-Souma Uchiha's POV-
Hmm, after getting caught by Weiss. I'm currently in her room playing house with her, it seems I'm playing the role of the husband while she plays as the wife. Strange usually I play the wife while Yang plays the husband.
Ruby would play as our daughter though she did complain to Yang that see wanted to switch role with her with a cute pout...good times.
"Welcome home dear."
I hear Weiss entering 'our' room
She walks towards me while smiling, he pulls my hand and beckon me to sit. I found the closes chair and sat...I look to my sides to see stuff animals joining in on this...tea party. Well, this is different than the usual time I played with Yang and Ruby.
She smiles widely and pour pretend tea...thought the cookies are real.
"Now this rabbit here is...he's a bit of a nag but he's kind."
I wave politely to as Weiss pour him his drink.
"Nice to meet you, I hope you enjoy the tea made by my lovely wife."
Weiss stop pouring as she blush after hearing what I had said...she peeks at me smiling warmly before shaking her head.
"It's all pretend...it's all pretend."
I can hear her mumbling to herself.
We then hear a knock on the door as it open; we turn to see Winter entering the room.
"Oh my, it seems my dearest sister is quite an aggressive girl."
Winter smirk watching the two of us play
Weiss looks slightly panic by her comment...how cute...such innocence.
"Well, she has to be since she's my loving wife."
I play along and tease Winter by holding Weiss hand. Winter started pouting by how close Weiss and I are.
Weiss...well she started mumbling incoherent. Alright it's time to end it, I had my fun.
"Is there something wrong?"
I ask Winter, she shook her head and smile.
"Sorry, The General request your presence, it seem that...you'll be leaving now."
I see...I turn to see Weiss looking sad, she kept it to herself however, causing me to walk towards her.
I gently rub her head and smile.
"It's okay Weiss, I'll visit you tomorrow after my training...I still have a few days left before I leave for Vale."
Her face brightens and hold my hands while smiling warmly.
"Really! Then as your loving wife, I shall await you."
She curtsies while smiling...I play along with her...I bow slightly then hold her hand to kiss it.
"Well then my loving wife, wait for me...I'll return to you when the time comes."
She begins blushing and nod gently.
I smile and left her room with Winter.
"Thanks for that...really...she doesn't have that many friends, and dad always keep her in her room preventing her from unnecessary outside socialization and when she does it's usually Klein or her teachers."
I can tell she does have a bitter relationship with her father...hmm it's different compared to mine.
As we walk down this long hallway, I look around the manor...it must be lonely for two girls in a large manor, I assume her mother and father are busy with their work...especially the father...I can tell he isn't the family type.
Hmm I caught a sight of the family painting of the Schnee family...Winter and Weiss...they don't look happy...none of them do.
"So...you're serious in wanting to be a soldier huh?"
I ask to check her resolve...she took offense to that.
"Why...is it strange?"
I shook my head as she looks at me slightly upset.
"No like I said, I admire your courage to decide your own path. So, what's the real reason?"
As we walk our footsteps reverberate the hallway as it echoes. She looks down and contemplate on how to answer.
"My sister...I want to protect her. For all of our life, it's always been the two of us...I just want to make a safe environment for my sister to live in. Mother...I love her but...she's too busy drinking her problem away hoping for a bearable tomorrow."
Her mother has a drinking problem...that explains a different scent on her compared to the rest of the family...She's been drinking even before I had arrived.
Regardless, her goal is definitely an admirable one...her strength is nothing to scoff at either. Given time and training, she might be an annoying opponent to face.
"Forgive me for asking this...if you don't mind Master Souma?"
I smile and nod.
"Shoot."
She twiddles her fingers as she tries to ask
"Is it true...what they said, you killed those people involved in the Faunus kidnapping incident?"
Hmm, I see where she's getting at.
"Yes...it's true."
I said it with a straight face...it's the truth, there no denying it.
"How do...you coop with it? Since I'm going to be a soldier...I'll eventually have to..."
She looks down as we walk...I look at her and answer.
"...Hmmm, just accept it really. There's nothing you can do about it once it's done. You'll feel sick at first but after a while you'll convinced yourself it was all in order to protect yourself and those you care."
She kept quiet after she listened to me.
"Thank you...I think I understand, somewhat...all I know is that I have to be ready."
I place my hand on her head...trying ease her heart.
"No problem...also you can't always be ready...it will be when you least suspect. It's tending to your heart after the act is what matters."
Soon we eventually see the General talking to. He smiles when he sees us walking downstairs.
"Souma, there you are, we'll be leaving now. I'm sure it's been a tiring day for you, let's head to the hotel so you can rest."
I smile and nod...I see smiling at me...his smile is fake as usual. Though Mrs. Schnee walks up to me first and smile.
"Well, I hope you enjoy your visit here, it's been so long since I see Weiss so happy. Do visit us again I'm sure Weiss will be ecstatic."
I shook her hand while smiling...
"Thank you. I promised Weiss that I'll visit her again to continue our game, so I'll be troubling you then."
Jaques laughs while placing his hand on my shoulders...I feel slightly disgusted that he touched me.
"Oh, you're no trouble at all. Well then, farewell Souma. I'll see you during your next visit...hopefully we can discuss something as well"
I nod and look towards.
"Thank you for your time and hospitality, I hope you indulge me visiting Weiss and Winter to play with them."
He smiles and shook his head.
"No my wife is right. My daughters have been enjoying your company since you've arrived perhaps when your older you might select one of them to be your spouse."
Winter starts panicking when she heard her father...but as a lady she managed to keep it inside while smiling.
"Hmm if Weiss or Winter wishes it, then I don't mind. Well then farewell Winter, we'll see each other soon."
I bow before her while kissing the back of her hand.
"Goodbye Master Souma...thank you...for everything."
She waves goodbye as Klein opens the door for us. Marriage huh? Hmm, well I'm sure he's plotting something by using her daughters *shrug*
The General and I went into our car and left the manor...what an interesting day.
"So, what do you think about the Schnee?"
The general ask with a smile...does my opinion really matter?
"Hmm, Jaques is conniving fool that plans on taking advantage of my title due to the positive relationship I have with the Faunus. With it, it might help SDC image due to the controversy surrounding them about abusing and forced labor of the Faunus."
He sat there silently with his eyes close.
"Willow Schnee plays her part as the loving wife and mother but failed to masked her scent despite her best attempt in drowning those scent with expensive perfume. I hope she has better control over her drinking problem."
Again...he sat there in silence.
"Winter and Weiss...those two...reminds me of Yang and Ruby...similar yet...different. Weiss grows in a home only receiving love from her mother and sister...a father that treats her like an expensive porcelain doll to show the world. Winter is a rebel...wanting to break free from that house."
The General then asks me a question.
"So, Winter wanting to be a soldier is her way of breaking free?"
I stare out the window as I see the evening sun.
"You need power...to break free...and a strong heart."
We sat there in silence...I wonder what my sisters are doing...
*WhisperWhisperWhisper*
Hmmm...why do I feel restless?
-Vacuo.?.Night-
-Summer Rose's POV-
I've been banging the back of my head on the wall that I'm leaning on. How many hours has it been since I got lock up?...I'm currently siting in a dark prison cell...I hear water dripping from the pipes...Hopefully Oz can figure something out and break me out of here.
I stand up and look around, I see the shattered moon through my celled window...the moonlight shines on my face. I turn to see my prison door.
*Shake*
Hmm...it won't budge.
I then hear footsteps heading towards my cell. I recognize the man before me...he's that insane doctor that was in the temple...and behind him are two armed soldiers.
"Ah...the woman herself has finally woken up, do forgive my men if they were rough on you."
He said with a bastard smirk.
"Who are you?"
I ask with a venomous tone; the doctor starts to smile and introduce himself with a bow.
"Ah we are my manners? My name is Doctor Clark Tod the head researcher for ancient and archaeological findings here in Vacuo...I have to say you are quite the huntress ."
My eyes widen when I heard him.
"Oh, we know lot about you. One of the strongest Huntress in Remnant, your achievements are nothing to scoff at haha...not only that, you were the first group to discover an important finding...a live specimen from bygone era."
I gulp when I listened to him.
*Snap*
He snaps his finger and one of the soldiers open the cell door.
"Well, I have matters to tend to so come...we have much to discuss, and frankly this place isn't suitable for a civilized discussion."
He gestures me to leave my cell...I slowly walk out...he smiles and walk ahead of me...the soldiers behind him points his gun at me signaling me to move.
(Edvard Grieg: Holberg-Suite op. 40 - 4. Air)
Few minutes later, I find myself in an interrogation room...inside the room the mad doctor is listening to an unfamiliar piece of music.
Then I see the doctor walking in with his hand behind his back...
"Hungry?"
*Snap*
He snaps his finger; two men walk in carrying trays of foods and place it on our table. The doctor smile and sat door looking with anticipation.
"Oh, come now, don't sulk...I do hope you enjoy your food. The chefs told me they had whip something special for us."
The soldiers lift the covers to unveil high class foods.
"Well isn't this a treat?"
He said it while being giddy...I feel very uncomfortable.
"Well then, do eat."
He places his table cloth on his legs and proceed to pick up his spoon and fork...I did the same and play along with him.
"So then...how is our young King Souma? I've heard many of his wondrous achievements, one of them is being the Hero of Vale...now that's something... I'm honestly not surprise."
*Snap*
He snaps his finger and his men begin rolling in a large television place it next to us.
"As his mother I'm sure you must feel very proud of him...I mean I would too if I knew my son would grow up to be a monster."
I clenched my hand tightly as I held my spoon...I felt like gouging his eyes out. He smiles as he realized what I plan on doing.
With a snap of his finger a man brought him a remote.
"Here let's watch something to prove my point...tonight entertainment is video of your son killing those poor unfortunate men...oh this was provided to me by my lovely spies in Atlas."
He presses a button on his remote turning on the television.
I then see a video of Souma...butchering those men whom kidnapped the Faunus...his eyes...
"His eyes are something else...when we found out that the Uchiha Clan are the only clan that possess the Sharingan, we were worried. That we might not find any "live" samples...but to think I get to see a living breathing descendant of the infamous Uchiha Clan walking among us."
I glare at him and spoke
"What are your plans with Souma!?"
He smiles and place a piece of steak into his mouth.
"Oh, you know the usual, kidnapping, experimenting, torture...all those fun stuffs."
I stand up wanting to kill only to be aimed at gunpoint by the soldiers behind him.
"Oh, do sit down, we're being civilized are we not? You wouldn't want me to treat you like an animal. While your friend the General have been keeping Souma safe, eventually...the boy will be ours."
He nonchalantly spoke while drinking a glass of wine.
"You'll never take him!"
I glare coldly at him...I sooner die than let some creep take Souma from me.
"AHAHAHAHAHAAH! *Sigh* You still haven't figure it out, haven't you or maybe you did...but you didn't care...Your 'son' is not human...he's a monster...of course you would know since your friend in a possession of the Journal that was found in that temple...did you really think that old fool Ozpin didn't find anything new even after spending a year translating that journal."
I bit my lips trying to calm myself down.
"He told me the Journal talk about the Maidens..."
I said with cold anger.
"...Ah...yes the Maidens...when I was a simple child my mother would regal me stories about it...I always believe that the stories were true...and it is...Young Souma is the key to the ancient kingdom. Plus...I know that old fool didn't really told you the truth."
I clenched my fists tightly as I listen.
"What truth?"
He stands and circle around me as he speaks.
"Do you know why the Uchiha hated the Senju?...Is it because of jealously...hate...revenge...no, it was out of love."
I suddenly recall what that thing in the shadow told me.
"He single-handedly decimated the Senju Clan...and can you believe what his reason for it was...it was all in the name of love. AHAHAHAHAHAHA."
I sat down bitterly listening to his explanation. The mad doctor continues
"It seems that after years of collecting the pieces, we're nearly done with the puzzle. Souma's eyes are the only eyes that is capable of reading the Stone Tablet located in the temple of Vacuo. With it we can learn many things from it...think about it...it could be an answer on how to deal with Grimm...it turns out, in that era not a single mention of Grimm walking the face of the earth during those time. Unbelievable! We actually have a timeline for those beasts."
His eyes slowly resemble that of a mad man...I need to get out of here.
"What if it doesn't say anything...and that tablet is nothing more but a glorified shopping list. Either way...you're not getting Souma."
He sat there silently with an evil grin.
"...Hmmm is that so?...I wonder how would he react knowing that we have his mother in our custody...what do you think he'll do?"
I grit my teeth as I glare at him.
"Ah...a son's love towards his mother...now that's something I can relate...you see."
He pulls closer to me as he gazes at me.
"My mother, was a kind woman...we didn't have much since living in Vacuo is a shithole. Every day we have to scrap by just to survive...while you Valean get to enjoy luxury...the last thing I recall from my mother was her tale of an unbroken moon that was told to her by her mother and hers before."
He sits down while looking at his wine glass.
"An Unbroken Moon of Remnant...I always wanted to know what it looks like, it's simple to imagine it that is...until we saw signs in the temple...here's a fun little fact. It turns out in that era...their moon was unbroken...the real question that surpass all others is...What broke the moon?"
I sat there in silence...
"Either way, my...mother, unfortunately was a victim of a Grimm attack...my father was a useless Huntsman that couldn't even protect his family...I mean in Vacuo, Grimm attacks is norm. After all, In Vacuo has a simple mentality...Survival of the fittest. Which is why...I'm sick of it. Every day I keep hearing children being orphan by those attacks...can't you what I'm trying to do...I'm trying to save my kingdom."
He tried pleading...but I won't give in.
"Then why not share your finding to the world...why commit all of these?"
He grins as if I was a fool.
"Ah...because giving other Kingdoms access to an ultimate weapon isn't a bright idea...no I believe it's safer in the hand of those with the purest desire..."
I scoff as I look at me.
"Meaning you...you want to rule Remnant with the ultimate weapon."
He smiles evilly and laughs.
"Oh, believe me...I wasn't the first...there was an Uchiha that actually used that weapon on Remnant...and get this...it was used to kill the Gods."
My eyes shrunk when I heard him.
"Can you believe it, Gods!"
I purse my lips...not wanting to know but I asked nonetheless...he started laughing madly.
"Do you know the identity of this person?"
I ask as he smiles sadistically with a glint of madness in his eyes as he looks at me.
"Of course,...it was written in a book we found...The Uchiha that wielded such weapon was none other than Souma Uchiha's sister."
TO BE CONTINUE...