.
"Unless you're mommy, then you're so boring when daddy isn't around." Pisces added.
"Go to your room, it's past your bedtime anyway." Aquarius ordered, before she facepalmed, remembering Pisces doesn't need sleep.
"Professor Goodwitch is working 'round the clock to restore Beacon to its former glory! But, Mistral wasn't built in a day. And we all need rest from time to time" Port added.
"Now look, let's not worry about that right now. So, there we were, standing in the auditorium, looking at Qrow, wearing a skirt. Then Oz tells everyone, "It's time to work on our landing strategy!" Tai said, making everyone laugh again as the Succubus Aensland sisters came down along with the rest of the Harem members.
"The Branwen twins have always been... interesting, to say the least." Oobleck explained as Aquarius started to take a drink of water.
"That certainly didn't stop Tai and Aquarius from performing the Beast with Two Backs." Morrigan added, causing said teacher to spit out her water.
"Could you both be any more vulgar?" Aquarius asked.
"You did the Horizontal Tango, Got your Freak On, did the Naked Dance, Got Jiggy with it, we could go on." Lilith explained without shame as Pisces just looked confused.
"Okay, that's more than enough. You're not supposed to say those things around the kids." Helen stated.
"No, we're not supposed to say those types of things around the kids, but he didn't say anything about around someone like Pisces or other kids besides. From what you explained, she needs to know that stuff, so she can make a fully functioning human body, so it can grow naturally." Morrigan replied.
"Either way, Pisces go in the other room, this is going to be an adult conversation right now." Aquarius ordered.
"But mommy I'm bored of constantly watching TV and playing games. I want to leave this island! I want to do something!" Pisces complained.
"Sorry, but so long as Circe's around, we can't allow you to leave the island. She's too dangerous and there's no telling what she'll do if she got her hands on you." Helen stated.
"What's the deal with this Circe anyway? I was under the impression Anodites were peaceful." Summer asked as the original girls all stood silent, having a telepathic conversation.
"Ugh... I hate it when they do this." Lilith complained.
"I know they can choose who they talk to, but must they always do this?" Morrigan asked.
"Well, it must be real important. I mean they only do this when there's something important." Tai added.
"Well, that Magic sure is useful." Port commented as Rex groaned.
"You have to admit it's magic someday, Rex." Summer replied, not caring about Rex's Scientific Mind.
"Well, it won't be today." Rex replied stubbornly.
"Circe was the Greatest Witch Crafter Anodyne has ever seen." The voice of Ganondorf added, teleporting into the kitchen, putting everyone on guard.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Rex cried, equipping his Smack Hands before to his and everyone else's surprise, Rex was simply teleported out of the room.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" Yang demanded.
"I did nothing, Minerva. He broke the rules of the barrier by having ill intent within its reach and was teleported off the island." Ganondorf explained.
"What do you want, Ganon?" Julie asked with a tone of warning.
"I want to see Thorin. I know he's here, Artemis." Ganondorf replied, confusing everyone.
"Artemis? I thought your name was Julie." Port asked confusedly.
"How do you know the name of my first life? We've never met." Julie asked.
"You don't remember me? We used to spar with each other almost daily before I placed that curse upon the Spirit of the Hero and the Blood of the Goddess." Ganondorf explained, further confusing everyone.
"You're not seeing our husband and that's final." Helen added.
"The only thing stopping me from forcing my way through is this barrier, Natasha. I hoped we could do this peacefully in the name of our once friendship." Ganondorf replied as he turned towards Yang.
"You've lost your fire, Minerva. It's sad to see you were reduced to this pitiful miserable state. What he sees in you, I'll never know." Ganondorf added before teleporting away.
"Is someone please going to explain what's going on?" Oobleck asked.
"*Sigh* Long story short me, these girls and Ben are reincarnations of a group of adults all married to Ben in our past lives. But we're missing memories and we don't know why." Helen explained.
"Reincarnation is real? So does that mean there's no afterlife?" Port asked.
"There's an afterlife but there's also reincarnation. Don't ask how that works because it's just confusing and we don't fully understand it." Yang explained.
"If you go to the great library in Hell, you could probably find out." Lilith added.
"Sparda spent quite a lot of time there when he started to plan his rebellion." Morrigan explained.
"Anyway, I have a question for you Miss Xiao L- Yang. if you don't mind me asking, why haven't you tried on the arm yet?" Port asked.
"Oh, yes, yes! A piece of Atlas technology given out like that is rare indeed! Not to mention the effort it took to deliver it here. It seems a great many people want to see you returned to normal." Oobleck added.
"I'm... scared." Yang explained, holding her severed right arm.
"Everyone keeps talking about me getting back to normal. And I appreciate it, but... this is normal now." Yang explained, not noticing her two teachers exchanged sad but understanding looks towards each other.
"It's just taking me a while to get used to it." Yang finished sadly.
"Well, normal is what you make of it." Taiyang added.
"What is that supposed to mean? Do you want me to just pretend like nothing happened? I lost a part of me. A piece of me is gone. And unless I can change, it's not coming back." Yang asked.
"You're right. But that doesn't have to stop you from becoming who you wanna be. You're Yang Xiao Long, my sunny little dragon." Tai replied as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You can do whatever you put your mind to. So whenever you're ready to stop moping, and get back out there, I'll be there for you." Tai finished
"I… I..." Yang said before her professor spoke up.
"Fear is like any other emotion. It comes and goes. It's all in how you handle it. Why, even I find myself wrestling with that emotion from time to time." Said Port.
"Really? You?" Yang asked, unconvinced.
"He's afraid of mice." Oobleck whispered, passing Alice to appear in his lap.
"Did you say mice, human slave?" Alice asked.
"...Summer, did you put something in my drink?" Oobleck asked, not knowing if he's actually seeing this.
"That's Alice. Kirby's pet Spirit Tiger, she's basically just a big house cat that talks back to you." Summer explained.
"So the rumors of a talking tiger on campus was true." Port commented.
"Don't ignore me, human slaves. Your cat overlord demands some mice." Alice added, being her usual self.
"There's some leftover pork in the fridge." Summer explained.
"That'll work." Alice replied, jumping off Oobleck's Lap, opening the fridge with her tail.
"How can she even carry that? She doesn't have fingers and opposable thumbs." Oobleck asked.
"She uses her tail for everything because unlike her mom, she doesn't have a human form." Tai explained.
"Who says I don't have a human form? I just choose not to use it." Alice replied, proving that she does have a Human Form.
"Prove it." Helen said.
Giving a cat-like grin, Alice's tail's fire engulfed her entire body until it grew to the size of a short teenager, revealing a teenager with long white Hair that reaches her waist with White Cat Ears on her head and wearing a white jacket with black stripes. She also wore a White skirt that went down to her knees and wore white low-heeled boots.
"Is this good enough for you, human slaves?" Alice asked, walking away, without receiving an answer.
"...Anyway, as we were saying, there's nothing wrong with being afraid. I mean just look at mom, she's downright terrified of bees." Summer explained.
"I'm afraid of Scorpions." Tai explained.
"I'm terrified of small spaces." Helen said.
"Spiders terrify me." Julie added.
"Isolation and Starvation." Morrigan answered.
"Being forgotten." Lilith answered.
"I'm afraid of the life Pisces could have because she's an alien." Aquarius explained.
"See. Everyone here is afraid of something." Summer said to her step-daughter.
"She's right. Just because your afraid, doesn't mean you can't get back up to be who you want to be." Tai added.
The scene transitions to Yang smiling taking the last steps at the top of the stairs. She turns partially and lifts her hand to those below.
"Goodnight!" Yang said.
The prosthetic arm on the bedside table is the first thing she sees when she walks into her room. She looks at it for a moment, but then moves to the window when she hears the front door to the house open followed by the voices of the three men. She decides to stand out of side beside the window and listen.
"Thanks for having us over, Tai." Port said.
"Any time. You're always welcomed." Tai replied.
"It may be a while before we return. There is still much work to be done at the school." Oobleck added.
"I hesitate to ask, but is there any word from young Miss Rose?" Port asked.
Behind Taiyang, Yang moves into visibility at her bedroom window.
"Not Yet." Tai replied, sadly.
"Have you or Summer thought about going after her? Trying to bring her home?" Oobleck asked.
"*Sigh* We've got to... look after some things." Tai replied.
BGM start - Your Legacy - Devil May Cry 5
Taiyang glances toward her bedroom window, Yang moves out of sight again and squeezes her right upper arm, looking dejected.
Taking a deep breath, Yang took a seat on her bed Crossing her legs she began to meditate like Minerva use to do all the time focusing on the memory's of her life with the first time meeting Ben to Becoming a member of Team RWBY to becoming a proud mother of two but that is when it changed.
Instead of focusing on those parts Yang's mind drifted to all the anger, all the rage, all the hatred she has ever felt from learning Summer wasn't her mother, to finding out Raven was a monster due to her former mentality, fear, and cowardliness of Salem, to Kirby being almost kidnapped by Arkham, and so much more in her life.
'It's time to let go.' Yang thought.
With that single thought, Yang started to glow a bright yellow with the stump of her right arm starting to glow, taking the shape of a new arm before coming solid which she did not notice for a while as the moonlight started to shine on her with all the light in the house going into her body, snapping her eyes open which changed to a golden color.
The moment her eyes snapped open, The room she was in was destroyed, blasting a hole through her bed catching, the attention of her dad and her professors who looked up only to be blinded by the light.
Feeling the power, Nightmare appeared over the island, eyes's widening in fear as he felt this power coming from the island.
"NOOOOOO! THE LIGHT HAS AWOKEN!" Nightmare screamed until Alice appeared.
"SCRAM, BASTARD SON OF DARKNESS!" Alice roared as she tackled him, starting to feed on him as he he screamed in pain off-screen.
Not noticing him, Yang walked to the hidden room to see Ben still sleeping, ignorant of the event that's about to come forth as she placed her hands over his heart.
Smiling gently, Yang pushed her power into him as he glowed black before he woke up with a gasp, panicking as he looked around for Vilgax, confused on what is going on until he saw a blinding light looking at him.
"WHERE AM I?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Ben cried.
"It's okay, Ben. We're together again." Yang replied whose voice sounded like a heavenly Harp, bringing a sense of calm and order to him before she started to cry like a baby as she pulled him into a tight hug.
"WHAAA! I'M SO SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO WAKE YOU UP!" Yang cried, making him sweat drop.
"Umm... It's okay... " Ben replied, confused.
"But it's not okay. I sat around just moping the entire time, being even more overbearing because I was too afraid. I didn't even try to stop Ruby from leaving, but now we're going to go after her and stop Salem, together." Yang explained.
Breaking the hug, Yang started to feel real tired as she fell to the ground with a thud as everyone came into the room just in time for Yang's body to disappear into a flash of light.
"Where's Mommy?" Kirby asked, worried as Darkness appeared with a frown.
"She has reawakened the Light." Darkness explained coldly.
"What does that mean?" Summer asked.
"Like Thorin, Minerva has someone who raised her to be Queen. All apart of Magic's experiment." Darkness explained.
"Experiment?" Julie asked.
"Magic didn't chose Thorin to be King. He was one of many who could've been the ruler of Anodyne." Darkness explained.
"So, there are others..." Helen mumbled.
"Yes, but you'll all know that part very soon. When she returns." Darkness explained before turning to Ben.
"I'm so glad that you're awake. I was afraid you'd never wake up." Darkness said softy.
"Thanks, but Just one question: What happened since the fight?" Ben asked, confused.
"Worry about that later. For now, you need to just rest." Darkness replied.
"Um, who are you?" Port asked.
"I'm the source of all Darkness, Mortal. I'm Benjamin's True mother." Darkness replied, ignoring how Ben claimed she wasn't his mom.
"*Sigh* Come on back downstairs. We got some explaining to do." Summer said, pulling the two away as the scene changed to show Yang laying down in a room with so much light a blind mole would say its too bright.
Light's Realm
Standing next to her was a woman of average height that had Suns for eyes, with long white hair going down to the middle of her back in a ponytail wearing a strapless dress highly reminiscent of a "Cheongsam". This is shown to possess a large slit in correspondence to her left leg, exposing her thigh, and comes secured to her body by a number of dark laces on the back and to her right side, exposing a part of her right breast's back side, and by a line of metal fasteners taking the shape of two horizontally-placed triangles with their bases linked together on her front left side. Such garment is dark in its back part where the laces are, and light-colored on the front, Her outfit is completed by a pair of shoulder-length ornamental gloves again bearing dual colors, dark on the arm and hand's lower part and light on the upper one, and dark boots reaching up to her middle calves.
This is Light, the Adopted Mother of Minerva.
"You've finally unlocked the True Light. Honestly, I thought you would have as the Jedi." Light commented as a woman appeared behind her.
"Well, she always did struggle with the Dark Side in that life." The woman added.
Turning around, Light saw a young woman with baby blue eyes, a shapely hourglass figure. She had long blond hair tied back in a ponytail that went to her butt and had side-swept bangs in front, she wore extremely revealing crimson dress secured by halter-neck straps, which leaves most of her upper body, namely her back, sides and a large portion of her cleavage almost reaching down to her navel completely exposed. The dress reaches down to her calves, with the skirt being flouncy, possessing a large slash in its front right part for her legs to move freely.
This is Ann, Thorin's Birth Mother who became a Valkyrie Upon her death and was Minerva's care taker.
"True, but she was the Granddaughter of Darth Revan, so it's no surprise." Light replied.
"What are you going to do when she awakens? She'll have her full memories including how you were very cold and uncaring centuries ago." Ann asked.
"It was a different time. And, it was a millennium, you forget time travels differently between universes." Light explained.
"Do you even remember how Minerva came to you? It was on the same day I did." Ann asked.
"Naturally." Light replied as she thought about that day.
BGM end.
Flashback.
Sitting in her Realm with her eyes closed, Light did not move a muscle when Magic appeared with a baby Anodite wrapped in a golden blanket, sleeping without a care.
"Magic. I hope you're not trying to get me to join in your experiment." Light replied rather coldly despite her voice being filled with warmth.
"You will rase this child, Light. The favor I have says you must." Magic explained, handing the baby to light.
"Fine, but don't expect me to be motherly. I must focus all my time on my domain." Light replied, taking the child.
"Who's the child's parents?" Light asked, opening her eyes.
"She has none. I created her before I came here, her name is Minerva." Magic explained, leaving as Ann appeared, looking confused.
"Ann of Anodyne. I'm the embodiment of Light and I'd like to offer you a position of my Valkyrie to watch over Valhalla." Light explained.
"Um, can I get a rain check on that? Because I need to know what's happening to my son considering I died giving birth." Ann asked.
"You'll tell me your answer now because I'll be too busy dealing with this child to hear your reply." Light replied as Minerva began to cry.
"Stop crying, child. I'll deal with you later." Light said, only causing Minerva to cry harder.
"Here, let me." Ann said, gently taking Minerva away.
With Minerva in her arms, Ann began to gently rock the baby in her arms, ending the crying, much to Light's joy, not wanting to deal with the crying.
"Let me sing you a song I heard in my travels, little one." Ann said.
BGM start - The Bard's Song - In the Forest- by Malukah.
"Now you all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bard's song
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow will take it away
The fear of today
It will be gone
Due to our magic songs
There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
No-one should ask you for the name
Of the one
Who tells the story
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And you're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
Cause the bard's songs will remain
They all will remain
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close Your eyes
You can see them, too" Ann sang, placing Minerva to sleep.
"Looks like I just found her care taker. If you accept, I shall allow you to watch your Child." Light said.
"*Sigh* Alright, I'll accept." Ann replied.
Flashback end.
Back to the Present
"You really have changed in the past millennium." Ann said.
"Embodiments change all the time, we're just slow to change." Light explained.
Continent of Anima
A few miles away from Higabana.
With Team RNJR.
With those words, the scene changed to a path through the woods where Team RNJR moves forward with Ruby looking at a map.
"Come on, guys! If we pick up the pace, we can hit the next town before sunset!" Ruby cried.
"Assuming it's still there." Jaune added.
"Of course it'll be there. This one's supposed to be pretty big! Hee-gan...bayn-a." Ruby said, struggling to pronounce it.
"Higanbana. It's a well protected village with a popular inn." Ren explained.
"Which means, no camping in the rain!" Nora said, extremely grateful.
"See? Everything's going to be fine!" Ruby added.
"You know, we've had a lot of ups and downs. But things could be a lot worse. I really thought we'd see more Grimm." Jaune replied.
"As did I." Ren added.
"I guess our luck is finally turning around!" Nora said as the camera zooms out to show Team RNJR being viewed from above, a rocky outcropping just on the edge of the view.
"To Higanbana!" Nora cried.
"To Higanbana!" Jaune and Ren said in unison.
"To Higanban... ban-a!" Ruby added.
The camera finishes zooming out to show a Beowolf on a cliff stomping into view and growls at the four kids. Just as it is about to leap, it is stabbed through by Qrow. Three disintegrating bodies of other Beowolves are just behind him. A black raven caws from a tree branch on eye level with Qrow, catching his attention. He looks at it and it flies off, following RNJR.
"*Scoff* Luck." Qrow commented.
Continent of Anima
Higabana
The scene shifts to the raining on the village of Higanbana. Through the window of an inn, the four kids are shown silently discussing with the proprietor. A backward zooms brings the visual out into the street, and through yet another window being viewed from the inside of a tavern where Qrow sits at a table, watching when A waitress placed a glass on the table.
"Oh, I didn't o-" Qrow said before she spoke up.
"From the woman upstairs. Red eyes. Said you wouldn't mind Some Tea." The Higabana Waitress explained.
Qrow turns and looks up. An overhead shot shows the spacious lower level of the tavern and its several round tables, while the edge of a balcony is just visible Before he turns back.
"Thanks." Qrow replied.
"But I went ahead and gave you something a lot better. Lucky you." The Higabana Waitress added, winking as he looked away, knowing Aquarius will somehow find out.
Qrow waits for her to walk away. After she is gone, he looks through the two windows to see no one visible in the lobby of the inn.
Not saying anything, the dusty old Crow takes the drink and heads upstairs to see his sister with Draco as he just stared, no longer believing it was Yang because if it was, she would've grown her arm back a lot sooner.
"Hello, Qrow. I see you still haven't tried to take Ruby home." Raven said.
"The same could be said for you. You two are the ones with the teleporting Semblance." Qrow replied.
"True, but that's not why we're here." Draco explained.
"Is it to tell me how you're back to your old ways then Shion already saw?" Qrow asked.
"First off, that's not me. Turns out Scales wasn't the only one who wanted to kill me in the tribe. When he died, my tribe split in two with them no longer wanting to follow my orders or rules." Raven explained.
"Regardless, why are you here? Shouldn't you be dealing with your Civil War?" Qrow asked.
"Does Salem have it?" Raven asked, referring to the Relic of Knowledge at Haven.
"So far, no. But she'll more than likely knows about you being the Spring Maiden, so I suggest you stay on Patch. Nightmare can't get past the barrier." Qrow explained.
"Then, they'll know we're actually on your side. Speaking of which, has the old man returned?" Draco asked.
"Not as far as I know. The moment he returns, he'd make the journey to whatever school is the closest in order to inform one of the headmasters as soon as possible, but with communications down, there's no telling how long that'll be." Qrow explained.
"What about the sword? I know you're trying to have Carmine Prime infiltrate Salem's circle because his mind can't be read due to his powers." Raven asked, knowing Vergil Sparda is still trying to find his sword.
"It's a slow process, however, from what little he knows, he somehow managed to gather info about Salem, she never takes her eyes off the sword even when they're experimenting. Don't ask how I got it because I don't know, I have ordered him to not try to steal the sword because I don't want to take the chance Nightmare can kill him." Qrow explained.
"It's only a matter of time before he gets the portal up and running. We need to retrieve that sword." Draco added.
"Which is why we need to get to Haven and hope Ben will wake up soon." Qrow replied.
"Summer is starting to lose patience. She's about ready to track down Ruby herself and you know how she's going to react." Raven warned, getting up.
"I hate to be Ruby when she eventually does have to return home." Qrow replied as Raven opened a portal to Patch.
"Just wait until Summer finds out you're not even trying to bring her home." Raven added, walking away before he could say anything.
Island of Patch
With Ben.
With Ben on Patch, he was sitting on the couch, hearing everything that has happened from Rex once he came back to the island soaking wet but otherwise unharmed much to There gratefulness as there family was particularly back together.
"And that is all that has happened." Rex finished explaining.
"*Sigh* This isn't good. Now that nightmare has Vergil's sword, there's no telling how big his army will grow especially since he can find all the people who my past lives made enemies out of and trust me when I say there's a lot of them." Ben said.
"What are some of the big names we have to worry about?" Rex asked.
"For Bane, it be any Jedi and maybe any Sith depending on the time period, for Hiruzen it may be Orochimaru depending on the time. Considering, I doubt he knew what was going to happen because he claimed he was on his way to the Chunin Exams. For Whitebeard, it'd be The Marines/World government/Blackbeard/the Yanko/Big Mom/Kaido potentially Shanks, for Igneel it'd be Acnologia, for Sparda it would be practically all of Hell and definitely all of Heaven." Ben explained.
"You made enemies out of the entire world's government? What kind of criminal was White beard?" Rex asked.
"White beard was not a criminal. He wanted to support his home island because it was in poverty due to the celestial dragons or the world nobles. Long story short, he was labeled as a pirate mostly because of his crew the Rocks Pirates because our captain broke too many of the worlds taboos." Ben explained.
"Then What was he like? Like most people I'm not even going to look at one piece because of how long it's been running and it will take me forever to catch up." Said Rex causing Ben to Sigh.
"Well, Whitebeard was a cheerful and carefree person during his younger years, prior to commanding his own ship and becoming known as Whitebeard. Due to being an orphan who grew up in poverty, Newgate has a strong desire for a family, which he saw as the greatest treasure. His reign on the sea, reputation, and foreboding power made him seemingly overconfident and fearless. To outsiders of the crew he seemed unable to see any cause for alarm on any decision he made and refused all advice given to him, such as his nurse telling him not to drink heavily or Shanks warning him of Blackbeard. However, he was much more thoughtful than he initially appeared to be. Actions that initially seem to be the result of thoughtless, headstrong bravado actually had strong reasons behind them; his loud declaration that Fish-Man Island belonged to him freed the island from all pirates and slavery, and his insistence that Blackbeard be punished was merely a cover for Ace, who had set out after him against Whitebeard's wishes. Though he may have seemed to have an overgrown ego, deep down, Whitebeard knew that he was nothing but a single man and was fully aware of his own mortality. He knew that the youth are the keys to the future, and that their lives are far more important than his own. Despite his fierce reputation, Whitebeard is an extremely compassionate man, having adopted countless people of different background into his crew as his foster children, such as Squard whom he took in after the latter was devastated in loneliness after Roger killed his crew. Marco stated that the main reason the Whitebeard Pirates held such strong loyalty to their captain was due to Newgate's compassion, deeply caring for them like a father. Contrary to the tyrannical Kaido and Charlotte Linlin/Big mom, Whitebeard used his power and influence as a Yonko to help people such as liberating and protecting Fish-Man Island from slavery, an act which touched the hearts of the citizens of Ryugu Kingdom whom were normally distrustful of humans. The ultimate proof of his compassion came when he declared war with Marine Headquarters solely to save Ace's life. One of the most distinguishing feature of Whitebeard's nature was his high moral standards: he never forgave the death of a crewmate, and believed that a man cannot live without some form of moral code. Another example is taking on Blackbeard in order to avenge Thatch, despite being close to death at the time. However, he was willing to go against his moral code under certain circumstances, such as when he instructed Ace to let Blackbeard go because he had an uneasy feeling about him. Like Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard believed that a child should not be responsible for their parents' sins, and he told Squard that Ace should not be held responsible for Roger killing his Squard's original crew. He also seemed to enjoy talking about the past; the first things he talked about when Shanks visited were old memories from the past twenty-two years, and when he saw Buggy during the Paramount War, he recalled some memories from the past. People that were children at that time were still children in his eyes, even men as powerful as his fellow Yonko Shanks and Admiral Aokiji. One way to appease him involved bringing and sharing with him a drink preferably of high quality and very expensive, while striking up a conversation. This was seen with his encounters with Shanks, Gol D. Roger, and Shiki; however, this did not guarantee complete cooperation from him, judging from the nature of these conversations. Whitebeard believed that it is fine when a man decides what to make of his life if he does not live to regret it. After being stabbed by Squard, Whitebeard remained forgiving and understanding toward his subordinate. Whitebeard was very careful about choosing a person to be included in his crew, depending on their personality and nature. This cautiousness mainly stemmed from his time as a member of the Rocks Pirates, as the violent and poor relationship in that crew left a negative impact on Whitebeard, thus he vowed to never let such relationship occur in his own crew." Ben explained.
"Ok... Anyway, we need to show the world you are back and find Ruby." Rex replied.
"I agree with that, but we need to do something big to show Salem I'm back and just a strong as ever, but the question is: How?" Ben asked.
"I've got an idea. There's a Dust Embargo within Atlas due to the General, but the borders are still open. Because of this, Jacques has invited me, thinking he can buy my half of the company." Rex explained.
"So, basically I should follow you and surprise people to show I'm back?" Ben asked, smirking.
"Yes, but first." Rex replied, standing up.
Pulling his fist back, Rex punched Ben in the face faster then Ben could see, surprising him, showing how much Ben needs to train, but also showing how much Rex himself has trained to keep up with his friend/partner.
"That was for severing my nerves and leaving me behind!" Rex shouted.
"Ugh, I definitely deserve that." Ben groaned, holding his nose.
"I'm glad you agree. Because I'm just glad you're ok." Rex replied.
"You definitely have gotten stronger, Rex. So you can help me get back into shape also where is the Yamato? Mine, I mean." Ben clarified.
"Still in the Colosseum which is in Atlas." Rex explained.
"Alright, then it looks like I'm sneaking into that charity ball." Ben replied, trying to stand back up, only to struggle as he fell back down.
"Before you do anything else, you need to get back into shape. You haven't moved a muscle in eight months as such your body is a little restricted." Rex explained.
"I'll be fine." Ben promised, summoning his Cane to help him stand.
"You can barely stand. You need to get back in the shape before you do anything else, don't think I don't know you're not planning on going after Adam." Rex replied, pushing him down to the couch.
"Speaking of which, have you heard from Sienna? I have a few choice words I'd like to have with her." Ben asked, darkly as his Sword of Thorin and the Moon Staff appeared next to him.
"No. Communications have been down, so we haven't been able to get in contact and I can't go to Menagerie with how everything is in Vale right now." Rex explained as Ben smirked.
"Then I know what I'm doing right now." Ben replied as he melted into the shadows to appear on the living room of Sienna watching as said person sat in the chair, reading Ninjas of Love wearing a oversized white shirt, not noticing the new presence.
"*Breaths In* WHERE'S ADAM?!" Ben roared, scaring Sienna out of her chair.
"Ben?! How long have you been standing there?" Sienna asked, blushing as she was caught reading such a book.
"Long enough to know you read Ninjas of Love. But that's not what I'm here for, I want to know where Adam is because he has gone beyond the limit this time and I'll deal with him on a permanent basis." Ben explained as his dark magic seemed to come out from his own skin in waves.
"I agree with that. However, he's also has set up a meeting with a representative from Salem's faction which means we can catch him by surprise if he doesn't know you're awake." Sienna replied.
"How do you know he won't try to kill you? You know as well as I do there are far too many fanatics within your group." Ben asked.
"They may be fanatics, but they'd never do something too major, Vale not withstanding." Sienna replied, rather arrogantly.
"Someone once thought something similar to that route. Tell me, have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?" Ben asked, mentally chuckling.
"No." Sienna replied, not really caring.
"He was a dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the living cells to create life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying." Ben explained as the room got darker and colder, hoping to set the tone although that maybe because the SOT was sucking all the light out.
"He had the power to stop death herself?" Sienna asked, not believing it.
"The Dark Side is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." Ben explained.
"Then what happened to him? They don't call those who succeed a tragedy most of the time." Sienna asked.
"He became so powerful anything he was afraid of losing its touch, but eventually he taught his apprentice everything he knew then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic, he could save others from death, but not himself." Ben explained.
"Meaning?" Sienna asked, wanting to get to the point.
"Darth Plagueis the Wise who forge the most powerful Sith Lord the galaxy had ever known and yet who forgot to leave a place for himself whose pride never allowed him to question that he would no longer be needed. Basically, Adam may have something up his sleeve because there's no way he would continue to bow before you." Ben explained.
"Then what do you suggest I do? I can't leave the White Fang especially now." Sienna asked.
"Let me leave a clone in your place. I may not have a whole lot of power, but I have enough power to create a clone and take us both to Patch." Ben explained.
"Hmm... Well, it would give me more time to spend with the girls, but I doubt the Kingdom of Vale is just going to allow me to stay on the island after what happened." Sienna replied.
"For now you will just have to wear an I.D. Mask or stay inside until we can get Helen's working again because I have no idea where Azmuth is. All I know is when I reveal myself to the world, everything will change." Ben explained before he nearly fell over to the floor if Sienna hadn't caught him.
"Are you sure you're OK? The entire world saw your fight and many people Chieftain Ghira included have dedicated statues, hoping for your return, so there's no point in rushing it to reveal to the world that you're alive and back in business." Sienna asked, helping him stand.
"Maybe you're right, but I've been sleeping for eight months and I need to get my body back into shape, I could just create a new one, but I rather not become too dependent on magic, so I have to go through plenty of exercise and rigorous training to get back into shape." Ben explained.
"Why not go to your universe and get some training? I'm sure there's someone who would be willing to teach you something." Sienna suggested.
"I have an idea that'll help me, but I need to get everything in order first." Ben explained.
"Then while you're doing that, come by and get me tomorrow because there's something I definitively have to do and cannot miss." Sienna replied.
"Your clone will send the memories I promise you that. Now bring me a Pig or something. I need a lot of blood to make this happen." Ben ordered.
"Your Sword creates blood. It's doing so well all over my floor." Sienna replied, annoyed.
"Hey, cut me some slack. I just woke up from a 6-8 month nap." Ben said, grabbing it.
Slamming the pommel into the floor, Ben instantly created the blood circle needed for the ritual around her, much to her amazement but quickly turned to anger with this next words.
"Now, I need you to take off that shirt and anything else you're wearing underneath for this to work." Ben ordered, earning a slap to the face for the way he said it as he didn't choose his words carefully.
"I'm not giving you a free show for you Tennyson nor will I do anything indecent with you." Sienna replied.
"OK I deserve that. What I should've said was I need you to remove any and all in organic materials. This works better if it has direct access to your full body without clothes in the way." Ben explained, rubbing his face.
Growling, Sienna made him turn around as she got undress, not allowing him to look more than he has to until she sat in the middle of the circle trying to cover as much as she could.
"Fair warning. You cannot move or even scream even moving an inch could potentially kill you." Ben warned before chanting.
During the chanting, Sienna pushed herself to stay silent, no matter how much it hurt her for the entire chant until it was all over.
Smilin, Ben created a blanket for her, covering her modesty as the blood formed into a complete clone, matching her completely in every way, complete with tattoos much to her amazement and embarrassment as it was just as naked.
"It's like you in every way. So grab your stuff and let's go to Patch." Ben ordered.
Using the blanket to cover herself, Sienna went upstairs to grab some stuff, not seeing Ben walk up to the clone to give it orders.
"You will act exactly like Sienna Khan when we leave and will NOT try to kill the original nor tell anyone you're a clone." Ben ordered as the clone nodded.
"Why did you emphasize the not part?" Sienna asked, carrying a suitcase.
"Some clones have a very nasty habit of killing the original. That's why you had to be very specific on the orders they can and cannot do." Ben explained.
With that said, Ben used the shadows to take Sienna home with him as the clone put on some clothes to read its… Story.
Back on Patch.
Appearing in the living Room, Ben immediately fell to the couch, completely exhausted as he is still recuperating his power and energy from his fight, much to his annoyance as he did not think he would be this weak at all.
Hearing someone appear in the house, Julie came down stairs with a sword at the ready until she saw those two on the couch much to her relief as she helped Ben stand up.
"Thank goodness it's you. We just got the kids back to sleep." Julie said.
"Thanks, Julie. Now, can you help me get to Bed? I don't think I'll be able to walk that far." Ben replied.
Smiling, Julie helped lift Ben with Sienna's help into the secret room where he laid down glad to enjoy sleep without being in a coma, knowing tonight he is about to receive his full memories.
In Light's Realm.
Waking up, Yang looked around to see she was in a familiar realm, much to her annoyance as she remembered everything and was not happy at all as she received her Full Memories.
"You can come out now. I know you're always watching and know everything that goes on in this realm." Yang said, allowing Light to appear next to her.
"It seems you fully remember, Minerva. Perhaps now you're willing to listen unlike your first life." Light replied.
Growling, Yang stood up, ignoring how she was not in her human body and attempted to punch Light in the face only for her hand to pass straight through as Light teleported right behind her the last second.
Getting mad, Yang tried to throw Mana disks at Light only for her to dodge them all like they were nothing, all without even opening her eyes which only serves to infuriate Yang even more.
"OPEN YOUR DAMN EYES! TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!" Yang screamed.
Opening her eyes, Light blinded the room even more, stopping the assault within her own realm before closing them again, however, she opened them again, this time controlling her brightness, showing she can control the intensity as her True Eye colors are a Golden Color while Darkness's True Eye color after she opened her Moon Eyes are a glowing purplish-black-blue color.
"As I was saying, Minerva. Perhaps now you'll listen on the subject of your future." Light replied softly.
"You don't get to decide that! I'm not leaving Ben just because you hate him for using dark magic!" Yang shouted.
"Oh no, it's the exact opposite, in fact, I'm glad you didn't listen to me." Light replied, throwing Yang through a loop.
"Say what now? You have always hated all things dark, you even locked me into a dark box whenever I "spoke blasphemy against the Light" to show me the errors of my ways." Yang asked, highly confused.
"I won't apologize for the past. I can't change it and neither will apologizing. I just hope we can try to be civil and maybe even family again." Light explained.
"First off, we were never family. You always considered me a distraction from work which is why you always pawned me off to Ann or any other Valkyrie/Angel available unless it was something you absolutely had to teach me like how to be a "proper lady" for Magic's experiment." Yang replied.
"You have to understand, Minerva, that embodiments are very slow to change. I considered emotions to be a useless factor in day today life which is why I personally taught you to suppress them, so you could always make precise calculation of decisions and so you'd never rush in headfirst like you have in this lifetime." Light explained.
"Secondly, I find it ironic that the embodiment of Light is cold hearted and uncaring while the embodiment of Darkness is very warm and caring." Yang replied, continuing like she never said anything.
"Then who was it who saved you and your sister when you were both children?" Light asked.
"My uncle Qrow, duh." Yang replied, like it was obvious.
"Don't you find it suspicious how he was able to save you at the last second or even find you? I was the one who told him where to find you, I even teleported him there, so he could see you both then wiped his memories, so he believed he saw you while he was flying." Light explained, surprising Yang.
"You really... did that?" Yang asked.
"In all the time you've known, have I ever once lied?" Light asked.
"No. You never lie." Yang replied.
"Which is why I'm allowing two people to come back to the mortal world with you. Don't think of this as a way to buy back your respect or love for me, but as a late wedding gift for you and your husband." Light explained, sending Yang away with a small almost invisible smile on her face.
On Patch.
Xiao Long-Rose-Branwen Family Home.
During breakfast.
Appearing out in the backyard in the flash of light, Yang quickly drew everyone's attention as they ran outside to greet her before they saw a Familiar dragon standing behind her along with a smaller version of said dragon only with The wings on his back instead of his arms as well as being Black and blue in color instead of being purple and black.
"Um, Yang... Why is Durin and another Dragon standing behind you?" Ben asked.
Opening her mouth to comment, Yang was cut off by Ann appearing in front of Ben, pulling him into a deep hug, taking d vantage of the fact he can't fight back very much due to his stiff muscles and still weak power, constantly gushing about how she is so proud of him, seriously confusing everyone.
"Um, excuse me, Lady, but could you stop hugging me? You sound real familiar, but I have no idea who you are." Ben asked confusedly.
Breaking her hug, Ann looked Ben in the eyes with a huge smile on her face as the next words rocked him to the core of his very being.
"My name is Annabelle, Friends call me Ann, but you can call me Mom, my Son." Ann explained, shocking everyone there.
Shocked, Ben nearly passed out falling backwards before he was held up by Helen, allowing him to look up at Durin who just nodded, confirming this woman was telling him the truth about her identity.
"Mom...?" Ben asked, subconsciously altering his body to look like Thorin.
"It's me, my Son. And I promise, I'm not going anywhere." Ann said, reaching up to rub his face, but frowned at his red eyes.
"Is something the matter?" Ben asked.
"No, it's just uncanny how much you resemble Madura in this form." Ann explained, confusing those not from his first life.
"I'm nothing like him. I never have been and I never will." Ben stated stubbornly.
"Thorin... Ben, you can't deny he is your father." Ann replied.
"No, Durin is my father. Madura was just someone who forced himself on you donating the other half and was the reason why you died having me." Ben stated, earning a bash on the head from Durin using Magic to create a hand so he doesn't hit his friend.
"Boy, I shall not have you blame yourself for your mother's first death. Ann never once regretted having you because in her eyes you were the most important thing in all of creation." Durin stated to his son.
"Durin is right. Every moment I was pregnant with you is a treasured memory I shall never forget. I knew I'd die having you because I could feel just how powerful you were going to be, but I never not even once thought of your birth as my end, but rather your beginning." Ann promised.
Smiling, Ben hugged Ann, pulling her close and enjoying this moment with her before Kirby pulled his pant's leg.
"Daddy, who's that other Dragon and the strange lady?" Kirby asked.
"My name is Thorin!" The dragon now named Thorin explained.
"As for me, I'm your Grandmother, sweetie. I'm Thorin's true mother." Ann added.
"Why does daddy have so many mommies?" Kitty asked.
"Who knows. Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting to know each and everyone of you." Ann replied, picking Kirby and Kitty rather easily due to her Anodite Physiology before she noticed Pisces.
"Quick question, girls: How come none of you thought of just giving her the information on how to create her own body?" Ann asked.
With that said, the girls all face palmed, feeling rather stupid at the easy solution was immediately right in their face and they fell into the biggest trap all magic users at some point in their lives face.
Simple Logic for Simple Answers.
"Ohhh... I feel so stupid..." Helen groaned.
"Same." Julie added.
"Agreed." Yang said.
"YOU MEAN I COULD'VE HAD A NORMAL BODY THIS ENTIRE TIME?!" Pisces cried.
"Hold on, I'll give you The information for a normal body and we can go out for Ramen." Yang said, knowing what's coming.
Tapping her head, Yang waited for the inevitable explosion that was about to follow her in a few seconds as she covered her ears.
"THAT'S WHERE BABIES COME FROM?!" Pisces cried, horrified.
"Why would you show her that?!" Aquarius cried, knowing that she has to give Pisces the Talk.
"I had to, so her body would naturally grow unless you want her to have the body of a five year old forever." Yang explained.
"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ewwww!" Pisces cried, trying to force herself to forget, not noticing she recreated her body subconsciously.
"We can go out for ramen." Yang said, distracting her cousin.
"RAMEN!" Pisces cried, forgetting what she was complaining about.
Laughing, Yang put her cousin over her shoulders, happy to finally have her new arm and her full memories.
"You go have fun, Yang. I'm going to catch up with the old lizard." Ben said, earning a Tail to the head because Ann moved as Durin gave Ben the Love Tap.
"LITTLE BRAT! SEVEN LIFETIMES AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED RESPECT!" Durin roared before he felt a dark aura.
Looking towards the source, Durin unfortunately saw Ann was the source, holding a rather rusted but still sharp looking sword pointed right at him with a murderers look in her eyes, putting him on edge as he felt like a new hatchling about to be punished for something.
"Um, Pops. You may want to Run." Thorin the Dragon said.
"Good idea." Durin replied.
Spreading his wings, Durin took to the sky, hoping to somehow get away from the crazed mama bear that's after him for hurting Ben, no matter how many times he purposely annoys him time after time again, seriously making Durin lose his temper.
"GET BACK HERE, SO I CAN TURN YOUR TAIL INTO A NEW BELT OR SCARF, YOU OLD LIZARD!" Ann screamed, taking after him.
Watching them fly away, the three original Girls all sweat dropped as they finally found out where Thorin got his antics from, but they also wondered where their final member of there group is when she appeared in a flash right next to Thorin wearing her Lucy outfit.
"Hope..." Ben said, slowly changing to his normal form.
"Ben..." Hope replied, walking up to him.
Meeting in the middle, the two nerds hug rach other finally reunited once again in friendship and maybe something someday very soon more in time.
"Grandpa says Hi." Hope explained.
"What else did he say? There's no way he'd say something that's not perverted." Yang asked.
"He actually was a gentleman the entire time while I was learning. Magic got special permission for him to teach me, so there's no time for him to be a pig." Hope explained.
"Aww... She got rid of the girls to not distract him." Ben replied in understanding.
"Speaking of which." Hope said, breaking the hug to slap him in the face.
"That's for showing him the "Master Illusion Technique" and showing it to Merlin." Hope explained.
"Oh, I forgot about that." Yang added, facepalming.
"What is the Master Illusion Technique?" Tai asked.
"It was meant to be something to be used as a distraction although that was before I learned the wonders of the female form." Ben explained, chuckling a little bit as he is not a Pervert but a True Gentleman to all Females in the Multiverse.
"What does that mean?" Summer asked.
"Shows you your greatest desire. Although, it turns out the greatest desire of all of my male role models weren't very pleasant." Ben explained.
"How so?" Morrigan asked.
"I'll show you. Tai, come over here for a moment." Ben ordered.
Having a bad feeling, the elder dragon hesitated to walk over towards his Son-in-Law who is preparing to cast a spell upon him before literally everyone disappeared from his vision, much to his confusion.
"Ohhhh Taiiiiii..." the voice of Summer and Raven called simultaneously.
Turning around, Tai saw both of his wives laying on a bed in the middle of the backyard getting it on fully butt naked with their beautiful curves and breasts, much to his shock, never thought he would ever have to say something like this ever in his life since they always take turns with him in Bed during their Fun Time before he passed out with a nosebleed.
"What did you do to him?!" Raven cried, not seeing his Fantasy.
"I showed him his greatest fantasy." Ben explained before deadpanning at Tai.
"I swear every father figure in the Entire Multiverse is perverted in some fashion." Ben said.
"Ok... Anyway, Yang, once you're done eating, you need to get back into fighting shape because I have a feeling like you're going to be going after Ruby very soon." Raven.
"Why bother? She abandoned all of us." Rouge said, earning a look from Yang as she knew her Angel Trigger can show her a Person's Heart which she will use to help Laura get over it as Death was looking at Laura from her realm.
"Which is why I'll be dealing with her." Summer added.
"Before we do anything else, there's something I absolutely need to know: Were you actually friends with Ganon?" Rex asked.
"Yes. I'm not ashamed to say I was and hopefully one day will be again." Ben replied hopefully as the scene fades to black.
Omake: White Snow.
Kingdom of Atlas
Schnee Manor
With Weiss.
Waking up in the morning, Weiss stretched her arms, feeling completely relaxed like nothing could go wrong today before she noticed she was alone in her bed.
"Snow? Now where did it go?" Weiss asked.
Looking around, Weiss did not see Snow anywhere until she heard the sound of grinding metal under her bed, much to her worry.
Looking under her bed, Weiss saw that Snow was busy last night, creating a nest of metal for her, using the largest source in the house aka the statues by the star, well much to her shock on how fast Snow can move when motivated.
"Oh, father's going to be angry about this..." Weiss mumbled.
Gently picking up Snow, Weiss carefully took it to her closet to keep an eye on her as she Quickly got dressed before there was a knock on the door, much to her confusion since she wasn't expecting anyone today.
Opening the door, Weiss became worried when it was her brother at the door, putting her on guard since he never knocks as he always barges into the room.
"Morning, sister. I hope you're looking forward to the charity ball." Whitley greeted.
"A little. After all, Mother will be there this time." Weiss said.
"Hopefully, without too much to drink. After all, with Tennyson still missing, I doubt he can save her a second time." Whitley replied as Snow hissed at him.
"I think you need to leave, Whitley. Snow doesn't seem to trust you." Weiss said.
"Fine, fine. Here and I thought I should tell you that father hasn't seen the statue and won't be home until it's time to leave for the ball." Whitley replied, walking away.
Sighing, Weiss took the case out of her closet which was thankfully untouched, showing her rapier, Myrtenaster, was still untouched.
"Alright, Snow. I'm going to have to teach you what to eat and what not to eat." Weiss explained, confusing Snow.
'She cannot understand me. Maybe Kirby's watch can at least let me understand it.' Weiss thought.
Pulling out her extra watch, Weiss gently put it on Snow, much to its confusion as the watch started to do its thing, quickly identifying Snow's species to allow it to communicate.
"Can you understand me now Snow?" Weiss asked.
"Cold one can talk now!" Snow cried happily.
"Cold one? My name is Weiss." Weiss asked.
"White? What a weird name." Snow replied.
"It's Weiss. Why-ss" Weiss explained, attempting to help teach her the pronunciation.
"Ice?"
"Weiss."
"Rice?"
"Weiss."
"Weiss."
"There you go. That's better." Weiss replied, hugging Snow.
"Yay! Hey, is that food?" Snow asked, trying to take the case.
"No! This is something you cannot eat, ever!" Weiss cried, pulling the case away.
"But I'm hungry." Snow complained.
"You just ate two whole statues. How much more do you need to eat?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know, but I'm always hungry." Snow explained.
Sighing, Weiss pulled out her secret plumber badge and started to look up Necrofriggians's behavior patterns when she found to her shock that the babies need a steady supply of either plasma or metal every 3 hours, much to her shock as not even Kirby eats that much so soon.
'According to this, baby Necrofriggians need to eat every three hours when they turn five, so they can create a cocoon in a safe environment in order to grow in a week.' Weiss thought before looking at Snow.
'Why is she 5? It's only been a year.' Weiss thought.
Looking back at it, Weiss discovered that Kylmyys only takes 88 Earth days to travel around the sun in order to be closet to their sun which is a dead star, making Snow four and a half years old.
'I better help her get materials because tomorrow she will need to cocoon.' Weiss thought.
"Alright, Snow. Let's get you some food, but we have to be careful not to upset Father when he comes back." Weiss stated.
Grabbing Snow's arm, Weiss took it to the music room where there where plenty of things for Snow to eat since Jacques loves to show off his Wealth by buying the most expensive and finest materials including a lot of metal.
"No one ever comes in here, so eat away." Weiss said.
Not needing to be told twice, Snow charged, eating like Kirby at an all you can eat buffet before he was big, much to Weiss's shock and awe.
'I hope Snow will have enough to Eat.' Weiss thought.
After eating so much, Snow started to feel tired and feel asleep in mid air, nearly hitting the floor if Weiss didn't catch it before it hit the ground.
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" Jacques shouted from behind.
Turning around, Weiss was horrified to see her father came home early and saw the damage to the music room.
"Snow was hungry. It's trying to build a cocoon out of the metal, so she can grow up. I didn't know she'd eat this much." Weiss explained.
"Keep it on a tight leash. I will not have that thing embarrass our family tonight." Jacques ordered with a glare that promised she would not like what would happen if something goes wrong or the fact he's going to lose his credibility very soon at the Charity Ball with his true colors slowly being exposed.
BGM - BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle OST - CROSSING FATE - (RWBY ver.)
Ben Tennyson: Hey, guys, I'm back. Yeah, that's right, apparently Father Time before he died injected me with my weakness, to put me to sleep until Yang woke me up with her true power: The True Light. Well, it's time for me to get back into shape. And to show the world of Remnant that Ben 10 is back in action.
Next time on RWBY: Heroes United...
Menagerie
Tyrian Callows: Excuse me. I was hoping you could... help me find someone.
Toy2711: And there! Chapter 4 is already done! Now that Yang has unlocked her true power, Ben has awoken up from his 6-8 month slumber and now has to get back in shape alongside his wife to prepare themselves. How did you all like the fact that Ann and Durin are introduced along with Light? And Hope/Charmcaster returned? Leave your comments in the reviews below. Now tune in next time for Issue 5 where Blake comes home to Menagerie along with Mordred and Sun since Blake wants to make sure her parents are safe first. See you next chapter!