Chapter 2: Enkidu 2.0

Somewhere in Saunus

Gilgamesh's hands went limp, his whole body barely able to keep himself from falling over. Few things could catch him off guard and fewer things could truly shock him. He could count the number of times he had been in a state like the current one on two hands, and that one hand accounted for virtually his entire existence.

Enkidu was his one and only true friend. It might not have been a friend in the traditional sense, but it was his only equal. Enkidu was simply unrivaled and it was the only person that the King of Heroes considered to be his equal. No other had come even close to being his equal since.

Of course he knew that this little Faunus girl was not Enkidu, but she looked so close to it. Perhaps one day, she would grow up and mature into a face with only a few features to match his only friend, but that didn't matter right now. All that mattered was that the perfect image of Enkidu was lying in front of him. He had to preserve that image, whatever it took. To hell with the fact that what he was thinking and doing didn't make any sense. If he wanted things to be a certain way, they would damn well be his way.

"Are you alive?" Gilgamesh let a rare caring tone inside his words, thought it sounded alien coming from his mouth, even for him.

"..." The little girl looked scared and hurt.

"My name is Gilgamesh." The demigod tried to shift the girl into a comfortable position. "I will save you."

"...why does a Human want to help me?" The girl sounded empty. "Why do you care?"

"Because I said so." Gilgamesh forced her to face him, his words deadly serious in tone. "I am the King of Heroes, and I have decided that your life is extremely valuable."

The girl looked barely alive, physically and mentally. She was aware of his question, even answering him as best of her knowledge, but that was just it. There was little more going on than a mechanical answer, like a machine responding to a command given by its operator or user. For anyone else, this wouldn't have mattered nearly as much. He wasn't deluding himself one bit; if this girl looked like anyone else, he would have soundly disregarded her and left her to fend for herself.

This time though, it mattered. Anything that held a connection to Enkidu, even if by pure chance, was worth preserving.

"Can you get up?" He demanded of her. "Are you capable of standing?"

"I…" She looked dead.

"Never mind, then." Gilgamesh grumbled, picking the girl up in his arms. "Hang on tight, and NO complaining."

Using a combination of his own physical power and his magic, he began to take off at speeds impossible for any Human or Faunus to achieve. He probably could even outrun someone with a speed semblance. Although he made considerable headway in getting far away from the burning village, he had no need to. Well, until he'd found this girl, he hadn't needed to.

A minute later, he scanned his surroundings. Nobody had followed them, and there was no one around for now. With the coast clear, the King of Heroes gently set the girl down. She appeared to be barely clinging to life. It was a miracle that she was alive let alone able to utter a single word. Her willpower must be above average.

"Nevertheless, she's damaged." Gilgamesh knew from a glance. "I must heal her injuries first."

He placed a hand to her forehead, rendering her completely unconscious. Once that was done, he began to use his mana to heal her. It was a simple process really. Although not specialized as a healer, he did have the means to become one. Among his many treasures, knowledge of healing was very abundant. He simply never had a use for said knowledge until now.

The demigod finished healing the girl, then set her down on a futon that he summoned. He would give her a few hours of rest before they set out. It was then that he realized what he was doing.

"You are a sentimental fool, Gilgamesh." He admonished himself harshly. "Enkidu is dead and will never return. This… girl… is not my friend, and she never will be."

He almost called the child a mongrel, but he couldn't bring himself to insult her, even though she was a mongrel, even if an innocent and ignorant one. Her resemblance to his one and only friend prevented him from saying the insult. If he did, he would be insulting the memory of Enkidu, and he would rather watch the world burn than sully the memories of his only equal. Call it petty nonsense or childish thinking, it didn't matter.

"What am I doing?" Gilgamesh sat on a nearby rock and placed his head in his hands. "I have little experience in raising children."

He did remember his own son, Ur-Nungal, and quite frankly, the way he raised him was far from a caring and loving parent. Like any ruler, he trained his successor to be what Uruk needed: a strong and intelligent ruler. Aside from the blood tie and the official relationship, there was little that bound them in life, so even though he had been a father in the past, it wasn't enough to prepare him for this.

"No, silence your doubts." The demigod shook his head and stood up. "You are not a coward, and you do not back down from difficult tasks."

The sound of something growling made him shift his head to the little girl. He didn't know her name, but he did know that she appeared to lack food of any kind. Judging by the timeframe of the attack, it was probably dinner time and she was probably… unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the right time.

"I should get a fire going." Gilgamesh said to himself. "It won't do me much good if she dies."

With a sigh, he began to gather all the materials necessary to build a makeshift place to stay for the night, and to make sure that there were no witnesses, he concealed them within a space that only they would be able to perceive in any way.

Fate/Stay Night - - - RWBY

She opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a light to her side. Judging by the snapping and crackling, it looked like she was near a fire. The heat was close by, but so close that she was burning up.

She lifted lifted an arm, testing her own reflexes. She felt fine, which didn't make sense considering that she distinctly remembered being injured quite badly. How had her injuries managed to to be healed without her knowing it?

"You're awake now." A man's voice echoed. "I was beginning to wonder if you were permanently damaged… or dead."

The girl raised her head. Although it was nighttime, the fire provided enough illumination for her to see what she guessed to be her savior. He was hunched over, his hands clasped together in front of him. He had hair that was gold, the brightest gold she had ever seen, and the fire only made his hair all the more stunning. His eyes too were intense, a shade of blood-red, and they were looking at her right now. The face she didn't recognize, but he looked strong, he looked powerful. He didn't look like a nobody.

"Well, are you going to say something, girl?" He asked her with a bit of bite. "It's impolite to address your savior with silence."

"Why did you save me?" She asked the first question. "Nobody's ever done anything nice for me before."

"Like I said previously, you mean something to me." He answered her as if the answer was obvious. "Do the details really matter? You are alive and well."

She still had questions, but who was she to ask more questions from someone who clearly went out of his way to help her when no one else in her life had ever done anything nice for her? She was a Faunus, and the treatment she receive, it just was how things were. Her kind wasn't meant to stand on the same footing as Mankind. That was the life she had known ever since she could remember.

"What is your name, girl?" Gilgamesh moved the conversation forward. "I have given you my name. Now give me yours."

It started out as a question, but then became something of a requirement. While she didn't sense a threat or any underlying malicious intent, she felt that she had to answer him. It wasn't like she had a choice in the matter.

"My name is… Lily." For a moment, she struggled to recall even her first name.

"Just Lily?" The man looked unsatisfied. "No family name?"

"I don't have a family." Lily replied, stating her words as if they were simply common knowledge. "So I don't have a last name."

"What happened to your family?" Gilgamesh demanded another question.

"I don't know." Lily looked into the fire and lowered her voice to a murmur. "They might be dead, or maybe they didn't love me. I know that I'm by myself, and nobody likes me."

"I find that hard to believe. You were dressed and clothed as if properly cared for." He made it a point to gaze at her to make sure of his words. "Unless what you wear does not truly belong to you."

"I stole it." She answered simply, seeing no point in lying. "I wanted to look nice for once."

"I see." He frowned at her words, seemingly not phased. "Be thankful that I also mended your clothing. I cannot have you wearing rags in my presence."

The night all around them was abuzz with sounds, but none that broke the tranquil and serene atmosphere. The controlled fire, the sound of crickets, the rustling of wind every so often, all of it compounded into a night of simple peace. While days like these weren't uncommon for the green-haired girl, this was the first time that she remembered being able to share the moment with another individual.

"Your past doesn't matter to me in the least." Gilgamesh voiced his opinion. "I have decided that your life will continue on, so I will be your guardian."

"Huh?" Lily was confused. "Like a dad?"

"Not a father." Gilgamesh looked at her annoyed. "That is not the right way to frame this. No, I will be more of a big brother to you."

"Big… brother?" The idea had never occurred to her.

"I saved your life. Therefore, I will give your life meaning where you couldn't." He proclaimed, standing up in the process. "Follow my lead, do as I say, and you will be a person worthy of the life I have granted you."

"But-" She began.

"I don't care that you're a Faunus, or that you're a street rat. Such things don't concern me. What concerns me is your lack of real ambition, your lack of goals."

Instinct told her not to trust in the words of a stranger. She had been through this a few times before, and the few times that she had been lent a hand, it had ultimately done something to swindle her or hurt her. The rule of thumb was not to trust anyone and simply take what she needed to survive.

At the same time, she couldn't deny that families and friends looked nice to have. It seemed like everyone else had someone if they were ever in a pinch, but not her. She only had herself, and no one else. Even among those that didn't have a family, she was an outcast. She was a Faunus, so the Human kids treated her differently. If not outright hostility or caution, then they were… distant from her.

"I don't get it." Lily shifted her head to get more comfortable.

"You will, with time." Gilgamesh replied as if she should know what his words meant. "For now, eat this."

He handed her a bowl with a soup inside it. The smell was quite enticing on its own, but the look too was quite appealing. Deciding that she was hungry enough to eat, she took the bowl rather quickly and began to wolf down the food.

"Eat slowly." He grilled. "One that does not savor what they are given is not worthy of what they are given, especially considering that I made this."

She didn't really understand too much of his fancy languages or whatever he was speaking, so she continued to eat to her heart's content. It had been a long time since she had had a proper meal.

RWBY - - - Fate/Stay Night

Gilgamesh watched the girl as she had fallen into another deep slumber, this time because she wanted to sleep. She had no family, no one to rely on. She was wary of him, but because she was a child, and judging from her behavior, she was very narrow-minded in the ways of the world. She was impressionable, so he had plenty of time to mold her into the image that he saw fit, and he would gladly do so.

"She will be strong." The King of Heroes said. "She will be intelligent. She will be willful. She will be by my side as my equal or my superior, nothing less."

Just as Enkidu was his only equal, he would make this girl into his equal. If she was to be worthy enough to remain within his care, she would need to prove that she could do the things he could. It didn't matter that she was a child, and it didn't matter that the resemblance between her and Enkidu was uncanny. Even children in Uruk had to prove their own worth from a young age, lest they get ostracized and probably disowned from their own family if not outright killed. This was to be no exception and he wouldn't budge on this point.

"And speaking of Uruk," Gilgamesh pondered softly, "I will need to establish a cover story for myself if asked."

Passing himself off as a person from one of the many settlements scattered around Remnant would be child's play. Many of these villages were not on any maps, or so far as Amber's knowledge told him, and since villages and settlements were often attacked, and sometimes destroyed by raiders and Grimm, there would be little in the ways of contradictions. Besides, if he said that his own hometown was destroyed, he wouldn't be lying. Uruk was long gone, not destroyed by an enemy, just by time, one of the most powerful forces in all of the universe.

"I will also need a family name." He thought about this for a few moments. "I suppose I could take on my kingdom's name as a means to keep the spirit alive."

Gilgamesh Uruk. He tested the tongue on his name. It would do, although he felt strangely disappointed in it. It lacked any real creativity, and it didn't follow the rules of color-naming that this world seemed to dead-set on following. It was unusual to think that a war would sprout up all for the sake of expression or the lack thereof depending upon the perspective, and all of this was in this world's recent history.

"The Great War." Gilgamesh looked through Amber's memories. "A war of global scale to decide of freedom and expression were greater than order and suppression."

Even if the reasoning for the war was taken away, it was amazing to think that the mongrels and dogs of this world even fought a war to begin with, especially considering the Grimm closing in. What genius thought it was a good up to bring all negative emotions to an all-time high? Either the people of this world were incredibly short-sighted, stupid, or they were so petty as to let their personal feelings get in the way so much. There wasn't a point to focusing on this conflict. It was eighty years in the past. It was simply a lesson to learn from, and an obvious one to the demigod.

"Tsk." The King of Heroes gritted his teeth lightly. "It seems that no matter where I go, Mankind is always faced with a problem. First, it was overpopulation of mongrels with no purpose. Now, mongrels and dogs warring at the wrong time."

War and conflict always had a purpose. It was the most basic and important of primal human instinct. Mastery of this art meant that the chances of surviving and thriving were drastically increased. Perhaps if not happening on this planet, he would say that the war being fought was one that was destined to happen.

Aside from reviewing history, there was also another matter that he had to consider. The Fall Maiden, as he had predicted, was acting on behalf of her true master, Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy located in the Kingdom of Vale. Opposing the man was Salem, a mysterious witch that controlled the Grimm.

Gilgamesh wanted to know more about these two individuals. In his eyes, they were the key players in a dangerous game of chess. Both of them were gathering pieces for a war. While Ozpin had huntsmen and huntresses on his side, Salem had the Grimm and numerous rogue elements as well. His knowledge obtained from the Fall Maiden didn't allow him to know names or faces, but the Grimm weren't going to be enough to conquer this world. Even more important than the pieces on both sides were their true objectives of the leaders. While he had some theories on what they wanted, there were enough elements, known and unknown that he could not simply theorize and hypothesize for days on end.

In the end, he chose not to think about it too much. For now, he just had to think about his own future here as well as the future of the girl he had taken in. He rose from his seated position, stretching out his body to get slight soreness out of his systems. Then with silent footsteps, he approached the slumbering girl, kneeling down next to her to get a close look at her. He neither smiled nor frowned. This was Enkidu, yet it was not.

"You are Lily Uruk from now on." Gilgamesh whispered to her, even known she could not hear him. "Your life as a normal Faunus is now over. In the presence of Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes, you will transcend this world's limitations and become one worthy to represent myself and my old kingdom."

While he had great expectations for her, he could not help but feel a bit hypocritical. All people should come to form their own identities through life experiences, yet he would choose to shape her for no reason other than because she looked like Enkidu. If he was true to himself, he would have left her to her fate.

Gilgamesh did not want to contend with himself. When he was selfish, no amount of logic would be able to move him.

Fate/Stay Night - - - RWBY

A few days later...

Both Gilgamesh and Lily had come to an understanding. He had strange powers unlike that of huntsmen and huntresses. She had a healthy dosage of fear for her newfound guardian, or big brother now as he insisted she call him. It was to be expected given that she was still wary, albeit hopeful that this would turn out differently than the previous times she had turned to others for help.

Besides her own development, the demigod considered himself as well. In hindsight, he should have foreseen it. Nobody save for a handful of individuals could fight against him and have a chance at defeating him. He was fortunate enough that those handful who did have a chance never finished him off. He had promised himself to never be caught off guard like that again. It would begin with himself.

"When will we start training?" Lily asked the question, though he expected it.

"When I deem you ready." Gilgamesh responded to her offhandedly. "Because you are not."

To prove his point, he pulled a simple dagger from the Gate of Babylon and offered it to her. She reached for it, but then dropped it without warning, no doubt not expecting the weapon to be as heavy as it was. She tried again to lift it, and when she found that one hand wouldn't do the trick, she used both hands. Even then, she was barely able to keep the blade in front of her and keep it steady.

"This is why you are not ready." The King of Heroes sighed while shaking his head. "We will have to physically condition you so that you can reach your prime state."

"What does that mean?" The girl asked.

"...it means you need to get stronger." Apparently, children weren't well-versed in more complex wording. "A lot stronger."

"Oh…" Lily thought about this for a moment, then smiled. "Okay then!"

"That was quick." Gilgamesh muttered to himself. "I expected a fight."

The only reason that the two of them hadn't gotten to Vale faster was primarily that there was no real hurry to do so. Although Gilgamesh wasn't one to prefer tranquility and solitude, he didn't mind it right now. It was a good time to formulate a long-term plan as well as consider his position in this world. Aside from one loose end, he was in the clear. Nobody wanted to kill him, nobody knew who he was, and nobody cared. He was free to create his own legacy on this world at his own pace.

"I'm hungry." Lily spoke out of the blue with her request. "Can we eat?"

"You will eat when it is lunchtime." Gilgamesh wasn't about to spoil this girl. "Not a minute sooner."

"Please?" She queried once again.

"No." He remained firm.

"Please?"

"No."

"I'll do anything."

"Then you will hunt for food yourself. Otherwise, you will eat when I say you will eat. That is FINAL, you little brat."

With a pout that he was immune to, they resumed walking. He knew that she had nothing else to get back at him with. She was a thief, not a hunter, so there was no conceivable way that she would be able to hunt for food, not without his help at any rate. Thankfully, her attitude suggested that she wasn't offended by his words, which was fortunate. A hateful Enkidu look-alike did not sit well with him.

"Why don't I show you the power you will wield." He was getting ahead of himself, showing her promised power that she hadn't earned yet. "Watch carefully."

They both stopped walking, with the King of Heroes kneeling down, and holding one hand out. The little girl watched intently as it began to glow with half the power of the Fall Maiden.

"Whoa!" She looked in awe. "What's that."

"The power of Fall." He grinned at her enthusiasm. "And if you do well, it will be all yours."

He wasn't lying when he said that she would have to earn the power, but what he did not feel compelled to tell her in this moment was that getting the power from him was only half the battle. He only had half the power, and as a final test, she would have to kill the woman who had the other half.

And she would do this on her own.

"Like the Fall Maiden?" Lily tilted her head in perplexment.

"Exactly." Gilgamesh would educate her properly. "And you'll have power like me."

"Like you?" The thought seemed to get her blood pumping. "Cool!"

"But you need to earn it." He extinguished the light from his hands.

"That'll take a long time!"

"Stop complaining, brat!"

If this is what he could continue to expect from bringing along this kid, then he considered that he had made another error in judgement. Perhaps there was a reason why children why children were never at the forefront of his mind during when he was alive. This had to be the reason. What was he thinking?

It was time to take a more serious measure to get his point across. He reached into the Gate of Babylon and pulled a standard sword out.

"You do realize that I could kill you with a single thought." Gilgamesh decided to test a threat with a wide swing of the sword. "A single thought, and your like would be over before you knew what hit you."

"No, please don't!" She got down on her knees and began to beg. "I want to be powerful like you!"

That reaction came a little too suddenly, and it made him quirk his eyebrow as he observed the kneeling child. She did value her life, enough to get down and beg for mercy. If she were much older, he would have spit on her, mocked her, ridiculed her, and then killed her for daring to be pushy with him. Still, even if she weren't an Enkidu look-alike, he still wouldn't kill her. Killing a child, by itself, didn't do anything for him.

"Stop kneeling!" He growled at her. "Get up! NOW!"

"Yes, sir!" She jumped up on command. "What should I do?"

Good, he had instilled fear into her. He returned the blade to the gate.

"Shut up and walk."

RWBY - - - Fate/Stay Night

Two weeks later…

For everyday that Lily endured walking, the next day would be spent using magic to accelerate their travel speed. The continent of Sanus was the largest continent on this world as well as the one with the most landscapes. To the west, the Kingdom of Vacuo resided, which resembled Uruk more than Vale did, but getting there would have effectively tripled their journey length at the very least. They would need to find a more efficient method of travel, one that didn't involved constant use of his magic. Powerful though he might be, it just felt like a waste to use magic in such a trivial manner.

That being said, he did have one means of travel that would make good time. Among his many treasures, he had vehicles for travel, but like his own magic, if one was sensitive enough, one could detect its presence, and admittedly, an aircraft gave off more energy than enhanced physicality. Plus, he had to stick to disciplining Lily.

The entrance to Vale was easy to bypass. All he had to do was make them both invisible and slip by the patrol while they were inspecting someone else. To ensure that no sensors of technological means would be used, the demigod masked their physical presences as well. They passed through without incident.

"Alright, runt, I have a task for you." Gilgamesh just got a great idea. "We need someone's scroll. Steal one."

"How do I do that?" Lily looked at him like he was crazy.

"Don't question my orders." He gave her a look. "Do what I say."

"Why do I have to do this?" Lily asked yet another question.

"Because I said so." Gilgamesh exasperated, glaring at her. "Now GO!"

With reluctant steps, she took off on her own, and he watched her until she was out of sight. He wasn't worried about her getting lost or not being able to find him once she had completed her task. Apparently, her Faunus senses were very sharp, especially her sense of smell. He gave off a very strong and unique signature, or so she had told him, which was more or less what he expected.

His eyes wandered all around, taking in the people and the place. This place was drab and mundane. He wasn't sure what made this place so strong. It was one of the four kingdoms in the world, yet he wouldn't even classify it as such. It didn't present an image of grandiose or splendor or anything spectacular. If he were to feel anything, it would be utter disappointment.

His gaze shifted to see the tower of Beacon Academy, one of the few intriguing sites in the city. Ozpin had to be within that tower. According to Amber's knowledge, the man was known to frequent the tower for much of his time when he wasn't busy attending to matters of the school or other matters of importance.

Gilgamesh, receiving yet another idea, leaped up, climbing up a building, then jumping to the next highest building. His fluid and precise movements brought him to a fairly high point, on top of an apartment complex, not the tallest building in the city, but it had enough elevation for what he was about to do.

He reached into the Gate of Babylon and retrieved a pen, paper, and surface to write on. He took only a brief second to think about what he wanted to write. The whole time, his face broke into a mad grin. Once he had finished writing, he read his own message, which served to only to widen his grin. Feeling satisfied, he grabbed a bow and arrow. Attaching the message to the arrow, he took perfect aim, then released. As it was an enhanced bow, it would travel the distance he wished.

"Now I wait to see what sort of fire I have lit." Gilgamesh laughed lightly.

Lily was no doubt almost done with the task assigned to her, so the King of Heroes stored his belongings as he descended. With the same grace and elegance he had going up, he flew down and landed without so much as a whisper under his feet.

"Now where is she?" The demigod began to scan the streets. "I can sense that she's nearby."

Looking from left to right, he let out a loud sigh as he casually strolled along, looking like any other young man. It was like walking through Fuyuki City; nobody recognized him, although he was occasionally be observed. Many secretly admired his stunning looks and chiselled body, something he was used to. Another time and he might just indulge in this feeling more.

"Big brother!" Lily's shrill voice. "I did it!"

Gilgamesh saw the little girl rush up to him, holding out a scroll in his hand. A few people looked at them weirdly, but otherwise dismissed it.

"Who did you take this from?"

"I don't know. It was guy in a white suit with a hat and a cane. I think his hair was orange or red."

He plucked the device from her hands, to which she responded with a small whine. He powered on the device, surprised that no password was required, and began to scroll through the contents of the device.

"Murders, thefts, arson, bribery, guard duty, dust procurement." Gilgamesh could only nod his head. "And lien… a whole lot of lien."

Whoever Lily had stolen this from had been doing some real scummy work, but then again, someone had to do it. This was probably more than most people could make in their lifetime.

He also couldn't complain about the money they had now.

"You have passed the test, little cat." He decided to indulge in her.

"So… can I keep it?" She ventured timidly. "Since I, you know, got it?"

"Yes, you did retrieve this." He tossed it back to her. "Take it. If I need it, I will take it."

"Yay!" She began to bounce around. "I get a scroll!"

Gilgamesh chose not to encourage nor discourage her current emotional state. She might be an annoying little brat, but she had proven to be more than meets the eye. He would have to see what other sorts of talents and skills she had.

She couldn't hide that she also had stolen lien, but he wasn't going to tell her that he knew that.

Fate/Stay Night - - - RWBY

Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy, was sipping on his coffee while doing some evening paperwork. As of late, he was beginning to prepare for the next year. There were many things to do, even months before the start of the school year. Beacon had seen its seniors graduate and sent out into the world. Now it was time to introduce a new generation of heroes into the fold.

Then he heard something. Had something hit the glass of the tower? That couldn't be merely coincidental. His eyes redirected to the window to his left. Sticking halfway outside was an arrow, and his eyes also spotted what looked to be a piece of paper or some parchment along its length.

Curious but also suspicious, he got up from his chair, retrieved his cane, and strode to the window. He unwrapped the paper from the envelope and read the note.

I killed the Fall Maiden. She was not worthy of its power.

The man didn't show any visible emotions, but now he was on edge. This couldn't be a joke of any kind. This message indicated a tone of finality and certainty to it, which made it highly unlikely that this was a prank. Few people know about the Maidens existing. Fewer still knew where to find them.

Ozpin's scroll buzzed to life on his desk. With reluctance, he quickly opened the message application to see that it was Qrow sending a message, and just like the message from the arrow, the message from Qrow told a similar story.

Amber is dead. Her heart was ripped from her chest. I don't know who's responsible.

The headmaster clenched his fist.

RWBY - - - Fate/Stay Night

"Where the hell did my scroll go?!"

Up until a few moments ago, Roman Torchwick was having a perfectly good evening. He was just resting up for the night, getting a few rounds, not enough to get him drunk, but enough to get a good feeling. He thought he might also stop to let off some steam somewhere. It had been a while.

Then he felt for his scroll and found it to be missing. That got his mind rolling; he didn't misplace anything at all, he didn't drop things, and her certainly didn't forget things. That left only one option: someone had swindled him, and it had to be someone with skill, because he was THE master thief. He first checked his surroundings. As far as he could tell, nobody looked suspicious.

With his already-agitated state, the few people that were about stayed clear of him. Holding his cigarette tightly, he swiftly traced his surroundings, yet not finding anyone that was suspicious in any way.

He turned on another sidestreet, and he caught sight of a girl, a Faunus girl. Normally, Faunus concealed their features, even in Vale despite it being one of the more tolerant of the four kingdoms. Frankly, he didn't really care one way or the other, but what caught his attention was how deftly she swindled a man of his own wallet. She then did the same to a passing woman, and she seemed to do it all with an expert hand. Her victims didn't even notice that she had taken someone from them.

She was a likely suspect.

But before he could catch up to her, she was already gone. She had disappeared around a corner and vanished like dust in the wind.

"Well... fuck."

I'm pretty sure that Gilgamesh, in some way, gets a kick out of rubbing salt into the wounds of his enemies or people that he's wronged. I guess that's his arrogance talking. Being able to disrespect Ozpin is just his way of putting himself out there. He didn't put his name so nobody really knows who is, but killing a maiden isn't exactly easy, at least for people who aren't Gilgamesh.

And now I have given Enkidu 2.0 a name: Lily. I needed a name that was close to the color green, and that's what I came up with. As for her backstory, I don't find it hard to believe that when pressed for survival, thieves will usually learn the tricks for survival at a better pace than those who have it easier.

Oh, by the way, as I write this story, I am writing with the english dubs of the Fate/Stay Night anime series. Grant George voiced Gilgamesh in the Fate Route and David Vincent voiced Gilgamesh in Unlimited Blade Works. To my ears, Grant George does a good job of sounding like a real asshole while David Vincent is better at the high and mighty attitude that evokes a sense of superiority over everyone else.

So what did you guys think? Good? Bad? Meh? I do so appreciate the feedback that I've been given for the first chapter. It would appear that there are more Gilgamesh fanboys than I thought.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter.

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