Chapter 12 darkness of the past

Winter head to the front door of Schnee Mansion. She raised a hand to knock at the door but hesitate more. She wanted to smack herself for hesitating so much shes a trained soldier this should be a walk in the park. This was a horrible idea she shouldn't have come back to this place and prepared to leave when the door open. She turns and saw-

Weiss: Winter!

She slams into her sister with a hug. Weiss missed her sister so much being alone in this big mansion of ice. Winter hugs her sister slightly but soon both break their embrace and said to her younger sister: Happy to see you, Weiss.

Weiss: Same with you Winter. But why are you here?

Winter: I came to speak with… father.

Weiss disappointed she did not come to visit her: I see… He in his office.

Winter: Okay thanks. Weiss, have you been practicing?

Weiss nodded: Yes.

Winter happy to hear: Well keep it up.

As she walks past Weiss at a very fast pace as she heads to meet her maker. She arrives at the front door of her father's office and opens it up and heads in not care about being given permission to be let inside. Jacques was working on his computer and was alter someone had entered his domain.

Jacques: Winter? Come for forgiveness.

Winter: Sorry but no amount of money can buy forgiveness.

Jacques: Still the rude brat I that left all those years ago.

Winter: Only to you. I came for info. This an order from Ironwood.

Jacques: Fine what do you want?

Winter: Well Information on stuff stolen right under your greedy little noise.

Jacques was annoyed by her comment and said: Yes stuff was stolen. Weapons experimentally tech and some dust that was fused together to form a new type of dust. But the strangest part there was no break-in. I think I got a fucking mole. And once I find the mole I-

Winter: put him on your wall?

Jacques:…

Winter: Is that all?

Jacques: Yes now go I got more important stuff to do.

Winter: Same.

As Winter exit her father office and once out she wanted to punch a hole through a wall but waited to save it for practice later today. She prepares to leave she saw someone she did not expect to still be walking around like a normal person and without glasses in hand and throwing up. Her mom. Willow Schnee. She looks less like shit maybe finally had lost her taste in wines and alcohol. Her light blue eyes, the Schnee trait along with the snowy white hair which Willow keeps short and has two strands on either side of her face with some in a bun on the lower back of her head. She wore fancy clothes with a light blue vest with a white undershirt. With a dark blue skirt and black leggings and to top her look with white high heels.

Willow: Winter dear it's so nice to see you home.

As she hugs her daughter. Winter was surprised and haven't got a hug by her mom in years. Winter actually enjoy it and hug her mom back. But something in Winter body told her something was not right? Once they broke the embrace, Winter asked her mom.

Winter: Mom how you doing.

Willow smiling: Never better. what about you sweety?

Winter surprise by her mother sudden joy?: Well, I save Chro from White Fang and had a run-in with the last Kishi.

Willow surprise: Kishi?! the Grand Kid of Jack?

Winter nodded: Yes. he will pay for what his father did to grandpa.

Willow smiled: I know he will. Now take care dear.

As Willow walks past with a smile. Winter decided it is best to leave. As she heads out her home.

Sanus Mountains near Vale

Kituma and Cinder stare down in the tree at the White Fang Base. It was heavily guarded especially since the complete destruction of the base up north. Kituma was wearing Raven's mask once more which confused Cinder why he was wearing the Grimm Mask.

Cinder: Why are you wearing that?

Kituma: They know me, so I want them to think I'm not doing anything. Besides I got someone I don't want to see me coming for his balls.

Cinder chuckling: So you got someone you want revenge on.

Kituma nodded: Yes but he someone you don't take lightly.

Cinder: I see… So how you want to do this?

Kituma thinks and says to Cinder: you go snipe patrols with your bow and arrows. While I sneak in taking out guards quietly and let you inside.

Cinder smiled and asked: Then we start lighting the place up.

Kituma smirk: Cindy is your semblance mind reading because that exactly what I was thinking.

Cinder laugh: No but thanks for the compliment.

So Kituma finds a way in while Cinder drew her bow and from her quiver some arrows to launch some through the heads of unexpected White Fang goons. Kituma saw a way in from a tree branch that was tall enough for him to jump inside. So he starts climbing the tree and walk slowly across the branch. He was about to jump down but saw a goon below. So he drew Rebellious but did not draw the large blade out but the small blade at the bottom of the sword. He leaps down and ice pick stabs down on the back of the guy's neck as Kituma lands on him killing him quickly and effectively. He pulls the blade out and looks for a way to bring miss flame inside so the real party can begin.

Cinder waited and silently headshot the guard with her bow. She found it easy but was bored. Cinder remember the words of Mistress.

Mistress: Better to be bored than to be losing.

Cinder understood the wisdom in those words and kept her sniping wait for the front door to open so she can finally play with fire. she was about to go for shooting a hanging crate to fall on some idiots standing below it. But in the corner of her eye the door open and her partner gesturing her inside. But Cinder had too good of a shot to pass up. So her arrow took flight, flying over the wall and pierce through the rope causing what it was holding to fall down on top of the goons below and exploded on contact with the people or the ground. It was overkill, but Cinder enjoys overkilling when she gets the chance.

Kituma saw it and whistle and when he heard her coming he said: Too good to pass up?

Cinder nodded: Yes now let's go. Its hunting season.

Kituma smiled. Is she the one he been looking for? Or was she too good to be true? So Kituma fully activated Rebellious and the blade was coated in flames. Cinder drew her sabers also coated in flames. Taking his comment about her using fire to heart. And the welcome group arrive to rain on their parade. There were many of them. Some with guns, sword, axes, and one big guy was wielding a chainsaw sword weapon.

Kituma smirk: Come on can we play nice?

None respond so Kituma said: No?

Cinder: oh well we tried.

Cinder was about to dash in when he extends an arm to stop her. She was confused about what he was doing.

Kituma: I got a little friend who has an explosive personality.

Cinder smirk and decide to let him show off his friend. Then from out of thin came a rocket launcher. It looks demonic.

Kituma aims it at the group of White Fang Members: Now here comes the fireworks.

From his rocket launcher a demon looking missle as it flies to its victims. And once it makes contact it turns its target into ash and knocking away around him with some scorch marks on their clothes from the explosion.

Cinder Whistled impress at what she saw: Playing with a big boys toy.

Kituma shook his head: no. this a weapon of war, and I am at war.

He then thrust down having the mini-missile launcher on the back on the top of the rocket launcher was aiming at the bore White Fang members. And from it came small missiles that flew through the air ready to blow some goons up. Some hit and exploding turn them into nothing more than ash. Cinder was bored waiting and charge in ready to slice and dice.

Kituma: guess the firework show is over.

As he Drew Monjiro to use this time and dash in right behind his fiery girlfriend. The goons left with firearms started to unload on the intruders. Both use their blades to deflect the bullets away from them. Cinder dash at one and deliver two slashes across the poor guy's chest before slicing his throat open killing him. Cinder toss one piercing through the head of a girl soldier before dashing and beheading her. She grabs her sword and launches the head off of the blade into a guy knocking him out. She then walks up to him and swiftly slit his throat to kill him for sure.

Kituma dash at one and a powerful angle up slash to the left and then went the same path in the opposite direction before ice pick grabbing Monjiro and turn his back to the guy he was slashing up and stab behind him into the guy's heart killing him. Then he forces the blade out and using his dash semblance and thrust his blade into the chest of an unlucky girl right between her breast. And he pulls it out and behead her with one clean swing and sheath his blade right after. Kituma turns to a big guy with a larger red sword then the rest. Kituma leaps and did a spin to bring down the blade on him but the goon uses his much bigger sword to block the attack and he raises his sword ready to clean the fox in half instead.

Kituma rolled to the side avoiding the strike and cut at the guy's leg. This anger the big rhino guy with the horn on his telling Kituma what type of Faunus he is. The guy swings his sword to do a horizontal slash at Kituma. But the blade only cut through the air. At the very end of his swing, he felt something landed on his large sword? Then felt a slash go across his back leaving a huge gash on his back. He turns and saw it was Kituma as he did a side flip over and drew his blade? Kituma landed a few feet away from the big rhino guy and sheath his sword. Once the sound of the handguard and sheath met, the head of the rhino fell off the body as it collapses to the ground. Kituma turns and saw Cinder finish off a guy with slashing him up before walking to Kituma.

Cinder: So no trouble I don't see why you were-

Then two yellow blurs dash about them and then they stop to reveal two cheetahs Faunus with the tail of a cheetah for both. They wore very light armor and pants that are flexible and wield dual hook blades. Both were male and they wore Grimm Helmet that fits with the White Fang normal masks. Then in the air were two flying girls that had bird wings which grant them flight. And both wield spears and let loose their long white hair which matches their feathers of their wings. They were similar attire to the cheetahs also wielding rifles to fire at their targets.

Cheetah goon 1: Hey brother is that guy the fox Adam wants dead?

Cheetah goon 2: Yeah tail though missing the ears? But that red coat was a dead give away.

Kituma: I know I should have worn a new one.

Pigeon girl 1: let's kill this traitor to all Faunus Kind!

Pigeon girl 2: I second that sister.

Kituma drew Kitsune to fire a powerful shot and blow the brains out of one of those pigeons. But a cheetah guy dash and slash across Kituma's chest and slash the gun out of his hand hurting him. Kituma quickly drew Neko and did a couple of burst fire at a girl but she dodges them and like before got slash and lost his remaining pistol. Clearly, they wanted to fight him not the ladies. Cinder wanted to help cut the legs of these speedy bastards but the pigeon chicks start firing at her so she was forced to dodge and switch from her saber to her bow and fire back with arrows. Kituma drew Monjiro to fight these fast felines. He could block some of their attacks but not all and though their strike only scratches him not really tear in him however they still hurt like a mother fucker.

Kituma had enough of them hitting and running away like little pussy cats they are. So he forms 4 Aura Blades to spin around him acting a shield you can say. He dubbed this move the Spiral Blades. They only spin around him not in all directions around which is something he tried but it at the moment requires some thought to work but with some practice it possible to do it without much effort. The sword surrounds their juicy target cause them to hesitate and were just standing there thinking on how to get past the sword that they can't avoid being cut by when trying to go in for a slash.

So Kituma got into a stance perform his Universal Slash on one but unfortunately, they gut got out accept a bit of his tail which got cut off and cut into confetti. This causes him to scream in pain giving him Plenty of time to do an energy slash from his sword kill him, however, his brother figures how to get over Kituma's Spiral Blades and charge at the fox. As he got closer he hooks the blade of one to the other and extends the reach of it to smack Kituma in the head with. Which cause his red energy slash to go off target. And the cheetah he was aiming at saw what his bro did and gave Kituma a smack right in the face with the same move.

Kituma had enough and use his already formed swords to launch them at one of those spotted bastards namely the one that smacked him the most recent. The cheetah uses his blade to shatter and block the swords with ease, but he did not have time to stop the stab in the heart.

Kituma: you are fast but you not natural fast.

Then he drew his Predator which is the name of the custom shotgun that dear old Raven gave him so long ago. And he never got a chance to use it much so why not now. He then tosses Monjiro like a boomerang at the remaining goon which he calling it Soaring Vixen. The guy is smart so he used his own hook blades to catch the blade while it was soaring right at him. He had a look that said you are a fucking idiot and going to die which change into why I feel my life slowly fading from me. And the reason for his mood change was because Kituma shoving Rebellious right through his chest.

Kituma: Sorry he really wanted to have some fun.

As he drew his blade up the gut cutting his top half well in half. Before the guy fell to the ground dead he grabs Monjiro and sheath it with one hand since the sheath was hanging on his waist. Kituma turns and saw Cinder finish up the last pigeon bitch. But how was she doing while he fighting? Well, let's find out.

Cinder was having a hard time hitting these flying target since the move so fast and was also forcing her to move around due to firing at her but decide to use one of her special arrows to fire at one of the bird brains. The arrow flew through the air and one caught it which was good reflects Cinder couldn't lie. Then the tip explodes causing a flash explosion since it was a flashbang arrow. While blinding one and distracting the other at the same time so she fires an arrow into the others shoulder causing her to fall to the ground. The other recovered fast from the flash bang and went to help her sister.

Cinder: I would not get detach really quickly.

As she pushed a button on a device in her hand, then the other heard a ticking sound and tried to get out of the way but got knocked back by the explosion by the arrow in her sister's shoulder killing her by blowing her into many pieces. Cinder walk to the slightly knocked up pigeon Fannus prepared to kill her as brutally as she can, and was going to enjoy every second of it. The pigeon girl tries to crawl to the rifle a few feet away from her but she feels a high heel shoe slam on her back pinning her down. She turned and saw Cinder smiling evil as she slices off one of her wings causing her to scream in pain and screamed once more when she clips her other wing. Cinder ended the screaming by slashing with both her sabers cutting the head of this now flightless and wingless bird.

She walks on over to Kituma who watch her remove the head and wings of the last bird. And pick his toss handguns so not to lose them forever.

Cinder: This is more fun than killing Grimm you should have invited me sooner to your little crusade.

Kituma: this a mission my lady and I am more than capable to do it by myself.

Cinder decides not to argue as both heads in so they can speak with the one in charge of this White Fang Base. Meanwhile inside the base a tall skinny man with brown hair and brown eyes wearing only a dirty white tank top and blue shorts who does not look like a leader but in fact look like the most unfit leader. He was looking for stuff to take with him and ditch the base. But as he was about to wrap up his scavenging, a shot hit the wall next to him causing to flinch.

Kituma: Hold still Willy I got some questions for you.

Willy the Weasel Faunus with a long weasel tail turn and saw Kituma who he figure out quickly since his red coat and long fox tail gave him away.

Willy: Sure whatever you say Kituma and… who this bitch?

Then an arrow slices across the side of his face and hit the wall behind him. Cinder smirk and gave a look that told him not to push his luck or he will get more than a simple cheek scar. Kituma asks him about Ares and where his base is and to the foxes surprise he answer.

Willy: his place is in Mistral but doesn't know where exactly but you might know more if you talk to the spider bitch that funds him.

Cinder examing Willy he was clearly up to something: why you tell us so easily?

Willy smirk: because neither of you both will live long enough to use that information!

As he starts to change into something more demonic looking weasel with red eyes and dark brown fur and razor-sharp teeth that can turn human apart. Along with being very big. He smacks Kituma away before pouncing on Cinder.

Willy: you look fucking delicious but first I want to see to use that nice ass of yours.

Cinder disgusted: Sorry but I don't take any normal human or demon dick in my pussy.

Willy growl going to enjoy breaking her spirit but then something black slam into him knocking him through a wall and fall deeper into the belly of the base. Cinder got up wonder what the hell attack Willy but since there were no signs of Kituma it must be him. Cinder head to hole and saw stairs leading down and ran down them to see what the hell Kituma turn into or was it his semblance.

Down below both hit the bottom floor and neither were hurt badly from it as Willy toss the pest off slamming him into crates.

Willy: the hell was that pest?

Then in a blur once more it smashes from the crates flipping through the air and slams he sword into Willy who uses his aura which got since he a demon born from human so got the soul powers and is among an even rare few that know how to use it. In fact, he learns how to use aura from the two people he works under. His aura protects him from the first strike and this black armor creatures barrage of attacks. But his aura was breaking under the pressure of attacks so he smacks Kituma in his Grimm form away from him. And Willy was about to make a run for it when he saw something and sense the demonic power pulsing from it.

He walked up and pick up strange color fleshy thing with eyes a nose and a mouth? At first, he was confused until he recognizes what it was. It was an almost lost and forgotten Demonic artifact to make more apostles or demons if you want to be less specific, it was a Beherit. The question on Willy's small but devious mind was.

Willy: How did that little bastard fox have a Beherit?

He did not have time to think as he turns he saw Kituma in black armor that looks familiar but Willy is a from a more recent generation of demons so he not as knowledgeable about the legend of the Black Swordsman. Lines of the armor or hole start to glow with red energy? Before Willy could move a stream of focus red energy that was flame like which slam into Willy hurting him slightly and shatter his remaining Aura shield with ease and was scorching his fur coat.

Once the stream was done Willy saw a close up look at Kituma coat in his father's infamous armor. And in the next moment, Willy was out an arm namely the one holding Kituma's Beherit his dad had before. He caught it and saw Willy climbing the walls and over the rails to get out. Kituma charges up for another Dark Breath attack as he calls it as of now and fires a stream of dark red energy he has but the beam miss and he was out sight and likely long gone.

Kituma: SHIT! Guess next time I will be more careful and less playing around.

As he turns back human he was without Raven Mask which he took off above which he will grab before leaving this shit show. Then he heard clapping sound and he freezes up. And saw it was Cinder. And she seems to be smiling.

Cinder: Well quite the show but I got say I did not know you were a Grimm.

Kituma sigh this is going be one long explanation.