The lightning flash of Remnant
Chapter 1: Introductions!
Hello everyone, I guess you are wondering just what this is about? Let me explain so, you would understand just what is going on around you and the way things have worked in this world and I had to learn everything about it on my own because; I lost my family when I was nine years old. Growing up as I did back in atlas meant that I had few friends even fewer who wanted to be my friend for me and not the status that my family name could give them oh, that's right let me introduce myself properly my name is Asuna Natsumi Uzumaki daughter of Minato namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki I am the heiress to Uzu dust and arms industries. We are as I have been told related to the Schnee cousins in fact I also, learned from dad that we were related to one Taiyang Xiao long on his side that meant I had three cousins all my age well except maybe yang who is older than the three of us.
Life for me was perfect or as perfect as it could be with busy parents, I was content to be able to see my cousins and play with them when I was younger so, mom and dad scheduled trips to vale and castle white a lot for me to play with ruby and Weiss. The one thing that I forgot to mention with my semblance is that it has three distinct parts, the first is the seals like the glyphs of the shnee, the second is my sword skills or simply named sword art online, and the last is my speed because; of these factors I believe things will begin to get interesting and probably worse before they got better for me.
The list of tragedies of my life starts during a late Thursday night dinner where things went from good to bad all because; of one group a single entity known as the white fang, but something has eluded me since that night why would the white fang target my family? Even if they hated humans they wouldn't have murdered innocents or so, I had thought to see the Grimm masked face of the white wearing Faunus just as mom grabbed my arm dragging me through the house to the escape pods although, something told me that I wouldn't be seeing mama or papa anymore. I could hear the fighting going on upstairs swords striking each other as well as gun shots I was eight! I shouldn't be about to lose my parents! We never bothered nobody so, why was this happening to me?! Why was I about to be sent blasting off in an escape pod that could only fit one why couldn't mama and papa come with me?
All this was going through my head in a matter of seconds as I beat on the pods glass wailing my own voice hitting me again and again doing nothing but, giving me a headache as I stopped hitting the glass I mouthed the words hoping she would knowing she wouldn't, yet I tried anyway.
"Come with me mama please" I screamed knowing she couldn't hear me.
She shook her head no and I saw her mouth three words I would never hear either of my parents say again
'I love you my little yuuki please Asuna live on and remember we'll always be with you'
I cried as the pod lifted off and out of the chute that my parents had put into the house for contingencies like tonight my name is Asuna N. Yuuki a name I knew that one day I would have to use to hide myself from my parent's killers. My last image of my mother was her turning toward the door of the escape pods room and fighting knowing she would die an image that would forever haunt my dreams that, and the red slanted paw mark that denoted the white fang. I could do nothing as the pod put me to sleep as it flew across the ocean toward the small island of patch where my uncle tai and his two daughters lived as opposed to my mother's brother Jacques schnee and castle white in atlas.
I would be safe or relatively safe with uncle tai, ruby, and yang it was better than going to mom's brother and often I got along better with ruby and yang than I did with Weiss not for lack of trying but, we could never truly click as much as we had in common because; we were never truly friends. We had different views on how things should be done though, we always did what was best for each other as we could during the times, we would practice with our rapiers the duels we had caused nothing but sure-fire destruction. Anytime her myrnaster faced off with my lambient light the sword skills I employ would almost always trump her dust spells and my speed would out strip hers even when she is using her glyphs so, I tried to help her increase her speed anyway I could well short of giving her the gravity and resistance seals that I always wore.
I don't know how long I slept nor do I know how long it was before I was woken by the jarring of the landing that the escape pod went through I just knew that I was now on patch in the kingdom of vale the only question is who would find me though, as I am pretty sure that uncle tai saw the pod with my families symbol and if he did then so too did uncle qrow and possibly aunt raven. This made me angry a lot of things have just torn my life to shreds yet unlike Weiss and uncle Jacques I do not hate the faunas in general I only hate those of the white fang even if you were once a member I can give you a chance but, you must prove you're not like the rest of the bastards that killed my family.
It wasn't much longer before I felt the aura signatures of aunt raven, uncle tai, and uncle qrow though, I was told not too long ago that aunt summer had died during a mission and I knew then I needed to become stronger because; nothing would take my family from me as it did today. I looked out of the pods window knowing I would have to get out of here soon or I would run out of oxygen I began to coat my hand in aura first to protect the limb from damage and the second to charge up a linear strike that would send the pods door flying from the escape pod so, I did what I had to get free.
There wasn't much oxygen left in the pod I had used up most if not all of it long before mama sent me towards patch and it took even longer for the pod to activate the hibernation software so, I didn't have much time it had to be now because; if not I would die. The attack had charged completely, and I struck the door just as aunt raven arrived sending the door flying from the escape pod and into the nearest tree which happened to pass aunt ravens head just as she made it to me I had started pulling myself out of the escape pod only to fall over my legs trembling from both the landing and the flight.
I could hear my name being called and see if barely a vague figure reaching out to help me up but, the world would not stop spinning long enough for me to get a complete grip over what it is in front of me or more who it is all I can see is a blurry black and red figure with a nodachi on their hip and I knew only one person who had that type of sword. Realizing where I was now, I could do nothing but, scream to high heavens it hurt so, much that I could barely breathe I had begun to hyperventilate when I was tugged into an embrace.
"shhhh let it out little yuuki its alright" aunt raven said, as she rubbed my back as my fist pounded against her chest.
I could feel when uncle tai and uncle qrow arrived but, I didn't turn to face them keeping my head buried in my aunt's breast as I cried so, I had no idea how long it was I had sat there in her embrace nor that I had fallen asleep because; when I woke up we weren't in the field with the escape pod. Looking around I noticed that I was in the room that uncle tai had given me when my parents and I visited…. I stopped cold I could feel myself shaking so, I brought my knees to my chest as I finished the thought I had not wanted to finish 'mama and papa th-there gone'I screamed only two words leaving my mouth over and over.
"Mama! Papa!" I yelled in anguish, as a multitude of feet running up the stairs at my scream.
It wasn't long before both uncle tai and uncle qrow flew into the room aunt raven barging passed them as I continued to scream for my parents it had to be a dream they can't be gone I wanted to yell but, all that came out was me calling for them to come back. It wasn't long before I hyperventilated seconds after I began to thrash around in a full out panic attack seconds later, I was being held close by aunt raven as she whispered words in my ear were, they caring. I believe that they were and so it wasn't for long that the panic attack lasted looking around at the others in the room with me I could see looks of pity in their eyes and I hated it!
Standing from the bed and grabbing my outfit that I had on before when I landed it looked as if it had been cleaned, I walked over to the bathroom on my way out I grabbed lambient light and spoke.
"I don't need your pity" I said, as I slammed my room door on them, I could see a glint in aunt raven's eyes as I left.
I turned to see ruby and yang in front of me both seeming to want to say or do something for a while, the silence around us had begun to get unbearable so, I walked toward both younger girls and poked them both in the forehead with my index and middle fingers I smiled slightly as I walked passed them and into the bathroom. The hot water from the shower was hot as it cascaded down my nude form and I couldn't, help but be grateful for the calming effects it had on me regarding both my sadness and my anger seeing yang and ruby again also, helped me think clearly about my situation.
My parents were dead do to someone ordering the hit on my family and the ones responsible are the white fang though, the only one in the house to truly have any information on the group was here at uncle tai's place and I knew for a fact that aunt raven wouldn't give up what information she has without something in return she was just as shrewd as mother said she would be. But, I know that if anyone could help me finish my training in the sword as well as how to incorporate the different types of dust blades into lambient lights sheathe it would be aunt raven because; she herself used dust blades for her nodachi so, I could learn from her and likely so could yang.
It came as no surprise to me when aunt raven entered the bathroom with yang and ruby while I was in the shower something that never really bothered me seeing as I was comfortable with my body and knew not much could dissuade me of that notion because; of that I stepped from the shower and just toweled off. Looking at the three of them all I could do was smile slightly as out of all of us only yang had her mother remaining while ruby and yang both had uncle tai still so, I just smile and try to bare it as I know that uncle tai would be going for their bodies within the next few days because; we had to prepare for their funerals.
This was something that I knew I would have to face but, the one question is would Weiss show up and help me through my grieving as yang and ruby have or would she leave me to my own devices to please uncle Jacques? It didn't matter anymore I would deal with Weiss at beacon should she choose to go there to further her hunter training that said I continued to learn the sword under aunt raven as well as learning how to use shotgun gauntlets like yang and a scythe like ruby I wanted no I needed to be ready. Finishing my shower, I quickly got dressed and went outside to see aunt raven in front of the house with her blade drawn looking at me with a small smirk she spoke to me.
"I know what you want to do, and I will help you and even help yang as I know she'll be good with a sword just like I am then I'll see if tai and qrow will take over for your other training." She said, with a smirk.
I couldn't help it I smirked back because; she agreed to help me with my sword play and I knew that qrow and uncle tai wouldn't leave my cousins behind. This makes things all the easier and it lets me relax knowing that they would be able to fight for themselves as well as each other though when not if but when I see Weiss again she's going to be in so much pain that she'll wonder for weeks just why she got the treatment that she did.
The fact that it now fell to me to run my parents company was not lost on me nor was the fact that we were in direct competition with Jaquez and the schnee dust company this then gave me an unpleasant thought so, god I hope that I am wrong. There is a distinct possibility that I could be wrong but, what if I am not what if Jaquez really did do what I think he did? If so then why would you put a hit out on your own sister and her family were you really that worried that we could put you out of business without using your questionable methods uncle only time would tell and now it was time to wait and see just what this would bring about in the long run I could only hope that I am wrong about my suspicions and the only way to know would be to have uncle qrow go over there and hack into their mainframe and find out.