Chapter 13: Friends, Traitors and Criminals
"wwaaaaaa." Yawns Drake as he covers his mouth. Currently he's heading for the pharmacy in Vale dressed in a grey short sleeves shirt, blue jeans and leather combat boots. His sleep deprivation was getting worse and worse causing lack of focus, sluggish movements, and a constant irritable attitude that rivaled Weiss's. After some pondering Drake decided that trying some sleeping pills may help him get some sleep, nightmare or not Drake needs to get some sleep, the fight with the Fiend a few days ago nearly ended with disaster thanks to Drake's inability to sleep. "I let one little nightmare scare me and now I'm scared to sleep, if I didn't know better I say I was five years old." Thought Drake as he internally scolded himself for his behavior
. Drake was so lost in thought he didn't even noticed the ginger haired girl in front of him, causing Drake to accidentally bump into the girl sending her onto the floor. Regaining his awareness Drake looked down and gave the girl his hand, "I'm sorry about that, I was distracted." Said Drake as the girl grabbed his hand and lifted herself back onto her feet. Upon closer examination the girl had ginger hair with a pink bow on the back of her head, Caucasian skin with some freckles on her face, green eyes and is wearing a white and grey blouse, with a black and green collar. Not even looking slightly mad about the incident the girl replies with a smile, "It's fine I'm okay, thank you for helping me up."
Slightly embarrassed that the girl he knocked down is now thanking him Drake says. "You don't need to thank me, it was my fault." Said Drake as he extended his hand for a handshake in an attempt to properly introduce himself. The ginger haired girl stood there in silence for a moment, seemingly to process the information. She then proceeded to ask, "Isn't a handshake a symbol of friendship?" A little confused by the question Drake responded and said, "Yes, I suppose it is."
The ginger haired girl's eyes widen and as her face grew an even bigger smile she said. "Does that mean you want to be my friend?" "Ahh, yes I suppose I do want you as a friend." Awkwardly says Drake unsure of what else to say. The ginger girl shakes Drake's hand with the strength of an Ursa's jaw biting its prey, it takes all of Drake's willpower not to scream out in pain. "My name is Penny what's yours?" Questioned Penny with a huge smile on her face.
Nursing his hand the currently unmasked Hunter says, "Names Drake nice to meet you." "I'm glad I can call you a friend, what should we do first?" Said Penny retaining her giant smile. "Huh?" Drake says at the question. "Friends partake in hanging out, so how should we hang out, paint our nails, shopping, talking about cute boys?" Said Penny as she list more and more activities. "Penny only girls do that, I think, but if you want you can join as I get some medicine." Said Drake realizing the best way to end this is to play along. "Oh no, friend are you hurt? Don't worry your friend Penny will help you." Said Penny as she began examining Drake, lifting his shirt to check his torso.
Blushing slightly Drake pulled down his shirt and said. "I'm fine Penny I'm just going down to the pharmacy to get some sleeping pills." "Oh, okay friend lead the way I don't really know my way around here yet." Said Penny. "What? You're not from Vale Penny?" Questioned Drake. "Nope, I'm from Atlas I came here for the Vytal Festival." Clarified Penny. "What? If you came for the festival, does that mean you're a student from Atlas academy?" Asked Drake, Putting her hand to her head in a salute Penny says, "I'm combat ready." "Never judge a book by its cover." Thought Drake, "Are you a student at Beacon Drake?" Questioned Penny, "Yes I am, guess that means we might fight each other at the festival." Said Drake, "You're right, would you like me to throw the match if that happens." Asks Penny with a worried look on her face, "No, I'm just saying it's possible, if we do fight I promise I won't be mad at you, win or lose." Said Drake trying his best to reassure Penny.
"Oh, thank you my friend!" Yells Penny as she wraps her arms around Drake, pulling him into a hug. Normally Drake would be blushing at this display of affection, but currently he's gasping for air like a fish out of water as Penny's hug is literally squeezing the life out of him. "C-can't breathe." Is all Drake can croak out as the last of his breath leaves him. "Sorry." Says Penny as she releases Drake from her soul-crushing hug. "Don't sweat it let's just go." Says Drake as he begins walking to the pharmacy. As Penny and Drake walked among the crowds of Vale Drake begin sweating, his eyes darting in every direction, anxiety and fear gripping his mind. Walking through crowded streets never bothered Drake before, but after the Hunt he couldn't help but feel scared.
After all the most recent crowds Drake had meet wanted to shoot, stab or burn him. "Don't be ridiculous this isn't Yharnam I'm safe right now." Thought Drake in an attempt to calm his nerves, "I wasn't this nervous last time I visited Vale, what's different?" Thought Drake as he pondered what had changed. Then it clicked, last time he was with Coco and Velvet, perhaps they weren't that close, but he considered them friends. But now Drake didn't have them with him, he has no sense of security or comradery to calm him. As Drake attempted to come up with a solution to this problem his hand suddenly felt warm. Looking at his hand Drake saw that Penny had grasped it with her hand. Blushing Drake said, "Penny what are you doing?" With a smile Penny said, "You looked really tense and scared so I decided to comfort you the way friends do, by holding your hand." "Who the hell told her that?" Thought Drake at the strange advice. But he couldn't deny it had work he did feel strangely calmer. As embarrassing as it was Drake and Penny continued holding hands till they finally reached the pharmacy.
After saying hi to the greeter Drake and Penny began looking around for sleeping medication. After some searching Drake found some pills that guaranteed 'a full 8 hour dreamless sleep' no doubt a lie or an exaggerated truth, nonetheless Drake bought it as he knew every other sleeping medication would say something similar. Drake handed the medication to the cashier who scanned it, "That will be 12 lien will you or your girlfriend be paying." Asked the cashier in a teasing tone. "She's not my girlfriend." Said Drake as he handed the cashier the money, which was courtesy of headmaster Ozpin.
Drake and Penny still holding hands left the pharmacy, as Drake was about to say goodbye to Penny and leave for Beacon, but his stomach grumbled. "Hungry friend?" Questioned Penny as she smiled. "Yeah, if you have the time want to join me for lunch?" Asked Drake. "Yes please, I would love to eat with my new friend!" Said Penny a she once again hugged Drake, causing him to nearly lose conscious. Recovering once again from a hug that could rival the Jaws of Life Penny and Drake began searching for a restaurant. Eventually they found a small restaurant that served sandwiches, Drake and Penny decided to eat outside. It wasn't anything special just an ordinary dark green table with matching seats that looked like they were made of plastic. After a moment a waiter went to their table and asked for their drinks. "I'll have water." Said Drake, "I'll have an orange soda." Said Penny, writing down the drinks the waiter handed them two plastic menus and headed back inside the restaurant.
The two sat there in uncomfortable silence with both participants unsure of what to say to the other. "Maybe asking for some basic stuff will help clear the air." Thought Drake, "So Penny how old are you? Said Drake. As he said that Penny adopted a look of discomfort on her face. Drake could faintly hear his mother's nagging voice in the back of mind saying, "you dolt you never ask a woman for her age!" Realizing his mistake Drake hurriedly said, "Sorry Penny that was rude of me you don't have to answer." "No, it's okay I'm sixteen how old are you Drake?" Replied Penny, "I'm eighteen." Said Drake still ashamed of his question. "Are you a native of Vale Drake or were you born somewhere else?" Asked Penny, grateful for the subject change Drake said, "I'm from a rather small village named Sanguinem a small quaint place without too much excitement." "That sounds nice what about your parents where they from Sanguinem as well or did they move from a kingdom?" With a small smile on his face Drake said, "As my father always said 'The Richard family will live and die in Sanguinem only place in the world with decent beer.' Though I think the real reason we never moved is because we didn't have the money for it. Dad was a simple laborer for hire going where ever they needed a work horse giving him whatever they felt like giving him and came home complaining how the beer was awful no matter where he went. Mom was a simple housewife cleaning, cooking and yelling at me." Without Drake knowing it a smile had formed on his face and as he continued talking his smile grew bigger and bigger.
"They sound like their fun parents, so why you decide to attend Beacon." Asked Penny in her normal cheery manner. His smile leaving his face Drake said, "A series of unfortunate events." In a rather somber tone. "Do you want to talk about it?" Asked Penny in a concerned tone. "No, no need to ruin are good time let's talk about something else." Said Drake putting on a fake smile. Before Penny could say anything else the waiter returned and asked if they were ready to order. Because they were too busy talking they both awkwardly looked through the menu and made their orders. "Are you sure you don't want to talk about it? If something was bothering me I like to talk about it with a friend." Said Penny. Sighing Drake said, "Perhaps one day Penny but not now, not here, I'm sorry." "Don't be, talking doesn't help if you don't want to, but when you are ready to talk I've got two ears ready and waiting." Said Penny with a smile. Grinning at that Drake decided to change the subject to Atlas.
Penny being telling Drake about besides being the lead military power of the world Atlas was famous as the main Dust distributor of the world, and for its world-renowned educational system, countless students go to Atlas just for the chance of attending school. After that the waiter returned with their meals. Eating in silence they enjoyed their food and payed. "This was fun Penny, we should do this more often." Said Drake. "Me too, want to exchange numbers?" Said Penny with an adorable grin, agreeing the two exchanged numbers and went their separate ways. Returning to Beacon with the medicine Drake continued his day normally, working out, inhaling all the cafeterias food and doing homework in the library. Looking at the library clock Drake sees that it's already ten. "Time to head back and try out the medicine." Thought Drake as he headed back to his dorm.
While passing through team RWBY's dorm he heard a certain heiress yell, "You know why I despise the White Fang!? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves and murders!" "Maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" Yelled Blake. The effect was instantaneous Drake's body froze instantly as a hot white bitter cold filled his whole body. "Blake's a-" Was all could Drake think off as Blake bolted from the room with inhuman speed. Drake's mind was still on the fritz, but he knew one thing. "I have to stop Blake." Thought Drake as he ran after her. His chase lead him to the entrance of Beacon.
Their stood Blake standing in front of the huntsmen statue a sad look on her face and her bow in her hand revealing a pair of black cat ears on top of her head. As Drake approached her he said, "Blake you're a faunus? Then are you really a member of the White Fang?" Blake stood there quiet the only sound is the howling of the wind. "Blake answer me!" Yelled Drake as he grabbed her by the arm. When all of the sudden a hard object hit Drake on the back of his head knocking him onto the floor, as he drifted into unconscious Drake could have sworn he heard a scream.
Waking up Drake felt the cold surface of stone, the smell of blood in the air and his threaded cane right in front of him. Looking around and picking up his cane Drake saw he was in a small stone room with a wooden door. "What the hell? How did I get here?" Drake asked to no one in particular. Analyzing the room there is no traps or messages only the door. "Only one path." Drake said as he opened the door.
Drake walked through to find himself in an all too familiar place. Littered with dozens of graves, a large stone structure in the middle and on the far right is a set of stairs that lead to a gate, but what caught Drakes undivided attention was the noise he was hearing. SPLAT,SPLAT,SPLAT,SPLAT. The disgusting sound of flesh being crushed as blood was forcibly expelled from a body filled the tomb of Oedon.
Walking closer and closer to the origin of the sound Drake saw who was causing the noise. Right in front of the stone structure was someone in a black outfit wearing a fedora, but it wasn't who Drake thought it would be. The figure who is currently chopping at a now dead Yharnam citizen with an axe was no doubt the spitting image of Gascoigne, except this person was smaller than the father by almost a foot, the overall frame of their body much smaller as well. "Who are you and why are you wearing that?!" Demanded Drake, dream or no dream no one disrespects Gascoigne.
The figure turned to face Drake and to Drake's complete shock it was Blake. "Beast all over the shop, I can smell it you're one of them." Said Blake as she turned to Drake.
"Blake stop this I don't want to fight, I just want answers." Said Drake. Blake charged Drake axe in hand, Drake dodged to the right avoiding the swing as it shattered a gravestone into pieces. Blake with inhuman speed charged forward swinging her axe wildly. All Drake could do was dodge and weave around the tomb each strike getting a bit closer to hitting their mark. Quickly Drake was forced against the tomb's wall, there is nowhere to run. "Crap." Was all Drake could say as Blake prepared to slash Drake across the chest with her axe. Drake after seeing Blake's outrageous strength put all his strength into a horizontal slash. As the canes blade meet the axe head the axe head shattered, the canes blade ripped through Blake's chest leaving a giant slash wound. "Forgive me." Was all Blake said as she collapsed onto the floor dead from her wound.
Drake stood there looking at Blake's body, he felt as his entire body was made of stone. He wanted to check her wound, maybe he still had time, maybe he could save her. But he did no such thing all he could do was stand there paralyzed as feeling of self-loathing, anger and sadness brewed inside him. The he heard the sound of footsteps turning to the sound he saw Weiss, Ruby and Yang. They're all wearing a familiar grey and white dress with matching skirt and black leather shoes. They all had tears rolling down their faces, their eyes completely bloodshot. They go over to Blake's corpse and kneeled down. "It's all your fault." Say's Yang too disgusted to even look at Drake's face. "No I didn't want to fight, she attacked me!" Yelled Drake in self-defense. "It's all your fault." Said Ruby. "I didn't mean to cut her, her weapon all of the sudden broke!" Yelled Drake. "It's all your fault." Said Weiss as she gently patted Blake's head. "No, I did everything I could." Said Drake as he fell to his knees. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Repeated Drake as his body began to shake uncontrollably and the world faded to black.
Waking up Drake's body is drenched in sweat. Looking around Drake sees he's in another dorm. The dorm has badly made bunk beds, several posters of men Drake didn't recognize and one of the drapes looks like it was cut in half then sewn back together. The door opened and Ruby walked into the room. "Drake you're awake, are you alright you look like you've seen a ghost." Asked Ruby with a concerned tone.
"Just a nightmare, what happened last night? Where Blake?" Asked Drake. "That's what we want to know we found you alone knocked out in front of Beacon, what happened?" Asked Ruby in a concerned tone. Before Drake could say anything else Weiss and Yang also entered the room and they do not look happy. Yang upon seeing Drake conscious waked over to him and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt her eyes glowing. "Where is Blake? What happened last night?"
"Yang let him go, we won't get anything out of him like that." Said Weiss in a calm tone. Reluctantly Yang released Drake and Weiss resumed talking. "Drake considering the fact we found you unconscious in front of Beacon we naturally have some questions, can you please answer them honestly and quickly." Said Weiss in a calm tone, but even though she spoke politely and calmly Drake could sense a cold harsh feeling from her words that promised a cruel fate if Drake didn't answer honestly, it was disturbing.
"I overheard your argument with Blake, I chased her outside to the entrance, when I confronted her about being a White Fang member I was attacked from behind. I have no idea who the culprit was and where Blake is." Said Drake quickly. "Blast it, we were hoping you had more information, at the very least something we could go off of, but were still in the dark." Said Weiss in a disappointed tone. " What do we do now?" Asked Yang. "We search for Blake, she's our friend and she needs our help." Said Ruby in a determined tone.
"Before we do anything Ruby you're forgetting this isn't a private matter, so Drake what are you going to do?" Asked Weiss as she stared at Drake with cold look her face.
"I'm not going to report this to Ozpin if that's what you're asking Weiss, we still don't know if Blake is truly a White Fang member no need to bother the kind professor until we discover the truth." Said Drake.
"Good, glad to see were on the same page, will split into four and search Vale, report when you get even a glimpse of Blake I'll be waiting at the Bullheads." Said Weiss as she left the room. "I'll head to my dorm and get my equipment." Said Drake as he got out of the bed and headed to his dorm. After arming up and putting on his attire Drake and the three members of RWBY got on board a Bullhead and entered Vale.
After hours of searching shops, asking civilians and checking Blake's favorite spots the four hunters had nothing to show for their efforts. This trend continued for days and every day the search ended in failure and the effects were beginning to show. Ruby's hyperactive and cheery attitude was replaced with a gloomy demeanor that was unsettling to say the least. Yang's fiery attitude was replaced with near overwhelming worry for Blake and Weiss says little to Drake or her teammates almost entirely focusing on the search for Blake. The four have convinced the professors that Blake is too sick to be able to attend class, but this won't last forever and the longer Blake is gone suspicion will only grow. During another day of patrolling for Blake for hours Drake decided It's too late at night to continue the search.
"Damn it Blake where are you?" The masked Hunter said out loud to himself to vent some frustration. Drake sat on a nearby bench to take a short rest before heading back to Beacon when an old man approached him. The old man is wearing a ripped and dirty clothing, his bare feet covered in cuts and dried blood, his hair resembles a rats nest as it shines in the city lights due to being covered in grease.
"Hello, young man may I take a seat?" Politely asked the old man. Reluctantly Drake said, "Of course." As he made room for the old man trying his best to not react to the old man's repugnant stench. As he sat down on the bench the old man sighed in relief, "Thank you my friend, not many people willing to tolerate me around these parts, names Rusty and yours?" Questioned Rusty.
" Drake it's a pleasure sir." Said Drake trying his best to retain his politeness. " It's a pleasure to meet you Drake where you heading to?" Asked Rusty continuing his line of questioning. " Just heading back home, had a long day." Said Drake as his annoyance rose at Rusty's continued pestering. " With all that fancy clothing I bet you're a Hunter, killed some terrible Grim didn't you, maybe even saved a pretty girl, hahaha." Laughed Rusty at his own joke.
Sighing in irritation Drake said, "No just looking for a friend."
"Looking for a friend did she get lost on her way home?" Asked Rusty with a confused look.
"No, she ran off after getting into an argument with her friends." Said Drake as he adopted a defeated look.
" With a look like that it sounds like this is pretty serious want to talk about it, not like a loser like me can judge you, hahaha." Laughed Rusty. "No its-." Drake stopped himself as he recalled Penny's words "Are you sure you don't want to talk about it? If something was bothering me I like to talk about it with a friend."
" I should at least practice, talking about Blake is easier than talking about Yharnam." Thought Drake. " My friend may have been involved with a rather troublesome group and when her friends found out she ran away and we've been searching for her for a few days now." Said Drake hiding the more sensitive parts of the story.
"Are her other friends still mad at her?" Questioned Rusty "I don't think so I say more worried and hurt that she didn't tell them sooner." Said Drake."
And what about you Drake, how do you feel?"Asked Rusty."
I understand her, she's not the only one keeping secrets and it can't be easy for everyone to find out your secret before your ready to share it with them, if you can ever be ready to share them." Said Drake in a somber tone. "Can you elaborate more Drake?" Questioned Rusty. " A secret is hidden for a reason, and that reason is your ashamed of it and if you tell anyone about it you remember everything you did. 'Sigh' It makes you wish you could go back in time and stop yourself before you make the biggest mistake in you whole life." Said Drake as a single tear ran down his face. " Your wrong Drake." Said Rusty in a serious tone. " Take it from a homeless loser who gets his meals from trash cans, if I all I did was lament everything that I could have done to save myself from my current predicament I would have ended it a long time ago. You can't change the past, you can never know the future so we must live and enjoy the present." Said Rusty with a big toothy grin. " You're not wrong Rusty, but it hurts to remember I don't know if I can move forward." Said Drake cursing his pathetic demeanor. " Time heals all wounds Drake, one day I'm sure you'll move forward." Said Rusty. Smiling and standing up from the bench Drake said, " Thanks Rusty."
" I thought you were heading home Drake?" Said Rusty confused. "I was but I feel motivated to keep looking for my friend." Said Drake with a smile. " Then good luck Drake, though you should stay away from the docks some bad folk are around there." Said Rusty in a concerned tone. " What do you mean Rusty?" Asked Drake confused. " Earlier today while picking from one of my favorite dumpsters I heard a man in a white suit and hat talk to a deer faunus wearing a creepy mask about some kind of deal they were making and they would meet up at night near the docks." Shocked Drake said, "This man was he a ginger carrying a cane and the mask the faunus wore did it look like a Grimm mask?" "Why yes, do you known them Drake?" Questioned Rusty. Wasting no time Drake sprinted as fast as he could towards the docks. " It was that Torchwick criminal team RWBY told me about and no doubt that Faunus was a white fang member, if Blake really is a member of the White Fang she should be at this deal."
As Drake sprinted through downtown rushing towards the docks the world shook as a terrible explosion came from the docks. "Damn it all Blake!" Yelled Drake as he continued running. Finally making to the docks Drake saw a tower of smoke from what appeared to be a destroyed Bullhead as the sounds of a battle roared through the night. Drake saw Blake dueling Torchwick as a blonde monkey faunus he didn't recognized fought of some lackeys. Ignoring the stranger Drake charged to Blake to assist her, but before he could even yell her name Drake was sent flying through the air, landing painfully on his stomach.
Groaning Drake stood up and saw his attacker. A large muscular deer faunus wearing a white fang uniform antlers sticking out from the top of his head, with his mask resembling a wolfs, in his hands is a large pickaxe with a dust chamber near the grip. " Traitors and roaches bad night to be chief of security huh roach." Said the deer faunus as he approached Drake.
Drake wasted no time, he charged his attacker with his cane in blade form mentally preparing to dodge any attack the deer faunus would retaliate with. However he such thing happened Drakes blade bounced of his opponents chest like nothing. Seeing his opportunity the deer faunus swung his pickaxe vertically in an attempt to slice drake in to. Drake hopped back to avoid the blow, but as the pickaxes blade hit the ground a seismic explosion split the earth apart sending Drake flying once again. Hastily getting to his feet Drake could feel his ribs now cracked from landing on them as he tasted blood in his mouth.
" It's called the earthquake pick Atlas originally designed this bad boy to get dust trapped in large blocks of ice, they stopped making them after a few dozens faunus lost their lives in a testing accident, how about it? An eye for an eye?" Mocked the faunus as he approached Drake.
Pulling out his pistol Drake fired at his attackers head only for it to pounce of as if he had fired from a pellet gun. " Iron skin for a semblance only man to lay a scratch on me is Adam and trust me roach he's leagues above you. Said the fanus as he Slammed the pick to the ground once again. Quickly Drake reached into his belt and activated his Hunters bone, using his newfound mobility he avoid the seismic attack. " Damn it no choice." Said Drake as reached into his belt for his last resort.
When the sound of a landing Bullhead screamed into his ear. " Obsidian come on were leaving!" Yelled Torchwick as he entered the aircraft. " Next time roach, next time." Said Obsidian as he bolted for the Bullhead. Not wanting to waste his last resort Drake only watched as both Torchwick and Obsidian board the Bullhead and fly away into the night.
Looking around Drake saw the destruction the battle had caused besides the Bullhead wreck, there is large cracks in the concrete, small fires and about two dozen knocked out White Fang goons. Approaching a tired Blake and her monkey friend Drake also saw- " Ruby? Penny!?" Said the unmasked hunter in shock.
All of them turned towards Drake the surprise visible on all their faces. " Drake what are you doing her?" Asked Blake. "Same reason Ruby's hear to figure out the truth between you and the white fang, and somehow we got mixed into a huge firefight that somehow even involved Penny." Said Drake gesturing to the red and ginger haired girls. "Oh, Ruby does that mean your friends with Drake as well? Then that means I have two friends, dad would be so proud!" Squealed the ginger haired girl as she trapped Ruby into one of her vintage death hugs.
" And who in the seven hells are you?" Asked Drake gesturing towards the monkey faunus with blonde hair, blue shorts and a unbuttoned shirt exposing his six pack. " Names Sun and I'm friend of Blake's I kinda helped her with our little attack and sorry about knocking you out a few days ago." Sheepishly said Sun.
With introductions and explanations out of the way Drake turned towards Blake. "After all the trouble I owe you some answers, so what do you want to know?" Asked Blake in a tone of sadness. " Are you a member of the White Fang?" Asked Drake in a emotionless voice. "Not anymore i left whe-." Stopped Blake as Drake held up his hand, a gesture of silence. "Good, that's all I needed to know." Said Drake.
"What? after all that you don't want more information like how or why I left in the first place?" Questioned Blake in a shocked tone. "Blake we all found out about all this from a simple slip of the tongue and I doubt your few days leading up to this mess has changed that. When your ready to tell me and your teammates everything come find me and I'll lend you an ear. I just wanted to make sure you were a comrade, goodnight everyone I'm heading for bed." Said Drake as he left his friends to deal with the police and an approaching Weiss and Yang who probably had words for their runaway teammate that would prevent Drake's well deserve sleep.
In an unknown location
Rusty stood in the back of an alleyway eating beans from a dirty can when he head the sound of footsteps. "Who's their? Stay back!" Yelled a terrified Rusty.
The figure that approached Rusty was a black cloaked figure wearing a blue masquerade mask that covered his entire face. "Hello master, don't worry I've checked the area were alone." Said the masked figure.
Throwing away the beans Rusty stood up and said, "Good I have some news you need to report to the others, tell them the Hunter is strong, but he is not yet ready."
"But, master did he not destroy the nightmares of his old dimension, surely he could defeat the black moon." Asked the masked figure in shock.
"No one denies that Azure, however it is not just our enemy that haunts the boy his own demons prevent him from doing what must be done and the longer he remains attached to Yharnam the worse he'll be." Said Rusty.
"Then what do we do master?" Asked Azure.
With a toothy grin Rusty say's, "We force him to kill the demons that live in his head."
Hello my friends it's the Strawhat9001 and I wish you happy late new years. Telling you all the things in my life that have prevented me from uploading and working on this would turn this into a blog. But writing wise it's because I just couldn't make this chapter feel right, it still feels a little off to me, and I have begun writing a very rough draft for a future project which I will upload later. Till next time and I wish you all a nice day.