GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you another chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!
SR: *flies in* DragoKnightSR here as well! Previously, JOKR and RWBY investigated the mysterious motives of their foes! Now excuse me while I suffer from college finals. *instantly falls asleep*
KRD: But now, we got some future-tripping things going on, Kurogasa's archenemy from the old world appears and beats him soundly, and Aaron used Blake's Aura Sphere! How will this affect our heroes!? What does the new heroine have in store? And what else does Azrael have planned? These questions and more will be answered on this episode of: The Remnant Zone.
GKC: I told you! We are not doing that! *Brings out large mallet* I'm gonna bop you on the head now.
Producer: Hey Director, we're just about ready! We need ya on set!
GKC: Who the f*** is this!?
KRD: We got a whole film crew, who else do you think it is? Besides, you're the main director of this whole story anyway.
GKC: Film crew?! This is a story! Besides, I don't remember hiring these guys.
KRD: Er-hem. Well, that's the thing. See, we kinda looked over our budget, and I figured we could uh… spare a few expenses. But hey, that means catering is taken care of, and the crew is well compensated.
GKC: How much…?
KRD: *gives an invoice* You owe me one. Big time.
GKC: An invoice? How much of the budget did you spend!?
KRD: I'm doing you a favor man! SR and I pitched in with our savings if we're to pull this season off!
SR: *wakes up* Huh? Oh right… savings and what not.
GKC: …Let's discuss this later. For now, we have a disclaimer to do.
Disclaimer: Same thing!
Chapter 27: Visitors from the Future
We last left our heroes with a shell-bomb of a shocker. Not only did Kurogasa's archenemy, Gou Shirogane who came from the old world that Team JOKR came from, but the daughter of Kurogasa and Weiss came from the future and saved them as well. How could they not be shocked? It was certainly a shocker for Kurogasa and Weiss themselves. Who would have thought that they would have a daughter later on in the future? As of now, the ambulance had taken Kurogasa to the hospital where he was being treated, as they sat in the waiting room, Team RWBY, JOKR, and Koa were all staring at the future girl, who looked a bit nervous.
"So… you're my daughter." Weiss began, as she was still trying to process it. The girl gave a shy nod, as Koa was scratching her head.
"So if you're from the future, how did you get here?" Koa asked.
"A time machine, most likely." Aaron theorized.
"…My Lien is on magic." The secret Greeed deadpanned, causing some of the group to face palm.
"It's not magic," The girl shook her hand. "In the future, Atlesian scientists actually manage to make a time machine. It took a few years but it was made possible."
"A better question would have to be… why you came back to the past." Orpheus pondered.
"Oh! Oh! Are there flying cars?!" Ruby asked excitedly. "Did video games become virtual reality!?"
"A-Aunt Ruby, please." The girl placated the excited girl.
"Aunt!?" Orion said in surprise.
"Well, she's technically not my aunt, it's just that all of you know each other so well, that we kids call you aunts and uncles." The girl said.
"Kids?" Ruby said, even more excited, before holding future Schnee by the shoulders. "We have kids!? How many!? Did Melody grow up okay!?"
"Rubes, calm down." Aaron sweat dropped.
"Of course, she would ask that…" Orion sighed in resignation.
"Well, if you want to know, I…" The girl was then cut off when the doctor suddenly came in.
"Hello everyone." The doctor said, as they all surrounded him. "I'm happy to tell you that your friend is going to be just fine. It was quick work of you to close all of his wounds. It made our jobs much easier to treat him properly." Everyone sighed in relief. "However, while his Aura will heal all of his scars, due to the extent of his injuries, it will take two weeks until he fully recovers."
"Thank you for telling us, doctor." Blake said.
"Can we see him now?" Yang asked.
"Of course, Room 206."
With that said, everyone went over to the said room and when they came in, they all saw Kurogasa laying on the bed with the top half raised up as his skin was healed but the scars were faintly there. "Hey guys." He greeted them weakly.
"Hey man, how are you feeling?" Orpheus asked, as they all walked to his bedside.
"I haven't felt like this, since I turned into Another Gaim." Kurogasa groaned as he tried sitting up properly. "Itetetete…"
"Kuro, don't push yourself. You're still injured." Weiss scolded the samurai.
"Sorry…" Kurogasa got out.
"So who exactly was that guy?" Aaron asked.
Kurogasa sighed at that. He didn't think his past in the old world would rear its ugly head, but it was gonna happen sooner or later. "His name was Gou Shirogane. We used to be students of kendo under our sensei. We hit it off at first, but then… things gradually went south. While I believed my skills in kendo should be used to help others, Gou used his to throw his weight around and discourage those he deemed unworthy. He believed that anyone who practiced kendo as a hobby, for fun, or just for exercise had no right to wield the sword. Me on the other hand, believed that anyone who was interested and passionate enough should be allowed to practice it. Our clashing views and ideals caused tension to build between us."
"So what happened?" Blake asked.
"Sensei and I tried to change him, but nothing worked. He was obstinate and had no respect for anyone in the dojo. He went as far as to hurting and mocking them. So sensei scheduled a duel between myself and him. If he won, he would remain in the dojo, but if he lost, he would have to apologize to the other students and be expelled. But… he won by breaking my arm. Gou knew that I was going to win, so he cheated his way out. He was expelled, he dishonored himself, and was disowned by his family."
"Sounds to me like he got what he deserved." Orpheus stated.
"Yeah. He switched dojos, and my arm healed, but now every dojo competition I went to, Gou was there. Every time we faced each other, he won against me every time and I can't seem to beat him."
"Was it because of how he broke your arm?" Yang asked.
"Maybe, I don't know." Kurogasa shook his head. "I thought I had gotten over it by now, but I guess the past has a way of catching up to you." He then turned to the Weiss look-alike. "Speaking of… I never got your name."
"Yukina…" The girl answered softly.
"Heh. Snow Vegetable." Kurogasa chuckled softly. That caused Yukina to face fault anime style.
"I didn't exactly ask to change my name!" Yukina complained with a pout on her face.
"Well your name can also mean Enduring Fortune." Kurogasa pointed out. Yukina then seemed to brighten up at the remark.
"Focus. The reason you're here?" Aaron said to Yukina.
"O-Oh. Yes, I'm sorry." Yukina apologized. "The reason I'm here… is to stop my father."
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"Eh?" Kurogasa looked confused. "I'm sorry, what? Stop… me from what exactly?"
"Does Kurogasa turn evil?!" Koa gasped, before grabbing him, "Don't go to the dark side Kuro, it's not worth it!"
"ITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Kurogasa wailed.
*WHACK! BONK! WHAP!*
Koa lays on the floor with three large bumps smoking in her head. Weiss grumbled as her fist was smoking from hitting Koa.
"Evil… doesn't… pay." Koa groaned.
"Please continue." Aaron sighed.
"Right." Yukina cleared her throat. "I've come from the future to stop Otou-sama from becoming corrupted. Or rather… a corrupted Otou-sama already came to this timeline."
"I'm… corrupted?" Kurogasa looked corrupted. "That's impossible, why would I-"
"I don't know but… you came back and just started destroying everything. You hurt a lot of people in the future." Yukina explained with a forlorned look in her eyes.
"Shit, this is like Days of Future Past." Aaron mutters.
"More like a Fire Emblem: Awakening moment…" Orion muttered as well.
"Huh?" Orpheus looked at him confused.
"Think about it. Yukina comes from the future to stop an evil version of Kurogasa. Doesn't that sound familiar in the game? Lucina coming from a distant future to stop evil Robin?"
"But doesn't Lucina try to kill Robin?" He whispered back.
"Except Chrom convinced her otherwise." Orion said. "Only in our case, evil Kuro is actually here in this era."
"You know that I can still hear you, right?" Kurogasa deadpanned.
"Ignore the peanut gallery," Aaron stated.
"Peanut gallery? Where?" Koa said, looking around.
"Just forget it." Yang waved off. "Well anyways, we'll be sure to look out for bad Kuro if and when he shows up."
"Thank you, Aunt Yang." Yukina smiled. "I appreciate it."
"Well, I think it's time we all leave. It's been an eventful night and Kuro needs his rest." Weiss suggested.
"But I have so many more questions!" Ruby complained.
Orion snagged Ruby by her cloak's hood, "Nope. Time to go back home."
"Noooooo, waaaaaaaaait!" Ruby cried out as she was being dragged by her boyfriend as the rest followed out, but Yukina stayed behind.
"You should get going too, Yukina." Kurogasa said, but his future daughter shook her head. "Huh? You don't want to go?"
"Of course not," Yukina said as she sat beside the young man. "You're my father… and I wanted to spend some time with you."
"Huh…" Kurogaaa got out, before smiling. "Honestly, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you're my daughter, but… with everything you said, I can't exactly refuse my little snow veggie, now could I?"
"O-Otou-sama!" Yukina blushed.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding." Kurogasa chuckled. Yukina gave her father a frustrated pout, which only made her look adorable in his eyes. "Heh, you're just like your mom."
"I'm not like Okaa-sama either!" Yukina pouted, more, puffing both of her cheeks.
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"Well, I think we can all agree that was the freakiest thing we've ever seen in our lives." Aaron stated.
"Yep." Yang agreed.
"So then… you think other kids will show up?" Blake asked, as she was blushing for some reason while looking at Aaron. "I mean…"
"It's not impossible, in theory. If we already met Kurogasa and Weiss's child, who's to say we won't meet our own?" Aaron said with a shrug.
"You mean…" Blake blushed heavier.
"Blake, you're turning red." Ruby pointed out.
Yang had a teasing grin on her face, "Oh~? Wondering what your kid would look like~?"
"I-It's not like that!" Blake stammered.
"Well I can imagine what Melody would look like." Ruby gushed at the mere thought of a grown-up Melody.
"A grown-up version of you?" Nora pondered.
"Huh?" Ruby looked to see Nora with the rest of her team. "How long were you guys standing there?"
"Since you guys started talking about kids." Jaune answered.
"Hello again!" Pyrrha waved.
"So let me get this straight. Kurogasa and Weiss's daughter came from a future where an evil Kurogasa was wreaking havoc and is now here in our time?" Ren asked.
"Pretty much." Aaron answered.
"So~ when do you think our kids show up?" Nora asked as she suddenly wrapped her around Ren's own, causing the tranquil Huntsmen in-training to raise an eyebrow at her… boldness.
"We won't know until we either find them or they find us. Besides, we don't know which kids were sent back in time." Orpheus pointed out.
"Well you're no fun…" Nora pouted.
"So what now?" Jaune asked.
"I guess we'll be playing the waiting game." Aaron shrugged.
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Gou was laying upon a couch glaring at his wound upon his arm that was already healing. That mysterious Rider had to get in his way. But at the very least, he made Kurogasa suffer. Yes, he made him weak again. That's what he always did. He made him feel small and powerless, knowing he could beat him every single time. He hadn't changed, even from the old world. His morally upright, and uptight righteousness that was so far up his ass was what made him soft and weak. And he can't wait to do it again.
"Next time… I'll kill you for sure."
"Hm, I'll believe it when I see it." Azrael said, approaching him. "The way you are now, you can't beat them."
"But I managed to hurt Kurogasa." Gou said. "I would've finished the job if not for Aaron."
"You still would've lost. Your overconfidence is what makes you predictable in battle."
"Because I'm the best,"
"And that is your problem. You should know better than to not underestimate your opponent. It's what got you expelled and disowned in the first place." Azrael said, making Gou click his tongue in annoyance.
"Those idiots will never understand my greatness."
"Yet that greatness cost you everything." Azrael pointed out.
"Tch…"
"So I suggest you take time to rest and reflect on things while I summon the others." Azrael suggested before taking his leave. "After all, it takes a team effort to pull anything off."
"Hmph…" Gou scoffed.
LINE BREAK
Meanwhile, a different portal had opened up, spitting out a masculine figure into a crate of ice cream cartons.
"Ack! Cold!" The figure cried out in a male voice as he groaned and came to. "Oh man… why is it that I always end up somewhere cold!?" The man quickly left the frozen comforts of the ice cream. He checked his surroundings and found himself in some sort of warehouse.
"Ah, great…" He groaned. "I didn't end up in a bad guy's place, did I? Can this day get any worse?"
"Hey! Who are you!?"
"Oh great… just my luck!" He groaned as he looked to see a Shopkeep.
"How did you get in here!?" The shopkeep demanded.
"I uh…"
*KA-CHINK!*
"Get out! Now!"
"Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop!" The man warbled like a certain alien lobster doctor as he fled for his life.
LINE BREAK
In another part of town, another portal opened up as two more figures were falling from the sky and about to crash into the trees of a park that just happened to be empty. "UWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" They cried out as they kept falling, until landing on the trees breaking their fall from each branch they hit until they landed in a bush.
"Ow! Ah! Doh! Bad! Landing! Strategy! Oh!"
*SPLAT!*
"Owie~"
"I definitely blame you, Mel…" A voice that was a cross between boyish and girlish groaned.
"Shut up… Who's fault was it for putting in the wrong coordinates?" The girl called Mel asked.
"Still you."
"It was so you!"
"Whatever…" The two people then stood up to dust themselves off. "So this is the past… it's so… old school retro."
"It's not. It's still the same as it was. Just… minor changes." Mel said as she looked around. The female girl in question was a wolf Faunus with long brown hair, grey eyes, light skin, a well-proportioned figure, and wolf ears on her head. What also stood out was an auburn-colored riding hood that lightly flowed in the breeze. Beneath the hood is a white summer dress with a black tank top shirt underneath, dark blue mini shorts, auburn heeled boots, a pair of silver knee guards, and black gloves. She also had silver earrings on her human ears and an auburn hair clip shaped like a rose on the left side of her hair.
As for the boy… or girl… or… whatever they were, they had auburn hair cut neck-length, green reptilian eyes, tan skin, and an androgynous face and figure. They wore a simple green long-sleeved shirt with brown snake patterns on the sleeves, tan pants, a brown belt with a silver buckle shaped like a snake's head, black snakeskin boots, and a pair of green headphones with cartoon crocodiles on the surface hanging around their neck. Hooked up to the belts were a pair of yo-yos that had a turtle shell design to them.
"Well I don't know about you, but we better set out for Beacon." Mel said. "Maybe Yukina's already there."
"Maybe we should get some disguises? I don't wanna make a paradox or screw up the future even more." The androgynous teen said, to which Mel looked at them.
"Good idea." Mel said, sarcastically.
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The next day…
"Ergh… ughh… ahhh…"
"That's it, one step at a time." Yukina said as she and Weiss were helping him walk after he was discharged from the hospital, taking it slow as RWBY, JOKR, and JNPR followed behind. Ruby, Blake, and Koa were all holding small flags that said 'Go Kuro!' on it.
"Hey where did you guys get those flags anyway?" Aaron asked the trio. Their response was a shrug. "Of course."
"At least it's encouraging." Pyrrha said. "It'll make his recovery a little easier."
"Isn't it hospital policy that he should be taken out via a wheelchair?" Orion inquired.
"Well, his Aura healed all of those scars I sealed up with the fire I used." Orpheus said. "Like he's never cut in the first place, just… in a lot of pain."
"Hence why I said, the wheelchair." The elder Arc twin deadpanned.
"...aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Huh?" They noticed as they saw someone running towards them.
"Why do I always have bad luck!?" A male voice shouted as he was being chased by a bunch of thugs that this seemed pissed off. The young man in question had a long mane of raven black hair with blonde highlights, lilac eyes, pale skin, and seemed rather muscular too. He wore an orange-black tiger-patterned open vest that displayed his torso, abs, and biceps, a pair of red armored fingerless gauntlets, black short pants with silver zippers along the legs, black boots with silver zippers on the sides, and a tiger-patterned scarf around his neck.
"Who's that?" Yang wondered.
"Yin!?" Yukina got out in shock.
"Huh? Hey! Yukina, great timing! Help me out here, will ya!?" The boy known as Yin shouted.
"What did you do this time!?"
"I didn't do anything! These guys just bumped into me then one of them touched my hair and I- Oooooh…" Yin said with a wince. "I may… have punched the guy into a building."
"Ugh, you idiot." Yukina groaned.
"Why you gotta be mean to your boyfriend, Yuki!" Yin whined.
*POP!*
"Boy… friend?" Kurogasa's eye twitched as he felt a blood vessel pop. "Yukina… what is he talking about?"
"Uh, uh," Yukina stuttered trying to come up with an excuse before she quickly pulled out her saber and charged at the thugs. "Hang on, Yin! I'll save you!"
"Can this day get any weirder?" Nora asked.
"Hi, mom! Hi, dad!" A passing auburn blur said to Ruby and Orion before it joined the two future kids in fighting the thugs.
"HUH!?" Ruby and Orion said in shock, not knowing what just happened.
"It just did." Ren deadpanned.
"Melody, stop running ahead of me!"
"Melody!?" Ruby shouted in surprise.
The androgynous teen then came running towards the other future kids as they were battling the thugs. "Hm? Oh, Howdy Ma and Pa." They said to Orpheus and Koa while they passed by.
"WHAT!?" They shouted.
"It just got really weird." Jaune said.
"Hey, welcome to our lives." Aaron said with a shrug.
A few minutes later…
"Well that takes care of that." Yin grinned as the thugs laid there all injured and worse for wear while all piled up. "Thanks Yuki!"
*WAPISH!*
"Ow!"
"Baka! What were you thinking!?" Yukina snapped.
"Hey, you know how I am when someone touches my hair, Yuki!" Yin argued while gesturing to his mane. "I don't see why you had to hit me."
"Huh… kinda like me." Yang tilted her head.
Aaron looked at Yang, then at Yin, then back at Yang again, before realizing the implications, as he felt his cheeks burning, "Oh my god…"
"What?"
"Yang… that's our kid…"
"What!?" Yang said with a heavy blush.
As if to make it even weirder, Yin looked at Aaron and Yang then waved with a happy smile, "Hi, dad! Hi, mom!"
"Oh gods… this is not happening…" Blake got out as her mind was going numb.
"MELODYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Ruby squealed as she petal burst towards the grown-up wolf Faunus and-
*POW!*
-tackle hugged her.
"Ow…" Melody wheezed.
"Ooooooooooooooooooh, I can't believe you're all grown-up!" Ruby said as she held her face. "Oh my gosh, look at you, you're so pretty! I got so many questions I wanna ask you! I can't wait!"
"Mom…" The wolf Faunus whined in embarrassment.
"Uh…" Koa said dumbfounded, looking at the androgynous member of the future kids. "You're uh… my kid?"
"Yes, mama," The teen nodded. "I wasn't really born with a specific gender so you and father named me Rei."
"A genderless kid… that's a first…" Orpheus muttered.
"Um… does this mean that you're-" Koa was about to ask before suddenly…
"What in blazes is going on?" A voice called out as they all turned to see Glynda approaching them with her ride crop and she did not look happy.
"Oh fudge…" Koa and Rei groaned.
"Miss Glynda is still cranky as ever…" Yin cringed.
"All of you are coming with me, now."
LINE BREAK
As Kurogasa was being helped by Weiss back to Team JOKR's dorm, the rest followed Glynda back to Beacon Academy, and into the interrogation room where the future kids were sitting at the table while the rest were standing at the side of the room. Headmaster Ozpin had just arrived as well, and he was rather curious as to why these four kids were here, besides the fact that they were beating up some thugs.
"So not only am I getting a report of one of our students in a hospital, but one kid sending a ruffian into a building!" Glynda said angrily.
"I, uh…" Yin wanted to say something.
"Silence!" Glynda quipped, making Yin shut his mouth. "I honestly expected this from Yang of all people, but now you four appear out of nowhere!"
"I forgot how scary she can be when she's like this." Melody whispered to Yukina. Yukina nodded quickly.
"Hmm, you." Ozpin interrupts Glynda's rant by pointing to Melody. "You seem… rather familiar."
"Uh, hi?" The wolf Faunus girl waved sheepishly. Ozpin looks at her for a moment before taking a sip of his mug.
"Glynda, I think they've learned their lesson."
"What?"
"I'm sure they'll listen this time around." Ozpin said. "Isn't that right, Miss Rose, apologies, Mrs. Arc?" He teased.
"U-U-Uh yeah, we'll keep an eye on them!" Ruby nodded rather enthusiastically.
Glynda however, didn't seem convinced but sighed nonetheless. "Very well. But the next time this happens, I won't be so lenient." She said, before leaving the room, slamming the door, making them wince.
"Well then," Ozpin said as he was now on the other side of the table. "Which brings you to our era, Miss Melody?" He asked, surprising everyone in the room.
"Is that why you called Ruby, Mrs. Arc?" Orion deadpanned with a twitching eyebrow.
"Perhaps."
"W-We're not like that!" Ruby blushed heavily. But then added, "…yet."
"RUBY!" Orion shouted in disbelief.
"Well, the evidence does sort of speak for itself…" Jaune pointed out.
"And if Miss Yukina's resemblance to Miss Schnee wasn't uncanny enough, then I don't know what is." Ozpin smirked before taking another sip of his coffee, making the future Schnee girl fidget in her seat.
"Told you guys we should've worn disguises." Rei said to their friends whilst playing with one of their yo-yos. The other future kids looked at them before face palming at the point they made.
"So then… Mr. Xiao Long, what brings you and the others here to our era?" Ozpin asked.
"Well uh… long story short, an evil Kurogasa came here to wreak havoc and we need to find him before he kills everybody." Yin laughed nervously.
"…Uh what?" Jaune said, as the rest of Team JNPR were floored with this news.
"Kuro went to the dark side!?" Nora exclaimed. "Huuuuuuuh, no wonder why his name is Kuro! It means black! And black means dark! And dark is evil! Do we have to kill our Kuro!?"
"NO!" Everyone except for Ozpin and Koa shouted at Nora.
"Thank you Nora, I thought the same thing!" Koa said with a smile, and the two high five.
"You're reading into this way too far…" Ren sweat dropped.
"How did this Kurogasa turn evil?" Ozpin asked Melody.
"We don't really know. Our caretaker never told us how he became evil. He just… suddenly disappeared one day then showed up destroying all of Mistral." The wolf Faunus answered.
"Well, that's rather frightening…" Ozpin frowned.
"But… why?" Aaron asked.
"We're not entirely sure ourselves." Yukina said. "That's why we came here to figure out why."
"I see." Ozpin nodded. "Well, in that case, I suppose we could somehow get you four into Beacon Academy no problem."
"Huh?" The future kids looked surprised.
"Are you… sure that's wise?" Orion asked, before looking to Ruby who was chomping at the bits, looking so excited of their future kids going to school with them.
"Of course, we'll need to do a bit of reorganizing and come up with a team name for you but we'll be able to assist however we can." The Headmaster offered.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ruby screamed in excitement as the rest of them covered their ears.
"Yeah, she's officially lost it…" Aaron deadpanned.
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Meanwhile…
"How's that?" Weiss asked as she helped him lay on his bed, sitting up.
"Could be worse…" Kurogasa grunted. "I just hope I'll be able to walk and dance with you by the time the Vytal Festival Ball comes around."
"Hush now, it'll go by faster if you just rest, okay?"
"Alright, alright." Kurogasa rolled his eyes with a smile as the two were silent for a bit. "So… what do you think?"
"Hm?"
"About… Yukina? About us… having Yukina?" He asked, though was blushing at the mere thought that they would eventually get married and have a child.
"Honestly? I'm… shocked yet… relieved." Weiss answered.
"How so?"
"Well, I was shocked that our teenage daughter came back in time to stop an evil version of you from the future and I was relieved that I actually had a child of my own."
"I see." Kurogasa smiled a bit. "I guess I'm the same way. I never actually thought of us having a kid, but… I guess that shows that we'll always be together. Also glad to know we're not really siblings either. Cause you know… complications and stuff."
"Speaking of…" Weiss said. "If you ever do find your real parents… what are you going to do?"
"Huh? Where did that come from?" Kurogasa tilted his head.
"Just something that's been on my mind, is all."
"Oh, well…" Kurogasa said, as he thought about it. "Well, to be honest… I don't know. I mean, yeah, I would want to get answers, but… at the same time, I… can't exactly get mad at them. I'm sure they had their reasons. If anything, even if they turned out to be really bad parents for one reason or another… I would thank them… for giving me a better life. Because of them, I was able to have you in my life. Though part of me hopes that I could at least get their blessing if and when we do get married." He chuckled.
"That might be a very long time." Weiss added with a hint of humor.
"Well… you don't mind waiting then, do you?"
"Nope, because you know I'm worth the wait."
"Heh, glad to know we're both on the same page."
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Elsewhere, Ruby was gushing as she was talking with Melody.
"So… how's Grandpa Tai doing here?" Melody asked.
"Still a teacher, raising baby you, and trying to be the cool dad even though Uncle Qrow already beat him to it." Ruby answered. Melody giggled as Rei rolled their eyes and placed their headphones on to tune them out. "OOH OOH! Do you all have weapons?! Please tell me you have cool weapons!" Ruby asked enthusiastically, to which Melody sweat dropped.
"Well, Yukina inherited Aunt Winter's swords, Yin put his own spin on Aunt Yang's Ember Celicas, Rei uses yo-yo saws and I… uh…" Melody said, before pulling Wolverine claw weapons. "I use these."
"Ooooooh," Ruby looked at the weapons with awe, "So what do they do?"
"Other than hacking and slashing, I can shoot them out and retract them back using lined Gravity Dust. Like claw grappling hooks. Sort of."
"What are they called?" Ruby asked, admiring the claws.
"I call them Silver Fang."
"Oooooooh, that's so cool!" Ruby gushed.
"Alright Ruby, enough playing 20 questions with our kid." Orion said, coming into the conversation.
"Awwwww, but I wanna learn more~!" Ruby whined.
"All of us are going to school anyway, so you have plenty of time." Orion rolled his eyes.
Ruby pouted at her boyfriend before she quickly gave Melody another bone-crushing hug that knocked the air out of the wolf girl's lungs. "Oh, this is just so exciting!"
"Mom… choking… can't breathe…" Melody wheezed.
"Ruby, you're gonna break her back!" Orion panicked.
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"So Yin… you're using my gauntlets, huh?" Yang said as she examined the modified Ember Celica that Yin had on his wrists.
"A version of them, yes. I modified them to act like yours and dad's." Yin corrected as he brought up the red gauntlets on his hands before they shifted to resemble claws. "I can still punch stuff really hard with them as just base gauntlets but… I got a little overboard with other features."
"Like?"
"…I can plant explosives with punches and make them go boom. I can also shoot my gauntlets off like rockets."
"You like to make everything explode don't you?"
"Yeah… cause it's awesome."
"That's my boy!" Yang grinned, patting his head.
"Aww mom, don't do that!" Yin complained.
As Yin and Yang interacted, Blake could only look on as she frowned. If Yang's kid came in the future. How come Blake's kid hadn't come yet? Aaron and her are together too. But… if that's the case, then he, Yang, and her…
"Something wrong, Blake?" Aaron asked, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?"
"You looked spaced out… and upset." Aaron frowned in concern.
"Why would you think that?" Blake huffed with a scowl.
The leader of Team JOKR glanced at the interaction between Yang and Yin then realized what the cat Faunus was feeling, "You're jealous that Yang's kid came back in time, aren't you?"
Blake's silence says it all.
"Blake…"
"I'm sorry… When I saw him, and then thought about us, I…"
"You know I still love you." Aaron said, giving her a side hug.
"I know, it's just… it scares me about our future."
"We could always ask him if he has a half-sibling. You did think about that, right?" He pondered.
"I… didn't." Blake sighed with her cat ears drooping. "Alright, I'll ask him." She said before walking towards the future Xiao Long. "Hey Yin?"
"Huh? Yeah, what's up?"
"I've been meaning to ask. In the future… do you have any half-siblings?"
Yin's face darkened, "Yeah… I had a half-sister, Miko." He said with sorrow laced in his voice. "Sweetest girl you would ever know. She was kinda like you." The young man gestured at the cat Faunus.
"What happened?"
"She…" Yin trailed off.
His hesitance said it all, much to Blake's horror. With wide eyes and a covered mouth, she ran off.
"Blake!" Aaron called out, but it was already too late. He leveled a glare at his future son, "What were you going to say?"
"It's part of the reason why we're here…" Yin grimaced as he looked down.
"…Uncle Kurogasa killed her…"
KRD: And boom! Another bombshell dropped!
GKC: We have our four visitors from the future and our main bad guy as well for this arc! And we learn the reason as to why the future kids have traveled back in time… sort of.
KRD: Yeah, that last bit was sort of a last minute detail, but you know… we can work with it.
GKC: Time travel tends to work in different ways.
KRD: So~ are we following MCU rules? Or BTTF rules?
GKC: Hm, well, either of those could result in a paradox so let's just go with BTTF rules.
KRD: Well reason I ask is cause following MCU rules would mean changing the past won't change the future, meaning Miko would still be dead and… well, you know…
GKC: Yeah, yeah, I get it. So, BTTF rules then.
KRD: Anyways! Roll the clip!
Preview
Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!
Blake: Our child is dead because of him!
Kurogasa: I… did what…?
Aaron: Doing something like this won't change what happened!
Yukina: Aunt Blake, stop!
Next Time: Despair
Blake: To save the future… I'll kill you, Kurogasa!
KRD: And with that, we'll see you later! Now G, about that invoice.
GKC: Ah, tell me later! Peace out, everybody!
