Grimm Satisfaction
Chapter 4
How did this happen?
"Zwei, do you have to mark every single tree we pass on our way back home?" I asked annoyed by the dog's actions.
He simply stared back with a weird dog like smirk before going back to annoying me endlessly.
Huugh, this is just how it always is. For some odd reason Summer just happens to be on a mission whenever Zwei has to go to the vet. Can't she just take care of her dog! It may be cute and cuddly to everyone, but as soon as we're alone Zwei is out to get me. I swear he only does it, because Summer told me to never leave him alone! He knows I can't just leave!
In my rambling thoughts I didn't notice Zwei peeing on my leg. "Ahh," I yell and jump back in surprise, "You don't have to be more pain just because the vet took all night this time!" He bites my leg, but I ignore it.
Why oh why did Summer have to unlock the dog's aura and train it all those years ago? It was an excellent idea at the time. Getting a hunter dog to help team STRQ in battle was great. Zwei was a menace on the battlefield to all Grimm. He'd jam sand where ever it fit in a Grimm, imbalance the ground, and just be a general nuisance. Now, to a minor degree, he is all of that and more to me since we stopped bringing him out on missions. A missing leg is a really good way to get discharged.
Don't even get me started on all of the problems now with his aura. You need a specialist vet, more food, more water, stronger medication when he's sick, and worst of all a way to keep him from destroying something. Zwei was born for battle, trained to fight, and has countless victories on his metaphorical belt. Not only that, but he enjoyed it immensely. Now all he does is play with the kids, laze around, and mess with me. Some of his favorite activities include peeing on my shoe, chewing random body parts because he can, and burying my stuff in the yard.
At least he protects Yang and Ruby. That's a plus. He'd probably die for them which is something I can respect. Looking downward I saw he was chewing on my shoe. "Too bad there is little else to respect," I mumble shaking him off my shoe. He scampered away to another tree.
"At least I can admire the beauty of Patch, while I wait for him to stop his shenanigans," I say to myself for the fifth time this trip. Though, Patch truly is a wonderful sight. Even in the Winter the pure white snow shines brightly, the trees are an oddly colorful brown and the texture makes it somewhat comfortable to sleep on. How I know that isn't important!
After twenty minutes of walking at a snail's pace we finally reached our home. It was a small, peaceful cottage. Far away from any town or city, located deep inside a forest. Grimm are practical nonexistent and there is this wonderful cliff side with a beautiful sunrise. I just wish we built the cottage there.
Examining the cottage I noticed that Ruby's window was broken. Looking close I saw that it was completely shattered. I launched forward and Zwei quickly followed. In a few seconds we were there and inside we found Ruby's room a mess. The window was gone, the door was knocked down, pillows and blankets were strewn across the floor, and her carpet had claw marks on it.
Quickly exiting the room I saw that the kitchen was even worse. Everything was in disarray. Anything once on the counter was now on the floor broken or bent. I noticed one of the knives was missing. Zwei barked and pointed his head in the direction of the corner. I saw Grimm dust and blood? Did one of them slay the Grimm?
Rushing to Yang's room I opened the door and my heart exploded. Yang har her arm wrapped around Ruby, both of them were in cute animal pajamas, and they were sharing a pillow and blanket. Pulling out my scroll I took a few pictures. Okay, maybe a couple hundred, but it was too cute. I needed to show this to Summer and Qrow. They'd love it. Summer may even set it as her background.
A few minutes later Zwei barked and growled at me. Turning around I saw that he had a broomstick in his mouth. "You really want me to leave?" I asked the dog. He shakes his head up and down way too happily.
Before I could do anything he dropped the broomstick and hopped right into Yang's bed. I begrudgingly take a few pictures knowing Summer would love to see this. Maybe she'd make me her famous chocolate chip cookies for my woes.
I start with sweeping the kitchen floor and move on to other problems in the kitchen. After I finished gathering up all of the debris I noticed how there was not a spec of cookie on the floor. "They better not have eaten those off the floor!" I yell to no one in particular.
Finishing my task of cleaning the kitchen I begin making a mental list of all the things that need replacing. While doing so, I start cleaning up Ruby's room. "The door isn't much of a problem, but the window is going to be a pain to fix," I sigh, "Wonder who killed the Beowolf?"
That question plagued my mind throughout my cleaning sessions. Yang seems like the obvious choice, but it wasn't her window that was run through. Ruby has her Silver Eyes, but no aura to use them. Wait did she have aura? Now that I think about it, Ruby did have a faint glow around her. I was just too distracted to notice.
Is it time to start huntress training? It would be a year early for Yang and two ish years early for Ruby. If another event like this happened I don't know what Summer would do to me. Oh god, Qrow! He would kill me for this. "Zwei! Come out here and help me fix the window!" I yell out not expecting anything, I roll my eyes and say, "If you help I'll buy you a hundred muffins!"
He came running in seconds. Nobody knows why, but Zwei has an odd obsession with apple flavored muffins. In thirty minutes we got both the window and door fixed. While not perfect, it looks way better than it used to.
After finishing I heard Yang try to wake up Ruby and fail miserably. My daughter was hard to wake up compared to Ruby, the easiest thing alive. She would stay asleep even if you pushed her off the bed. Out of all of Qrow's idiosyncrasies she would obviously get that one.
I grab my weapons and head to my daughter's room. It's time to train them into powerful huntresses.
Authors Note
Alright, to clear up some confusion on Ruby's stat gain I'm going to explain it partially. I like big numbers, so Ruby and basically most average huntsmen and huntresses will have stats in the thousands. Ruby also won't be able to just do a thousand pushups and get an increase in strength. She will have a much harder time training her body and mind outside of combat. The level up will also slow down. It won't just increase by 100 per level.
Now onto the skills. I'm not giving Ruby any skills that are basically meaningless. Dishwashing and dancing for example. She'll be getting mostly combat oriented skills or skills that are useful in combat. If you have any suggestions or ideas, I'd be happy to hear it.
Alright one final thing. Ruby isn't alone with her OP skills, traits, or perks. Everyone has traits, perks, and skills whether they know it or not. Jaune, for example, would have a trait that makes him a better strategist and leader. Phyyra might have a trait/perk like Genius among Geniuses that make her really good at learning and training skills. It just depends on the birth and what they've done. Though, it would take way more effort to train skills and get perks compared to Ruby.
Actually I have a totally true statement. Igg… I mean Zwei has a stan… I mean semblance that controls and creates sand. Woah, I'm very original!