Legal Disclaimer: The following is a fan-based take on RWBY which was created by Monty Oum (RIP) and Rooster Teeth. There will be some minor (or possible major) crossovers which belong to their respective owners. I own nothing but the concepts for Team YUKI.
{Cues Opening: [TYER] ENGLISH KILL LA KILL OP1 - "SIRIUS" [FEAT. SAKI]}
残り:四の影/ Remnant's Four Shadows
Volume 1, Episode 7: Reap What You Sow, Part 2
"I'd be cool with Ruby activating her Silver Eyes because of Blake almost dying? Would've been way more impactful if their last major interaction wasn't in volume one!" Chronoa ranted after seeing the latest canon episode of RWBY. "To hell with it…Neo better not be killed off!"
She changed the channel.
Spirit was terrified with what he was doing. He had arrived back home in Menagerie a week ago and set himself up docked in Kuo Kuana to establish himself as a fisherman with his houseboat. Now he was making his way to the chieftain's home. Like many on the island, he feared Ghira, but adored Kali. Kali was the woman who was the object of many men and women's fantasies and/or adoration. She was a friend to all children and an advocate willing to stand for the issues. It was that adoration saving their reputation after the actions of their daughter that was brought to light. He arrived at the door nervous and fearful, yet he knocked firmed and ready. Much to his good fortune, it was Kali who answer which made the equine faunus relax.
"Miss Belladonna, my name's Spirit Slate, and I need to talk you. It's about your daughter." He said firmly.
He was invited in and, over tea and tuna salad sandwiches, he explained everything and showed what he got from Ilia. Kali was mortified to see the photos and looked to the nervous Spirit.
"Mister Slate, thank you for having the courage to come forward to tell me this. I can't believe my little girl is being used for someone's pleasure material." Kali said suppressing the bile in her throat. "Frankly, I'm keener on burning these as soon I find Ilia."
"Ma'am, sorry I took so long. I wanted to make sure I had myself set up back with a job before I came to you." Spirit said modestly.
"But I do suggest you run along, I'll need to call my husband." Kali remarked. "And don't worry, you will be rewarded for this."
"Thank you, Miss Belladonna." Spirit said making his leave.
As he left through the door, he bumped into Ghira and fell on his butt looking up at him. Ghira would have said something, but Kali told him not to worry about the young man and come inside. The tone of seriousness got Ghira to raise his eyebrow and allowed Spirit to scurry away.
-YUKI-
As for Team YUKI, they were all gathered around their common room with Team RWBY as Yuki served the drinks.
"A non-alcoholic Shirley Temple for Ruby, a Blueberry Martini for Weiss, an Apricot bellini for Blake, a Strawberry Sunrise for Yang, a Hanky Panky for Ivory, a Mantle Iced Tea for Lapis, a Painkiller for Kelly, and a Daiquri for myself." Yuki said putting the tray down for them.
"Neat!" Ruby said downing hers in one go.
"So, we'll make our introductions. You'll go first….simply put, say your name, your semblance type, your likes, your dislikes, and why you decided to become a hunter of Grimm. Ivory, you can go first." Yuki said sipping his drink.
"Singling your most attractive, Yuki? Poor showing." Ivory said teasingly.
"You know why I asked…" Yuki said with a sigh.
"Wait a second, semblance type?" Ruby asked.
"Allow me to explain that one. Semblances come in different types as summed up by my father." Yuki said producing his father's book. "Molder types are the ones who wield and control an element like fire or electricity, Enhancer types are those that their semblance gives their users superhuman physical abilities or traits, such as making your body rubber or manipulate poison. This type is usually the most common. Mind types are those that their semblance gives their users superhuman mental abilities or traits, like Glynda's telekinesis or making illusions that affect the mind. Lastly, there are Reality Bending types. Those types are extremely rare. They have powers that affect everyone around them by their presence alone. A key example would be Qrow's Bad Luck semblance. My father took the time to research and made a way to classify most semblances. By the way, to answer your question Ruby, your entire team consist of Enhancers except for Weiss."
"Yuki, you have to give them a history lesson." Ivory remarked. "Already?"
Yuki downed his drink in silence leaving Ivory to sigh.
"Anyway, let me start. The name's Ivory Viridian and I'm a cross of Molder and Enhancer. My likes? Pole dancing, stripping, sex with hot guys and girls, using my powers to fly, fighting, clubs, dancing, weightlifting, erotic literature, Mistralian hentai, and traveling. My dislikes? Prudes, the Grimm, Hypocritical Prudes, Pedos, Sexual Abusers, Cauliflower, and Pyrrha Nikos. Why I decided to become a huntress? Because I wanted to put my abilities to use in something other than the arena for people's amusement." Ivory said dramatically.
Weiss was red-faced but piqued up. Yang only had a smirk hearing that Ivory was into clubs.
"By the dust, woman. Do you have no shame?" Weiss said.
"No. She doesn't. She's pretty open about her sexuality. She'll probably end up sleeping with as many people in Beacon as possible." Yuki said with a chuckle. "Yang, your turn."
Yang finished her drink to give her introduction before it came to Lapis' turn.
"Lapis Lazuli Kristal, Molder. My likes? Water, being near the ocean, beaches, bodies of water, sailing, swimming, flying, rain, and Yuki, I guess. Dislikes? The desert, heat waves, crowds of people, and mad scientists. As for why I became a huntress? Yuki's my best friend, and he was going to need his best friend to have his back." Lapis said methodically.
Blake gave her introduction as Yuki kept drinking as she spoke. Next came Kelly.
"Kelly C. Usagi, Enhancer. My likes? Faunus research, reading, writing, drawing, swordfighting, shapeshifting, animals, and training. My dislikes are as followed; rapists, men and women who cannot take no for an answer, animal abusers, my scumbag parents, those who prey on the weak, the SDC, and the Schnee family." Kelly said with no hint of restraint.
"I believe she makes exception for you." Yuki remarked as Kelly rolled her eyes.
She had spoken of the Schnee as if they are poison and Weiss wanted to get to the bottom of this as she give her introduction leaving Yuki and Ruby for last. Ruby gave her introduction as Yuki got up to do his.
"All right. It's my turn. The name's Yuki Dante Azure and my semblance does not have a type it can fit in. My likes? Throwing knives, sword fighting, bartending with Lapis, computer science, inventing gadgets, fighting, copying other semblances to add to my arsenal, clubs, break dancing, martial arts, and studying the mysteries of this world. As for dislikes, I would consider insults to my family name, picking on the weak, those that harm children, White Fang, Brussel sprouts, fakers, deceivers, Adam Taurus the family murdering asshole, White Fang apologists, and so on. My reason for being a huntsman? Why it's to continue the legacy and become the Silver Eyed Warrior my parents would want me to be. That and to hunt down…certain people." Yuki said before everyone finishing their drinks.
"So, you and Ivory like clubbing? I think we're going to get along fine." Yang said with a grin.
"I happen to have this as a personal gift from me." Yuki said whipping out an all-access card to Junior's. "After you apologize to the twins for beating them up."
"Shit." Yang thought.
"When will the training begin?" Ruby asked excitedly.
"Tomorrow. Today, I'll cut you four a break. Because when we start, I'm not going to stop until you are ten times stronger than before." Yuki said determined. "Seeing that it's about lunch, let's go to the cafeteria."
Team YUKI and RWBY had left the room as Ivory suggested they give their new room a name.
"I'm thinking the Dragon's Den." Ivory said as they walked down the hall.
"The leader approves." Yuki said with a grin of relief.
The eight had arrived at the cafeteria as other students were eating and socializing. There YUKI would meet Team JNPR. Jaune came up asking Ruby about what happened and that they weren't at their dorm.
"We moved. We're getting training from these guys, Team YUKI." Ruby chirped as Jaune looked over at Team YUKI.
Three-fourths were glaring at him and Lapis was flat out not bothering to address him. Cinnabon had followed them there and was licking Kelly's leg.
"Oh, there you are!" Kelly said taking him up. "We can't forget Team YUKI's team pet, Cinnabon."
"Oh my gosh, he's so cute!" Ruby said.
"Ow! C'mon, cut it out!" A voice said that got YUKI's attention.
Cardin was once again being a raving ass to Velvet and Jaune was inadvertently responsible for making it even worse for Velvet as he couldn't bully Jaune due to past events. Of course, this was happening, and no one was doing anything.
"Ivory, I need to borrow Suki for a second." Yuki said flatly.
"Suki?" Blake asked.
"My trusty weapon." Ivory said handing him her handgun.
Yuki promptly shot a bullet in the air to get everyone's attention and get some silence. Yuki jumped up on a table.
"I'm sorry, but somebody wants to explain why the fuck are you all letting this young lady be tormented by these four fuckwits over there. I can expect Jaune not to do anything. But you all are the next generation of huntsmen, defenders of the kingdoms. If we let these four continue, they will produce negativity which will attract Grimm. I don't think any of you want to go on a training mission with increased chances of someone getting killed because Cocksucker Wimpchester decided to be a racist ass!" Yuki said making his speech.
"Hey, I could stand up to Cardin." Jaune said only for Ivory to break out in full blown laughter. "What's so funny?!"
"You trying to bolster what little ego you have." Ivory said shaking her head. "I guess the large amounts of aura you have are compensating for something."
Pyrrha looked mortified and a few snickered at the low-key insult. Yuki got off the table tossing the gun to Ivory as he walked up to Cardin.
"Cocksucker Wimpchester? I don't know who you are, but you're not going to walk away from this." Cardin said cracking his knuckles.
"You wouldn't say that if Goodwitch was in the room." Yuki said sensing a familiar aura entering the room.
"Goodwitch? That antiquated, mouthy, beach blonde, old cow. Ha! Oh please, if it wasn't for her overrated semblance, I could totally take her." Cardin bragged as everyone (except Team YUKI and himself) was paling.
"That's rather funny, but then again, you're too stupid to know that Glynda Goodwitch happens to be a user of kenpo, specifically Chimamire Kenpo. This style I also know as it was invented by my mother. She, my father, and Goodwitch were all on the same team." Yuki informed. "And you're going to talk shit about someone, you need two things. One, you need to actually be able to fight who you're mocking and two, make sure said person isn't right behind you."
Cardin raised an eyebrow only to freeze when he heard knuckles cracking behind him.
"Dove? She's right behind me….isn't she?" Cardin squeaked.
"Yup." Dove said quietly.
"So, I'm a mouthy old cow!" Glynda said seething.
"I swear to….gackk!" Cardin said before Glynda had him by the throat with one hand.
She was already in a bad mood of having to call Peach about Team YUKI and had nothing to take out her anger on. Cardin….provided a nice outlet to vent her rage. Plus, being called old did not help. Cardin was thrown into the table sliding across it before hitting the wall with a crunch. Glynda flicked her crop and lifted a lunchroom table smashing it against Cardin several times until the bully fell back onto the ground, aura broken and unconscious.
"By the way, detention for all four of you." Glynda said restraining her anger at Team CDRL. "And wake up your leader."
DRL had pour their drinks on it for him to wake up with a cough.
"I'm sorry you have to see that. I'm here to present your paperwork and Beacon Teacher's IDs." Glynda said handing them each a keycard on a string for them to wear and a handbook.
"Wait, Beacon Teacher's ID?" Yang asked as Glynda cleared her throat.
"Children, allow me to make an announcement. This is rather rare, but Ozpin had decided to make Team YUKI…student teachers. They'll be assisting in teaching and attending a few classes with you. So, say hello to your new professors, Yuki Azure, Kelly Usagi, Lapis Kristal, and Ivory Viridian." Glynda said. "And I suggest not trying to do what Mister Winchester has done."
Glynda left leaving a flabbergasted Yang and an amazed Ruby.
"You have got to be kidding me?!" Weiss screamed.
Serena had subtly scanned the book and slowly giving Yuki knowledge of its contents.
"That is so cool! So, you can go into the teacher's lounge or give people detentions?!" Ruby asked excitedly.
That give Yuki an idea.
"Why yes, Ruby. Thank you for reminding me. I'd like to give my first detention to Team CDRL. Since you enjoy tormenting faunus so much, you can spend the next three weeks in detention and be unable to leave campus in that duration." Yuki said trying to act teacherly.
Cardin did not protest already still dazed from Glynda's beating.
"And as for Team JNPR, you all can enjoy detention with Team CDRL for the next two days." Yuki said crossing his arms.
"What, why?!" Nora protested.
"I'm sorry, but you sat on your ass while Velvet here was doing bullied by Team CDRL. But Jaune, here had the gall to pretend he'd do something when he'd be cowering behind his team." Lapis said bluntly. "And you want to call yourselves hunters."
"I guess the mood's ruined. Can we got get lunch at the Nekohanten?" Kelly asked.
Yuki tore a portal open with his sword.
"Aren't you being a bit harsh, Yuki?" Ruby asked.
"No. Inaction is what leads to bigotry growing. Jaune has the nerve to open his mouth and give empty words." Yuki said seriously. "I've seen empty words from the cowardly lot. I've seen the pain it causes, and I refuse to tolerate it."
"We don't have to do this! Ivory, we go way back! Please, I'm sorry for what my leader said." Pyrrha said trying to appeal to Ivory's sympathy.
"We go way back, but here's what always happens. We fought, I lost and people praised you while I got laughed at. Don't act like we're old rivals. The last thing we fought, you watched me get pelted with trashed and laughed at. You did nothing, and you had the gall to ask for sympathy! No! You can take your sorry and shove it as far up Jaune's ass as possible, you two-faced bitch!" Ivory said bitter tears streaming down her face.
She bolted into the portal leaving YUK to glare at Pyrrha.
"Ruby, I'll have to leave you behind for now. I'll have to comfort my teammate." Yuki said going into the portal.
"Bitch." Lapis spat before going the portal.
Kelly hissed and left with Cinnabon as the portal closed leaving an awkward moment in the air.
"Could you believe those guys?" Jaune said only to get silence.
"Jaune…just stop." Ren sad putting down his food.
-YUKI-
"I don't know who I'm angrier at! Adam for manipulating my daughter or Ilia for doing this!" Ghira roared pacing around the kitchen. "Or Blake for not listening to us in the first place!"
"Ghira, we still need to do something." Kali said crossing her arms. "I personally want nothing more than both of them in graves, but I'm keen on having Ilia dealt with first. And, I have an idea."
"Hm?" Ghira said raising an eyebrow.
"I'm saying we get someone who has a blood feud with the White Fang and push them to ensure they nail Ilia with a bit of lien." Kali said in a low tone.
Ghira was aghast by the idea at first, until Kali explained a few more details.
"Ok, I could go along with it except for one thing. We don't know if they'll go after Blake." Ghira said worriedly.
"Sweetheart, I doubt he'll have any reason to be angry. She was younger than him back then, plus she's the least of his problems." Kali said thoughtfully. "But just in case, I should pay Blake a visit in a future."
-YUKI-
"Visit Team YUKI and apologize? Pyrrha, are you sure that's a good idea?" Jaune asked her partner.
"Jaune, I basically opened old wounds without any thought." Pyrrha said sadly.
Team JNPR had just left detention and were in their dorm with Team RWBY.
"Pray tell. What happened between you two that got her to break down like this?" Ren asked.
"I think I might know." Weiss remarked. "The last tournament in Mistral."
"I remember it….I was fighting off a cold that day. I sneezed and triggered by semblance accidently flinging Ivory out, into a wall before falling into a trash can…." Pyrrha said as everyone recoiled. "Everyone was laughing…at her. I wanted to help her, but my manager had discouraged that. He instead wanted me to make it look like I had planned that "attack". Last I saw her, she ran out the arena in a panic…"
"And you thought reminding her of that was a good idea…" Weiss said facepalming.
"Pyrrha, you might want to see this…" Yang said showing them all a video she discovered on her scroll.
The video was Ivory fleeing the area being pelted with trash and getting jeers from nearby people.
"Wow….if that's not traumatic, I don't know what is…" Nora said as Pyrrha could only stare in disbelief.
"Her disliking you…totally makes sense." Yang said shaking her head.
-YUKI-
"No wonder you hated Nikos. I knew it was bad, but not this bad." Kelly said as Ivory slugged another Bloody Mary. "And you need to take it easy."
"YOU'RE NOT MY MANAGER!" Ivory screamed clearly hammered.
Team YUKI was at the café of the Amazons having lunch, but Ivory was hitting the booze a bit too hard. Yuki looked at Shampoo with worry.
"Shampoo…I'm going to need that herb to ease hangovers." Yuki said to Shampoo as he ate noodles.
"Sure. Sorry about what happened." Shampoo said handing her a small bottle.
"It's all right. Ivory's stronger than this." Yuki said with a small smile.
"Congrats on being professors of Beacon, my boy." Colonge said from the back.
"Another Bloody Mary!" Ivory bellowed to the bartender.
The bartender on duty was Rei, one of the older amazons. She was a tall one about Glynda's age with short green hair, tanned skin, brown eyes, and a muscled build with small scars on her shoulders tattooed with a Sea Feilong coiled around them.
"I think you should cut back." Rei said with concern.
"YOU'RE NOT MY…wait, you're cute." Ivory said shifting to a flirting tone. "Want to help me feel better?"
"I….uh…but you're drunk…" Rei stammered.
"But I'm giving you consent…." Ivory said with a wink as she took Rei's hand.
"Trust me, she can handle her liquor." Lapis said looking at Rei. "Just go for her."
"…Cologne, I'm going on break." Rei said putting a "CLOSED" sign on the bar.
"Cologne, I need to ask you a favor. I need some training books on Auric control and the likes. I'm training another one like me." Yuki said to the elderly leader.
"You're not obviously doing this for Ozpin." Cologne asked warily.
"I am somewhat. I'm giving him a chance at the very least." Yuki said steadfast. "It's only fair."
"Just be careful and try not to let Ozpin get you or your team killed." Cologne said giving him several scrolls. "And how about another bowl of ramen with extra shrimp?"
"Lay another on me." Yuki said in the mood for more food.
The hours would pass, and Yuki had to portal the team back to Beacon. Team RWBY were in a surprise to see the portal emerge next to Ruby.
"Ah, home swee…What the hell are they doing here?" Ivory hissed seeing Team JNPR were there in their "den". "The first place I have where I can forget your face….soiled!"
"Is she...drunk?" Ruby asked seeing Ivory was on Lapis for support and that Ivory's clothes were ruffled.
Blake blushed to see hickeys and clear signs Ivory was doing more than drinking.
"Sloshed, but to repeat Ivory's question, why are you here?" Yuki said glaring at Jaune.
"I want to apologize for trying to play to your sympathy. I did some digging and I had no idea you were given such poor treatment by some of my own fans. I truly had no idea of what you were put through…I.." Pyrrha said only to be cut off by Ivory saying, "Apology accepted…"
"Urrp…look Nikos. Maybe it's the drinks or the fact I got a real hot babe to go down on me, but I'm in a forgiving mood. Plus, I'll be seeing your mug anyway….urpp…besides you're probably going to be back in face for Yuki to tell you what Jaune's semblance is…" Ivory drunkenly sputtered before saying she'll also lift the punishment from earlier as a peace offer before passing out.
"I'll get her to bed." Lapis said hauling off Ivory's body.
"You can tell me what my semblance is? What a relief, maybe you could tra…" Jaune said only for Yuki to wordlessly tell him to shut up.
"Frankly, if Ivory hadn't opened her mouth, I wouldn't have said squat. Mostly because I hate the fact that everything in your life was gift wrapped to you. You clearly don't deserve Beacon, yet you got in. You don't have the skills, yet you get Nikos to train you. And you somehow have one of most broken Enhancer semblances that's easy to use, and you're too stupid to realize you're already been using it." Yuki said clearly frustrated with Jaune. "It's Aura Amplification, and the only reason you can't use it properly is because your aura control is complete shite. It's sickening how broken that ability is…you could do so much with it. If you were training like me, or hell like Ren, you'd be stronger than Pyrrha hands down if you weren't such an ignorant tool."
The tone of Yuki had Teams RWBY and JNPR realize the gravity of the situation.
"And yet if I don't train you, you'll end up getting you and your team killed. I hate your guts, but I can't leave your team to die because of your incompetence. So…I'll train you." Yuki said with a bitter groan. "I'll hate myself for doing so, but I will whip you into shape. That is…if you're willing to not back out."
Jaune's scroll buzzed and he took it to see it was a text. He opened it up and promptly went paler.
"Jaune, what's…" Ren asked only for Jaune to say, "It's nothing…to worry about. Yuki, I'll be happy to accept your offer."
"I thought you did, but there's one more thing. It's Professor Azure to you. You have not earned that level of casual with me, gecko." Yuki said getting out one of the aura training books.
He took Jaune's scroll and snapped several photos of a few pages inside before shoving it back into Jaune's hands.
"I took several photos of aura control exercises. I suggest trying them tonight. Tomorrow morning, you do them an hour before classes. Repeat that for a week and get some training from all your teammates. At the end of the week, pay us a visit." Yuki said sternly.
"Also, I suggest cutting down on the junk food. Seeing that you can't control your aura probably, you're not going to be able to burn those calories to ensure you don't gain weight." Lapis remarked.
"Do we make ourselves clear, Arc?" Yuki said seriously.
"Of course! Thank you, Professor Azure and Professor Kristal." Jaune said bowing politely.
"Now if you please, I'd like for you all to take your leave. I'm rather tired and I only agreed to put up with one other team." Lapis said with a yawn.
JNPR hastily left with Jaune asking Pyrrha to talk to him in private. Nora and Ren reluctantly went on ahead.
"Jaune, what's wrong?" Pyrrha asked Jaune who was sweating a bit.
"They know…what only I, you, and Cardin know." Jaune said in a shaky tone showing the text he got.
To ensure you that getting serious about your stay at Beacon, we have some motivation. We knew you have fake transcripts. Honestly, it doesn't help when you're dealing with people who have ties to the criminal underground. Consider it a miracle that only three-fourths of Team YUKI hates you. Regardless, take this a wake-up call to get yourself into gear. You can't be full of pride and not accept help. That line of thinking WILL GET YOU KILLED.
"This is bad…but I guess at least we know what your semblance is. Team YUKI might hold that information only our heads and, unlike Cardin, we can't stop them from using it against us. But they do have a point…" Pyrrha said bittersweet over this. "It was going to catch up with you sooner or later. Maybe you should tell Ren and Nora."
Jaune refused citing the less people knew, the better. Pyrrha would respect his wishes, but it was only a matter of time. Secrets of this nature were the type that could destroy the inside of a lesser man….or woman in Glynda's case. The headmistress sat in her office staring into an old photo of her younger self with the team only serving to haunt her of her guilt. She opened the frame and took out an unopened letter. It was a letter from Haku that she never heard. Glynda gotten it mailed to her years ago when Yuki was much younger. Back then, Glynda had let her jealousy move her not to answer the letter and bury herself in working for Ozpin. And over the years, she forgot about letter…until Yuki came around. Yuki had caused it all to come full circle and Glynda finally opened the letter.
Dear Glynda,
It's been a few years since our team went our separate ways. I know we have had our rivalry over Mao, but now that it's over, I wanted to apologize for all the practical jokes and how much of an awful teammate to you. Marriage had mellowed me out…along with Mao's altruism. With Rita being sent on expeditions and following her dreams, I have been unable to contact her. I was hoping you could help form a reunion in the coming future. Little Yuki needs to meet his "aunties". I was thinking we could plan for around Yuki's tenth birthday for him to finally meet you two. Please pass this on to Rita, she'd be over the moon to be a godmother!
Your teammate forever
Haku
Glynda was close to breaking down, but she knew she had to make a phone call to Peach. This was going to be unpleasant. At the moment, Peach was on a train back to Vale after her vacation at the Brown Kuma when her phone rang with a familiar ringtone. Peach answered with her cheery self but noticed Glynda's nervous tone.
"Glyn, what's wrong?" Peach asked.
"Have you seen the news lately?" Glynda asked hoping she did.
"No. I've been keeping myself away from the net for the week to enjoy my vacation. Something happened?" Peach asked.
She could hear Glynda let a muffled cry before saying, "Peach, before I tell you, I need to confess something. I got a letter from Mao and Haku wanting us to have a reunion and even finally meet their son."
"Oh, how splendid! I've always wanted to have a godchild to spoil!" Peach said excitedly. "When are we meeting?"
Glynda choked a sob before saying, "The planned date was ten years ago….the letter was given me years ago, but I shoved it aside. I was still…angry at Haku."
"Glynda, I can't believe this. You're still mad at Haku because she and Mao got together. Well, the child may be older, but I can't wait to meet him. He must take after his father." Peach said chipper. "We can surprise them with a reunion when I return."
Glynda broke down sobbing and Peach was caught off-guard by the incessant crying.
"Glynda, what's wrong?" Peach asked with more concerned.
"We can't…because they're dead!" Glynda said racked with guilt. "They've been dead for eight years, and Ozpin prevented me from telling you. I should have been told you about letter, but I let my jealously get in the way."
Peach already had odds with Ozpin. She knew he had to do things of a morally grey nature, but it still sickened her of what he chose to do. She was angry at him and at Glynda but calmed down to focus to ask some questions. Peach first asked how they died, and Glynda explained what happened.
"Wait, what about the son?" Peach asked concerned.
"Ozpin had the investigation rushed as he was presumed died despite never finding a body. Yuki's alive…and well. He's been in the news recently." Glynda said sniffling a bit.
Immediately, Peach got out her laptop and flicked on internet service before quickly finding tons of articles on "Team YUKI".
"So, Ozpin convinced them to come to Beacon? Something tells me he doesn't know that Ozpin's planning something." Peach said.
"He is…" Glynda said.
"But why…what could Ozpin want from him to do all this?" Peach asked.
"It's…about that book Mao had. As you know, Mao was a part of the same inner circle like me. He left after disagreeing with Ozpin. Mao had a book detailing those immense secrets along with all the research he made of semblances, aura, and the World of Remnant over the years. When Mao was killed, and the village ruined, Ozpin made it priority one to find that book citing it would be dangerous in the wrong hands." Glynda explained.
"Knowing Ozpin, he'd probably plans to steal it from him." Peach said. "Is that why he let them into Beacon?"
"I don't know, but his plan to have him train Miss Rose because of her silver eyes. He even made them…student teachers." Glynda said as Peach's eyes steeled. "Ozpin was going to name me supervisor for them, but Yuki asked for you after demanding he got to pick."
"I don't have to be a scientist to realize that Ozpin's planning to gain their trust to get them to join his circle." Peach said darkly. "Bad enough he shattered our team, but I WILL NOT let him do that again with this one. Not as long as I breathe."
"I figured as much." Glynda said wistfully.
"But that doesn't cover the fact that I'm still mad at you, Glynda. Consider yourself lucky the only reason that I'm not cutting you out of my life is because you're all that's left. I'll be there in two days." Peach said before hanging up.
Glynda's scroll slipped out of her hand as she left numb. She got up and left her office looking utterly defeated. She found herself delaying going into Ozpin's office and wandering the school. She found herself in the Beacon Amphitheater and that she was not alone. Yuki was here doing nothing at the moment looking rather confused.
"Mister Azure, what are you doing out? It's rather late." Glynda said.
"I was out getting a feel for the place, but I just felt a draw to the place. I don't know why exactly…" Yuki said cryptically. "Are you ok? You look like you watched my father died."
"Really? Of all the metaphors…." Glynda said glumly.
"Glynda, it's not your fault." Yuki said assuring her. "On the bright side of things, I'm alive and I got a team who has my back. Besides, you and Peach are here. Closest thing I have to family at the moment alongside from those I've met in my life."
Yuki had no idea that this was making Glynda feel worse, and she hurried out of there.
"[Yuki, I have obtained what I wanted from here. You may go to bed now, if you wish.]" Serena said.
"It's a good thing Glynda seemed to be in a shitty mood to ask further questions." Yuki said appearing to speak to himself. "But why did I have to stay here for a half-hour?"
"[I'll explain when I deal with what I found after I examine it. No need to stress you out now. We'll be dealing with events of this "Volume 2" tomorrow. Have you decided whether you'll kill Tuskon before Emerald and Mercury get a chance or help him escape?]" Serena asked.
"Honestly, he could be useful in my plans. Plus, if the White Fang wants him dead, I want to flip them off by saving him." Yuki said to himself. "And I guess making a peace offering to Blake will ease the tension."
Yuki walked away for the "Dragon's Den" and sighed.
"Serena, I'm not going to lie. Something about Ozpin stinks….I can't shake this feeling…" Yuki thought.
"[Just keep up your guard, Yuki. No doubt Ozpin isn't just giving you and your team all this without wanting something from us, personally.]" Serena remarked.
"Sad thing is, I expect that to come soon." Yuki said to himself heading down the hall.
Glynda finally got into Ozpin's office while the headmaster was enjoying his coffee.
"Ah, Miss Goodwitch, I assume your call to Rita went well." Ozpin said sipping his coffee.
"It did, and she'll be here in two days." Glynda said tersely. "Ozpin, I…feel horrible about all this. How are you able to keep a straight face knowing what we did?"
"Years of practice." Ozpin said.
Glynda scowled livid that Ozpin was able to easily hide his guilt and asked if he even felt any.
"Glynda, it played into why I let Team YUKI into this school and why I give them that student-teacher positions. My desires to protect my secrets had cost lives. Lives innocent in all of this…" Ozpin said bitterly. "And I fear that no doubt Yuki has read that book in its entirety. He and his team most likely know Salem exists, and he's probably training himself to face her someday. If that's the case…I may as well ensure that he has guidance."
Glynda left the room and Ozpin got up to look out the window with a haunted look on his face.
"Team YUKI's efforts might just be in vain. I doubt they can kill an immortal." Ozpin said with a sigh.
(A/N: This chapter was going on longer than I hoped, but I wanted to tie up most of the loose days. The next arc, we deal with Volume 2 and the antics at Beacon. This will go over the course of 183 days with the Beacon Dance being at those final days. So, canon will get spaced out as I do have plenty of plans. This marks of the end of Volume 1 of Remnant's Four Shadows! Volume 2 will be much longer than this with a new OP and ED to boot. As for whether I'll be do a single or poly ship, I'm still await opinions before I made a final decision. Also, don't forget to vote on that poll, review, favorite, and follow! I'd like to thank all of you readers and members of a RWDE community for aiding in this endeavor. This was a challenge, but I dig challenges. I'll be taking a short break from this tale to relax for the holidays, but this series will continue!)
[Ending Theme - Fu-tu-re (English Translated Version)]
-Remnant's Four Shadows Volume 1 Post-Credits Scene-
[Mood Music: JPDE Soundtrack – Mystery of Magic – Johnathon Johnson]
Within the bedchambers of the Dragon's Den, everyone laid in slumber…except one. Yuki was asleep, but his semblance was still active.
Within Yuki's mind was practically another dimension of cyberspace, the likes of which psychologist and mental health experts would have a field day with what was inside. Serena was looking through the archives of the data she got received. Tempus theorized meeting certain people early could trigger a flash of the future, but Serena was surprised that this happened to her.
"For Yuki's sake, its best he doesn't learn of all this. Not until you stabilize. I must be surprised in that I never thought I'd have a guest in here. Only one other person has been inside here other me and Yuki. " Serena said appearing to be talking to herself.
She walked back into her room and a young woman lay resting on a bed with her green croak hanged up nearby.
"But it seems somehow you got in. I don't know considering I'm a woman of technology. Magic's Ozpin and Salem's territory. But I suppose you can give answer when you wake up…Amber." Serena said leaving her to rest.
