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Bright Spots and Low Points
Part 6 to the Cinder's Fall from Grace Series
Genre: Angst/Hurt and Comfort/Friendship/Humor
Pairs: Jaded (Emerald/Mercury), Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha), Pink Lotus (Ren/Nora), Bitch and Bastard (Ozpin/Salem), former Iceberg (Weiss/Neptune), former Black Sun (Sun/Blake), former Green Knight (Emerald/Jaune), Cold Colours (Whitley/Neon), one sided Silvery Ice (Weiss/Yuki), Wet Willows (Neptune/Willow Schnee), Silver Barrel Shotgun (Yang/Yuki), implied Birth Control (Yuki/Ivory), implied past Dragon Tsunami (Yuki/Lapis)
Parody: RWBY/Ninja Dependence Vol 2.5 (Naruto Doujin)/Sonic For Hire
AU-Type: Canon-eqsue AU (Divergence-Fall from Grace!AU)
Tags: Things get better for the most part
Cinder was finally glad to be free of the hospital after a few days and made the slow walk to her apartment. The moment she entered, she was assailed with the scent of food, the good kind of food. Cinder scrambled to the kitchen to find Mercury making pancakes.
"How did you afford that?" Cinder asked.
"Oh, Nora came by to drop off a few things and some cash after Emerald explained that it was Blake who actually broke their windows. Jaune even covered their hospital bill." Mercury explained as Emerald was just coming out of the shower.
"Welcome back, Cin. Good to see you're up and about." Emerald said drying her hair.
Cinder murmured a thanks more focused on the spread. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, and fruit were on the table ready to eat. If Emerald had not married Mercury, Cinder would have very willing to show her appreciation, but she settled for thanks. Cinder sat herself down getting herself a plate ready to eat, but the moment was ruined when Emerald asked a question.
"Anyone seen Blake?" Emerald asked.
"What? She hasn't been home." Cinder asked.
"Several days. Shortly after you ended up in hospital." Mercury said with a sigh. "Emerald, are you really concerned?"
"Yes. She might be a pain, but I'm worried." Emerald said with concerned.
"Ugh, we'll look for her, but after breakfast! I'm not skipping this for that hairball-spewing lout." Cinder said stuffing several pieces of fruit in her mouth.
-F-A-L-L-
On the metallic planet known of the Cyberton, a war was being raged. The Deceptions were attacking the planet and the Autobots were on their last legs. But they had a savior, Blackstar Beta-3 was leading the charge despite Optimus Prime and Bumbleebee blasting Deceptions.
"Blackstar, on your right!" Bumblebee said as Blackstar slashed through a Deception with her sword.
"Heads up, it's Megatron!" Optimus Prime shouted as Megatron floated down.
"Prepare to die, Autobots!" Megatron shouted.
"Never!" Blackstar said beheaded him. "Cyberton belongs to the Autobots!"
Megatron exploded into a bunch of coins all over the floor.
"Yo, Star, that converts to a zillion lien, straight up!" Bumblebee said.
The crowd cheers for Blackstar only for reality to hit. This wasn't Cyberton, there was no battle. It was a back alley of Vale and "Blackstar" was slurring the "cheers".
"Blackstar is back"
"Blake!"
"Sonic is…"
"Blake, wake the fuck up, bitch. What's wrong with you?" Cinder said as Blake snapped out of her coped state.
"Where's Cyberton? Did I win the battle?" Blake said slurring her speech.
"Battle? You've been gone for days, and you smell rancid." Emerald said crossing her arms. "Where you been?"
"Cyberton!" Blake decreed.
"Ok, she's definitely high." Mercury said with a groan. "Acid, probably."
"We should go though. I don't want to be arrested…" Cinder said as Blake looked around.
All around were bleeding bodies littering the ground, syringes, and bullets. Blake also noticed that Gambol Shroud was soaked in blood.
"Oh shit, this guy was my dealer…" Blake said wide-eyed.
Cop sirens could be heard and they all promptly left that alley with Cinder yelling Blake's ear off about not needing this shit. All she wanted was to enjoy her breakfast.
-F-R-O-M-
Morning at the Azure household was a rather peaceful affair as Ryu was stuffing his face just like his parents. Lapis came down with news having just off the phone.
"Yuki, Cologne called." Lapis asked.
"I figured she'd stop calling after I married." Yuki said with a sigh.
"I'd surprised she's still alive." Ivory said sipping her tea.
"Well, she and the tribe want to settle down permanently. She asked if she could settle here and move into the village." Lapis said as forks clanged onto the table.
Yuki was quiet and in shock. The idea of being able to revitalize his hometown was something he always wanted, but with Cologne, there was always a catch.
"There's a catch, is there?" Yuki asked.
"Well, yes. She wants to name you the new leader of the Amazons. She wants to retire from leadership and feels you're best suited to lead." Lapis explained.
"Which means she'll want me to marry Shampoo." Yuki said annoyed.
Yang did not really hate Shampoo, but she was not exactly pleased with her great-grandmother trying to push them together. It did not help that Shampoo did legitimately had feelings for Yuki that ultimately went unrequited.
"She's willing to make a deal concerning that. She'll allow you to marry both Yang and Shampoo." Lapis remarked. "You can at least marry Yang officially, but Shampoo's will be off the books."
Yuki turned to Yang wanting to get her opinion.
"Well…Shampoo's not a horrible person, and you're already slept with most of the girls on your team." Yang said looking him over.
"Good times." Ivory said wistfully.
"I mistook you for Yang…" Yuki muttered at the incident last year. "And I was drunk."
Yang couldn't help but chuckle over it as Ryu was blissfully unaware of what was going on.
"Besides, if you accept this, I can be Queen of the Amazons! They'd have to teach me their techniques. You get your dream of fully reviving this place. We all win and having Shampoo won't be so bad." Yang said only for her eyes to widen. "Oh wow, you're basically turning into my dad."
"Not yet, he still hasn't slept with Kelly." Ivory joked.
"I'm finished with my plate." Ryu said sweetly.
"All right then, let's get you washed up." Kelly said taking up Ryu in her arms. "Then we watch some cartoons!"
"So, you'll accept." Lapis asked.
"Yeah. In the end, we all win." Yuki said getting up. "And to be fair, I do feel I screwed Shampoo over…"
-G-R-A-C-E-
Cinder and the quad were watching Saturday morning cartoons. Why? Because it returned them to simpler times. Except for Mercury, who's childhood sucked, and this was bittersweet. Cinder felt relaxed, however. For once, things seemed to be going up.
(A/N: So, Cinder actually gets it good for once. Well, Cinder did not really do anything to deserve anything this time, and I figured since it was unlikely, she'd do acid, Blake would be perfect. As for the Yuki bits, you're all noticing more ties to the R4S take on them. This was intentional. Next time on Cinder's Fall, we're getting burgers.)