Hello, my friends, I am back with another chapter of Black Roses. First off, I want to apologize for the delay. I had originally planned to post this during the second week of April, but something happened and caused a huge blow to me and my family. But don't worry, everything is fine now, or at least getting better.
Now, onto the Authors Note. This chapter I was really looking forward to writing, you'll see why. To answer some of the speculation and questions, I would like to remind that I will be going in RWBY route in this story. Like in the series many of our questions were answered in Volumes 4, 5, and 6. I will be doing the same for Black Roses, but I will be leaving hints in these early chapters, but not enough to spoil the later chapters, unless you try your absolute hardest to figure out what these hints mean. Now with nothing else to say, let jump right into this chapter.
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A week…it's been a whole week since Black taught Ruby about ki and no matter how hard she tried… "URG I CAN'T DO IT!" Ruby shouted with all her might. Ruby was currently on the rooftop of Beacon where she's been trying to bring out her ki early in the morning or late at night. She let out a sigh and purposely fell onto her back, her arms and legs spread apart. She stared at the sky, just basking in the sun rising sky.
"I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing the exact same thing Jaune did, so why…" Ruby glanced at her hand. "Why can't I bring out my ki?" Since day one of her training she was able to overcome every obstacle that was thrown at her, Breakthrough all her physical limits. So it annoyed her greatly that no matter how hard and frequent she tried she couldn't break this…wall of hers.
To make matters worse, she beginning to feel jealous of Jaune. Seeing how far ahead he's been getting with his training was just irritating to see. Black was also spending more time with him during their bouts, while she was left sitting there. She knows that this part of her training she has to do it on her own, but a little guidance wouldn't hurt!
At one point she felt like giving up, but then she remembered her reason for training with Black. It was so she wouldn't feel helpless against him… Her mind wandered to Dark Saiyaman. Her hand moved to her stomach, remembering their fight. She had to get stronger, so she wouldn't lose next time.
Ruby's scroll started alarming, telling her that it was time to head to her dorm, then head to class. Man, she hated class. With a groan, she lifted herself up and exited the rooftop. While she walked down the halls she noticed that there were already people out and walking in the halls.
Upon arriving at her dorm's door, Ruby walked in and was greeted with an empty room. She walked around for a minute until she found a note on her bed. She picked the note up and read it, "Ruby, Yang, Blake and I are heading to the cafeteria. Hurry up and get changed or you won't have time to eat breakfast.
-Sincerely, Weiss Schnee"
Ruby crushed the note and made a shot for the trash can. The crumbled note made it in, "Score!" She pumped her fist. She then grabbed her uniform and headed to the bathroom. It only took her about ten minutes to shower and get fully dressed, she wasn't like her sister Yang or Weiss who take about forty minutes each. She's thankful Blake isn't like that either. After exiting the bathroom Ruby dried her hair a bit and then tossed her tower onto her bed and grabbed a water bottle before heading out.
When she walked out she bumped into someone. Looking up at who she had bumped into her silver eyes were met with amber color ones. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you coming out."
"It's okay…hey have I seen you before?" Ruby questioned the girl in front of her.
"Yes, I believe that the last time we met was when you confused me with being a teacher." The girl responded.
Ruby it some thought, a hand gripping her chin. She then snapped her fingers. "Oh, you're the transfer student from Haven, um, B-Blender?" Ruby attempted to remember her name.
A tick mark appeared on her temple. "It's Cinder." She corrected.
"Oh, sorry," Ruby scratched her head. "I'm not really good at remembering names."
"It's quite alright," Cinder noticed that Ruby's friends weren't with her. "I'm assuming you are headed to your friends?"
Ruby nodded. "Yea, I kinda missed them right now, so heading to cafeteria to meet them."
"Mind if I tag along, I'm on my way to the courtyard."
"Sure," Ruby said with an innocent smile. Cinder returned a sly smile.
As the two made their way to their destinations, Ruby and Cinder talked. Mainly Ruby asking Cinder questions about her weapons, her team, and what was Haven like. Cinder answered all her questions with a smile, but behind that smile, Cinder was clearly annoyed. She wasn't doing this because she wanted to befriend the girl. No, it was because Mercury told her about how Black has been seen frequently with the girl and Cinder wanted to know what made this girl so interesting that she would catch his attention. So far, Cinder's found nothing that made the girl stand out, just her hyperactive self and her constant barrages of questions about weapons.
"Oh, I've been meaning to ask you. What's your semblance?"
"My semblance, I'm able to-." Cinder immediately stopped herself. Remember her first encounter with Ruby when she battled Gylnda Goodwitch, she used her semblance during that. Was she purposely asking all those questions to lower her guard and reveal herself to her? Cinder's eyes roamed Ruby, who was giving her a confused look.
A smile formed on Cinder's lips, "Now I can't tell you that. Where're from different schools and we'll be competing against each other in the Vytal Festival, and I can't have my opponent having an edge over me, now can I?"
Ruby scratched her head with an apologetic smile. "O-oh, I guess you're right, sorry."
Maybe she was over thinking it. The girl couldn't be that smart. "It's fine, you were just curious about me. Now, I have a question for you."
"Shoot away."
"What is your relationship with Son Black?"
"My relationship with…" Ruby's face turned red and waved her hand in denial. "We-we don't have a relationship! We're just friends!"
"Really? Because from what I've heard the two of you seen together quite frequently."
"O-Oh really, we-well, you know how people are, they like to spread rumors that aren't true." Ruby nervously laughed.
"Then what is the truth?" Cinder pressed on.
"The truth? Oh um, since we're both team leaders we like to give each other pointers on how to improve our leadership." Ruby quickly lied, sweat running down her cheek.
Cinder painfully stared at the laughing girl, she's never seen someone so bad at lying in her life before. "Then you hold no romantic feelings for him?"
Ruby chortled and waved her off. "Pssh, no of course not. Black's so gloomy and dark and way too serious for me. If any would right for him it would be Weiss or Blake." She said before taking a sip of her water bottle.
"That's quite the opinion you have of me."
Ruby immediately spat the water out, looking up ahead. "B-Black! I-I was just-."
"Come, the others are waiting." He motioned with his head.
Ruby hesitantly complied. As she walked passed him, Black glared at Cinder who was smirking right back. After a brief stare down, Black turned and took his leave.
Cinder crossed her arms, her smirk still plastered on her lips. The girl defiantly has a thing for Black. Now the real question is, does he feel the same for her and can she use this, or will this interfere with her plans?
As Black led the way, Ruby was fidgeting with her fingers. "Um Black, about what I said, it-it wasn't true. Well except for the part about you being serious and-."
"Ruby."
"Yes." Ruby peeped.
"Stay away from her," The seriousness in Black voice surprised her a bit, and greatly confused her. "Why? Is there something bad about Cin-." Ruby was again interrupted, but this time she was flicked on the side of her head. "OW! What was that for!?" Rubbing the spot she was flicked on.
"That was for calling me dark and gloomy." Black said with a hint of annoyance.
Ruby pouted, "Hey I did say that the things I said about you weren't true. I just didn't want her or anyone else getting in our business." The last part she said quietly while looking away.
Black merely raised a brow at this. "Anyways, what were you doing back there? I thought you would be with your team?" Ruby asked.
"I was, but with how long you were taking to catch up, the Cat and Schnee asked me to go check up on you. Plus, Lewis was getting on my nerves again, so I happily agreed to it."
Ruby looked away gritted her teeth while shaking her fist, "Weiss, Blake! That was the worst time to help me!" She mentally shouted, before quickly turning back around. "Well since you found me, let's head back." Ruby took lead this time but didn't get far due to the next thing that came from Black's mouth.
"How's your practice going?"
Ruby froze in place. She slowly turned around with a nervous smile. "It's going pretty well. I think I'm getting a clear view of my power now." She opened her eyes, only to see that Black clearly see that she was lying. Ruby hung her head. "I haven't been able to find it much less bring any Ki out." She finally admitted. "But I'm not giving up! I'm going to keep trying until I get it, then I can finally catch up to Jaune and beat you up." She pointed at him.
Black eyed the finger pointing at him. His eyes then moved to Ruby who was happily grinning. That grin was short lived as the warning bell rang in the halls. A look of horror appeared on Ruby's face. "Class is about to start! Black, we're gonna be late!" She then turned and ran down the hall at full speed. The Ex Kaioshin stood there for a second before casually walking after her. These classes were a waste of time, so he cared little about being late to them.
His mind then wanders back to Cinder. What was she doing with Ruby? It appeared that the two were merely talking, but still, when it comes to Cinder nothing is simple like that. Was she trying to get Ruby to keep tabs on him? Or was she after something else? Whatever her reason was, he knows one thing for sure. It angered him greatly to see that bitch talking to her.
Adam cut down the last guy of the private Schnee dust convoy he was raiding. Using a piece of cloth, he ripped off from one of the soldier's uniform and wiped the blood off Wilt.
A White Fang soldier walked up to Adam. "Sir, we have seized the all of the cargo."
"Good, take it to the camp. Leave no evidence of our presence behind." Adam order, the soldier complied and spread the order to the other White Fang members. Right after giving the order his lieutenant ran up to him. "Sir, we found, something else in one of the cargo trucks. I think you should come see."
Adam followed the lieutenant, as they approached one of the trucks Adam noticed a couple of his men surrounding the back muttering with one another. As they approached the back, Adam saw his subordinates attending a pair of fanaus on the floor in tattered clothes both looking quite ill. They were given some water and wrapped with warm blankets.
Adam moved his head to the inside of the truck. Inside were a couple of more faunas, all in the same condition. Adam's eyes narrowed and his fist clenched tightly. "Slave workers." The Lieutenant voice mixed with disgust and anger. "Slave trading should be illegal in Remnant."
Adam leaned towards one of the faunas slaves and pulled the collar of their dirty shirt down, far enough to see a branded symbol on his chest. "But of course, I'm not surprised that the Schnee Dust Company found a way to maintain their underground businesses."
Adam's eyes remained glued onto the Schnee brand mark. Screams and shouts agony echoed in his mind the more he stared at it. "Sir…Sir…Adam" The calling of his name silenced the screams and shouts. Turning back to his Lieutenant he was pointed towards the pair of faunas on the floor. "Please, our daughter, they-they took her."
Adam turned to his Lieutenant. "I thought all convoy personals were killed."
The White Fang Lieutenant crossed his arms. "I thought the same. Apparently, they fled the moment when the ambush started, taking the girl as insurance." Adam narrowed his eyes behind the mask. "We spotted their tracks heading into the woods, counted at least 5 of them, one them most likely belonging to the girl."
Adam was then grabbed by the front of his jacket by the mother. "Please, you have to save her! She's-she's all I have left." The woman cried. The man, most likely the husband pulled her back and hugged her.
Adam stared at the crying woman. The lieutenant saw this, "I'll send some of our men after the girl."
"No, I'll go." The woman and man looked up at Adam only to see him turning around and taking his leave.
Deep in the forest, four men were running. One of them was dragging a small panther faunas girl. "Come on brat!" The man holding on to her pulled on her wrist harder. "I'm tired, my feet hurt." The girl's bare feet felt numb, and her exhaustion was written all over her face.
"Boss just leave the girl, I'm sure we're too far away for them to catch up now." A private sodier said.
"You can't always be too sure about that. Besides," The leader forceful grabbed the girl by cheeks. "I'm sure I can sell this piece of filth for a decent price." The girl felt tears run down her cheek making the leader laugh. Suddenly a disgusting swishing sound came between the girl and the leader.
A second later, the leader's hand gripping the girl's cheek came off. The human leader screamed in pain, holding his arm in pain. The solider and two other humans turned to the sound of someone walking towards them.
From the shadows of the forest, a lone figure came into view. One hand resting on Wilts hilt, and the other hanging by his side. He gave no reaction to the screaming man. Adam Taurus was here.
The human leader gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hate. "You-you bastard! You cut off my hand!"
Adam didn't respond, only continued to stare at the three humans in front of him. Getting annoyed by Faunas silence, the leader shouted again. "You're going to regret that!"
The soldier and the two other humans slowly surrounded the faunas. Adma gave a quick glance to two of the humans, noticing that they were wielding weapons that did not belong to a soldier, but more to a- "They're huntsmen." He scoffed at the thought of Huntsmen being the sole protectors of the Remnant and yet here they are. Assisting slave trafficker. It disgusted him.
One hunter was wearing bandit gear, kinda reminded him of Raven's tribe. Only this man's gear looked more taken care of and his clothes were a mixture of purple and blue. He wore an eye patch and had a mix of red and blond hair color, probably dyed. In his hand was a flail, but the ball held no spikes only holes.
The other hunter looked now different wearing a similar outfit, only his was a color combination of brown and black. He wore no eyepatch but did have a long scar going down his neck. His hair was brown and long, reaching down to his shoulders. In his hand was a one-handed sword, it would've looked like a normal sword from a distance, but Adam's seen enough weapons to see which was normal and which wasn't. He didn't know what the sword would turn into, but he'll have to keep an eye on it, can't be too cautious.
"This will only end one way." The huntsmen stopped, both on each side. The soldier stopped a couple of yards away from Adam. "With you all dead at my feet." The soldier fired his rifle, Adam unsheathed Wilt and twirled it in front of him blocking the dust bullets and absorbing the energy. The sword-wielding Huntsman charged at Adam. With his other hand gripping Blush Adam aimed and fired two rounds at the sword-wielding huntsman. The huntsman swung his sword and deflected the bullets. Closing the distance Adam brought his Wilt down, the two swords clashed. The Huntsman grinning while Adam kept his stoic expression. Adam sensed the other Huntsman coming.
Adam's other hand still gripping Blush, he swung it upwards. The Huntsman skipped back in time, but he didn't expect Adam to fire Blush again when he swung. The Dust round hit the Huntsman in the chest, thankfully his Aura tanked it.
Adam turned around and brought Wilt down, hitting the flail that was being swung at him down. Adam raised Blush above him and aimed to hit the Huntsman in the face with it. Unfortunately, the Huntsman caught Adam by the wrist and then kneed him in the gut, before grabbing the back of his jacket and throwing him over.
Adam caught it himself and flipped back to feet. He turned around and faced the charging Huntsman. Adam sheathed Wilt and stood there. When that came swing at him, Adam dodged them by twist his body side to side, ducking while taking steps back.
The Huntsman swung the flail upwards. Adam reacted by leaning back. As the flail ball went up, Adam's was caught by surprise when he saw fire dust rounds being fired from the holes of the ball. Luckily, Adam unsheathed in time and gave Wilt a quick twirl in front of him deflecting the bullets away before quickly sheathing Wilt back to the left side. The other Huntsman followed up his partner's attack by charging past him with his sword raised. Adam unsheathed Wilt again and parried the away. Due to Huntsman charging in like that, he couldn't stop himself from going any further when his attack was parried and sailed past the Faunas. Adam used this to his advantage and waited until the Huntsman was right next to him. Adam raised a leg and kicked him in the back sending the Huntsman flying away.
With Adam facing away from the flail wielding Huntsman, he spun his flail in the air before aiming to hit Adam on side of his face. Adam predicted this and ducked under the attack, twisting with his heel he turned back to other Huntsman and jumped back when another attack was swung at him.
After landing Adam unsheathed Wilt again and without began slashing next to him, cutting through all the bullets being fired at him by the solider. After cutting through the last bullet Adam sheathed Wilt once again. His arms falling to his side.
"Hmph, you're pretty good. For a lowly Faunas." The sword wieldier Huntsman said. "Since I recognize how skilled you are, I think I should at least grant you my name before sending you to the afterlife." Adam looked over his shoulder. "My name is Hawk and my partner over there is Rust." Pointing at the man in front of Adam.
While they could not see it, but Adam wore uncaring eyes. "I don't care what your names are. To me, you're all the same. Humans always thinking they're better, that because they look "normal" they think that the cruel acts they commit towards Faunas will hold no consequence." The boss of the three humans still gripping the bleeding lump of his arm glared at the bull faunas. "There will always be consequences."
Hawk scoffed with eyes rolled and charged at him with his sword at his side, Rust doing the same, spinning his Flail as he charged forward. Adam stood still for another second, "And I'll make sure you're faced with them!" He said with malicious.
Adam skipped forward at a speed that caught Rust off guard. Adam planted foot to Rust stomach causing him to hunch forward, Adam followed it up with an elbow to the head and with his other hand still gripping Wilt and Blush together, he uppercut Rust away.
Adam twirled his weapon in his hand till it rested on his shoulder and aimed at Hawk. He fired twice, both bullets were deflected by Rust sword. Adam swung his sword around, Hawk did the same. When their weapons clashed something surprising happened. At first, Adam thought he broke the human's weapon in half. Only to see that the blade just opened to the side, and inside the blade was a rifle barrel aimed at his head. Adam's eyes widen behind the mask. Hawk with a crazed grin fired his gun. To his shock, Adam tilted his head to the side, the bullet flying past his face. "He dodged at point blank!?"
Adam raised his free fist and punched Hawk in the face. Hawk was again shocked this time by the power behind the Faunas punch. Feeling his Aura take a huge blow from the hit Hawk was sent flying back.
Out of the corner of his eye, Adam saw the soldier aiming his rifle again. When the bullets came flying at him towards him, Adam flipped backs wards several times before skipping towards the soldier ready to strike him down. But Adam was forced to stop himself and skip back when Rust came slamming down his Flail at the spot, he expected Adam to be at. Raising his Flail again he spun it at his side and fired out dozens of bullets at him.
Adam unsheathed Wilt and spun it in front of him, absorbing each hit of dust rounds. A battle cry came from behind Adam. Looking over his shoulder he saw Hawk in the air with his sword raised in the air. Adam around and their blades clashed as pushed off one another, Hawk charged in again and went several attacks, Rust joined in as well, swinging his Flail from different angles in order to hit Adam.
Adam fended off the two Huntsmen, switching back and forth in using Wilt and Blush for blocking and countering. He had no problem fending them off, due to his one year being partnered with Black and the countless of sparring the two had these two Huntsmen were extremely slow in Adam's eyes.
Meanwhile, the little faunas girl stared in amazement. She has never seen another faunas stand up against a human before, much less three of them.
Adam blocked another swing of Hawks sword and leaned to away from Rust's Flail. Hawk crouched down and swiped Adam off his feet. Figuring that the Faunas was caught off guard and now completely off balance, Rust, used this opening to slam his Flail to Adam's side.
Then the unexpected happened. Adam as he was fall back, caught himself with his free hand and twisted his body evading the Flail that was just swung at him and hit the ground instead. Adam's other hand still gripping on to Blush, aimed and fired a dust round to Rust's chest. "Rust!" Hawk cried out.
Adam wasn't done, he fully spun around and lowered himself to the ground and swiped Rust off his feet. He then quickly got up into a crouched position. From behind the top of Hawk's sword opened, he aimed his rifle to Faunas head.
What Hawk didn't know was that while Adam was facing away, Wilt's hilt wasn't, in fact, it was aimed at him. Pressing a button on Blush, Wilt came shooting out of its sheath and hitting Hawk on the forehead causing him to miss fire. Adam spun around and dashed at him, he gave a hard knee to Hawk's gut then grabbed Wilt that was still in the air. He followed up by dashing at him and giving incredibly fast strikes. Each strike staggered Hawk back and forth then finally his combo was ended by a spinning kick to the face. Hawk was sent crashing to a tree.
Adam sheathed Wilt. He leaned his head back when Rust came at him with another swing. Adam simply twisted his body left to right, ducking and leaning back away from the attacks. Rust growled in frustration as none of his swings meet their mark. Only the dust bullets he would fire whenever he swung would land hits, but it looked like the Dust rounds doesn't even faze him.
Rust screamed as he brought his Flail once more. To his shock, Adam caught it in his hand. Rust gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger on the handle, ready to blow Adam's hand off, but right as he pulled the trigger Adam used the ball end of the Flail and slammed the ball to Rust's face, and since the trigger was pulled the dust rounds exploded on impact as well.
Rust gasped, his Aura shattered, and his eyes went white. His body fell to the floor. Adam dropped the ball and stared at the human. His face held burn marks. Adam then heard footsteps. Looking to his left he saw the soldier aiming his rifle again. The soldier unloaded all his ammo at the Faunas.
Adam reacted quickly and grabbed Rust by the shirt and moved him in the way of the incoming bullets. Rust screamed in pain as the bullets hit his back, some of them going through him. Adam face held no reaction towards the screams of the human.
After the bullets seized Adam kicked the body, a sickening crack came from the Rust's back. The soldier gasped as Rust's body was flying straight at him. Rolling to the side the solider let the body crashing into a tree. He raised his rifle again and fired the rest of his ammo. Adam charged at him, using Wilt to swap the bullets away.
The solider panicked as Adam got closer and closer. The soldier pulled out and loaded his grenade launcher and fired it. Adam narrowed his eyes at the incoming dust explosive, he twisted his body away from the dust grenade, as the projectile flew by Adam grabbed it and fully twisted back and jumped. The soldier gasped and tried to move out of the way but Adam as too fast. Adam slammed the dust grenade to the soldier's chest, an explosion occurred.
The explosion tore a hole into the soldier's chest, the soldier coughed up blood as his body fell lifelessly to the ground. Steam rose from Adam's hand no sign of injury to it. "You made a big mistake." Adam turned to the source of the voice. The voice belonged to Hawk who held hate in his eyes. Adam took a glance at the body of the other huntsman. It laid there motionless. Must be angry at him for his dead partner.
Hawk gripped his sword tightly. "What the heck is he?! This whole time we couldn't land a single hit! Not to mention he doesn't look at all tired!" He let out a small gasp when he noticed Adam slowly walking to him. Seeing the Faunas calm posture anger the Hawk even more. "D-Damn you!" Jumping at him, Hawk raised his sword. Adam stopped and looked up at him. His grip on his weapon tightened as a faint red Aura traced around it before expanding to Adam's entire body.
When Hawk's made contact, it snapped in two. A mix expression shock and horror fell on Hawk's face. Taking a step back, he gazed at his broken weapon. How was this possible? This guy wasn't anyone like the faunas he's faced before, as a matter a fact he wasn't like anyone he's faced before in his life. This guy was a straight up monster!
Adam approached him slowly again. The feeling of fear overtook Hawk, his body shaking as he unconsciously took steps back. "What wrong? I thought you said you were going to make me pay." Adam coldly said.
Hawk snapped out of his fear and took aim. In a blink of an eye, Adam appeared in front of Hawk and grabbed his wrist, causing him to fire in a different direction. Hawk gritted his teeth as he tried to rip his arm off the Faunas grip but couldn't seem to do it. Adam scoffed at the human attempts and tightened his grip. Hawks eyes widen and screamed in pain as more pressure was applied. His Aura not being able to do anything to stop the pain. "Let go!" Pulling his fist back he aimed to punch Adam in the face, but before he could even land a hit, Adam snapped his wrist earning him a loud scream of pain. Finally letting go, Hawk fell to his knees holding his broken wrist, dropping his broken weapon in the process.
Adam stared down at the whimpering man for a couple of seconds then kicked under the chin. Adam chased after him, grabbing the broken sword as well. Hawk back crashed into a tree, his weak eyes opened enough to see Adam in front of him again, then a sharp feeling came from his chest. Slowly looking down he saw that his broken sword was driven into him. Blood leaked out of the wound and out of the mouth.
Adam grabbed Hawk by the hair and forced him to look up. "I told you didn't I. That I would make sure you're faced with the consequences of your actions." He drove the broken blade deeper till only the handle was visible.
Pulling his hand back, Adam stared at Hawk's lifeless body. He turned to the last human, the leader. But when to the direction of where he last saw him, he was gone, only the little faunas girl remained there, shaking in amazement and slight fear.
"Do you know which direction he went?" The girl hesitantly pointed to her left. Following the direction, she pointed, Adam stared into the forest, he lowered himself down a bit, holding Blush as his side while his other hand on Wilt's hilt. A red glow surrounds his whole weapon. Squinting his eyes as he concentrated his ki senses. His senses followed a very faint trail, his senses followed it for a couple of seconds before, "Found you." Adam unsheathed Wilt and sliced the air in front of him.
A great distance away, the human leader of the convoy was running for his life while dearly holding on the lump of flesh that used to be where his arm was. As he was running, he could not think of anything but how monstrous that Faunas was. When he noticed that none of those Huntsmen he hired were doing anything to him, knew right then that they were going to lose. He badly wanted to take the child with him so he can at least get some money off of her by selling her to someone in exchange for some lien to get his armed patched up. Damn those Faunas! They always ruin everything! Oh swears. He'll make that redhead Faunas pa-.
A sound of a blade slicing the air echoed the throughout the forest. The human stood there with wide eyes. His mouth hanging in shock. A moment later, the top half of his body fell forward, and the bottom half fell backwards. Several of trees in front of his body were also sliced in half. Silence fell in the forest.
Adam sheathed Wilt and turned back to the faunas girl. When he approached her the girl crawled away. Realizing what he did truly frighten the girl. The girl crawled back a bit more till her back hit a tree. When Adam stood over her, the girl shielded her face with her arms. Adam faced remained passive. He crouched down, "Are you scared?" The girl hesitantly shook her nodded her head. "Would you like something to rid that fear away?"
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked up. "…Y-yes." Her voice dry and faint.
Adam reached up and removed his mask revealing his red-orange eyes. The girl was mesmerized by Adam's eyes. She has never seen such eyes before, they emotionless yet there was a caring warmth in them.
Adam slowly placed the mask on her. "Many say that the reason why the White Fang wear masks of Grimm is because the humans see us as monsters before, and so we chose to don the faces of monsters they fear." The girl stared at him through the mask. "But that is not true for all faunas. Others wear it as a shield to hide their fear and dark past. So that they could fight the real monsters of the world without fear." Her fear faded away. Her body relaxing itself. Adam picked her up and proceeded to head back to the convoy.
The rest of the walk was quiet, the girl looked around. She wasn't scared anymore, but she was more captivated by the beauty of the forest and peace sound of the bird and nice cool breeze of the wind. Her whole life she was chained and forced to work. She and her parents were kept in a cell where the light could not reach. Her body weak, dirty and hot. She thought that would be a slave forever.
But now…
Tears formed at the corner of her eyes. She looked up and saw the sunlight shining through the trees.
She was free.
Her tears fell as she softly cried into Adam's shoulder. The Bull Faunas let the girl cry and kept on walking. She needed to let it out, all her hardship and suffering was over now, for here on out, she was going to have a better life.
After a couple of minutes of walking, Adam reached the convoy. His Lieutenant spotted him and walked over to him. "Sir you're back." He noticed the little girl he was carrying. Turning to his men he motioned them to bring the parents. Adam placed the girl down. When the parents came to view and spotted their daughter they were completely overjoyed. The girl ran up to her parents and hugged them tightly as did they.
The Lieutenant smiled behind the mask as did some of the White Fang members. The mother looked up at Adam. "Thank you, thank you so much." Adam merely blinked and nodded his head.
"Take them with us, give them food and water, as well as some new clothes." Adam order, the White Fang member complied and lead the now freed faunas slaves to their camp. Adam was approached by the girl who was handing his mask back. "Keep it. Wear it whenever you start feeling scared again." And for the first time since he rescued her, the little girl faintly smiled. "Thank you." She softly said before running back to her parents.
"It nice to see the good we do in person once in a while." The Lieutenant said with crossed arms, watching the family they reunited walk away.
Adam looked at the family, in his eyes, they were replaced by a girl black cat ears, a girl with red hair tied in a ponytail with dark spots on her skin, and a woman with tiger ears and strips. Adam closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh. When he opened his eyes again, he was met with a Kingdom in flames. Adam's eyes widen and looked around in shock. "What the hell is this?" The sky was dark, and it was raining. Lighting flashed the Kingdom and before Adam were thousands of Grimm on the streets and sky. Humans and Faunas all trying to defend themselves from the beasts some of them running for their lives. Their screams echoing the stormy night.
Adam could only stand there while they were all being slaughtered. His instinct told him to look up. When he did, he saw someone looking down at the carnage from the top of the destroyed tower. Adam could not make out who the person looking down was, but two notable features could be seen. One, was the person's hair was standing up in an almost flame-like appearance, and second, was that the person was-smirking?! How could he smile at this!
Its true Adam has killed a lot amount of people too, but this, this horrifying. His eyes stared at how the Grimm continued their slaughter of Humans and Faunas. When he looked back at the figure above, he was met with gray eyes staring at him, their smirking morphing into a grin. Adam could only stare, those gray eyes…
"…sir…sir…SIR!" Adam blinked again, everything around him was back to normal. Adam's fell to his hands and knees; his face was covered with sweat and was hyperventilating. The Lieutenant crouched down and gripped him by the shoulders. "Adam are you alright?"
Adam looked up at his Lieutenant. He looked around, some of his men looked at him confused and worried. Adam took a couple of seconds to collect himself. With his composure back, Adam stood back up picking Wilt and Blush. "I'm fine."
The Lieutenant eyed him. "Are you sure?"
Adam narrowed his eyes, "Yes I'm fine. Now get back to work, we have to get this dust back to the camp before the Schnee Dust Company start to wonder why one of their convoys hasn't reached their destination." The White Fang members looked at one another in question before complying to Adam's order. The Lieutenant kept his eyes on Adam for a bit longer before walking off.
Adam's eyes fell to the ground, his mind still haunted by what he saw. Just what the hell was that? It looked so real. His grip on Blush tightened. He then remembered the figure standing above the whole destruction. Who was that, and why was he so frightened by those…gray eyes. Adam's eyes moved to the sky. Something bad was coming. Something that threatens the existences of both Humanity and Faunas.
"Focus, focus, search deep within myself past my Aura reserves. Take hold of it and bring it out…I still can find it!" Ruby lightly slammed her fists on her desk or so she thought. Due to her new strength, the slamming of her fists caused cracks on the desk and everyone's desk to shake.
"Is everything alright Ms. Rose?" Professor Oobleck asked.
Ruby opened her eyes, looking around to see everyone's heads turned to her. The scythe wielder's face turned red and hid her head under her arms. "I-I'm fine."
"Very well… now onto the Goliath anatomy." The professor continued on with the lesson. Meanwhile Ruby was still hiding her head, she let out a sigh. She was then nudged on the shoulder. "Hey what's up with you?" Weiss questioned.
"Huh?"
"You shook the entire desk when you slammed your fists. People don't just do that for no reason." Weiss explained.
"Yea, something eating you sis?" Yang asked while picking up some stuff fell off the table when it shook.
"Oh, it's nothing, just little frustrated at the lesson. I can't seem to memorize all of what Professor Oobleck is teaching." Ruby lied.
"That's quite odd of you. Being frustrated at something like this, usually, you just sleep during the lesson and try to have Weiss or Gohan help you catch up." Blake said.
Ruby scratched her head. "Well my grades haven't been looking so well so I've been trying to actually pay attention during class now, but as you can see, it's not going so well." She nervously laughed. Weiss was not amused, obviously annoyed at the fact that her partner has been doing bad in her classes. Yang rolled her eyes but smiled none the less. Blake let a small smile form.
On the other end of the table, Black eyes were on the redhead for nearly the entire class period, his reason was since this morning he could sense distress coming from her. He wasn't entirely why she was feeling that way or why he was determined to find out. But now he saw he slam her fists and open her eyes; he got his answer. She's still struggling to bring out her ki. It's been almost a week already, and from the look of her frustrations, there hasn't been any progress yet.
Alli was paying attention to the lesson, that was until she caught a glance of Black staring off. Curious at what her partner was staring at, Alli followed his trail of view. It landed on-Ruby? He's probably wondering why she hit the table.
Gohan was also staring at Ruby, mainly because he was surprised by the loud bang and shaking of his table. A bit of rubble fell on his lap. Gohan's eyes fell on the rubble before trailing to the ceiling. His eyes widen when his Saiyan eyes were able to see cracks on the ceiling. His eyes went back to Ruby. Man, just how strong is she now?
After the class was done, RWBY and BAGL headed to the library. As they made their way there Lewis complaining about how Ruby caused his card tower to collapse. "Lewis I'm really sorry." Clasping her hands together in a praying way, begging for his forgiveness. Lewis looked away with his arms crossed.
"He's acting like a child." The others thought.
Ruby tried thinking of a way to get Lewis to stop being mad at her. Then a light bulb lit up. "Hey, Lewis why don't I help you rebuild your tower, no scratch that instead of a tower lets make a Castle out of books!" Spreading her arms out to show the size of the Castle she wants to build.
Lewis' eyes lit up with stars. "You will!" In a second he was in front of Ruby.
"Sure, then maybe we can defend our kingdom from the Ice Queen." Ruby whispered the last part. The cheery boy squealed in excitement. A tick mark appeared on Weiss' forehead clearly hearing what Ruby said.
Black rolled his eyes at their childish plan. Upon entering the Library both Ruby and Lewis began to work on their book castle, grabbing books from shelves. The others took their seat at their tables. "So how long do you think they'll have until the Librarian catches wind of what they're doing." Yang asked out loud.
"Seven minutes, give or take." Blake answered.
"Honestly, the library is no place for fooling around and games. It is a place where people come to reading and study peacefully." Weiss stated while setting up the Conquer Remnant bored game on the table.
"Didn't you just say the Library is meant for reading and studying." Yang said with a deadpan look.
"Of course I did, what I'm going to do now is improve my mentality and strategic skills." Weiss answered nonchalantly.
"Right…"
"Yes, I have been practicing and improving my moves, so now, Yang Xio Long, face me and so my Atlas forces can crush your pathetic excuse of a Kingdom." Weiss challenged.
A smirk formed on Yang's lips, "Ha! Don't get cocky, even if you have gotten better you could never beat me!" Yang set up her Kingdom of Vale up.
"We shall see about that." Weiss gathered her cards.
"Hey, mind if I join?" Gohan asked, he never actually played the game before but he new the basic of the game, remembering the time he tried to help Weiss win, only for her to lose by a trap card.
"Sure," Yang said, her eyes then caught sight of someone else. "Hey Black,"
The ex Kaioshin looked up from his book. "What."
"Why don't you join us, I remember that you were really good at this game. Frankly, I have been meaning to ask you for a rematch." Yang shook her fist at him.
Black stoically stared at the brawler. "I'll pass."
"Wha- What why?!"
"Because the results will be the same as last time." He responded, clearly uninterested in her rematch.
"You can't prove that!" She retorted.
"Of course I can, my intelligence far exceeds yours." Black eyes moved back to his book.
Yang twitched with anger from the insult, "Why you-." A piece of paper fell in front of her, the paper read. "Mind if I take his place?" Someone new sat in front of Gohan and readied her Kingdom and cards. "Neo?" Yang questioned, surprised that the mute would be interested in a game like this. Her response was just a smirk.
Black narrowed his eyes from his book. While the girl's presence annoyed him, she did save him from the brawlers constant bothering. Plus, she just gave him an idea. "Xio Long," He called, Yang faced back to him, "If you beat my sister here then I'll consider your rematch."
Yang grinned, "Alright! Come on Neo I won't go easy on you!" The brawler was feeling pumped at the news that her rematch with Black might just come true.
Neo glanced at Black who stared back at her. Her marking faintly glowed, "Just play along." Neo wasn't sure what she walked into but oh well, it beat what she was doing not that long ago.
A couple of minutes ago…
Neo was lazily sitting on the floor, reading a couple of magazines she found in the Library. She was absolutely bored. Roman hasn't messaged her the whole day to come and help him prepare for another dust robbery, nor did she receive any assassination requests from clients. She thought infiltrating Beacon with Cinder and her two pets would be a little exciting. Oh how wrong she was. It was nothing but do this, and do that, keep an eye out on people that could be added to Cinder's list of people she's planning to screw over. The matches during combat class were boring to watch, she could easily take on all these kids on her own.
Neo closed the magazine and set it to the side. Resting her head on the book shelve. She really hopes something fun happens soon. And just like that, her wish came true when the sound of several people barging into the Library disturbing the quiet. Peeking through the book Neo's was slightly surprised when she recognized the person to be Ruby and the other person was one of Black's teammates, Lewis was his name.
She watched as the two grabbed all the books they could carry and dump them into a cart. Neo wasn't sure what they were doing, but from what she's heard is that teams RWBY, JNRP, and BAGL were the three main teams that always cause a ruckus in the school. So seeing two of the team members in the same room alone meant one thing, her boredom is finally going to end.
Not a moment later the rest of both teams entered the Library. They took their seats by a table not far from where she was seat. She watched them talk to one another, waiting for them to do something crazy or exciting like the rumors she's heard.
Nothing happened for a minute or two until the Schnee pulled out a board game she recognized. Conquer Remnant, she's played the game before with Roman, they played it to pass the time when they were waiting for a cargo ship to docks itself at a port.
She heard the blondie challenging Black to a rematch which surprised her. She never thought Black was the type to play these types of games. When she noticed that he was uninterested with her request but kept pestering for the rematch, Neo made her mind up and stepped in. Who knows, this might actually be the fun she's been looking for.
Present time…
"Don't worry little brother, I got you." Neo responded in sign language. Black lightly glared at her for the "little brother" part. As the game started, Black went back to reading his book but not before sparing a glance at the individuals to his sides. To his left, Alli was doing her homework from Professor Oobleck. To his right, Blake was reading a book? No, it looked more like a notebook, the contents of what was on it were unknown to him, but he did not care.
Black was about to focus back to ready till, SLAM! Black's tail shot straight up. A pile of books was slammed on the table. Looking up at Ruby who was the one that slammed the pile of book. "Sorry, I didn't know where else to put them." She apologetically smiled.
Black kept a light glare on her causing the cookie-loving girl to shake nervously a bit. Lewis came up with a cart half filled with books. "Ruby are you ready?" The girl nodded her head. Black merely rolled his eyes and went back to his book.
For the next half hour, the whole group was surprisingly quiet, with only the excuse of Weiss weeping in sorrow as her precious Kingdom was destroyed.
"I guess I'll place down Ursa stampede to take out your soldiers and disrupt your trade route. I also place severe storm to disable you air fleet from defending against my Ursa pack stampede." Gohan said, place his two cards down.
"Heh, nice one Gohan, but I activate my trap card. Resourceful raider. Remember this card, Weiss." Yang smirked at the Schnee which just caused the girl to weep more. "I can take Weiss discarded Atlesian Paladins and add them to my forces and eliminate your Ursa." Yang finished her turn with a grin.
"Ah shoot, I actually thought I had you there. I guess I'm really not cut out for this game. "Gohan rubbed his head. He was nudged on arm by Yang. "Ah don't sweat it Gohan, this your first time playing this game. To be honest you played some pretty good moves." Yang winked at the half breed to which he responded with a smile. "Thanks.
"I still can't figure out how Black was able to play this so well in just one match." Weiss whined. Yang also wondered that as well. Speaking of Black. Yang turned her attention to Neo who was cockily smirking at her. She still has to beat this girl.
The whole time Neo has countered all attacks with her forces and trap card, never going for an attack on any of their forces. Damn, they really are siblings, the way she plays is the same way Black played. Neo winked at the brawler, her smirk still on her lips. The expression ticked the brawler a bit. Her eyes twitched a bit.
Neo had to admit, she was having fun, seeing their reactions were hilarious and seeing how easily she managed to get under the blonde's skin just made it even more fun.
"And done!" Ruby announced. All heads turned to her. What their eyes saw was a large built book castle. "Behold Castle Vale." The castle model was a similar replica of Beacon. Lewis stood proudly next to his creation as did Ruby. The group and other students in the Library were in awe at the model. Neo chortled and silently laughed when she noticed something.
In the middle of the castle model, Black was seen with books piled on top of his head, and shoulders. Yang tried her best to hold in her laughter but failed and burst in tears. Gohan chuckled at seeing his leader being used to prop up the castle. Blake chuckled as well. Weiss facepalmed and shook her head.
Hearing them laughing at him caused Black's eye to twitch, his teeth gritting together. He made a mental note to kick Lewis ass and give Ruby a harsh punishment in their next training session. His eyes moved to the redhead, expecting to see her laughing her butt off just like everyone else. To his surprise, she wasn't, instead, there was just a forced smile on her. Black let out a silent hum.
On the other side of the planet, Salem was walking down the hall of her castle, she held a glass orb in her hand, using it to keep tabs on her subordinates. She stopped by a window and looked up at the sky, closing her eyes. She could feel it, his presence was getting closer, soon, very soon her master will arrive. Then, the fate of this world will finally be decided. Her moves opened back up and moved to a burnt and partially shredded painting of Salem and a man along with four little girls. She stared at the picture impassively.
And her revenge will finally be within reach. The orb in her hand shattered. The sound of someone clearing their throat brought Salem back. Turning around, she was met with Watts, "Ah, Arthur Watts, have you been able to locate Raven's new settlement?"
"Yes, I have, she's has relocated west of Mistral, sticking bit close to a Kingdom then she has before, I might say." Watts messed with his tie in a way to ease the uneasiness he was feeling. While he may have grown used to Salem and her appearance, he still could not shake the uneasiness away whenever she stared at him with those cold, dead eyes.
"Yes, that is odd of her." Salem gave it some thought. Why would she move closer to a Kingdom, it couldn't be to raid the convos heading to Haven, no, that would be too risky for Raven to do with Haven Academy so close. Raven is not one to just take a risk like that if it didn't mean she was planning something. She was smart and cunning, she had to the ex-huntress that, but that's all she was.
"About your Grimm…beast." Watts hesitated, he wasn't sure what to call that thing he saw Salem petting awhile ago.
"Yes, have you found out who killed him?"
"No I have not, but I do have a very strong guess who it might be."
Salem crossed her arms and waited for him to continue. "The terrain of where the battle between your Grimm and whoever it was fighting with was greatly destroyed, craters in many places, trees were blown away. There was one distinctive part of the terrain that caught my eye, the ground was widely separated going one direction as well as a large crater form in the middle. My guess is that a powerful attack was used to kill your Grimm. You said it yourself, only three people in the world have the power to match against that Grimm of yours, one of them would dare leave his school for the sake of one Grimm, and the other is under your enslavement. That only leaves one person left."
"Saiyaman." Salem finished.
"Yes, he is the most obvious reason for your Grimm's demise." Salem took in the answer, while it did sound like most reasonable for her creation's death, it did not sound right. For most of these months, Saiyaman has been sticking within the Kingdom of Vale. Why would Saiyaman be anywhere near the bordering continents of Vale and Atlas. Her Grimm hasn't been flashy with its presences.
As Salem was in her thoughts, she noticed Watts with a curious expression. "Is there something on your mind, Watts?"
"Yes. I've been wondering, how did you create such a thing?" Referring to the Grimm they were talking about. He's only seen Salem manipulate the Grimm's form.
"Curious, are you?" Watts closed his eyes and bowed, "I'm afraid that that information is…confidential." Watts was disappointed by the answer, he was hoping to find out how she was able to create the Grimm, it was more superior than any other Grimm known on Remnant
Salem noticed his expression and smirked. "But what I can tell you, is that I did not create it alone." Watts raised a brow, her answer surprised him. Hearing her say that she had an associate help her was just, unexpected.
"Before you ask, no, I can not tell you who my assistant is. That information is also classified. All you need to know is my associate is loyal to our cause." She said, still keeping her cold expression.
"Yes, my queen, I apologize for my curiosity." Watts bowed.
"It's fine, curiosity is a good trait to have, you only have to learn how to keep it in check."
"Yes, I understand, excuse me." Watts still in a bowing positioned excused himself. As he walked away from that the Grimm Queen, he couldn't feel but disappointed. He was hoping to discover more about the Queen. Granted he pledged his loyalty to her and vowed to do anything for her without failure, yet after all this time, Salem still remained a mystery to him. What is she? What is her goal in all this? And will she actually keep her promise to him and the others? If there was something Watts learned over his years is that is no one is truly trustworthy.
Back at Beacon the students of the Academy were all getting ready for the night. Everyone except for one rose.
Ruby sat on the roof of the school, her legs dangling off the edge, her eyes staring off into the night sky. She let out a sigh and laid down. Today was supposed to be like any other day, boring morning classes, and then the fun exciting activities in the afternoon with her friends. But today, she didn't feel like that. Instead, she was just, feeling down. The reason for this was for her lack of progress in her training. She tried to maintain a positive attitude by telling herself "I'll get tomorrow" over and over, but, the constant failure and frustration of not being able to overcome the barrier was getting to her.
Ruby shut her eyes, letting the night consume her.
"I had a feeling I would find you here." Black's voice spoke out, causing Ruby to open her eyes and shoot up to a sitting position. "B-Black? Wha-what're you doing here?" She asked, surprised at seeing him here, not to mention that she didn't even hear him come out.
"I should be asking you that." He countered.
"Me? I'm just enjoying the night sky." She lied with an innocent smile.
Black crossed his arms and raised a brow, "Really? Then it has absolutely nothing to do with your lack of progress with Ki does it?"
Ruby flinched, "I'm caught," She nervously laughed.
Ruby looked down at the city, with a sad smile. "I haven't been able to do what you told me do." Black walked up and stood next to her, "I tried, I really tried. But no matter how much I concentrate I…I can't just seem to do it." She let out a sigh.
Black stared at her, he wasn't sure what to do. He did tell Jaune and her that he would not help them. He couldn't just go back on his word, could he?
"Hey Black," Ruby called out, grabbing his attention. "Does Neo know how to use Ki?" Since the day she found out about ki and its uses, she wondered if Neo was able to do it too. Maybe she could help her! He never said she couldn't get help from someone that knows about Ki. A glint of hope appeared in her eyes.
Black became slightly nervous. Knowing full well that she'll go ask Neo if she could teach her how to bring out her Ki or worse, ask her to spar with her. He remembers how excited Ruby gets during spars now, and a spar with Neo…yea that would be bad. "She does but doesn't like using it."
"Ruby raised a brow. Why wouldn't someone like to use Ki? It's like the coolest thing ever. "Apparently it doesn't suit her style."
"Oh," She said with disappointment in her tone. Mainly because her hope of getting help with her problem was just shot down.
Black was quick to pick this up. "I would be best not to mention that you know about ki to her or she might challenge you to a fight."
"What's wrong with me fighting her?" Ruby wasn't sure what the deal was. She was always up for a challenge ever since her training started.
"Neo has a tendency in not holding anything back, adding in that she enjoys playing with her so-called prey." Ruby didn't like the sound of that. She can barely last five minutes against Black, and Neo is older than him and most likely more experienced and stronger. She can't imagine how a fight with her would be, especially after hearing that she likes to play around with her prey. She shivered at the thought.
Black mentally sighed in relief. Looks like he just averted a murder from happening. "Hey Black, who taught you and Neo all this? The martial arts, and Ki?"
"Our father did." He answered.
"Wait, your father taught you guys?!"
Confused by her reaction Black asked. "Did I not tell you this before?" Ruby shook her head. Black mentally banged his head. He's losing track of all these lies he's said. "Well, now you know," Black said, hoping that she'll stop with her questions before he slips up again.
"He sounds like a cool dad." Ruby said with a bright smile.
Black stared at that smile for a moment, an odd sensation flowed through him. Unknown to him, his tail started to wag a bit. "…Yea." He said before looked to towards the city. His tail stopped wagging and rested around his waist.
The two remained quiet while staring off at the night sky. As Black continued to stare off, he couldn't but help but think back to that smile, the unknown sensation he felt was odd but, nice. Without him even knowing his eyes moved back to the girl in red.
The clouds in the night sky seemed to move away, letting the light of the shattered moon illuminated the area. For some odd reason, he could not refrain his eyes from looking at her. The more he stared, the more he felt like he was in a…trance. The mooning shining on down on her soft smooth skin, as well her silver eyes. The wind gently breezing through her hair adding more grace to the picture. His tail began wagging again.
Ruby felt eyes on her and turned her head to Black. The ex kaioshin turned his head away immediately and his tail seizing its movements. The redhead tilted her head in confusion.
Meanwhile Black was mentally ridding these thoughts that were invading his mind. Why do these kinds of thoughts keep on popping in his head? Is this Salem's doing?
"What he like?" The sudden question brought him out of his thoughts. "Your father, what kind of person was he?" Ruby asked.
"My father…" Black looked down. His father? How does he answer that? He never had a father. He was born from the Kaiju tree. Since his birth, his whole life revolved around learning, training, and observing, unlike other Kais. He never once thought of having a parental figure in his life. It just never crossed his mind to need one, as many mortals do.
No, he never had a father…or someone that cared for him…that was until he met him.
Seeing that Black gave no answer, Ruby thought that she might've asked something personal to him. "Ah, s-sorry, I didn't mean to-."
"-He was kind, humorous, understanding, wise, and…forgiving," Black said his eyes remaining focused to the ground. Ruby smiled at how Black described his father, her smiled was soon replaced by one of surprise by his next words. "But a fool none the less." Black figured she wanted him to explain to him why he thought that way of his father, so he decided to tell her, rewording it from the original version. "Our home was a beautiful one, surrounded by peaceful calming forests, and occupied by life. Ever since I was a child, I always thought that the world was covered with the same beauty as my home. But when I was able to go see the world for myself, all I saw was destruction, pollution, chaos, and death. Caused by the same people I was to protect in the future. But how could I protect such people, if they're all consumed by bloodshed, greed, and their self-centered desires." His teeth gritting together as his eye twitched with anger.
"How many times have I tried convincing him. We have a power that no one else has, a power we could've used to stop these savages from destroying the very world we live in. But what does he tell me?! The same damn shit every time!" His fists were tightly clenched together, his anger becoming more visible now. "That it is not in our right to do so. That it is the job for Huntsmen and Huntresses to do so! Then one day I find killed by the very hands of a those he was sworn to protect." Faint streams of his ki seeped from his body as his hair started to flow up a bit as images of his hands covered in blood began flashing in his head, a body laid motionless in front of him. The hands of a mortal covered in his teacher's blood. "If he would just listen to me, he wouldn't be dead! He would be beside me!" Ruby was shocked at seeing the level of anger spewing from him. Her shock mixed with sadness, this level of anger, it didn't suit him at all and its sadden her greatly to see him like this. He hates humanity and most likely the faunas too for taking his father away. Can she blame him though?
His anger was still rising, gusts of wind blowing her hair back. "If he would've just listened, I wouldn't have had-." His eyes widen when he felt a comforting hand gripping his hand stopping him from saying anything further. His Aura fading back into him and his hair fell back into place. He looked down at the girl. Seeing her sad expression, Black began to calm down. What was that? He was never this angry before.
Taking a breath in, he fully calmed himself down. Feeling her hand release his own, Black looked back down at the city.
The two remained quiet. The sound of the wind and the faint sounds of cars in the city echoed the night. They stood there for whole minutes, gazing at the city. Then finally, Ruby spoke up, "…There was an old saying my mom would say. The origin of the saying is unknown, and I never understood it before, but now, I kinds do. Before creation must come destruction." Black gasped upon hearing those words, his head moving to face her with shocked eyes. "Before any good can arise, bad things must happen first." She turned her head to face him now. "I can kinda understand your anger. I lost my mom to the Grimm when I was just a kid. For the longest of time, I was consumed by anger, and I wanted to become a Huntress so I could eradicate them all and make them pay for what they took from me. But one day an old lady made me realize something, that I was so consumed by need of revenge was starting to neglect my friends and family. People who were there for me when I was hurting. People who cared about me. Realizing that, I changed my view of things, and started working towards becoming a Huntress, not for my quest of revenge, but so that no other person has to lose someone they care about to the Grimm."
Ruby was always a carefree spirited girl, always filled with happiness. So hearing what happened to her and what she went through, surprised him. "I'm telling you this Black because I don't want you to fall in the same path of revenge I did." Black eyes fell back to the ground again but were soon risen up again when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "You're not alone Black, you have your sister, your team, your friends…me." He stared at her, unsure of how to respond.
As silence descended upon them once again. Ruby and Black just at one another, realizing they have been staring at each other for quite a while a faint blush appeared on Ruby's cheeks. This might be the perfect and only moment she'll get to tell him, that there's someone that cares about him deeply. Gulping down her nervousness, Ruby proceeded with her next words. "B-Black, I-." The sound of her scroll ringing broke the nice silence.
"Huh?" Her face with a confused smile. "Ah! Uh s-sorry," She quickly grabbed her scroll to check who had messaged her, and of course, it was Yang. "Dang it Yang." She mentally sighed at how her sister just ruined her opportunity.
"You should go," Black said,
"A-are you sure, I could-."
"-It's fine, you helped me calm down. I'm fine, really." He glanced down at her.
Ruby stared at him for a moment before forming a small smile, "Alright, but you start feeling mad again I'll come right back." She said before walking to the exited.
"Sure," Hearing the door close behind him, Black stared back at the city again. His fists clenched; his body twitched a bit in anger, before easing down. His eyes moved up to the shattered moon. For the first time since the commencing of all his misdoings, a sad expression formed on Black's face. "Gowasu…why didn't you join me?"
And cut! There you have it folks, chapter 21 of Black Roses. I hope you guys liked it, I had some notes made ahead of time for this chapter. You guys will probably notice something intriguing I wrote in this chapter, small teases. Heheh, well I won't promise when I'll have the next chapter up, but hopefully, it won't be by the end of May, I'll try to get it done before then.
Well, I don't got anything else to say right, so I'll catch you guys next time PEACE!