Hello and welcome back guys to the nineteenth chapter. I'm sorry for the unannounced break, but I just lost my fire for a bit when trying to write for my other story, and I ended up procrastinating. Because of that, I will update this story for a few weeks before I go back to the other one.
Don't worry, I will not stop writing this until it is finished, and even then, I will try and write more. The idea bunny in my head is going rabid in there, a lot of inspirations and ideas are in here, and when you have so many you get lost in them and end up in point where you don't know what to write.
But, I'm sure you didn't come here to listen to me, you came here for the chapter itself.
Again, sorry if I follow cannon to much, but I gotta do this until I reach the parts I want.
Now let's get right back where we left off.
'What the fuck was that?!' Mave said in his head, hopping his soul brother would give an answer to his question.
The woman's voice shock him to the very core, making him drop two vases. At first he thought he was hearing bad and has shaken the feeling off, but the second time he couldn't do the same. ''Fenrir, you heard that too, right? I-It wasn't just me?'
''You're right, I've heard it. One of your former torturers if I recall correctly, the one who helped your father in giving you all the burns.''
Inside, Khorne was boiling with fright and rage. It should not have been possible. She had to have died in his blood-lusting rampage back then!
''That can't be! I killed them all, WE killed them all! It's not possible! It can't be her!''
Images of a younger self latched on to a metal chair appeared before his eyes, his father and a hooded woman standing in front of him. The woman was heating all sorts of iron tools for his father to use on him.
She first started with a rod of iron
''NO! STOP IT! DON'T YOU DARE COME ANY CLOSER TO ME!
''Mave! What's wrong? Mave!?''
Mave was so distraught that he was unaware of him holding his head in his hands, actually screaming the words in his mind. His three teammates, Weiss more frantically than the rest, called out to him, wanting to help their teammate.
The hooded figure gave his father the iron rod, the metal glowing orange from the heat.
''NO! STAY BACK!''
But before his father would reach him, he, the woman, the chair and the room vanished, and in front of him now stood Fenrir. The wolf walked beside his brother in an attempt to comfort him.
''You have nothing to be frightened by. That is not your present life. You should pay attention to your true surroundings, the females seem quite worried about you, especially the one in white.'
'Wait, white..Weiss!?'
After realizing what was happening around him thanks to his soul-companion, Mave/Khorne gasped and shook his head quickly from side to side, finally noticing three girls in his room, Weiss near him with a hand on his shoulder, looking at him worried sick.
Weiss, sheepishly, called out to him again, this time using his actual name.
''Khorne? Are you ok? Did something happen?''
She wasn't as frantic as before, but she was still sad, seeing him in any form of pain.
Mave/Khorne on the other hand knew couldn't avoid the situation without lying to the girls, and he didn't want to do any of that. They were his friends, and Weiss maybe even more that just a friend. If he wanted to keep them that way, he had to be honest with them.
But right now he needed to clear his mind and think clearly about the situation.
''I'm...ok, but there is something bothering me, and I'll tell you about it, but right now I want to rest, sorry. And sorry about the vases.'' He said that last part in an attempt to lift the mood, and it slightly worked, but in reality the girls were more happy that he was open to talk about the problem, and not avoid it entirely.
Weiss waved her hand dismissively and shook her head after his last sentence. Yang and Blake still looked at Mave with worry on their faces, but they didn't say anything. He said that he will talk to them about it, so they had no reason to press on the issue at the moment
''Don't worry about it, those are nothing important.''
I nod to her and slowly go and lay in my bed, the rest of the girls preparing for the night after me. When Yang was finished dressing in her sleepwear in the bathroom, a red blur came inside the room, smashing the door open in the process.
''Sorry for the wait, I had to look for the game a while, Didn't realize the library was so large.'' Ruby said with a small grin, the gameboard under her left armpit. ''Oh! Also, what happened? I heard the sound of something breaking and Khorne shouting.''
The question prompted Mave/Khorne to rise up from his position, only staying on the side of his bed, facing his leader.
''Ruby! who did you talk with in the hall when you bumped into them!?''
Ruby was taken aback by the tone of his voice. It sounded desperate, even, scared, if you payed attention. She didn't respond immediately, trying to understand what was happening.
''T-They were just some transfer students from Haven. They didn't say any names, so I don't know who they are.'' She said slowly and in a low voice.
''*Grunt* What did they look like?''
''K-Khorne? W-what's this all about?'' Ruby couldn't help but ask her teammate.
''Ruby. I need to know how did the people you met looked like. Please.'' He said in a more calm, even pleading tone. The girls didn't understand why he needed to know, but Ruby obliged.
''W-well, there was this girl with green hair, dark skin and, red eyes.''
He didn't remember any person who looked like how Ruby said, so he urged her to continue.
''There was a guy with pale skin, grey eyes and hair.''
Again he couldn't remember anyone who matched how he was described.
''And lastly the was a woman with pale skin, long black hair and amber eyes.''
And that was it for Khorne.
He remembered her. He knew her.
He despised her with all his being.
When Ruby confirmed to him, how she looked like, his mind blanched. His breathing became more ragged, his hands balled into fists, and his vision became redder and redder. In the depths of his mind, Fenrir was also snarling at the image of this woman, not only because of what she did to his soul brother, but because he knew who she was from the time he was still a normal being of Grimm.
It was the woman who gave him to the village.
It was the woman who wanted nothing but power to rival gods.
It was the woman who worked for his former queen.
''How...''
The girls looked at him, their worry increasing tenfold. The could also feel the killing intent radiating from him. Weiss slowly approached him in hopes of calming him.
''Khorne, everything is o-EEP'' She extended her arm to reach for his shoulder, but quickly brought it back when he suddenly raised from his bed and roared at the top of his lungs.
''THAT WHORE SHOULD BE NOTHING BUT BLOODY REMAINS ON THE GROUND!''
It was Khorne who said it, but the voice was both his and Fenrir's, booming as loud as thunder and clear as rain. Any team who had their dorm near team RRWBY's would heard that no problem.
All the girls recoiled in fright, as they saw Khorne grabbing his head in his hands and hunching over. He was taking large breaths, trying to not have an outburst. He turned to look at the door, and snarled. He wanted nothing more right now than just go right through the door and find this woman, just so he could kill her make sure she remained dead.
Weiss recovered from her shock, and hugged him from the side. he was hunched over so she was able to to reach with her arms around his neck. He stopped stopped snarling when he felt the hug get stronger. Slowly, but surely, he relaxed in the embrace, and even returned it, putting one arm around her.
''Khorne? Who is this woman?'' Asked Ruby, looking at him.
He sighed, and answered her question.
''I believe, she is one of my torturers from the village. The one who helped my father do everything to me.''
Now, the girls fully understood his outburst, but they didn't jump to conclusions yet.
''Are you sure? Maybe it's just someone who resembles her.''
''I know I haven't seen her, but I remember her voice. But, it can't be her.'' He sat back on his bed, Weiss at his side still hugging him.
''I killed everyone in the village. She should have been dead alongside everyone else. But that voice, it has to be hers. Even Fenrir recognized her voice.
At this revelation, the girls had different reactions, but they all bordered around sadness and hate.
They felt bad for Khorne, just when he was finally getting used to his new life, a part of his past came back to haunt him.
They also felt hate for the supposed woman who helped in torturing him, Yang focusing hating her the most, her irises going red. Just like Khorne, she wanted to storm out of the room and destroy the woman who did this to her friend. Heck she might as well call him family at how well they all got along.
''Girls, I'll be fine. I just need to vent out all of this and understand that this is the reality. *Sigh* I guess I can't just come out of nowhere and harm her, can I?''
''Sadly, you can't. The only thing you could do is tell the headmaster about her.'' Blake suggested.
''No.'' His response to that was firm ''First, I won't do anything unless I am absolutely sure that it is her. Like you said, it might be someone else, but I'm sure it's her. Only then, I will think about telling the headmaster about her.
''Wait what about you?'' Asked Ruby.
''What do you mean?''
''If it is her, do you think she would recognize you, and if she does, what do you think would happen?''
Behind Khorne, Fenrir decided to manifest his body, so that he could also give a piece of his mind, the great wolf resting on Weiss's bed.
''She's right. No one knows what would happen if she found out about you. I'm sure though she won't run away in fear if she did.''
''She sure as hell should do that.''
''True, but still, your identity should be kept hidden, for who knows, she might be searching for you and hope to bring you down for what you did to the village. Or maybe, if she can't hurt you, hurt the ones near you.''
''That will only happen when all of my bones are broken and I am hooked to the ground through my neck and limbs!'' He said it with pure determination. He would much rather go through everything again than even think about one of them going through the same.
''Then keep your eyes peeled, your weapons at the ready and each other at arms reach, for the enemy is closer now, and you might need all the help you can get. But for now continue with your lives. You all said you wanted to hunt down this Torchwick, am I right?''
''He's right. Torchwick and the White Fang are still a problem. We need to take care of them.'' Ruby said, acting as the leader she is. ''Khorne, I'm sorry but we-
''-Don't be. I never wanted to put this before our mission in the first place. For now, this is something I'll just have to get over with. I only ask that when I need the help, you will be there.''
His teammates beamed. ''Of course! We won't ever leave you behind!'' said Ruby.
''Don't you ever think that we won't help you, alright?'' Weiss said, looking in his eyes.
'They may have not made it official, but their relationship is as clear as day.' Fenrir's thought was shared with the rest of the team that looked at the two, each with their own levels of sauciness.
Again, Khorne was reminded that there are now people beside him that will not leave him in his struggles alone.
''T-thank you, girls.'' He said with an unusual stutter. ''Now,...
...What's the plan leader?''
Ruby smiled in anticipation. tomorrow their hunt for Torchwick and the White Fang began.
AN: Finally, I was able to finish this chapter. Seriously, I had to rewrite this one three times before I wrote something that actually looked good enough.
For those that waited, thank you so much for sticking with this, again.
I promise this will not happen again, and by the end of next week I will have another chapter.
Now, as a small side-note. Recently I've gotten attached to reading 'RWBY react/read'' stories, and I wanted to say that if anyone wants to use my story or just a chapter, I would be very moved. This may sound like shameless self promotion, but I would love if there at least a chapter was included.
So if anyone wants to make one, you can do it.
Side-note aside, thank you guys for reading. I'll see you next time.
Bye!