Chapter 18 Hope
Xionas Azure thought back to what "the General" said four hours ago. "You are but one of many variations of the light user called Raymond, when he was alive eons ago he loved the concept of Hope, so eons later the embodiment of Hope, or Adara, split his soul into a collective, each member has some sort of aspect belonging to him, beit name or appearance. Yet your existence is astonishing. Two lights and yet still an Incarnate of Raymond."
A hand touched Xionas' back as he snapped to reality, "Ms. Belladonna, you startled me" he said to the woman behind him, his heart going mach 5 in his chest, "please Xionas call me Blake, we've been friends since childhood, you wanted to talk to me so we met in the library"
"R-right, I….Um….I wanted to say…. Thanks...for...um...guarding my unconscious body." Xionas blurted hastily out, "Dammit. Why did I have to say that in front of Blake, she'll think I'm a weirdo now." He screamed internally, yet Blake giggled "for the first few weeks of you staying with us, I guarded your unconscious body. So it was nothing new for me" Xionas' mind paused "what do you mean by that?" He asked sternly, It was either reality or Xionas' imagination but Blake seemed to blush "after your semblance awoke you were comatose for a month, several people said to move you to vale or mistral for treatment, but my father refused to. He muttered something about the 'hope of our world' or something like that... it was hard to tell with his eyes glazed over." Xionas' eyes fixed behind blake "How long have you been standing over there Axel?" then a black figure stepped out of the shadows "got my name memorized have you? I would kill you but with my nephew lurking wherever i can risk killing you... and boy will my boss not be pleased, but I did overhear a few things that the General and you were talking about, makes sense why Nekron would want you killed, a being of two lights? Whew. Lets say when I do kill you it will be worth it." Then Axel disappeared into the shadows again "creepazoid" Xionas shuddered.
The sun started to set as the campus clock rang 6 PM, "should probably head back to my dorm, Team Maple will need their leader in tip shape, won't team RWBY need their... whatever you are, thanks Blake, for talking with me... I know I'm not the face you would want to mpph" and Blake pulled Xionas in for a kiss " Don't disappear again Azure" Blake whispered before walking out of the library. As Xionas walked down the hall to his dorm he felt an unusual presence, like unbridled hatred mixed with something darker, almost demonic. "Show yourself Demon!" Xionas shouted into the darkness, he thought he saw a green orb in the dark hallway, he dismissed it and closed his dorm door.