Hey peps! Thanks to a fellow writer who gave me is half-finished drawing, I was able to improve it, giving it colors and other things. Now I have a proper cover, and since I feel more motivated I will start making a few more designs for this story. But, don't worry I will continue to write like usual, those new digital drawings will be made during week-ends. That's all, I hope you guys will enjoy this new chapter. Have a great read, bye.

A Shattered Life

Chapter 11: Confrontation and Reunion

Geo Casterwill clashed quite violently against the Faunus woman known as Osana. Since he had activated his Semblance his Aura had become more stronger than before, they were evenly matched in their clash so far. Each time their weapons met it caused a shockwave to appear around then as they fought in the rooftops of the town's center. "You have killed so many innocents today, their deaths will mean nothing if I don't stop you here and now!" The young Lord grit his teeth as he made a downward strike, aiming at the woman's head, unfortunately, Osana managed to avoid the incoming attack with some effort.

"Hahaha! Now this is the fight I've been waiting for so long." She laughed uncontrollably. "Don't you dare hold back you runt or I will destroy everyone you love." Osana crossed both of her blades together. "For years I trained hard with my master to properly control my Aura, I can use it for range attacks as you saw earlier but I can also transform that power into a shield to protect me." Red electricity ran along the swords. "Chaotic Blast!" The blast of darkish red light made it's way straight to Geo's position, with an explosion the boy was completely overcame by the large blast of Aura. Osana narrowed her eyes lightly as she waited for the dust to clear and see if her target was dead. "I doubt he could have survive that."

Has the black crimson wave dissipated, the Faunus female found her eyes widening as she took notice of the purple orb that was a couple of meters away from her. "How did he survive?! My technique is flawless, I spent two years working on it and he just blocked it by protecting himself inside a orb, he should be dead right now." Her eyes were burning with rage, as her grip around her blades tightened. "No matter, I still have more tricks up my sleeve ." Then in front of her eyes, the purple orb shattered into tiny pieces that quickly disappeared, revealing Lord Geo. "You are quite impressive my dear Prince, I'll give you that much."

Geo looked at her. "Your gonna have to try a little harder than that." He hurled himself at the Faunus, swinging his blade sideways. Osana blocked it again and again. Her two swords might have been a bit large and powerful, but Geo's weapon was faster. He kept her on the defensive, striking from every direction possible. The tail of his coat turned and flapped as he spun and turned, twisting and twirling his sword with deadly precision. "This power is astonishing, I thought I didn't had a Semblance, and yet..." He whispered to himself. "It feels like I'm holding back for some reason, maybe it's because I have no idea how to fully control it yet."

Their blades clashed again and held. Each warrior jockeyed for the upper hand. The young Lord suddenly shoved Osana with a new surge of power. His weapon easily pushed her blades away. "A sadistic person like you doesn't deserve to live." Geo began to strike with great rage. "Look at that poor girl over there! She's crying because of what you did to her parents!" He shouted.

"Indeed, but I actually find her expression quite funny if you ask me, haha!" Replied Osana. "Come on! This isn't the only reason for your anger towards me. Remember that I killed a few of your friends back at the base or have you forgotten already? Oh, how pathetic they were, I mean one of them was even begging for his life, saying that he had a wife and a child. Hahaha! Like I give a shit." She delivered a fierce kick to Geo's chest, making him take a couple of steps back. "They died for a noble cause, defending their town and their families to the last breath, shouldn't you be happy for them? They had a good death after all, so why do you keep fighting me? Just run away to your castle and I will let you and that blonde girl live."

"You don't have to remind me, I know you murdered my soldiers, but everything they cared about is why I am here! I won't let their deaths be in vain!" With each powerful blow, Osana felt the weigh of her swords resonate from top to bottom. Her hands almost threatened to drop the blades as the assault continued. "Today is where your sick games will finally end."

Unable to react to Geo's moves in any other way, Osana made a jump backwards. How is this possible? He shouldn't be this strong, it just doesn't make any sense. I am more powerful than him I'm sure of it, this runt could never surpass me, and yet I can barely keep up with his attacks or speed. Though Osana while frowning. "I'm tired of playing games with you boy, now this is where things get serious!" She rushed at him.

Geo didn't say a word and in a flash both of them started to exchange blows. Striking with the sword in his left, he blocked and repelled the White Fang member's blade with his own. Soon, the air grew acrid with the scent of hot metal as sparks flew from their weapons. Anything that got between them, mostly wagons and booths filled with food, became shredded in the frenzy of blades. "Hahah! Is this all you got kid or are you getting tired already?" Osana struck down again, but met Geo's red blade.

"Will you shut up!" He yelled, then he shoved the blade off. Geo launched his fist, aiming for her face. With a quick reaction, Osana blocked with the flat part of her blade. The force of the blow knocked her back off of her feet, letting go a audible grunt of surprise.

In the blink of an eye, Geo was right next to her. He grabbed her ankle and pulled her back as if she were on a spring. Osana had just barely enough time to register surprise before young Lord Geo drove his fist into her face, pile driving her skull into the dirt. Even though the force of the crash shot dust and little rocks into his face, Geo didn't stop slamming the warrior's face. Again and again he hit, yelling with each blow. Geo was caught in a bloodlust, and it seemed there was no way stopping him. "Die! Die!"

"STOP!" Yelled the little girl as she wrapped her arms around Geo's arm to stop him from hitting Osana. "I am tired of seeing people die." She cried. "P-Please Lord Geo, don't kill her, you are not like her."

"But, she murdered your parents." He replied while blood was dripping from his fist. "Don't you want revenge?"

The child sobbed. "...I just want this to end, please no more killing." Geo felt his rage fade away as he looked at the poor girl crying, the faint purple light disappeared and his eye returned to normal. He walked to her and hugged her. "...What am I going to do now? I-I don't have any family left here in town, my grandfather is living in Vale, and I have no money to go to him."

"Have no fear, I will make sure you are delivered to your grandfather safe and sound." Said Geo, as he cleaned the girl's tears. "One of my transports will get you to him. Now go the castle, you shouldn't be here."

With that said, the girl left, leaving behind the young Lord. Geo, then leaned against a booth and closed his eye. "Dammit! I can barely move my body, whatever that power was it really left me exhausted, not to mention the tremendous pain in my eyes." At that precise moment, Ruby and the others reached the area where Geo and Yang were located.

"Geo!" When Ruby saw him covered with blood and scratches, she immediately activated her Semblance, and in an instant, she was next to him. "Oh thank god you are alive, I was so worried." She wrapped her slim arms around Geo and gave him a deep kiss in the lips.

"You taste sweet, you know that?" The boy smiled.

Ruby smiled a little. "We must take you back to the castle and take care of those injuries." She said, but then she noticed that her boyfriend had his eyes still closed. "Why are your eyes closed?" Ruby asked intrigued.

"They hurt like hell, but I bet with one of those special pills of Sunny, this pain will go away in no time." With the help of Ruby, he managed to get up.

Has they were about to move, someone shouted. "Ruby!" The red haired girl turned around and saw a certain person that she never expected to see again so soon. "I-It's really you sis, I can't believe I finally found you." Tears ran down her cheeks as she fell to her knees.

Ruby was speechless, she should be happy to see her older sister but instead she was a bit scared. Her grip on Geo's hand increased, although he couldn't see her face due to the pain he was feeling in his eyes, the young Lord could feel from her grip that she was nervous about something. "...I...I-I'm not going back home, Yang." Her voice cracking in her throat.

Yang rubbed her eyes before opening them. "I-I know, I'm not here for that...I know what..." She paused for a second. "Dad did to you." Yang got up. "Why didn't you told me what was happening? I could have protected you."

"H-How do you know that?"

"While dad went searching for you in the forest, I found a box in his room, inside it where..." Yang burst into tears once again. "Pictures of what that disgusting man had did to you. At first, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I mean how could our dad do something horrible like that? But after seeing those pictures everything made sense to me, why you looked depressed, why you had scars on your wrists and why he went to your bedroom almost every night." She said. "I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you."

Ruby burst into tears, she ran to her older sister and hugged her. "You don't have to be sorry about anything, what happened wasn't your fault." She sobbed. "I should have told you what he was doing to me, but I was so ashamed I couldn't bring myself to tell you, please forgive me."

"There's nothing to forgive Ruby." Yang smiled. "I'm just so happy you are safe."

Both sisters had finally reunited. Geo was happy for his girlfriend and for Yang, so he decided to approach them. "If you want you can stay with us at the castle." He said.

"T-Thank you." Yang was quite surprised by that offer.

"Oh, in case you don't know, this is my boyfriend Geo Casterwill, future ruler of Gwain." Ruby replied.

"I see, well, you better make my sister happy because if you break her heart, I will make sure you won't use those legs again." She smiled.

"Haha! Don't worry, I would never do anything to hurt her, she's the love of my life."

Ruby blushed. "Hehe! You are going to make me blush if you continue to say things like that." She giggled a little.