(A/N: Third "Date" Chapter, but there's not much of a date though.)
[Cues - Far Away (遥か彼方, Haruka Kanata) – Asian Kung-Fu Generation]
残り:四の影/ Remnant's Four Shadows
Volume 2, Episode 6: Spoiled Saturday
(Saturday - Day 6)
Saturdays were the one day Yuki allowed a sleep in unless they were on mission or they were waking for Saturday morning cartoons, which was "tragically" no longer a thing. Sweet sleep was interrupted by a knocking at the door. Yuki snarled as his sleep was interrupted and got out to trudge out into the living room. He wasn't the only one rudely woken as a cranky Blake was cursing her super sharp hearing. Yuki opened the door to see it was Velvet Scarlatina. Yuki relaxed knowing she would not come unless it was important.
"Miss Scarlatina, what can I do for you?" Yuki asked.
"I'm sorry, Professor Azure, but have you seen Yatsu and Coco anywhere? Last I saw them, they were with Professor Viridian." Velvet said worriedly.
"I'll just portal to her." Yuki said tearing a portal open.
He entered to find that the three were some hotel room hot in bed and from the looks of things had a good Friday night out. Yuki facepalmed and noticed something on the table. He took it up and started snickering deviously. He dropped the paper and returned through the portal.
"Well?" Velvet asked.
"They're in a hotel in Vale." Yuki said trying to tell her gently.
Velvet looked mortified. Ivory had a way of convincing you to try new thins within reason, and Yuki was going to need an explanation. Yuki, at the moment, was not in the mood for it at the moment. He also did not want to explain to his teammates or Peach.
"Wait, here. I'll go clean up and we could go do something." Yuki said trudging off.
A shower and change of clothes had Yuki out of the door with a stammering and nervous Velvet. And as if the day could not get worse, they ran into Ozpin.
"Ah yes, Mr. Azure. I was looking for you." Ozpin said as Yuki tightened his glare on him.
"What is it now, Ozpin?" Yuki said.
"I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow, you and your team be going for required group therapy sessions with a psychologist." Ozpin said as Yuki whirled around.
"Aren't the same person who's been blocking attempts from the Vale Unit for Mental Health?" Yuki said glaring at him. "Is this a joke? Are you screwing with me?"
"No, it's more out of concern for your mental stability concerning your team." Ozpin said to which Yuki had to laugh.
That line was so fake that you could taste the plastic.
"Are you fucking joking, Oz? Glynda, please tell me he's joking." Yuki mused.
Glynda had a look of pure guilt on her face and Yuki's face fell.
"You're serious. Then by all means, Qrow should go for a session. Gods above know he needs one." Yuki said sarcastically.
When Ozpin said nothing about that and said the session was tomorrow, Yuki stormed off fuming with Velvet trialing behind.
"The nerve of that old bastard!" Yuki spat.
"Are you even going to let Qrow get a session?" Glynda said as Ozpin looked incredulous.
Ozpin did not answer and Glynda was seriously tiring of his cryptic attitude. Yuki found himself weary of all of this and just wanting to get away from Beacon for a bit.
"I'm sorry Velvet to cut this short, but I need to be alone for a bit." Yuki said groaning in frustration before tearing open a portal.
Yuki left through it leaving Velvet all alone, and she could only look in worry. She knew that Yuki had a lot on his plate and had plenty on his shoulders. Ozpin was simply just not helping.
"Well well, the little rabbit's all alone." Cardin said as he rounded the corner.
"Cardin, I'm really not in the mood for you." Velvet said annoyed.
"Well, I am, and what are you going to do that you're all alone." Cardin said with a sneer.
"Didn't Yuki warn you to stop? Are you really that daft that you're not going to listen? Well, I guess I expected too much of you." Velvet said with a sigh. "Just walk away, or else."
"Or else wha…" Cardin said before getting a meeting Velvet's foot in his jaw.
Velvet simply was not in the mood for it and left. It had seemed that Saturday was ruined, and it was about to get more twisted.
-R4S-
Yuki sat on the roof of his old home in Crossroad after letting out his rage out on nearby Grimm. Ozpin was a man of secrets and as Yuki slowly decoded them found less reason to trust Ozpin. Yuki looked out into the sky.
"Serena, tell me you have some updates?" Yuki said.
"[Well, I managed to complete the components for the Projection Sphere to work. You just need to finish build it. You also need to deal with that paperwork for Jaune to legitimize him. Seeing your mood, I sent the details to Lapis to deal with.]" Serena chirped.
"Well at least that's handled. I swear working for Oz is more trouble than it's worth. I wish I could start my own school…or even my own kingdom." Yuki mused.
"[Yuki, I am detecting someone else in the village and nearing you. Female, goat faunus, and aura awakened….stay on your wits.]" Serena warned.
Yuki shot up and used his nose to sniff out the arena and he sensed it was out the place. Using a combo of Ren and Leon's semblances, it was if Yuki vanished.
"Wow…I was thinking it, but this actually worked better than I expected. Invisible and completely aura-less. Guess I basically made all that training to restraint my aura moot…or at least less useful." Yuki thought as he eased down off the roof.
The woman in question Yuki was able to sniff out. She had a pleasant aroma of backed butterscotch and snails. She was a faunus, but of a bestial variant.
"[Now what's an Ebottian faunus doing here?]" Serena said directly to his head.
"Ebottian? I remember the term in my father's journal. It was among the subjects that my father did not complete. From he had, he recalled that there were rumors of faunus looking a lot more beastly in appearance around a mountain deep in Atlas. Not far from Oxgate, actually."
"[From what my data banks can gather, not much research has been put into it. Other than recorded folklore. All what I can gather is that there was a village nearby the mountain and they had a incident where a human child scaled the mountain and returned….different.]" Serena remarked.
As he listened, he eyed the faunus warily. She was a rather rare one, a white furred Nubian Goat faunus coming off more anthropomorphic with droopy ears, paws, and short horns. She had a pair of visible fangs, long eyelashes, and her purple irises have a dark red tint. She had a motherly look to her but stood rather tall at six feet teen towering after Yuki. She wore a snow blue haori with the Delta Rune insignia on her back. Underneath she wears a purple, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her pants. Her blouse is closed quite high, limiting any view of her sizeable cleavage. She wears open-toed, strappy black geta sandals. She was armed with a massive broadsword that was as nearly tall as him, shaped like a butcher knife. The blade itself has a semi-circular cutout nearer to the handle.
Yuki was nervous as he felt something was off about this woman.
"Teleport." She said as her body let off a white glow.
She vanished as Yuki dropped the invisibility and emotion cloak completely and uttered terrified. What Serena said next only made his pale.
"[I…did not detect any kind of semblance on her, but that ability…was magic.]" Serena said.
Yuki portal back to campus scaring Ruby to see the haunted look on his face.
"Yuki, what's wrong?" Ruby said as Yuki rushed into room and shut the door. "Hey…"
Lapis knew that look and charged into their room to see Yuki getting a few materials into his lab coat's pockets.
"Yuki, what's going on?" Lapis asked.
"Shit. The not good kind. I need to go the lab and get the Projection Sense operational since yesterday." Yuki remarked.
"Why? What's going on?" Lapis said looking into Yuki's eyes.
"We have a magic user. And no, it's not Ozpin, Salem, or the Maidens. Whoever it is…unknown to me. A woman was prowling around my village and I could sense her power. I don't like unknowns at all, and Serena was not able to get a complete read on her." Yuki said shaking. "Which is why I'm getting to work. Did you give Jaune the paperwork?"
"I did." Lapis remarked. "And I assume you don't want to be disturbed unless it's urgent."
Yuki nodded and used the lava lamp to teleport to the lab.
-R4S-
The leader of the team worked late into the evening and before him was the completed projection sphere which was the size of a grapefruit. Feeling victorious, Yuki made the drive back to Beacon and was currently walking into the amphitheater to see Velvet all alone shadowboxing.
"Miss Scarlatina." Yuki said clearing his throat.
"Professor, you're back." Velvet said as his tossed off the lab coat and put down the Projection Sphere on top of it. "What are you doing?"
"Figured I'd test your strength, so I think we can do this in a minute, if you're willing." Yuki said taking a stance.
"That's rather brazen of you." Velvet said sheepishly.
"Well, I'm not like my teammate who prefers to play with her food." Yuki said readying him. "While I'm no date master, the Amazons always say the way to a woman is through combat."
"Then let's do this." Velvet said steeling herself and readying her weapon.
Yuki unleashed Frostbite, and Serena started up the timer.
[Mood Music Cues: Dragon Ball Z: Budōkai Tenkaichi 2 - "Lost Courage"]
[1:00]
Velvet was grateful for the pictures she had spent all day taking before she quickly turned her camera into a hard light copy of Coco's handgun and opened fire. Yuki backflipped to his right dashing to keep one step ahead of the bullets.
"Not bad, but you'll need more than that!" Yuki said jumping up throwing a knife right into the middle of chamber jamming it.
This forced the weapon to return it to its camera form.
[0:50]
Using Ruby's semblance, he dashed up for a sword swing only to get blocked with Velvet pulling a barehanded sword block, before getting kneed in the stomach. Using the momentum, she bounced off on Yuki leaving him open for a picture. FLASH! She had gotten a picture of his sword and a holograph of Frostbite was born.
[0:45]
Landing on the wall, she bounced off to barrel herself at him to attack only to get blocked. The two exchanged blows in a sword duel where Yuki felt as if he was dueling his own mirror. Yuki leapt back.
"Armis Iai: Red Roundabout!" Yuki said slashing the air rapidly to launch a barrage of red crescent moon-like projectiles of aura.
[0:30]
Velvet began her attempt to slice through them, or at least try to block as many as she could. She wound up taking a few hits. She did deflect one back and knock Yuki's sword out of his hands. Frostbite flew in the air before embedding itself in the ground. The light copy shattered turning back into her camera, and Velvet cursing under his breath that she did not charge her camera completely. She dropped it and took on Yuki's stance.
"So, we're hitting the climax. Let's dance, Scarlatina." Yuki said cracking his knuckles.
[Mood Music Cues: Bayonetta OST – "Let's Hit the Climax"]
[0:20]
Both charged in with exchange of punches, a myriad of kicks, and all the speed they could muster. Velvet's semblance allowed her quick adjustment to Chimamire Kenpo enable her to counter and parry several of Yuki's hits. Yuki decided to switch things up through using Manifesta. Velvet could mimic his combat style but was left blindsided when Yuki was able to dodge more of her blows.
"How is he doing this? I can't copy this either! Is he using his semblance?" Velvet thought.
[0:10]
Yuki caught her fist and cracked the knuckle to get her wince. Her retaliation was a double kick for the Yuki in pain revealed to be a shadow. Velvet kept punching clones in vain to try to hit the real one.
"Where are you?" Velvet screamed.
"Here."
Velvet turned around only to get four fingers lightly dug into her forehead paralyzing her body.
"Chimamire Kenpo: Kōsoku Gekitsui Shi." Yuki said as Velvet looked nervous. "The moment I pull away. You will have three seconds before you pass out. So, I will say to you, impressive form. I underestimated your semblance, but I won't make that mistake again."
[0:04]
He pulled his fingers away as Velvet gasped for breath and glaring at him lightly.
"You…I should be mad, but can you please carry me to my room?" Velvet said before collapsing out cold.
[0:00]
[Mood Music Ends]
Yuki quickly got on his lab coat slipping the sphere in his coat pocket and sheathing his sword before carrying Velvet bridal style down the hall. Arriving at the dorm, he found Yatsuhashi there.
"What happened to Velvet?" He asked.
"She's fine, Yatsu. She and I sparred, and I finished it off with a knockout move. She'll wake up in the morning right as rain. By the way, what happened with Coco?" Yuki asked.
"Turns out she's into girls." Yatsuhashi said with a sigh.
"Ouch. Lost out to Ivory?" Yuki asked.
"Not really. A romantic relationship is probably unlikely, but on the bright side, I could go to Coco if I want to now. But I'll have to let Ivory have most of the time. Who knew my leader was a sub?" Yatsuhashi said with a shrug.
"To be fair, Ivory's like a shark in a fish tank. She'll make you bend…and beg for more." Yuki said shuddering lightly.
"That woman drained me…and I'm only getting a bit of relief because she's dealing with Coco." Yatsuhashi said taking Velvet off his hands. "Good night, Professor."
"Night." Yuki said forming a portal to return to his team.
He wound up walking into Lapis coming out of the shower which he found less awkward than Kelly, who would have punched him, or Ivory, who would ask if she wanted to join her.
"Sorry about that." Yuki mumbled going out of the bathroom door.
Lapis rolled her eyes and began to brush her teeth letting her semblance do the work of drying her body. Yuki put the projection sphere on his desk, changed into his sleepwear, and collapsed on his bed.
"I need a me day." He thought before passing out.
(A/N: A shame that tomorrow for them is a trip to the therapist. But who the hell was that woman that Yuki saw creeping around? (It's rather obvious, but maybe I could make a mystery.) The Velvet vs Yuki fight was something that was fun for me to write. I find myself liking the One Minute Melee-style of writing fights. You have to think on your toes to make the fight flow and have a rapid pace. Minimal dialogue is a plus. I hope it did please you Copy Master fans. Next up, we deal with the therapists, the projection sphere, and preparing for the Breach.)
