Hello everybody! DWG here back to give you guys some more! Now one of you guys wanted me to increase the words per chapter. At most I can do 3K and I do have quite the tight schedule. But nonetheless! I'll try to have this and future chapters reach 5K or more! Now as you guys know the cliff-hanger from last chapter did make some readers disappointed, so that's a reason. Also, I wanted to write this...how many weeks has it been?...ANYWAYS! I was too busy camping and celebrating my birthday afterwards. So you can guess that I have a lot of ant bites...damn, maybe I shouldn't have done an all nighter.
Anyways! Onwards to reading!
I don't own anything except some stuff.
Alain clicked his tongue as he saw the blond haired faunus jump away out of sight. He planned to glare at the orange haired girl but he stopped...why? Because despite the girl having aura...she felt kind of...off. Meaning, Alain can sense that this girl is not human OR faunus. 'Quite intriguing here.' Alain thought as he eyed the mysterious girl.
"Are you...okay?" Yang asked skeptically as the mysterious girl smiled. "I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking!" Alain has now officially noted it. This. Girl. Is...Weird. And as far as he knows...weird people are hard to get along with, unless someone understands her.
Everyone looked at each other before Alain gave a cough and smiled. "Do you want to get up?" He asked as he extended his hand towards her.
'Weird or not, if sis sees me not helping her out...then she'll scold me for the entire day!' Alain shivered mentally as he remembers the many times Kerrigan has scolded him for not being a gentleman.
"Why thank you!" Alain took the chance as he felt the girl's hand. Strangely enough, it felt as if he squeezed metal. 'A cyborg perhaps?' Alain guessed as he released the girl's hand. "Now if you ladies excuse me, I've got a monkey to catch." Alain grinned as he ran so fast that he left Ruby spinning.
"Get over here!" Alain shouted as he sensed the monkey faunus run. What he didn't know is that he's not using his Zerg DNA to get to him quick.
Few hours later
Alain wiped some sweat as he sat on a roof of a building. "Damn, he got away." Alain muttered as he looked down on the building he was on.
Countless citizens are still enjoying the afternoon, no blonde or monkey tail on sight. Alain sighed as he looked at the sky. "Sis is probably laughing right now…being thought of being a girl really got me." He muttered as he stood up with a small smile. "Well, I guess I can just go back to Beacon then." He jumped down with no trouble as he landed with only a small sound of his boots hitting the ground.
Many were surprised, but considering the fact that a blond monkey faunus passed by a few minutes earlier, the surprise immediately left and everyone went back to their own business. And Alain didn't even know.
Few more hours later, Beacon, Night time
Alain sighed in relief as he stared at the statue in Beacon. He arrived here earlier after eating food and a rest. "Heroes…People who are symbols of hope. I guess it should be the Beacon of hope when in Beacon." He chuckled as he walked away from the statue. But he stopped as soon as he sensed that someone is running towards his direction.
Alain narrowed his eyes as he jumped and landed on a branch
After a few seconds, Alain saw Blake running and panting. 'What is she doing here?' Alain thought as he saw Blake close her eyes and remove her bow. Alain raised a brow as he carefully observed Blake's form. 'So she decided to reveal her true self.' Alain smiled…until he tried to read her emotions…which was...not what he expected. Nervous? Check. But betrayal? Definitely not expected.
"I knew you would look better without a bow." A voice belonging to someone Alain, oh so wanted to shoot a kinetic blast at, interrupted the mood.
The blonde haired faunus revealed himself as he stepped out of a branch.
'I guess I should reveal myself now.' Alain thought as he took a deep breathe and made a soft smile. "Blake." Alarmed, Blake turned around just in time to see Alain landing on the ground. "And monkey boy." Alain held back a glare as he stood straight. "I'll talk to you later." Alain narrowed his eyes as he looked at the blonde haired faunus. Said faunus held out his hand with a nervous smile.
"Alain...I-I..." Alain smiled as he approached Blake and put a finger on her lips. "Sorry that you hid your heritage? Sorry that you tricked your teammates into thinking you were human?" Blake looked down as her ears flattened on her head. "Blake, that doesn't matter. Everybody won't care if you're faunus or not. To Weiss maybe, but that'll be temporary...besides...you're not the only one who's hiding something." Alain said it softly, but Blake heard it.
"Also, you. What's your name?" Alain asked the blonde faunus who grinned. "Sun Wukong." Alain nodded as he glared at him. "And for the record I am NOT a girl." Sun gulped as he gave a quick nod. "Noted."
"Alain...what did you mean when you said that you were hiding something?" Alain smiled as he looked at the black sky. "Why don't we go somewhere safe? You're going with us as well, Sun." Sun gave a toothy grin as he nodded. Alain smiled as he led them to Vale, where they will be staying for a few days.
But even while walking, Blake can't help but think of what Alain said.
'What did Alain mean by that?'
Alain's apartment, 1 hour later
"What I'm about to tell you will never go out of this room. Besides, I trust you enough to not reveal my secret...otherwise I'll hunt you down. And I'm looking at you Sun." Sun got a surprised face as he tried to form words. Blake nodded as Alain sighed as he stood up and began taking off his clothes...other than the pants of course. What Blake saw shocked her. A thick brown carapace covered a part of his chest. Specifically where the heart and the lungs are.
"You're...not human." She realized as she stood up and stared at the carapace. Alain nodded as he looked at the window. "That and there's another one. But I won't tell. Besides its an easy guess." Sun's mouth was open like a fish as he tried to unsee what he saw.
"Its getting late Blake, we'll continue this conversation tomorrow." Blake nodded as she looked at the other bed.
"Sun, as punishment you'll be sleeping on the floor." Sun looked at Alain with a bewildered look. "WHAT?! What did I do?!" Alain smirked as he crossed his arms. "You thought I was a girl. Something that happened for the very first time. Either that...or you swing the other way." Sun closed his mouth as he lowered his head.
Alain smiled as he gave a soft chuckle. "Don't worry. This will be the only punishment you'll get from me...that is unless you did something wrong again." And with that Alain turned off the light on the side of his bed as he covered himself with the soothing warmth of the blanket.
2 days later
For two days, the trio have been discussing about a lot of things. The faunus, the White Fang, and even the occasional question of what Alain really is, something that Alain avoids answering, instead having Blake and Sun guess what he is.
Right now, the trio has been walking around the streets. Blake has a very serious look as she begins to think on why the WF need so much dust.
"Alain, I need to ask you a question." Alain nodded as he smiled at Blake. "Sure, but not anything related to what I am." Sun chuckled as he have his hands over his head.
Blake shook her head as she stared at Alain. "Why do you think the White Fang need so much dust?" Alain stopped as he crossed his arms with a deep thought, causing the both of them to stop as well. "I can only think of two things. The other is pretty reasonable and the other is bad news." Alain muttered as he looked at Blake.
"The first one is that the White Fang steal to give." Blake nodded while Sun got a confused look, making Alain sigh. "It means they steal the dust to give it to other faunus, Sun." Sun widened his eyes as he gave an "Oh."
"And the second guess is…war." Immediately, Blake's eyes widened as her form trembled. "W-War?" Alain nodded as he held Blake's shoulders. "Think about it Blake, why do the White Fang need so much dust? If they truly hate humans so much, then it won't be a surprise if they're preparing for war or at the very least, skirmishes."
"But even with that, I have no proof of it." Blake's eyes widened as she calmed down. "Right, thank you." Alain smiled as he shook his head. "No problem, I don't want to believe that they are preparing for anything, really."
Sun grinned as he took a step forward. "So if you guys want to find proof. Then why don't we check out the docks tonight? I heard some sailors about off loading a cargo, and guess this, the cargo is from the Schnee Dust Company." Alain smiled as he walked towards Sun. "And there is no doubt that the White Fang will attack it." Sun gave Alain a thumbs up with a grin. Alain smiled as he formed a fist bump. "Let's get along then, shall we?" Sun grinned as he bumped his fist against Alain.
Meanwhile Blake just rolled her eyes. 'Men.'
Team RWY plus L
"Blake! Alain!" Leaf called out as she accompanied team RWY. Said team, is walking alongside Leaf.
"Weiss, you are not helping!" Ruby warned a silent Weiss. "Oh! You know who might be able to help? The police." Leaf shook her head as Ruby glared at Weiss. "It was just an idea!" Weiss exclaimed as she raised her hands.
"Yeah a bad one." Ruby stated as she continued walking. "Weiss I think we should hear Blake's side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Leaf nodded with a cheerful smile as she followed behind. "Yeah! And where Blake is, that's where Alain is!" Leaf is being very optimistic.
"I think when you all hear it, you'll all realize that I was right." Weiss stated as she followed behind, not noticing someone cheerfully following them.
"And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today!" Startled, everyone looked back with surprised expressions as they look at Penny.
"Penny! Where did you come from?!" Leaf asked excitedly as her being startled is gone. "Oh Leaf! Its so good to see you! And salutations guys! What are you up to today?" Penny asked with a smile. Yang looked at Ruby with a nervous look before sighing. "We're looking for our friends, Alain and Blake."
Penny thought about it for a while and smiled. "Oh! You mean the faunus girl and boy!" Leaf did a slight recoil as she looked at Penny with a surprised look. 'Okay…big question me, did she see Alain's naked body?!' Leaf asked herself as she began sweating.
Meanwhile the three girls could only say one word.
"What?"
Back to Alain!, Night time, Docks.
Alain and Blake are watching the cargo that was just unloaded from its ship. They both heard a thump as Sun landed with a handful of fruits.
"I stole you guys some food!" Alain shook his head with an unnoticeable grin. 'Yep, just like me when I was a kid.' Blake looked at Sun with a deadpan stare. "Do you always break the law without a second thought?" Sun shrugged as he took a sit. "Well you used to be on a cult or something right?" Blake narrowed her eyes at Sun as she gave a small glare.
"Okay, too soon." Sun quickly stated as he looked the other way.
And right then, a VTOL, lights flashing everywhere other than where the trio is, lands just beside the cargo of dust.
A White Fang member walked out of the VTOL making Blake disappointed. "Oh no." Sun narrowed his eyes as stared at the grunt. "Is that them?" Alain eyed the symbol on the White Fang's back with a sharp look. "Yep. That's them alright."
"All right! Grab the tow cables!" A WF member shouted as the rest of the VTOL's passengers went out. Alain narrowed his eyes as he looked around. 'Plenty of cover around here. Sticking to the shadows should be a good ide-' Alain was interrupted by a voice he remembers very much.
"What's the hold up?!" Alain glared at the man with malice as he formed fists. "Torchwick." Alain muttered with venom laced in his tone. Sun, noticing the tone of Alain's voice got curious. "You got beef with him?" Alain nodded as he continued drilling holes towards Torchwick.
"We're not exactly the most inconspicuous thieves bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to bring up the pace?" Torchwick was really getting into the nerves of both Blake and Alain.
"The White Fang wouldn't work with a human, especially not someone like that." Blake stated as she jumped down and began sneaking towards Torchwick.
Alain grinned as he finally got some action. "Time to go!" Alain quietly exclaimed as he followed Blake.
Following Blake took quite an effort as Blake was really quick despite being silent. 'Thank you Ghost training.' Alain thought as he finally reached Blake as she took a quick look towards Torchwick and a grunt.
And immediately Blake rushed towards Torchwick, surprising said criminal.
"Oh geez she is quick, I have to use my Zerg side to match her speed." Alain muttered as he wiped a bit of sweat.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Alain looked up and began climbing, preparing for a surprise attack.
While climbing, Alain can hear their conversation. "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?!" Alain smirked as he got on top of the cargo.
Alain clicked his tongue as he couldn't hear what they were saying. "Oh how I wish that I didn't break my suit last month." Alain cursed as he just began waiting for a chance to strike.
And a few seconds later a pair of VTOL's appeared making Alain curse. "Blake! Get outta there!" All eyes were on him as he jumped down. "Oh, Red." Torchwick smiled as he pointed the butt of his cane on the ground and took a shot.
Blake got out without a scratch, but Torchwick didn't let up as he continued shooting Blake. Alain however, had enough of it as he activated Wrath of Artanis and charged.
Some grunts blocked his way, making Alain look towards Blake to see her safe behind a cargo. He smirked as he stopped his charge and lowered his legs. "Let's go!" He jumped as he dodged the shots aimed towards him by doing some parkour thanks to the cargos that surround them.
Alain saw Sun jump and land on top of Torchwick and did a roll.
"Leave her alone." Alain grinned as he did another jump and landed on a grunt that just landed on the ground behind Sun.
"What he said." Alain smiled as he and Sun got back to back.
"The both of you are not the brightest bananas in the bunch are you kid? Red?" Alain gave Torchwick a small glare as he quickly faced the charging White Fang grunts.
"Time for an all out brawl!" Alain shouted as he deactivated his blades. Waiting for the first grunt, he dodged a sword swing and replied with a powerful left hook. Using his gauntlets, he blocked a swing and gave the grunt a roundhouse kick. He did a backflip and did a barrel roll to avoid some shots from the guns. The grunt that he punched earlier got up and got in a clumsy stance that made Alain laugh quietly. "Heh, guess those brawls with those War Pigs got me used to experts." Alain chuckled as he charged and did a slide to avoid a swing on his head.
"Stay still!" The grunt roared as Alain did a handstand and kicked the face of the grunt with the sword. Alain got up and got hit with a punch. Despite the grunt's obviously sloppy stance, he's got a good arm.
Alain smiled as he took a step back and began feeling his lower jaw. Despite it being a good punch, it did scratch his pride a bit. "You hit like a bitch!" Alain taunted as he did a roundhouse kick and he practically DRAGGED the poor sap to four grunts with guns.
Once the grunt-ball hit the grunt-pins. Alain grinned. "Strike!" Alain smirked as he saw Sun finished with his pack of grunts.
"He's mine!" Blake quickly charged after landing in front of Sun.
Despite having a bit of a grudge with Torchwick, Alain honored her fight, like a Protoss.
At first, Torchwick and Blake were equally blocking and dodging attacks. But one little mistake changed it, causing Torchwick to almost win.
Alain quickly got in front of Torchwick and gave Torchwick a nasty punch to the face. But Alain wasn't finished as he jumped and tried to stomp on the criminal. Said criminal got away by rolling.
Alain's eyes widened as he saw Torchwick aim his cane at him. But thankfully, Sun was there to back him up. His movements and attacks were so quick that thanks to Alain's trained eyes, he was able to follow it albeit a bit barely.
Sun won the clash thanks to his skills with his nun chucks/staff. Blake charged as she strike at Torchwick's stomach, but thanks to his aura he managed to save himself from getting his guts out.
Alain grinned as he saw Torchwick bounce once. "Let's do that again shall we?" Alain muttered as he aimed a weak Kinetic Blast at Torchwick making him bounce once more.
"Do you know how hard it is to clean this suit?!" Torchwick shouted as he aimed his cane towards a cargo still hanging on its cables and fired.
Alain, quickly noticing the falling cargo looks at Blake and Sun in worry. "Get outta there!" Both of them complied and rolled to avoid being crushed.
But Sun wasn't safe as Torchwick is in front of him. No matter what, Alain knew he wouldn't reach it. But thankfully…
"Hey!" A voice interrupted Torchwick. Alain looked on top of the warehouse and saw Ruby, Leaf, and Penny making him smile.
"Oh hello Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Alain chuckled as he looked at his scroll. 'Yep it is past her bedtime.' Alain mused as he also called the Vale police.
"Vale police, what can I do for you?"
Alain was about to respond but a shot prevented him from doing so.
"Look out!" Leaf screamed as she pushed Ruby.
"LEAF!" Ruby screamed as her bestfriend got shot and the explosion didn't help either. Alain gritted his teeth as he glared at his scroll. "Get your asses to the docks! Torchwick is here!" He didn't wait for a reply as he glared at Torchwick who was laughing quite evilly.
But something caught Alain's eye. A sword appeared…behind Penny's back?! "What the hell?!" Alain watched in surprise as Penny began mopping up the grunts with ease. Sure Alain can do it as well but not without killing anyone.
Alain saw three VTOL's coming right into the scene. So with quick thinking he ran towards Penny, who is now right beside the warehouse. 'How fast did she get to get there?' Alain thought as he stopped beside Penny who looked at him with surprise as he grinned and gave a nod.
Concentrating on his psionic energy, Alain gathered as much psionic energy as he can in order to bring the pain to one of those VTOL's. He can sense Penny building up some aura as well. Something that reminded Alain that Penny is not human.
Opening his eyes, he unleashed the Charged Kinetic Blast towards one of the VTOL's while Penny released hers. Her beam of concentrated aura sliced one of the VTOL's in half while his practically exploded the head of one. Unfortunately, Alain didn't realize that he used too much and got on one knee. One of the VTOL's also managed to dodge their attacks.
Alain forcefully looked at one of the VTOL's and saw something that shocked him.
Strings.
Strings that lead to Penny who is dragging the VTOL and making it crash towards some cargo.
'Strings…and a cyborg. Kinda like a marionette.' Those were Alain's final thoughts while hearing Blake, Ruby, Leaf, and Sun calling out his name.
But he also felt someone grab him and it was hard and painful!
Okay! Cut! Now I am very sorry for uploading this late! I have been very busy for a while…yep busy playing my games in my brand new laptop…ANYWAYS! I also have to deal with a problem with the girl that I've been chasing…I regret texting her last night…anyways once again! How did Penny find out about Alain? And also look forward to the debut of the Hybrid! Its near! I'll see you guys again in the next chapter!
Ciao! Peace!