I slowly walked to the Shie Hassaikai headquarters, Adam, Mercury, and Neo behind me. 'Oh Chisaki, I never intended for our partnership to last.' I already had people inside. I waited by the wall until a rope was thrown over. I climbed it and landed on my feet, I looked at Toga, Twice... "Where are the other two?" I asked.

"Chisaki killed big sis Magne. Said it was what he did to those he can't trust. His henchmen are being distracted by Emerald." Toga said with a hiss. "I want to plunge my knife in his back." The others scaled the wall

"Oh don't worry, we are plunging something much worse then a knife into his back. After all, I just need his work, and a sample of Eri's DNA to make the drug. Let's go." I said, "We just have to wait till the hero raid is over. Now get back inside you two. We'll avenge Magne soon enough."


Chapter 31: The soul of a monster

I rolled over in my bed, I hadn't slept since the conference, and for anyone else this would be detrimental to their health, but my grimm part allowed me to many things. I sat up and crossed my legs. Closing my eyes I focused on my aura. I dug to the deepest recesses of who I was, and who I am now. Slowly I opened my eyes opened and I was sat in a grey wood forest, red leaves and petals swirling around me. Standing at the edge of the clearing was a girl in black and white, her obsidian cloak fluttered around her.

"Hello Ruby." She said, her voice was distorted yet sounded like me as it echoed.

"Who are you?" I asked as I stood up.

"I am the grimm part of you." She pulled back her hood, and it was me, but much younger, her was hair blacker then the void with white highlights that glowed dimly. Red and black eyes looked me over.

"Oh. What am I seeing?" I asked.

"This is your world, each tree represents a person in your life." She ran a hand down the trunk nearest to her. "This is Yang's." The leaves on the tree had small veins of gold running through them.

"Oh..." I walked over to her. "Why am I seeing this?"

"Come." She turned around and walked deeper into the forest. I could barely keep up, tripping over roots and holes.

"Wait." I called out before she stopped.

"This is our tree." She knelt before a sapling, red and black leaves glowed with life. "Your strong, but not strong enough, I can change that." She looked to me with a fanged grin.

Slowly I backed away. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"You still resist the grimm inside you Ruby, you have a choice. Reject your humanity completely or remain weak." She stood and it got deathly quiet.

"I... I can't." I backed away, and her eyes turned blood red as bloody tears burned down her cheeks, she lunged and pinned me to the ground.

"YOU FOOL! YOU HOLD ONTO SOMETHING THAT WEAKENS YOU!" She yelled as she lowered her mouth to my ear. "Just let it happen, the darkness calls to you." I shivered from her cold breath. "Your broken, and only I can make you whole."

"No. My humanity makes me..." I started but all that followed was a muffled gasp as her lips pressed into mine, fighting for control.

"Your no longer human Ruby." She said as her hand cut through the flesh on my chest, grasping my heart, turning it black. "You are a grimm."

"NOOO!" I struck her in the face.


My eyes snapped open as I laid flat on my back. "What... the... fuck was that?" I huffed out as I wiped sweat from my face. My phone went off a bright light in the darkness. My hand sped to it. I read the message and I knew that what was to come would not be an easy ordeal. I opened my door and walked out to the common area, where Deku, Yang, Kirishima, Weiss, Tsu and Uraraka were waiting.

"It's time." I said, my vision still fresh in my mind, I was still human, and I will be a Hero.


And the raid will be posted tonight.