AN: Sorry for this being late, but I had a project for School and couldn't get to this until now.
AN: Beta Read by Brawn1984 and Starrmastrr
AN: I do not own RWBY or Red Hood.
Loki woke up to the sound of nature.
She looked around and saw Scott, Yang, Gale, and José going through a Kata.
The four moved in a synchronized motion looking like they were fighting in slow motion.
They punched with their right arm in slow motion before alternating into a kick with their right legs before moving into a slow-motion kick with their left leg and finishing with a punch from their left arm.
Loki watched them for a while until they picked up the pace and they continued until they were moving faster and faster.
Coral woke up and looked at Loki before she noticed Loki watching the others.
The two watched the Team until the team stopped and headed back to camp.
"Impressive." Coral said.
"We try." Jose said.
Coral shook her head. "Pack up. We have a lot of traveling to do today."
The group packed up camp and began walking.
On the way Coral stopped and picked berries and things they could eat. They had left Patch so fast that they had forgotten to pack cookware. This resulted in Coral foraging for their food.
"How did you learn to do this?" Gale asked.
"I didn't have the best childhood. In some ways it was better than Jason's, and in other ways it was worse."
"How could it be worse than Jason's?" Yang asked.
"I was born for the soul purpose of killing my biological father. I was raised practically from birth to be a monster."
"What happened?" Jose asked sheepishly.
"They wanted a monster..." Coral said.
A few minutes later she finished. "...they got one."
The group looked at her in horror.
"They trained me to survive. I was taught to hunt, scavenge, forage, maim, and kill."
"What? Why?"
"The councilman who created me wanted me to kill my Bio dad because my dad killed his dad."
"It sounds like he wasn't a great person." Gale said.
"He wasn't. He didn't teach me about being human. He taught me about giving into my urges whether they be violent, physical, emotional... sexual."
There was silence for a while.
"So..." Gale began.
"My first experience with sex was the guy pushing me against the wall and trying to rape me. I killed him and was thrown into a cell where I killed my bio mom. A councilman found me and took me to the hospital. Five years later I met Loki, and we've been together since."
"I had no idea." Loki said horrified.
"If you knew the real me..." Coral bowed her head and started crying. "... you wouldn't want to be anywhere near me."
Loki walked over to Coral and grabbed her shoulders before lifting herself up to head level. "I know the real you." She said before kissing her with so much passion and vigor that the four Hunters in training turned away in discomfort.
Gale was too shocked to try and say, 'get a room'.
When the couple was done Coral turned to them. "You can turn around now. You guy's missed a show. There was tongue and everything."
The four Hunters grimaced.
"Come on." Coral said. "We have to walk until the sun sets."
"Why do we have to walk so far?" Yang asked. "Why didn't I think to bring Bumblebee?"
"To answer your first question. The reason we have to walk so far is to reach our friends and family faster. I don't know the answer to your second question, but it's better that you didn't bring it because then you'd have to push it."
"I guess that makes sense."
The group walked until they came to the ruins of a village.
"Look around." Coral said. "Search for survivors..." '...if there are any.' She finished to herself.
The group looked around until they heard Scott.
"HERE!" Scott yelled.
The group ran to Scott and found a hatch.
"Do you think we should open it?" Jose asked.
Scott dropped his gauntlets and grabbed the hatch. He pulled ripping it off with a creak and a groan of metal.
The stench was unbearable, but Coral walked down.
She came up a few seconds later carrying a doll. "Don't bother going down there." She spoke.
"Either they were down there a really long time, or they didn't have any food when they went there."
"Or bandits." Yang said. "Uncle Qrow says that Bandits will sometimes take villagers food and lock them away, so they don't follow them."
Scott picked up his gauntlets and walked away.
"Scott really doesn't like it when someone uses their strength to control someone else." Jose said sympathetically.
"I understand that feeling." Coral said. "All too well."
They continued following the path until night fall when they stopped to set up camp.
Scott took the first watch but seemed to be on edge.
"I guess that the village really took a toll on him." Gale said.
"He was there the day after the Fall." Jose reminded. "I can't imagine it could have been easy seeing what he saw."
"Yeah, but still."
"Remember Mulan?" Jose asked.
"Yeah. What about it?"
"Remember when they find the destroyed village after singing 'A girl worth fighting for'?"
"Yeah. What... Oh. I get it now."
"Yeah. Because of the way Scott was raised he has a hard time accepting death."
"Part of that is his parents' fault."
"His parents raised him the way they thought best. The same way Jaime raised me, Geoff's parents raised him, and your family raised you."
"Yeah, but we all went away with different lessons."
"And look at how our experiences have helped us. Scott can punch a Grimm to death, you can outrun nearly anyone who doesn't have a speed Semblance, Geoff built us state of the art weapons in an hour, and I can use my stamina and charm to lead people."
"Yeah. We are all D&D characters. Scott's the Samurai Fighter, you're the Banneret Fighter, Geoff is the Artillerist Artificer, and I'm the Alchemist Artificer."
"If that's how you want to look at it..."
"Go to sleep." Coral yelled. "Otherwise, Loki and I will make you regret staying awake this late."
"DON'T!" Gale yelled.
"Then go to sleep."
The two put their headphones on and drifted off to sleep.
The group had been sleeping when they were jolted awake almost simultaneously.
"What the hell?" Gale yelled.
"Wake up!" Scott yelled.
"I dreamed we were fighting Cinder." Jose said half asleep.
"Well, we've got bandits to fight right here."
"Bandits?" Coral and Loki asked getting to their feet and drawing their weapons.
"Yeah. They tried surrounding us, but they must be desperate because they didn't do a good job at hiding themselves."
"Show yourselves!" Coral shouted.
"Just give us your possessions and we'll leave you alone!" One of the Bandits yelled.
"Why don't you come and take them?"
"Um, no thanks. Were good."
"You guys really must be desperate if you are attacking us like this."
"Come on. Give us a break. Some guy devastated our tribe and left our leader in a catatonic state."
"Poor baby. Why the hell didn't you find a real profession? What made you turn to being a bandit?"
"Uh... Don't push us. We are the feared Branwen tribe!"
"Branwen?" Yang said. "As in Raven Branwen?"
"How do you know our leader?"
"I'm her daughter."
"Oh crap! We're sorry for trying to rob you. Since you are the heir to the Branwen Tribe you and your friends are safe. We will take you to her if you desire."
"You better believe I want to talk to her! I have some questions I want answered!"
"Follow us."
"Why the hell should we trust you?" Loki asked.
"Because. Until our leader says otherwise, you are safe."
"Then leave us in Peace and come back tomorrow." Coral said.
"Very well." The bandit said.
The four Hunters in training got a text on their Scrolls instructing them to put in both headphones and play something that would be loud enough to keep them from hearing what was happening around them.
Each Hunter did so, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, they woke up with the sun and began taking down camp.
They saw Loki and Coral already up with breakfast made.
"Do we even want to know why you sent that text last night?" Gale asked.
"We did what we do best and make people uncomfortable." Coral said with a wicked smile.
"I can tell you that we were very loud." Loki said.
"And we will be sleeping extra good tonight." Coral added.
"Unless we need to..."
I'm sorry for asking." Gale said walking away.
They met with the Bandits after breakfast and went to the bandit's camp.
"Presenting the Heir to the Branwen Tribe, and her friends." The man who tried ambushing them the night before said.
Raven looked Catatonic.
"Mom?" Yang asked.
Raven looked up at Yang and moved.
Coral barely saw the move and was just barely able to push Yang out of the way before intercepting the sword.
There was a shatter and a spray of blood as Raven tore through 'Blush' and cut in between Coral's ribs.
She leveraged 'Omen' down and broke two of Coral's ribs. "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT HE DID!" She yelled enraged at the sight of Yang. She didn't have Jason, Tai, or Ruby to take her aggression out on, so Yang would have to do.
Loki pulled out the 'Multi-Blade' and swung at Raven only for Raven to hit her with a gout of fire.
Scott used his Semblance to put his wrist weights on her feet, but she knocked him away and cut through the weights with 'Omen'
Scott looked at the ruined gift that Geoff had made for them when they got there. All that hard work... gone. "Those... were a gift... from my... BROTHER!" He yelled before using his Semblance and increased speed to punch Raven with piston like punches that seemed to have no effect on her. He punched her with a punch that had all his strength in it.
Raven punched him with a punch that was followed by a lightning bolt sending him flying.
Gale coated his blades in Ice and Earth Dust before slicing towards Raven.
Raven was hit by the Ice dust and froze in place before the Earth Dust covered her.
Gale changed the Earth Dust to Water Dust. "Now Jose!"
"Right Irmano!" Jose yelled before changing 'Bengala Cavaleiro' to 'Trovado' and hitting Raven with the powerful Lightning attack.
Raven walked it off like it was nothing and ran Gale through before slicing through him and decapitating Jose. She looked at Yang and began stalking towards her. "Now it's time to make you pay for what that Bastard did to my Tribe."
Yang was so scared. The rage rolling off Raven was terrifying.
"NO, YOU DON'T!" Scott yelled appearing in front of Yang and slicing upwards with the 'Bunker Buster'.
Raven spun around the massive blade and cut Scott in two from the left shoulder to the right hip.
"NOO!" Yang yelled looking at Scott's dead body as his insides spilled out of his body.
Loki appeared out of nowhere looking no worse for wear and swung at Raven.
Raven blocked the blade and sent a lightning bolt into Loki's open mouth killing her.
Coral jumped up, grabbed Raven by the head, and snapped her neck. "See you in hell bitch." She seethed.
Loki took the crown off and began breathing heavily. She got up and went to talk to Scott.
"Couldn't sleep?" Scott asked.
"No. I had a pretty bad nightmare." She lied easily.
"Sometimes it helps to talk about it."
"We got surrounded by Bandit's and taken to their camp. Their leader killed all of us."
"How did I die?"
"Protecting Yang."
Scott thought about that. "That would be a pretty bad ass way to go out... Protecting the person you love." He clarified.
"Yang didn't seem to think so."
"Do you want to take the next watch?"
"Sure." Loki said.
Scott stretched and left to his Bedroll. When he got there, he laid down and looked up at the stars. He was asleep in a matter of minutes.
Loki
Loki watched the forest for any signs of movement. She killed a few animals that were just unlucky enough to cross her path. Maybe they could make some Jerky tomorrow.
She was on watch for a few hours when someone came up behind her.
"Hey there good lookin'." Coral said before wrapping her arms around her middle.
"Hey babe." Loki said still worried about the vision the Crown had shown her.
"What's wrong?" Coral asked.
"I put the Crown on and had a vision."
"What about?"
"We were found by Bandits and they took us to their leader..."
"Were they also little green men, and yes I mean little in every sense of the word."
"No." Loki said giving her Fiancée a light smack. "They took us to their leader, and she injured you, and killed everyone but Yang."
"Yikes. You'd think she was a Maiden if she could do that."
"I think she was. I also think she ran into Jason."
"Why do you say that?"
"She kept yelling that she would make Yang pay for what he did."
"And you automatically thought of Jason. She could have been talking about Tai for knocking her up."
"I don't think so."
Coral kissed Loki. "Why don't you go to sleep? I'll keep watch for a few hours and then come to bed."
Loki kissed Coral back. "Too bad we aren't home. We could do so many things in bed."
"Who says we can't do them out here?" Coral asked with a wicked glint in her eye. "Now get to bed." She said patting Loki on her butt.
Loki walked back to her and Coral's Bedrolls. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow.
Coral
Coral walked around the perimeter of the camp making sure that no one was trying to Ambush them.
After making a few rounds she went to the fire and warmed her hands by the fire.
She heard a twig snap and jumped at the noise. "Who the hell are you?" She demanded grabbing the man and letting out hidden claws before pointing them at the man's throat.
"I mean no harm." The man said with a twisted smile. "I just wanted to give you a warning."
"What kind of warning?" Coral demanded poking the man's throat with her claws.
"There is a man coming this way. He is a murderer."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Why does anyone do anything? Do you mind me asking what type of Faunus you are?"
Coral cringed at her carelessness.
"I take it your traveling companions don't know."
Coral looked away.
The man gasped an over exaggerated gasp. "Not even wifey?"
"I have no problems killing you?"
The man disappeared and reappeared five feet away. "You will find that I am ridiculously hard to kill. Now. What type of Faunus are you?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"I don't hate Faunus... well at least no more than anyone else."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
The man teleported in front of her. "Ya know. I've been awfully patient waiting for the answer to my question. Now please answer me."
"I'm..." Coral retracted her claws and looked away.
"I promise that I won't tell anyone." The man said with a smile that made Coral's flesh crawl.
"I'm... I'm a Wolverine Faunus."
"See. That wasn't so bad."
"Answer my questions now."
"Ah, ah, ah." The man waved his finger at her. "One question per answer."
"Fine. Why did you want to know what kind of Faunus I was?"
"I'm just curious. Now. Why are you hiding your Faunus trait from your friends and Wifey?"
"I'm a monster. I don't want them to know."
"Just because you're a Faunus doesn't make you a monster."
"My Faunus trait doesn't make me a monster. My past does."
"I see. All it takes is one bad day doesn't it?"
"Try my entire childhood."
"Ooh, awkward. Weeeeell goodbye." The man said before disappearing.
"Creepy bastard." Coral said before she made another round around the campsite.
Jose
Jose woke up and looked around the camp. Nothing seemed out of place, but Coral came and warmed her hands by the fire before she ran off.
"Who the hell are you?" She asked someone.
"I mean no harm." A man said. "I just wanted to give you a warning."
"What kind of warning?" Coral demanded.
"There is a man coming this way. He is a murderer."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Why does anyone do anything? Do you mind me asking what type of Faunus you are?"
'Faunus?' Jose asked. 'I didn't know Coral was a Faunus, but maybe she didn't tell us for a reason.'
"I take it your traveling companions don't know."
Coral went quiet.
The man gasped an over exaggerated gasp. "Not even wifey?"
"I have no problems killing you?" Coral growled.
"You will find that I am ridiculously hard to kill. Now. What type of Faunus are you?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"I don't hate Faunus... well at least no more than anyone else."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Jose asked the same question. 'Unless he's saying that he hates everyone equally.'
"Ya know. I've been awfully patient waiting for the answer to my question. Now please answer me."
"I'm..." Coral went quiet again.
"I promise that I won't tell anyone." The man said making Jose's flesh crawl.
"I'm... I'm a Wolverine Faunus."
'Like the comic book character?'
"See. That wasn't so bad."
"Answer my questions now."
"Ah, ah, ah." The man said in a scolding tone. "One question per answer."
"Fine. Why did you want to know what kind of Faunus I was?"
"I'm just curious. Now. Why are you hiding your Faunus trait from your friends and Wifey?"
'I want to know why she didn't tell us too, and how Jason couldn't tell she was a Faunus... Unless he knew and didn't tell us.'
"I'm a monster. I don't want them to know."
"Just because you're a Faunus doesn't make you a monster."
"My Faunus trait doesn't make me a monster. My past does."
"I see. All it takes is one bad day doesn't it?"
"Try my entire childhood."
"Ooh, awkward. Weeeeell goodbye." The man said before disappearing.
"Creepy bastard." Coral said before she made another round around the campsite.
When she came back to the campsite Jose was up. "I'll take over now. You can go sleep with Loki."
"Thanks."
"You know. Just because you have a bad past doesn't make you a monster."
Coral tensed. "How much did you hear?"
"All of it."
"Don't tell anyone."
"Why?"
"You say that my past doesn't make me a monster. Maybe it doesn't, but the things that I did..." She took a shuddering breath. "...those made me a monster."
"You're just like Logan you know."
"Who's Logan?"
"He's a man with a troubling past trying to survive in a world that hates him."
"I can relate."
"I thought you might. Now go to bed."
Jose kept watch until the sun began to rise.
Scott, Gale, and Yang woke up and started their morning exercises.
Jose joined them, but something was off.
"What's wrong?" Scott asked.
"I don't know if should tell you?"
"Conte-nos em Portugues." (Tell us in Portuguese)
"Coral e um Fauno." (Coral is a Faunus.)
"Serio?" (Really?) Gale asked.
"Sim." (Yeah.)
"Nao fale sobre isso." Scott said. "Ela nos dira quando estiver pronta." (Don't bring it up. She will tell us when she's ready.)
"Bem." (All right.) Gale and Jose said.
"What was that about?" Yang asked.
"Coral is a Faunus, but for whatever reason she doesn't feel comfortable telling us." Scott Whispered. "Don't bring it up. She will tell us when she's ready."
"Okay. I won't bring it up."
"This doesn't change anything. She's our friend."
"I know that. We had plenty of Faunus friends at beacon."
"Good."
They went through their exercises and finished before taking down camp.
Loki grabbed the box for Jason, and they left.
They had been walking for two hours when they entered a prairie. They walked for an hour when they saw a large man walking across the prairie.
"Wait." Coral said. "We can't fight this guy."
"Why?" Scott asked. "He doesn't look that tough."
Coral looked torn. "Someone came into the camp last night."
"WHAT! WHEN! HOW! WHY!" Loki demanded.
"I don't know. He came in last night, and when I took the initiative to attack him, he was able to get away from me as if my hands were made out of butter. He told me that a guy looking like that was a murderer."
"Then I say we take him down now." Scott said dropping his gauntlets.
"NO!" Coral yelled, but it was too late. Scott had already activated his Semblance and was attacking the man.
"Damn it Scott!" Gale yelled running at them.
Jose ran after his brothers swinging 'Bengala Cavaleiro' to super charge it.
Yang ran after her friends.
"DAMN IT!" Coral yelled changing 'Beckon' and 'Blush' into their Buzzsaw blades.
Loki put Jason's weapons box on the ground and ran after coral and their friends.
Scott jumped at the man and punched with just enough force to knock someone his size down, but the man caught his fist.
"Why are you attacking me?" The man asked. "I haven't done anything to you."
"Are you a murderer?"
"I kill for her ladyship, but I do not go around and kill people who have not earned their death."
"And why do they deserve it?"
"They caught my Ladyships ire."
"THAT'S NOT A GOOD EXCUSE!" Scott said punching the man with everything he had.
The man barely flinched.
"What the hell?"
The man back handed Scott sending him flying.
"Whoa." Gale said stopping in his tracks.
Jose ran past him and unleashed all the built-up electricity into the man.
The man grabbed Jose and threw him. "I don't wish to fight you. Leave, and you can live a little longer."
Gale coated his blades in ice Dust and swung arcs of ice at the man.
The man's legs froze to the ground, but the man smashed the ice.
"Oh shit." Gale said before the man punched at him.
Gale dove to the side, but the man spun and smacked him into a tree.
"Hey!" Yang yelled punching the man with her cybernetic arm.
The man deflected her punch and smacked her out of the way.
Coral threw 'Beckon' and 'Blush' at the man. They broke the man's skin, but he didn't falter. He ran at her and punched at her.
Coral dodged over his punch and kicked him in the face.
The man grabbed her in one of his massive hands and began crushing her.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Loki yelled slashing at the man's back.
The man's shirt cut, but his skin didn't break.
'What the hell?'
The man swung Coral into Loki knocking her away.
Coral looked at Loki who had a large bump on her head. "You-you hurt her!"
"I told you that you and your friends would get hurt."
Coral let her Aura cover her. "I'll make you pay for that!"
"Stand down, or you will die."
Coral extended her claws and ran at the man. She slashed at him cutting his arms.
The man didn't even budge as Coral sliced his arms to shreds. He grabbed Coral and smashed her into the ground before swinging her into the ground three more times before throwing her skidding creating a furrow.
Scott got up and shook himself off. He looked over at the man and saw him throw Coral. He fused his 'Fang's' together and loaded it. He pressed it against his thigh and pulled the trigger.
The man looked up as the massive round hit him in the chest and sent him flying.
Scott stabbed the 'Bunker Buster ' into the ground and fell to one knee.
The man stood up. "You are an admirable opponent, but if you put your weapon down, I will spare you."
"Shut the hell up!" Scott seethed.
"Trovado is online." Jose said.
Scott looked over at Jose and saw him on one knee with 'Trovado' pointed at the man.
"Magnum Opus is ready to go." Gale said.
Scott looked at Gale and saw him leaning against a tree conserving his energy. "On three guys."
"One..." Jose said.
"Two..." Scott said.
"Three..." Gale said.
Scott pulled the trigger on 'Bunker Buster' while Jose pressed the trigger on 'Trovado', and Gale spun 'Magnum Opus' sending out three attacks that seemed to fuse together and blasted the man away.
Jose, Scott, and Gale fell to the floor in exhaustion. The fight taking its toll on them.
When they woke up, they were in a camp.
"Where are we?" Gale asked.
"Shut up prisoner." A voice said.
"What?" Jose asked.
"I said shut up!"
Jose and Gale looked around and saw that they were in a cage.
"What the hell!" Gale demanded.
Jose looked around and saw Coral and Loki tied back-to-back in the same cage, and Scott tied up in another cage. He looked down and saw that Gale and himself were tied up in their cage. "Where's Yang?" He asked.
"Heiress Yang is with her mother." The guard said. "Now shut up!"
"Can I say one more thing?" Gale asked.
"If you promise to shut the hell up afterwards."
"Fine. HEY SCOTT! THEY'VE GOT YANG!"
Scott jolted up and snapped out of his bindings.
"Oh shit." The guard said.
Scott ripped the cage apart and grabbed the guard. "Where's Yang?" He asked in a dangerously low voice.
Yang woke up on a couch in a tent. "Where... am I?" She asked.
"Yang?" A woman asked.
"Who's there?" Yang asked.
"I know that you have a lot of questions, but I need to tell you something."
"What?" Yang asked.
"Jason is a murderer."
"What? What do you mean?"
"My tribe and I were moving across the plains, and he attacked us without provocation. He killed more than half my tribe in cold blood."
"What! No. He wouldn't do that. He wouldn't attack unless he was attacked first."
"Well, he did."
"I just can't believe that Jason would do something like that."
"I am your mother, and you will listen to me!" Raven yelled.
"What?"
"I am your mother." Raven said a little more calmly. "Please Listen to me."
"What! NO! You're not my mother! You're just the woman who ruined my life!"
"HOW COULD I RUIN YOUR LIFE IF I WASN'T IN IT!"
Yang looked at Raven heartbroken.
"Now. You will help me hunt down and kill Jason. Then when I die you will take my place as heiress to the tribe."
"NO! I won't kill Jason. He's more family than you ever were."
"How dare you! If you want me to be your mother, then I guess you should learn some discipline." Raven yelled raising her hand to slap Yang.
Yang looked at Raven in defiance.
Raven brought her hand down to smack Yang, but Yang caught Raven's hand and spun her around before dropping her and planting her knee in Raven's kidney.
"GET OFF!" Raven yelled trying to get up but driving Yang's knee into her kidney. "AHH!" She yelled.
"Jason taught me that one." Yang sneered.
"YANG!" Scott yelled busting into the tent. "Are you all..."
"Right?" Yang asked. "Yeah. I'm all right, but you should hear the things Raven has been saying about Jason."
"What has she been saying?"
"That Jason killed more than half of her tribe unprovoked."
"Well, that's bullshit. Jason doesn't do anything unless he's provoked."
"NO!" Raven yelled. "He killed them! It was cold blooded murder!"
"I'm sure it was. Just like how you aren't a bandit."
Raven tried moving again, but Yang's knee bruised her kidney.
"I wouldn't move mom. Jason said that this hold was known for its brutality."
"Get off of me!" Raven yelled.
"No. Hey babe. Do you mind doing the honors."
"Not at all." Scott said before punching Raven in the face hard enough to knock her out.
"And it's a knockout." Yang punned.
"Let's get our gear and head out."
They walked out and saw the bandits gathered in the middle of camp.
"Tell me where Jason's birthday present is!" Loki yelled.
"We don't know!" A bandit yelled.
"Tell us!" Coral yelled. "Otherwise, I'll castrate you!" She said letting her hidden claws slide out.
"We left a box and two bracers where we found them because they were too heavy to move!" The Bandit yelled.
"Thank you." Loki said. "Where did you leave them?"
"That way!" The Bandit yelled pointing to the west.
"Did you guys find two fans that turn into saw blades?" Coral asked.
"No! We swear."
"Damn it." Coral swore. "I really liked those weapons."
"Don't worry babe." Loki said. "I'm sure that Jason won't mind you using his birthday present."
"Okay." Coral said glumly.
The group left the Bandit camp and headed west to find their lost gear.
It took the group two hours to walk back to their gear.
Scott found his Wrist Weights and put them on.
Loki looked at the box and saw that someone had tried opening it. She unlocked the box and showed a dozen or so weapons. "Hey babe. Did you find 'Beckon' and 'Blush'?"
"No." Coral said. "I think... Wait." She bent down and picked up one of her fans. "I found 'Beckon'!"
"Great. Do you need a second weapon?"
"No. I'll be good until we get to a village."
"Okay." Loki locked the box and picked it up before they headed towards the next village.
They had been walking for the better part of a day when they found a deserted village.
"Bandits did this." Coral said.
"Is there a reason why we didn't kill them before we left?" Scott asked. "At least that way they couldn't hurt anyone else."
"Sounds like you've been hanging around Jason too long." Yang said. "That's not justified death."
"Look at this!" He yelled. "They slaughtered villagers! There is justification right here."
Yang walked up to Scott and put her hand on his shoulder. "I know, but we didn't, and we have to keep going."
"I can get there and back..."
Yang slapped Scott with her prosthetic arm. "NO!" She yelled. "You are thinking too much like Jason, and that's a bad thing!"
"What? Why is that a bad thing?"
"Jason has the skill and training to do that, but he doesn't. Do you know why?"
"No. Why?"
"Because he knows that there is a time and a place for senseless destruction. If we had taken them out when we were there, then that would have been one thing, but we are probably two days away from them right now."
"So, you want them to get away with mass murder?"
"No! That's not what I'm saying, but they will get what's coming to them."
Scott looked at the destruction. 'How many men, women, and children were killed?' He asked himself.
The group moved on and eventually came to a town that hadn't been destroyed by bandits.
"Hello." The village chief said coming up to them. "Welcome to our village."
"Thank you." Coral said.
"Is there anything we can do for you?"
"Do you have an Inn we could spend the night in?"
"Yes. We have a few rooms available. Is that all?"
"Do you have a blacksmith?" Coral asked.
"Oh yes. Our Blacksmith is very good."
"May I visit him?"
"Of course."
Coral was pointed in the direction of the Blacksmith shop and the others were sent to the Inn.
Loki asked the Innkeeper for four rooms, but the Innkeeper said that they only had three available rooms.
"Don't worry." Jose said. "Gale, Scott, and I are brothers and Teammates. We can share a room."
"Are you guy's sure?"
"Yeah, plus it will be safer that way."
"Can we take the three available rooms?" Loki asked.
"Yes. Here you go." The Innkeeper said.
Loki took the keys and handed one to Scott and Yang and the other too Jose and Gale.
The friends went to their rooms.
Loki
Loki walked into her and Coral's room and put her stuff in one corner before plopping down in the bed. "Gods this feels amazing." She groaned stretching out on the bed.
She was so comfortable that she almost fell asleep until she felt a pair of lips press against her own. She breathed in Coral's scent. "You need a bath." She spoke.
"Don't act like you're cleaner than I am." Coral chided.
"I never said I was."
"Well." Coral said grabbing her hand. "Let's go." She pulled Loki to her feet and dragged her to the bathroom where they undressed and bathed together making sure the other was clean before drying off and going to lay in the bed.
"I love you Coral." Loki mumbled.
"And I love you." Coral said kissing her forehead.
The two were asleep in a matter of minutes.
Gale and Jose
Gale and Jose walked into the room they had been given.
"Camas reais." (Real beds.) Jose said before falling face first into one of the beds.
"Yeah." Gale said following his example.
The two were asleep and slept for twelve hours.
Scott and Yang.
When Scott and Yang went to their room, they climbed into bed together and slept.
When Yang woke up, she heard the water in the bathroom running and went to check on Scott.
She saw him in the shower standing under the hot water, and not moving.
She undressed and walked into the shower and wrapped her arms around him.
He moved his arm around her and pulled her in front of him.
They looked at each other before they both had the same idea.
They washed all of the dirt and grime from their bodies before they dried off and went to the bedroom. They laid down on the bed and looked at each other.
"Are you ready for the best night of your life?" Yang asked
"Um." Scott said sheepishly. "This is my first time."
The two kissed before Yang pushed Scott over so she was on top. "Don't worry. I'll be gentle." She said before slowly lowering herself onto him.
Loki and Coral were woken from their sleep by the sounds coming from the other side of the wall.
"Sounds like Scott and Yang are having fun." Loki said in a tired voice.
"I hope it's Scott and Yang and not Gale and Jose." Coral said in a mischievous tone.
Loki listened for a few seconds. "No. It's Scott and Yang."
"You're dirty." Coral said. "I think you need another bath."
"Only if you join me."
Coral let go of Loki and stood up letting her joints and back pop before helping Loki up.
The two walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
Gale woke up when he heard very loud banging and moaning coming from the other wall. "Damn it. Loki and Coral need to keep it down. These walls are too thin for them to be doing that."
"That's not Coral and Loki Irmano." Jose said sleepily. "That's Scott and Yang."
Gale shuddered. "As if Loki and Coral weren't bad enough."
"Just shut up and shower or something." Jose said putting a pillow over his head.
Gale grabbed a spare outfit from his bag and walked to the shower.
On his way he smacked Jose with his pillow.
Jose didn't move. He would have plenty of time for revenge when he woke up.
Gale took a shower making sure to wash the dirt and grime away before he dried off and got dressed for the day.
When he walked into the room he was bombarded with pillows until he was on the floor and Jose kept hitting him with one of the pillows until it exploded.
Gale and Jose looked around at their feather covered room.
"Uh. Oh." Gale said.
"Divirta-se limpiando essa bagunca." (Have fun cleaning this mess up.) Jose said before running into the bathroom with a change of clothes.
"Wait! What! Damn it." Gale said before looking around the feather covered room.
The group met up for lunch later that day.
"So." Loki said looking at Scott and Yang with a wicked smile that can only come from years of being an older sibling. "Did you two have fun this morning?"
Scott Blushed while Yang just smirked.
"Were we too loud for you?" Yang asked
"Leave them alone Loki." Coral said. "Besides. You know that we are way louder than that."
Everyone blushed.
"What's the matter?" Loki asked Scott.
"I just think that sex is something that shouldn't be joked about." Scott said.
"Let me stop you right there." Coral said. "There is a difference between making love and having sex. Having sex is a one-night stand or friends with benefits. Making love is completely different. When two people who love each other, really love each other, regardless of their faults and imperfections have sex, that's not sex. That's making love. Once you realize that, then sex is just another subject to talk about. Granted it has its time and place, but it's still just another subject."
Scott became uneasy while Yang nodded.
"I'm assuming that this morning was your first time." Loki said.
Scott blushed while Yang shook her head.
"Don't worry." Loki said patting Scott's hand. "We don't talk about our love life either. We may joke about it, but we respect our relationship, and you should too."
He seemed to calm down after that.
Loki looked over at Jose and Gale. "So, Gale? Why does it look like you got in a fight with a chicken?"
"I was going to say it looks like he kissed a chicken." Coral said.
"Jose decide destroy a pillow by beating me with it until it broke."
The group burst into laughter. "You've fought Grimm and White Fang, but you get taken out by a pillow?" Yang asked the awkwardness leaving through their mirth.
"No." Gale said after he caught his breath. "Jose just hates getting the last shower."
"Sounds like Weiss." Yang said. "What would have happened if they got together?"
"I'm hearing cats and dogs." Loki said.
"I would have been a perfect gentleman." Jose whined.
"Yeah. Until she took all the hot water." Gale said.
"My hair gets fragile when cold!" Jose pouted.
"We know." Gale said.
"Aww." Coral said. "Does widdle Jose not like the cold?"
"I can handle the cold, but it makes my hair brittle."
Loki ruffled his hair.
"So, Coral." Scott asked. "Why don't you show us your new toy."
"Okay." Coral said pulling out a box maybe fourteen inches in length and two inches in width and height.
"Um." Yang said in a concerned tone. "Coral. What is that?"
"It's my new toy." Coral said in a seductive tone. "Maybe I can show you how to use it later."
Loki burst into laughter. "Coral! Stop being mean. You're going to send the wrong message."
"Oh fine." Coral said opening the box and pulling a pair of extendable batons out.
Gale, Jose, Scott, and Yang smacked their heads against the table.
Coral burst out laughing when they realized the fun she could have with her new weapons.
"Do they mecha-shift?" Loki asked in a tone suggesting that she already knew.
"Yeah." Coral said flicking the batons to full extension and connected them at the base before spinning it and creating a buzz saw blade.
"Whoa." Gale said when he looked up. "What is that?"
"This is 'Silent Spiral'." Coral said before spinning the blade the opposite way causing the saw blade to retract and collapse before she separated them.
"I think it suits you." Loki said.
"Thanks babe. Now that I have a new weapon we can move on."
"Can we stay for a few days to kill all the Grimm in the area?" Scott asked.
"I don't see why not." Loki said.
"We can start tomorrow." Coral said. "So, don't stay up to late." She winked at Scott and Yang.
The two blushed before Loki swatted Coral's butt. "Leave them alone or I'll have to punish you."
"Want to go back to the room for that?" Coral asked.
Loki grabbed Coral's wrist and dragged her to their room.
"Let's not be here in five minutes." Gale said.
"Agreed." The others said before paying for the meal and leaving the restaurant to do their own things for the rest of the day...away from the Inn.
When Coral and Loki got back to their room Loki began undressing while Coral sat on the bed.
Loki had just taken her shirt off when she saw Coral was just sitting on the bed. "Babe?" She asked. "Is everything all right?"
"No." Coral said. "Everything is not all right."
"What's wrong?" Loki asked sitting beside her lover.
"I lied to you about being a Faunus. That's not all right."
"You didn't lie to me." Loki said running her pinched fingers along Corals back in swirls.
"What." Coral said. "Did Jason tell you?"
"No. Mahogany tried to make you kill me… remember? Also, I'm ashamed to say that before you and I met, I would spend most of my free time with..." Loki became quiet for a while trying to think of the right word.
"Oh." Coral said.
"Yeah. I spent so much time with them that I can tell the difference between sex with a human and sex with a Faunus."
"Oh."
"Yeah. Faunus tend to be a little more aggressive than humans in that regard."
"I see, but what about my past? I've never told you any of it."
"I don't need to know about your past. I know the real you, and it's not defined by your past."
"I'm a monster though."
Loki grabbed Coral and threw her to the floor before curb stomping her. She picked Coral up and dropped her on her knee before kicking her away. She picked her up and dropped her on the spare bed in the room before dragging her off and straddling her. She began punching Coral until her arms hurt and Coral's Aura was depleted.
Loki stood over Coral's bloody, bruised body watching Coral cry. "Now. You do the same to me."
"No." Coral sobbed.
"NOW DAMN IT!"
"NO!" Coral sobbed even louder.
"Why not?" Loki asked, tears stinging the corners of her eyes. "I thought you were a monster."
"I could never hurt you. I love you."
"Then why do you think that you're a monster?" Loki asked, falling to her knees as the tears began to run down her cheeks.
"Because I am."
Loki picked Coral up and walked her to the bathroom. She sat Coral against the door and filled the sink with water and started the tub.
Coral felt Loki dab at the cuts with a towel. "This is going to sting." She heard Loki say before pressing a second towel to Coral's cuts. She let out a hiss as what felt like salt entered the wound.
After Loki had cleaned Coral up as best as she could she took Coral's clothes off and placed Coral in the tub and shut off the water. She bathed Coral carefully not wanting to hurt her any more than she already had. When she was satisfied with her handiwork, she took Coral out of the Bath and dried her off before placing her on the bed and wrapping her in a blanket.
When Coral was settled in the bed, she went and prepared the bath for herself.
She sat in the scalding hot water and sobbed. She had hurt the woman she loved. How was she ever going to forgive herself?
AN: Coral is based off of Laura, Wolverine's Daughter, from X-Men. Her backstory will be coming out in Volume five so prepare for that.