(Now since last chapter was cliffhanging. Time to see if there's enough strength in one arm to pull up.)
Some Kind of Wonderful
Ruby and I rush over to...to Yang's body, the two of us taking one side of her body. Ruby looks horror-stricken, she starts to shake her older sister.
"Yang? Yang?!" She pleads desperately, I can see tears starting to form up in her eyes. "Come on sis! You gotta be alright...r-right?" She says with her voice breaking, she lets loose the water works and starts crying. And it dawns on me about something:
This is my fault. Yang is dead because of me.
"I'm so sorry, Ruby." I quietly say looking down at Yang's body, I hear Rubes sniff. "W-What do you mean? It's not your fault."
"But it is my fault." I tell her a bit louder trying to fight back tears
"I- what are you talking abou-"
"I MEAN THAT I DID THIS RUBY! ME!" I shout out at her filled with heart-break and self-loathing, "I-If I hadn't fired off that rocket, Yang would be fine! Now she's..." I can feel a tear slide down my cheek, trying to find the words to say
"There was so much I wanted to tell you Yang." I breath out with my voice breaking, "I wanted to say that you were an amazing, funny, beautiful girl and that I loved you. I wanted to tell you in the woods but I couldn't! Now you're...oh God I'm sorry Ruby. I'm sorry Yang." I then burry my face into Yang's chest and start sobbing like a baby, I had a chance to tell her about it. Now I'm never going to be able to get another chance again.
It's my fault she's dead, and Ruby is going to hate me, I'll be seen as a murderer, I'm going to be alone. I'm so terrified and sad I can't even think straight.
I feel someone's hand touch my shoulder, I look up to Ruby and...she's not touching me. I look behind and see someone else:
Yang?
"Y-Yang? Is that you?" I quietly ask, she looks shocked. She closes her eyes and nods before opening her eyes back up again, "It's me guys." She softly says
Wait a minute, it actually is her. I...I didn't kill her, my chest starts feeling full again. That means, looking at the other 'Yang' I see the body's eyes open up to show glowing red eyes. There's a growl from it as it transforms into the Grimm and rips the stalactite out of it's stomach and tossing it aside
"WHY DIDN'T YOU DIE YOU STUPID BLONDE BITCH?!" It roars out before knocking Yang away with it's tail: my sadness and my joy all turn into something more ugly, something I can tell Ruby is feeling too.
Hate.
As the thing stands up Ruby and I start to let loose a hurricane of strikes on the Grimm, with me and her letting out a scream of anger at the Grimm. Slicing it piece by piece with our scythes before we simultaneously hit it full force and send it crashing into the wall of the cave.
Crescent Rose transforming into it's sniper form, Ruby starts to blast massive holes into the Grimm while it screams out in pain. I transform Cerberus into it's rocket launcher form and let loose a shot.
No escape this time.
It causes a blast strong enough to cause rubble to collapse on top of the Grimm if it wasn't obliterated. Transforming and sheathing Cerberus, I was panting. Me and Ruby killed it this time.
Looking back to Yang, she's standing back up clutching her arm. Ruby rushing past me to tackle hug her sister, she doesn't even say anything as the two sisters embrace one another.
I smile and take a few deep-breaths, everyone's alright.
Cain? You there?
Yes. I am, well done.
I honestly thought she was dead for a moment...in hindsight it is Yang here.
What makes you say that?
She's too stubborn to die.
Really?
Yep.
Going back to reality, I see the two have stopped hugging. Ruby's eyes cleared up of tears, she walks over and gives me a hug. I'm a bit paralyzed at that moment before I hug back
"It was an accident Axel." She softly says, "I know you would never do anything to hurt Yang and me."
"Thanks Rubes...means a lot." I quietly tell her with a pat on her back, we stop hugging as she points out to where the light is. "Come on! The others are probably worried about us." She says cheerfully.
"You go on ahead sis, me and Axel need to have a...discussion." Yang says with a long pause, oh boy. Looking to Ruby she nods at her older sister.
"Right! I uhh...I-I'll tell them you're...busy cleaning up with stuff." The red haired girl says before hurrying off in the blink of an eye, Semblance or not that girl is lightning quick sometimes.
I soon feel hot breath tickle the back of my neck, turning around I see Yang standing there. Watching me.
"I have a question for you." She says in a low tone of voice
"W-what's the question?" I stutter out nervously
"Did you mean what you said there? About loving me?"
I start to stutter out nonsense out of nervousness, this is your chance now Axel! You can do it!
"Axel, can you an-mph!" I cut her off with a kiss planted right on her lips: her's feel soft, warm and relaxing. I keep kissing her for a few more seconds before pulling away, even in near darkness I can see Yang's face flushed red.
"Did that uh...d-did that answer your question?" I ask her, I can see her give a warm smile. "Yes. Yes it did." She gives a kiss of her own full of passion, it leaves me tense for a moment but I ease in and start kissing her back.
At that moment, there's nothing to worry about: No Arrival, no school, no Grimm, nothing at all. Just me and her sharing a moment together in a cave.
We break away again, this time in need of air.
"I um...I love you too." Yang sheepishly says, I smile and give her a tight hug. She hugs me back, it's a firm hold on me...makes me feel safe.
The two of us stop hugging soon enough and smile at one another, "So when did the feelings start coming up for you?" She asks curiously
"When we were nine...how about you?"
She sighs sadly and shakes her head, "Ten. Too bad you couldn't have stayed just a bit longer. I could've told you, but then again I may have gotten nerves." She says chuckling
I laugh a bit with her, "I know exactly what that's like. It was like pushing a boulder up hill for me to tell you about it...guess I managed to do it."
Yang gives a little giggle and pecks me on the cheek leaving me blushing with a sheepish smile on my face, "You sure did. C'mon" she says throwing her head to the side, "Let's get going."
"Yeah...lets." I simply say before the two of us head back outside, once we head outside everyone is standing there watching. Silas and Blake holding hands with everyone else with a little smile on their face.
"Sooooo," Uriah starts up, "You two seal the deal yet?"
"You know what. We did Uriah." Yang says confidently
"Just wait Uri, when you're called into Ozpin's office next time well...let's just say you tries to clean it. Just in the wrong way." I say with a wry grin at him, Uriah gives a frown and shakes his head
"Congratulations you two." He says, there's more honesty in that then I could know.
"Here's to you both." Silas adds in
"Wish you guys luck!" Roy happily says
You know, I looked up to find love has a lot of things: love heals, love hurts, love is a joke, I think love is something that you have to find out by your own. And it's...it's a pretty great thing.
Beacon, Nighttime
Everyone but Yang and I are asleep, the two of us have just been talking to one another about just various things: life, school, jokes, all sorts of stuff.
"So Axel?" She asks
"Yeah?"
"You think we'll do alright?" She asks again, I look at her iliac colored eyes. I smile at her and nod, "You and me? We've always done pretty great as friends...how's a relationship going to be any different? I'm in love with one of my best friends, I'm pretty sure that a guy with a giant sword and a charming and beautiful girl that can crack a Beowolf's skull like a nut would do perfect."
She rolls her eyes and shakes her head, "Flattery much?" She snarks
"You want it to be?" I snark back at her
"From another guy? No. From you?" She plants a peck on my lips and smiles, "Yeah why not?"
I laugh and lay my head back on the pillow and close my eyes. "G'night Yangy."
"Goodnight Axie."
With that I drift off into sleep. Things may go south at times, but right now it's all looking up.
The Cave
"Come on now! You worms better do as told or you'll learn what suffering is!" Donn Yell hisses to the Shoggoths and cultists digging away at the rocks, he was angered that the Changeling was not able to return back. It better be alive or else in his name Donn is going to lobotomize every bastard here, except the Shoggoths because...they're not exactly the most organ filled of creatures.
"Sir! We found it!" One young man calls out, Donn smiles and heads over to where the voice came from. Bending over the old man looked to see the pulsating but slowly regenerating body of the Changeling, nearly annihilated from the looks of it.
Fascinating.
"Changeling. Tell me what has done this to you." Donn Yell calmly asks his experiment, the Changeling merely hisses for a moment in white-hot hatred before answering in a voice that sounds like thousands upon thousands were speaking at once: old, young, man, woman, chittering, hissing, roaring, whispering, all sounds.
"A RED HOODED BITCH AND A COAT-WEARING BASTARD."
Donn Yell raised an eyebrow and looked to his data-pad, scrolling through names until he came across two that matched the Changelings...vulgar descriptions:
Axel Lind, student at Beacon Academy, candidate for 'sacrifice'
And Ruby Rose, also a student at Beacon Academy, another candidate for 'sacrifice'
Donn gave a cruel smile and nodded.
"Care to tell me how they fight?"
"LET ME HAVE MY HAND IN RUINING THE BITCH AND I'LL TELL YA EVERYTHING DOC."
"Patience now...we have all the time in the world."
(That's that then. Not sure if I can say this is one of my better chapters, but oh well eh? Got stuff wrapped up and ready to get on to Black and White. And The Stray)