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Ch. 26
Day after saving Haven
The whole crew lounged in the house living room as Qrow told them they would have to take the lamp to Atlas.
"We need to take the Relic to Atlas?" Ruby questioned.
"That's what Oz said." Qrow replied.
Everyone stopped anything they were doing as they looked at Weiss. "You've got to be joking?" Itachi who was sitting down next to her, lightly tapped her thigh, letting her know it would be okay.
"I mean, bright side, we finally get out of this house!" Nora pointed out as Weiss sighed.
"Well trust me, I'm not crazy about it either. And without the Spring Maiden here to seal the Relic back in its vault. It's our best option."
"Atlas may be the safest Kingdom we have at the moment, but the borders are closed. General Ironwood called everyone back." Ren stated.
"Not everyone. The city of Argus is a ways north of us and it's the primary trading port between Anima and Solitas. They have the largest Atlas military base outside of the Kingdom." Itachi informed them.
Qrow nodded pulling up the map on his scroll. "There's no way they'd leave it abandoned and if we play our cards right, I think there's a good chance we could convince them to escort us straight to Ironwood."
"I mean, we do have the missing heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." Blake pointed out moving to sit with Itachi and Weiss.
""Ex heiress" actually." Weiss informed them.
Itachi placed the helmet on the table. "We also have Red Hood."
"NO!" Weiss and Blake said.
"We aren't going to let you turn yourself on as Red Hood." Blake stated pushing the helmet towards Weiss.
"She's right, even if it was just a ploy to fool the criminals, they believe Red Hood to be an actual criminal that has been conspiring with Cinder, Torchwick and many others." Weiss took the helmet placing it on the floor next to her, away from Itachi's reach.
"True. True. But if there's a chance of reward money, I say we go for it." Yang smirked as Weiss let out a frustrated sigh.
"Hopefully, the first option will suffice." Ozpin walked into the living room.
"Glad to see you're feeling better." Qrow said
"Likewise. And while I'm sure we could all use more time to recover. I'm afraid time is of the essence."
"Great. As long as that thing is out in the open, its power could fall into the wrong hands." Blake stated.
"Speaking of..." Jaune paused looking at Ozpin. "What does it do exactly? Qrow never really told us."
Ozpin turned to face everyone. "Of course." He grabbed the Relic from his waist holding it out towards them as it grew in size. "The Relic of Knowledge has a wonderful and incredibly dangerous ability. It's user can ask any question, and the lamp will provide an answer."
"Intriguing." Ren said.
"That's incredible." Blake looked at the lamp in awe.
"And dangerous." Itachi said as they looked at him. "Asking the lamp certain questions and in correct form, could be dangerous depending on how and what the user would be planning on doing with that knowledge."
"Precisely." Ozpin said "However, it's not without drawbacks. The lamp cannot tell you events that have yet to happen and it will only ever answer three questions, every 100 years."
"Well, I guess that's not so bad." Yangs said "Adds a lot of pressure though."
"Then let's put it to a vote! What should we ask first? Oh! Can we ask for more questions? Can we ask for more questions?!" Nora swiftly moved around the area, making Qrow spit out his coffee.
"They are not wishes." Ren said
Ozpin chuckled. "I'm afraid you won't be able to ask it anything at the moment." Nora appeared behind Ozpin hand on hips glaring at Ren before she groaned and pouted. "The questions were used before I sealed it away."
"Well, atleast now we now know what it is." Ruby leaned against the table "And we'll be sure to keep it safe."
"There are ways to get two answers from one question." Itachi had his arms folded. "It all depends on how you word the question." He looked at Ruby. "Incorporate two subjects, into one." Itachi looked over at Ozpin. "Professor, could we speak, in private."
Ozpin looked at Itachi. "Of course, follow me." Itachi stood from his place and followed Ozpin into one of the rooms on the top floor of the home, closing the door behind them as Itachi placed a seal on the door. "Is there something you needed from me, Mr. Uchiha?"
"Why did you stop me from going after Hazel and the other two?" Itachi asked leaning against the door. "I could have captured them."
"I am sure that you could have..."
"Then why?!" Itachi stepped forward "Emerald was passed out, Mercury wou-"
"You noticed it, haven't you? They have found a way to fight you without looking directly at you. They've figured out a way around your abilities, which is why you were having some issues with Cinder." Ozpin sat down on the bed, eyes narrowed. "You've become distracted as of late, you paused in your fight when hearing Ms. Schnee scream in pain, tell me, why exactly did you let Adam Taurus get away? Was it because of Ms. Belladonna?"
Itachi kept his eyes locked with his. "To send a message, with him running, the White Fang will not follow him a-"
"Mr. Uchiha, please."
Itachi sighed. "I believe Adam can be turned to our side." Ozpin rose a brow as Itachi handed him a black card with a red cloud on it, a phone number and address in small print. "One day, that is all it takes to make someones life take a turn for the worse, many humans and Faunus are misguided, being manipulated onto the wrong path."
"You are attempting to form some type of group? For what purpose?" Ozpin questioned.
Itachi brought a chair and place it in front of Ozpin as he took his seat. "Peace, so that others do not make the same mistakes we have, to defeat Salem and her faction." Ozpins eyes widened. "That's why I was traveling all around Remnant as Red Hood and Reaper, to find those who are strong enough."
Ozpin was in thought. "And how many have you recruited so far?"
"Four, but with Romans death, it goes down to two, for I believe that Neopolitan blames Ruby for his death." Itachi told Ozpin "Adam would be a good third addition, as for the fourth, I already have that one figured out."
"Who exactly would that be? And how do you plan on swaying Adam to your group?" Ozpin asked as Itachi's eyes flashed Crimson. "I see, she would make a good asset to your, group. As for Adam...you will need to keep a close eye on him, if he does decide to join you."
"He will only have two choices." Itachi stated as Ozpin nodded slowly. "Now, how about you answer my earlier question."
"You may not have felt it, but I did, just before Oscar and I passed out, someone was waiting for you to chase, had you gone, it could've been disastrous, for the rest of us." Ozpin stated as Itachi rose a brow. "They wanted to lead you away, those three would take your attention, as whomever was waiting out would've finished the rest of us. Whoever this person is, they do not want you dead, but they want you to suffer."
"That's not possible, I would have known, if someone was hiding, and if it were true, why did you not say anything to me there and then?"
"I could not pinpoint who or from where." Ozpin answered to which Itachi sighed. "You may not believe me entirely, but it was one of the reasons, the other being, that you needed to finally reunite with those two." He implied to Weiss and Blake, Itachi didn't say a word as he stood and left the room. "Mr. Uchiha, quite the mystery you are."
Two Weeks Later
Itachi was leaning against the railing while Blake spoke with Ilia. Next to him was Sun, Nanami, Isane and Neptune.
"You two ready to start a new chapter of your lives?" Itachi asked the two Faunus girls he considered sisters.
"Kinda." Nanami answered, Itachi furrowed his brows as she sighed. "It's...it's going to feel different, not having my partner around." She looked down.
Itachi placed a hand on her shoulder. "We may be heading down different paths, but this will not be the last time our paths cross." She looked up at him and smiled. "You can always call me when you wish to speak with me, be it to simply say hello, all the way to kicking Suns tail for not taking care of you."
"Hey!" Sun crossed his arms "There will be no need for kicking anyone's tail. I plan on taking good care of her, Thank you very much." Sun held Nanami's hand.
Isane grinned placing a hand on Suns and Nanami's shoulder. "Don't worry Itachi, I'll be keeping a close eye on these two." Nanami and Sun felt a shiver running down their back. "I'll make sure they act accordingly."
Itachi chuckled. "Nanami, make sure you take care of Isane as well." Isane gaped and looked mildly offended. "And don't tease her so much about not finding someone."
Isane's eye began to twitch. "She needs to hurry, she's not getting any younger." Nanami muttered as a flame ignited in Isane's eyes. "Maybe if she would compose herself and stopped chasing any potential suitors away..."
Isane cracked her knuckles. "Oy, do you two have a death wish?" She questioned as Nanami took cover behind Itachi as she took a step forward. "We don't have to go our different paths, we can end it all right here and now."
"Um, not trying to ruin this lovely moment here..." Neptune gestured to them as Isane swiftly turned around, glaring at his as he hid behind Sun. "...but we have our own trip to plan, so if you could please hur-" Neptune's eyes widened as he then smirked. "Oh? I wonder why I hadn't noticed Ilia here earlier." Neptune pushed Sun into Nanami as he walked towards Ilia. "Hey, I almost didn't see you there, cause you know the camouflage."
"Wrong tree." Blake said walking up to the small group.
"Should we tell him?" Nanami asked
Isane smirked. "No, let me enjoy seeing him crash and burn."
"So all of you are really going to Vacuo?" Blake questioned the Faunus.
"That's right. Seeing you reunited with the rest of Team RWBY really made me realize something. I'm like the worst team leader ever. Me and the boys were cool with a little Hiatus, but we got to make up for lost time." Sun told her.
"I managed to get a job with the school, and squirt here wanted to finish her studies in becoming a Huntress, along with being able to be with her monkey boy." Isane leaned against Nanami, using her head as support.
Nanami swatted her sister away. "Old hag." She whispered as she felt a jab in her side. "Ow! What the hell?!" She rubbed her side as Isane rolled her eyes. "I won't be the only Beacon student to have entered Shade, I hear Team CFVY have been attending since the fall of Beacon." Itachi nodded in knowing of it as well. "Shade Academy isn't dealing with any problems like Haven right now, but you never know when someone may strike. It's good to have someone you trust on the inside, isn't it?" Nanami looked at Itachi who gave a single nod. "I know how you think, that's a reason why we agreed to it as well, if anything happens, we'll make sure to let you know."
Nanami grabbed her Blade and held it out to Itachi who shook his head. "You've worked hard, you've put sweat, blood and tears in attempt to master the blade, keep it." Itachi placed a hand on hers, lowering the weapon. "It will do you better than it will me." Nanami fought to push back the tears that were trying to spill as she hugged Itachi and Blake. "I'm going to miss you two, make sure you keep in touch." Itachi and Blake reciprocated the embrace as Isane joined in as well. "Who's going to scare off the hordes of fangirls now?"
"Make sure you take care of her, Itachi. Same with your Snow Angel." Isane pulled away as she then looked at Blake. "And Blake, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Weiss, please look after him, he can be dense, indecisive, cold at times, emotionless, and sometimes it seems as if he has a death wish...but he has one of the biggest hearts someone can have, so when he tells you the truth, keep an open mind because when an Uchiha loses that which they love, it's replaced with something dark..."
Blake's eyes widened as she looked at Itachi. She saw his usual emotionless expression, but could also see something else, he seemed nervous, worried, and for the first time, fearful. Whatever this truth they were speaking about, it must be about his past, something he doesn't wish to recollect or tell anyone he didn't want to lose.
Blake took hold of his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze as he looked at her. She smiled. "Whatever it is, whenever he's ready to tell us, I will stand next to him all the way to the end. No matter what, I...We will never abandon or hate him."
Isane smiled. Nanami gulped. 'He's not afraid of being hated...he's afraid of being feared by the ones he loves most, by the new family he's come to care for.' She thought seeming worried herself.
Isane looked behind them as her face lit up, watching Neptune return to the group seeming bummed. "Looks like he found out."
"Itachi." Itachi turned around, now facing Ilia. "Take care and protect her."
"I will, even if it kills me." He responded as Ilia nodded, liking his answer.
The train whistle blew as they looked down at the other who were waving at them to hurry up. "I guess this is it." Blake said
"I have a feeling you haven't seen the last of us." Sun stated.
On the Train
Team RWBY
Each of the girls had their own bed in the cabin, Ruby played her video game, Weiss was reading a book, Blake leaned against the bed post looking out the window, and Yang was looking through her magazine.
Weiss sighed, closing her book as she stood and sat next to Blake on her bed. "I'm assuming Isane spoke with you about "The Truth"."
Blake nodded. "Whatever it is, he's worried about it..." Blake turned to look at Weiss. "You should've seen under the mask he wore, I saw fear in his eyes..."
Weiss looked down. "I've seen it, the fear in his eyes...during the battle in Haven, I was almost pierced by Cinders attack, I saw it there, in his eyes, the thought of losing me, but then... somehow Itachi and I switched places, and he was impaled."
"I saw it too." Ruby put her game down as she sat up right, looking down at the two girls. "His eyes changed, and I'm not talking about the usual red with black that we've seen before..."
"They were purple, with rings." Yang stated as Ruby nodded. "This "Truth" that he's hiding, may have to do with his past."
Weiss nodded. "It can't be something seriously bad, could it?" Weiss questioned
"If Nanami and Isane knew, and they still thought of him as family, then I doubt it's anything serious." Yang stated
"Yeah! Maybe it's something embarrassing like he doesn't know... he doesn't know... what doesn't he know?" Ruby questioned as she rattled her brain "Ah! Oh! Maybe he used to wear girly clothes! Or people thought he was a girl when he was younger!" Ruby laughed.
"He did say his mom always wanted to have a daughter..." Blake said
Yang coughed. "Now that I remember...Did I ever tell you guys that Itachi was asked by a group of guys to take them all to the dance, as their date?"
"What?!" Weiss looked up at Yang.
"I guess not, well at first I thought they were girls! They dressed, looked, and sounded so feminine! But Itachi told me they were actually boys!" Yang got louder towards the end "And now that I think about it...if I didn't know Itachi personally and that he is in fact a guy..." The girls nodded, especially Blake who had witnessed his manhood. "If I was meeting him for the first time, and he wore a skirt and if his voice was a bit higher, he would definitely pass as a girl."
The girls blinked as they all started to imagine a female Itachi.
"Oh my..." Blake had her hands on her head
"He could pass as an other sister of mine..." Ruby had stars in her eyes "She could cook as much as I ask for..."
"He already cooks what you ask him too." Blake stated
"That's not the point."
Weiss looked like she was sulking. "Why did I imagine him having bigger boobs then mine." She gestured at her breast as Blake pat her back. "That's not helping..."
"Sorry."
"Oh yea, I'd definitely hit that."
They all looked at Yang. "YANG!"
"What?" She shrugged "I'm being honest." she rolled over and continued looking at her magazine.
Team JNR
In their cabin, Nora had taken the top bunk over Ren as Itachi had taken the top bunk over Jaune as they heard Team RWBY speaking about how Itachi would look like a girl. Itachi sneezed as he jumped off the bed and was heading out, but was stopped by Jaune.
"Itachi, wait." Itachi turned to face Jaune "I wanted to apologize, on how I was looking and treating you earlier, it's just..."
"It's hard losing the one you love, yet the person whom was with her, died, yet came back from the dead." Itachi said as Jaune looked down, grabbing the back of his neck "There is no need to apologize Jaune, as I said before, if there was something I could do to bring her back, then I would, if I was given the option earlier, to trade places with her than I would have taken it."
"But then you would be gone..." Nora said
Itachi looked at her. "It wasn't her time, it was too soon for her to go."
"If you had traded places, then Pyrrha would have blamed and hated herself for it, not just her, but Weiss and Blake too." Ren stated leaning against the window. "They would have felt the same way Jaune had earlier."
Jaune nodded. "Let's leave this topic before it gets grim in here." he joked as he stood and walked up to him. "There is one more thing we wanted to ask you." Itachi looked over at Nora who seemed to be bouncing up and down before looking at Jaune. "We...we want you to join our team."
Itachi blinked, surprise slightly evident on his face. "I would have thought Oscar would be your fourth member. Team ORNJ."
"Oscar is still young, and the more obvious thing being that our old headmaster is inside him." Ren stated walking up to the two.
"I..." He sighed. "I'll join, but not as Pyrrhas replacement, as there isn't anyone who could replace her on your team, and I do have one condition." They looked at him with a single nod for him to continue. "I've always been the person to do things by myself. so if the day come in which there is someone else that can complete JNPR once more, and IF they agree, they take my spot on this team."
"What?" Jaune looked at him in question. "You don't plan on staying with us?"
Itachi sighed. "For now, I am part of your team, but I am sure someone else will come that is a better fit, then I am." Itachi watched them blink and tilting their head. "I'm currently now your team member."
"Yea! Team JNIR has been born!" Nora shouted
"Wouldn't it be Team INJR?" Ren questioned
"No." Itachi said as they looked at him. "I have no right to take position as leader of this team, Jaune was the leader assigned, then it should stay as Jaune."
Jaune smiled. "Welcome to Team JNIR." Jaune held his hand out as Itachi took shook it. Jaune pulled Itachi in for a hug. "Thank you and welcome back." Itachi returned the kind gesture and patted him on the back. "We should cele-" The train shook as if it had been hit by something "What was that?"
"Just my luck..." Itachi sighed grabbing his weapon as the others did the same.
They walked through the train carts as Jaune bumped into Oscar. "What's going on?" He asked the younger boy as people began to scream and panic.
The team and Oscar ran towards a door linking the carts as they began climbing to the top, hearing the shooting and fighting above. "Why is it always something?!" Nora questioned.
Itachi had climbed to the top along with Oscar as he did a back flip jumping off the train, landing on one of the grimm. He stabbed the Manticore in the back as he jumped away, free falling as another chased after him. He turned in midair as the grimm closed in, he timed it carefully as he placed a hand on the Manticores mask, pulling himself onto its back before pulling up, making the Manticore fly upwards toward the train. He looked left and right, a Manticore on each of his sides, he switched the mode of his blade as it turned into its Tri-Bladed Scythe. He placed the blade under the neck of the Manticore he rode on as he pulled up hard, slicing its head clean off, before tossing the weapon towards the grimm on hid right, the blades piercing the grimm as Itachi yanked on the cable and he swung under the grimm then over it, wrapping the cable around the grimms neck, being pulled by the grimm. Once Itachi was able to place a foot on the train, he channeled chakra into his feet as the Manticore had great difficulty trying to pull him away.
Itachi walked backwards as he began to slowly go into a spin, the grimm being forced to go along for the ride as he made it collide with a few other grimm. Itachi watched as the grimm began to pull back as he looked to his left, his eyes narrowing, lightning flickering in his hand as it sent a wild charge through the cable, frying the Manticore before it disintegrated into black smoke. He yanked his weapon back, catching it as he ran towards the very back of the train and jumped down before the train had fully entered the tunnel.
He watched the others enter, looking past them he could see the scared passengers, some with young children, he could hear the crying of a baby. He close the door behind him as some grimm were running into the tunnel, following the train. Itachi swiftly ran through plenty of hand seals as he inhaled.
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!
The teams inside saw the tunnel was illuminated as they looked through the windows, seeing fire they looked towards the back, Ruby opened the door, as they saw Flames spewing out of Itachi's mouth, engulfing the tunnel behind them as they heard shrieking from the grimm. Itachi had stopped the flow of fire as he turned, all eyes wide eyed were focused on him. He nodded, walking inside.
"That won't stop them entirely, some are flying around, and others will end up surviving through the flames." He stated watching as Jaune healed the Huntsmen hired by the train station.
"Ren, could you use your semblance to mask everyone on this train? With the guns off and emotions hidden. They might lose track of us." Nora asked him.
"Hmm. I've never attempted to affect this many people." Ren stated.
"With Jaune amplifying your aura, it should work." Itachi said looking at the cart with the passengers.
"Yeah, that's an alright plan." Qrow slowly nodded.
"I'm afraid there's one complication..." Ozpin said having switched with Oscar. "Grimm are also attracted to this." He gestured at the lamp hanging on his waist.
"What's that?" The Huntsmen asked
"None of your business." Qrow told him as he crossed her arms. "Oz, are you serious?"
"Why wouldn't you tell us that?" Yang questioned.
"I wasn't sure if it was the lamp or you, but I thought I was sensing something strange." Itachi's eyes dropped towards the lamp. "Had I known, I could have hid it, sealed it until we made it to Atlas."
Ozpin looked up at him. "You truly are full of surprises, Mr. Uchiha. To be able to sense what the lamp is radiating...I am glad that you are on our side." Itachi nodded.
"That doesn't matter now, every second we are on board this train, we're putting everyone else in danger." Ruby stated, standing next to Itachi as she looked at Ren. "Get the passengers to the front cars. You'll still mask the emotions and kill the torrents. We just can't come with you, if we cut the back cars with us and the relic on them, we can deal with the grimm. You just make sure the rest of the train makes it safely to Argus."
Jaune walked up to Ruby as she looked up at him. "Only if you promise to meet us there."
She smiled. "Promise."
"I'll be assisting Team RWBY with this one." His new team looked at him. "I can attract the grimm towards me, it'll help alleviate some of the work."
"The skeletal warrior..." Ren said
Itachi nodded. "A form made of negative emotions...it may sound bad, but it has saved my life many times."
"Just make sure you come back, we can't exactly be Team JNIR without you." Jaune told him playfully punching him in the chest "And take care of them."
"Wait! You partnered up with them?!" Yang questioned as he nodded "Damn, that means Nora now has to personal cooks." Nora grinned, hands on her hips.
"When you get to Argus, look for a woman named Saphron, she'll be able to help you find some lodging in Argus." Itachi told them.
Jaune blinked. "You know my sister?!"
Itachi rose a brow. "Your sister?" Itachi blinked and looked at him closer, his eyes widening. "Okay, I see it now. And yes, I met her after I did that job for Ozpin during our break."
The Teams split apart, JNR lead the passengers to the front cars as the others made their way to the top of the train, Blake cut the link between the cars as she jerked back, unsheathing her blade. Itachi had noticed as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
She looked at him. "Are you okay?" He asked her.
"Yea, just seeing things I guess." She replied, placing her weapon back in its sheathe as they jumped to the top with the others.
Ruby was on her scroll as the grimm came flying out of the tunnel and some came diving down from above or around, landing on the rear car of the train. "Now!" She shouted.
Itachi watched his new teammates, slowly fade away, but caught eye of three Manticore following. Itachi activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, black flames coming to life, engulfing the Manticore as they shrieked in pan before disintegrating. He grabbed his blade, swiftly thrusting behind him, as he pierced the head of a Manticore coming up behind him.
"Oscar!" He shouted as the boy ran towards him, sliding under the horns of a Manticore, evading being pierced by them as he now stood next to him. "Stay close, and don't step outside of it."
Oscar nodded. The grimm stopped slightly as they looked towards the opposite end of the train before flying towards it. The others turned, seeing the skeletal figure coming to life, first the giant rib cage, then it had grown the arms, before the skull appeared. The Susanoo leaned forward, letting out a roar as it grabbed a Manticore with one of its hands before crushing it on the side of the mountain. It swatted an other down and away from the train as it then grabbed onto two which rammed into the Susanoo, but had not done any damage. The Susanoo crushed the Manticores in its grip as the last Grimm, a Sphinx, fired some fireballs at it before jumping over the others and charged at Itachi and Oscar. The Susanoo grew some flesh on its body an head as the fireballs and the Sphinx collided with it, creating a small shock wave making Weiss use her glyphs to keep everyone in place, then the Susanoo grabbed onto its wings as it tore them off. The Sphinx howled as the snake on its tail bit onto the Susanoo.
Itachi looked at the snake. "I never liked snakes." The Susanoo grabbed onto the snake tail and yanked it off, leaving only the Sphinx as it charged up a fire attack again. "It's useless." The fire hit the head of the Susanoo as another flew past it before the Susanoo's hand took hold of its head and crushed it in its hold.
"We have a problem!" Oscar said as Itachi looked back. The last fire attack had hit the railing.
Itachi mentally scolded himself for not being more careful as he felt something holding his feet in place. He looked down seeing the glyphs holding both him and Oscar as he put his arm around the younger boy as the train derailed and crashed into the snow.
Everyone was sent flying off the train as they landed on the snow, making the impact less painful to them. "You okay, Oscar?"
Oscar nodded as he helped Itachi up. "Thank you for helping with my landing."
"Is everyone okay?" Qrow asked the crew.
"I'm fine." Weiss responded.
"Yeah." Blake said.
"Still alive." They heard a woman say as they looked towards the train seeing an elderly woman with a cane walking out of the train car. "That sure was a close one, huh?"
"Ms. Calavera?" Itachi blinked walking up to the older woman. "How did you..."
"Do I know you?" She asked, her mechanical eyes squinted looking at him closer. "Nope, definitely don't know you." She hopped off the train car and walked passed him.
"Great! This is just great." Yang repeated attempting to move her motorcycle which was stuck in the snow. "We're stranded. We lost a third of our party and we've gained a defenseless old lady!" She pulled on the bike before it finally got loose, but she ended up falling back into the snow as her bike tipped over a second later.
"My name is Maria Calavera. And I am not defenseless!" She turned towards Yang. "I'm just a little hard of hearing. And blind without my eyes. That are in desperate need of repair." She pointed out then sighed. "Okay, I'm starting to see your point."
Qrow groaned. "Yang. Knock it off, will ya? If we lose our cool now, we'll jut be inviting even more Grimm."
"Does that even matter?" Blake questioned "Apparently, we have been attracting Grimm since we left Haven."
"Oh, and how could I forget about that? What happened to no more lies and half-truths?"
"Yeah, I think it's time we got an explanation." Oscar said as his eyes lit up for a second as Ozpin had taken over. "I did not lie to you."
"Well you certainly didn't tell us everything about the Relic." Weiss stated, standing next to Yang.
"Please. Now is not the time."
"No, we're past that. I want to know why you're still not telling us everything." Yang said as Blake came to stand next to Weiss.
"It is true that the Grimm are attracted to the Relics, it's faint but undeniable. I believe it has to do with their origin, but I'm not entirely sure. Regardless, I feared that making you all aware would only add anxiety and negativity. It seemed like the safer option." Ozpin explained.
"You know, I'm getting really tired of people choosing what's best for me." Weiss stated.
"Is that why you chose to lie to everyone about Lionheart too?" Yang asked him.
"Yes, as a matter of fact." Ozpin turned walking away as they followed. "I believed the Kingdom of Mistral deserved better than the truth. And I believed Leonardo deserved to be remembered for his lifetime of service, and not the unfortunate missteps he made in his final years."
"Missteps?!"
"What Professor Lionheart did was reprehensible, I am not here to argue differently, but does one last in judgement truly negate all of his good, do we not all have regrets? You may have met Professor Lionheart, but you never met the man who was he was before Salem found him..."
"Look, we are supposed to be in this, together. You can trust us! We're not gonna turn our backs on you." Yang told him.
"Do you really think Leo was the first?!" Everyone stopped as Ozpin turned around. "That he didn't say those exact same words to me? I'm sorry, but you have to understand that my behaviors are backed by experience. I'm not saying that I have reason to think you will betray me. I'm saying I have the reasons for things that I do, the secrets I keep. The reason I..." Ozpin paused as he looked down then around. "Where's the Relic?"
"Ruby." Itachi looked at her.
"Right here." She grabbed the Relic from inside her cape. "It got scattered in the crash."
"Please, hand it over."
"So all those times you talked about faith in humanity... that was just for everyone else?" She asked him.
He sighed. "That's not what I meant to suggest. Miss Rose, the Relic is a powerful item and I simply feel as though it is my burden to bare."
"But, you said it couldn't do anything right now."
Itachi looked at him. "How many questions did you ask around how many years ago exactly?"
"And why does it matter who carries it?" Blake asked
"I need you to listen to me-." Ozpin froze his arm reaching forward. "Hurry... He's... trying to stop you." It was Oscar holding Ozpin back inside.
"Stop her from what?" Yang asked the boy.
"He's afraid, you'll find out... What he's...hiding." Oscar struggled to stay in control as he fell to his hands and knees, Blake and Weiss reaching for their weapons. "Her name...is Jinn. Say her name to summon her."
Itachi looked at Ruby. "He lied about using all the questions."
They all looked at Ruby. "Jinn?" She said as everything around them froze to a stop.
"What?" Qrow looked around, seeing the snow fall stay in the air
Ruby let go of the lamp, as a blue mist started pouring out and the lamp levitated away from the group as a spirit form of a naked woman appeared, she had blue skin, lomg dark blue hair and had golden shackles, chains, earrings, tiara, and necklace.
Qrow and Itachi took one good look at her before they both turned away, showing some form of decency. As well as Itachi being able to feel two certain people looking at him, daring him to look before they looked back at the woman in shock.
"Mmmh. Wonderful. Tell me what knowledge do you seek?" She asked Ruby before she chuckled at their shock. "I am Jinn. A being created by the God of Light to aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. I've been graced with the ability to answer three questions every 100 years. You're in luck as I'm still able to answer-."
"That's enough!" Ozpins voice echoed.
They all turned to face him. "Two questions this era." Jinn laughed. "It's a pleasure to see you again, old man." She then looked over at Itachi who stood next to him, she looked at him with curiosity. "How intriguing. I can see you've met the God of Light and his brother, the God of Darkness..."
They looked at him, nit facing them. "Hmm."
"Ruby. Please. Don't." Ozpin begged.
Qrow turned to face the girls. "Hey-" The girls except Ruby held their weapons toward Qrow, he looked at their battle stances before looking back up at them as he put his hands up in defeat. "Do whatever you think is right, kiddo."
Ruby thought for a few seconds, she looked at Weiss and Blake, then looked over at Itachi before turning around to face Jinn. "Jinn...since the beginning Ozpin and Itachi have been hiding something, what are they hiding from us?"
Jinn looked slightly surprised. "You're quite the smart one."
"NOOOO!" Ozpin shouted.
Itachi's eyes widened as his Rinnegan and Mangekyo activated instantaneously as he turned to look at Jinn. His eyes widened once more as he saw both Blake and Weiss point their weapons at him. He watched as Ozpin lunged towards Ruby, passing the other swiftly, but Itachi move his hand out, palm open as Ozpin was pulled back towards him before everything had gone white...
Itachi looked around, nothing but white. He didn't know what was more annoying, being in this space of endless white or the endless space of darkness from Death, but then the scenery changed, a castle in the distance.
"Once upon a time, there stood a lonely tower that sheltered a lonely girl, named..." The location changed again, this time he found himself inside a room, a blonde girl doing her hair in the mirror before turning around. "...Salem."
Fuck it! Here is another chapter lol!
