"It's dark… I'm scared… Please… Come find me… I need you…"
Yang didn't know how things changed so quickly. She used to be this lovable girl who would party with anyone, and would do what she could to help anyone. She used to be a thrill seeker; she wanted nothing more than adventure.
But that all changed, at the fall of Beacon. Nowadays she mostly found herself just sitting in the living room while watching whatever was on the television, or just put on a movie. She even changed her look as well; she didn't just let her hair down loosely, she just tied it back. She just hadn't been the same these past eight months.
Here she was, sitting on the couch, while holding a plush toy that was of a corgi, while watching a movie, called "My Neighbor Catario" for the fiftieth time in the row. It was the little ones favorite; Destiny. Everyday she missed her, everyday she thought about her; and not knowing what happened to her, made her paranoid with worry. Very often a thought came over her, if Destiny was one of the unfortunate victims during the fall of Beacon.
She had hoped not.
She had spent her time watching this movie, though as she did, she couldn't help but think back to Beacon, when everything was just normal.
All the times that she had made her laugh; made Destiny laugh. She missed her smile, honestly she did. Somehow, someway, she wished that little girl was here with her, and once more she give that warm smile that she, her sister and friends had grown to love. Just as the movie was at the halfway point she heard someone knocking rapidly at the door. The voice that came on the other side was her father, Taiyang.
"Hey!" He yelled from the other-side, "It's me open the door!"
Yang paused the movie and placed the plush somewhere nearby before going to the door. When she opened it, she that her father was carrying a young teenage boy in his arms; wrapped in makeshift bandages as he was covered in blood.
He had short ruby hair that was in reverse, most of his hair was covering his left eye. He appeared to have scales on the side of his neck that was in the color of gray. He even had a long tail with the same colored scales. His right hand in gray scales as well though his nails were sharp like spikes. He wore boots that wore of brown and had orange buckles, and had on dark gray cargo pants with a brown buckle to go with it. He wore a dark green shirt with a green choker around his neck. Around his neck he had on a golden circle necklace that hung loosely.
The scales on his body and tail aren't normal; is he a fanus?
Yang's eyes widened when she saw the condition of the young teenager.
"What happened!?" Yang said, as she moved out of the way to let her father inside the house.
"He was attacked by Grimm!" Taiyang explained, "Good thing I was there otherwise he would've been killed."
He went over to the couch and placed the young teen their. "What do we do?" Yang asked him.
"I need you to stay with him, while I go get the doctor." Taiyang said, "Make sure he doesn't bleed death."
"Got it, no problem!" Yang said. With that Taiyang went out of the house and down the dirt pathway that had been provided. As soon as he left, she had heard a groan, coming from the young teen. Yang turned to him and saw that he was opening his eyes, revealing to be golden.
"Hey, are you okay?" Yang said to him.
The teen didn't answer as he tried to sit up.
"No, don't get up!" Yang said putting her hand on his shoulder, "You're injured!"
The teen started to mumble incoherent words; Yang leaned in closer, so that she could make out what he was saying. "What? What are you saying?"
The teen spoke up but was shocked when he said-
"... Ya… Ng… Ya… Ng…"
Yang's eyes widened slightly when she heard this from the young teen. That didn't make any sense at all… How could this young teen before her, know her name?
(Opening Theme: Let's Just Live Performed by Casey Lee Williams)
-Somewhere Across the Ocean-
The boat had glided across the water, like an aircraft in the clouds. Many of it's passengers on board were either enjoying the view or just running about on deck. Blake Belladonna was one of the passengers that had stood among its crowd, looking upon the ocean, just having thoughts about all that has happened.
At one point she looked down at a bracelet that was around her wrist, thinking back to the certain little someone who had given her the bracelet before she ended up running. She had heard she went missing after the fall of Beacon, and she couldn't help but worry about her. She had promised herself when she was done with what she wanted to do, first thing, she would find Destiny, wherever she was.
It would probably take a long time for her, to find leads, but, she would try. She would try to-No she WOULD find her and-
"Blake…"
Blake was soon startled when she heard the sound of someone familiar. She looked over to her right but saw that there was no one there, only the sound of children playing. Blake shook it off knowing that it couldn't be possible. Soon enough a young teenage boy at the age of fifteen approached her.
"Hey sis."
Blake turned and jumped slightly when she saw the fifteen year old, who had the same colored eyes as her. His hair was black and slightly long, and upon his head he had a pair of cat ears like her, but his left ear had been chipped. Around his neck he had a pair of golden bands, with silver around them. He had on a short brown and gray jacket with pockets on the sleeves, and under it was a dark gray jacket. He had on a pair of black short pants with a brown buckle around his waist. His legs had scars, and he had on a pair of brown shoes, with red laces. On his hands he had on a pair of gray fingerless gloves with a brown buckle as well.
"Kobi…" Blake said sighing with relief, "Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry, didn't mean to." Kobi said before handing her a drink which was a bottle of water, "I thought you might be thirsty, so I got you something to drink."
Blake took the water bottle from him, "... Thanks."
She opened the water bottle and took a sip from the bottle of water. Kobi turned his attention towards the ocean, "... You know, I don't mean to bring you down, but it's weird just to be with you again." Kobi said, "Not that I'm saying that I'm grateful that you actually forgave me, and that you let me travel with you, but… It's just strange ya know?"
"Of course I forgive you Kobi, you're my little brother." Blake said, "... I'm just glad that you finally came to your senses and left the White Fang."
Kobi cracked a smile, "Well, they gave me a reason to leave. After what they did to Beacon what he did to you… They just went to far ya know? I'm sorry I didn't listen to you when I had the chance. I just wish I could've stopped it."
"It's alright little brother." Blake said to him, giving him a comforting pat on the shoulder, "It's like I said to you before, I forgive you. Besides I can never be mad at you." Kobi let his head rest on Blake's shoulder as his ears turned droopy; Blake put her arm around both of his shoulders and allowed him to do so.
There was a time when there was distance between her and her little brother Kobi, and that was the time when they were both a part of the White Fang. When they were only children they participated in protests of the White Fang, and when they grew they were apart of criminal activities, mostly involving planned attacks. What had made them distant from each other was when Blake left the White Fang and went to Beacon; her brother ended up staying with them.
At a time Kobi hated her for leaving, but after the fall of Beacon, he had come to realize that she was right. All he wanted was to hurt the people that had called them freaks, but no one had ever said that their would be Grimm, and they would actually kill innocent people, let alone, the man, their mentor by the name of Adam would torture his own sister. Before he had left, he had called him a monster, that he was something even worse than humans and left for good. He had managed to find Blake before she had gotten on the boat, and had a speech prepared to apologize to her; he was even prepared to beg for her forgiveness if necessary.
Though he was surprised enough as it is when Blake had pulled him into a hug, and told her that she was thankful that he came back to her. He was surprised really, but was happy to have his sister back.
Now here they were on the same boat, both of them heading in the same direction wanting the same thing. They both enjoyed each other's company until Kobi spotted the ship's captain; Kobi tensed up and had a fearful look, Blake had tensed up as well, but gave a cold glare.
"You two traveling alone?" The Captain asked.
Blake went in front of her younger brother and was prepared to draw her weapon. The Captain lifted his hands and said calmly, "Now, now, no threat here, I just want to chat."
Blake moved her hand away from her weapon, "And why is that?"
The Captain had replied, going over to the railing, "Well, not many people travel by themselves. It can be quite a lonely voyage even if it's just two people. But I found those that do… Tend to have interesting stories."
Blake turned away from the Captain and moved away from her brother, going to the railing as well.
"Sometimes it's just better for some people to be alone." Blake said.
"Sis…" Kobi said with worry.
Blake jumped at a sound that had caught her ears, but soon calmed down when she saw two children running, across the deck playing a game of tag. The Captain laughed, "Maybe, but with your paranoia, I think a few friendly faces wouldn't hurt."
"Who says I'm being paranoid!?" Blake said angrily.
"You did, just now." Her little brother said.
"Kobi!" Blake said as her face turned red. The Captain laughed again, "Well, at least your little brother has a sense of humor. I'll leave you two be."
The Captain proceeded off of the deck, but took a moment to turn back to the two siblings, "But uh, fair warning, these trips can get awfully boring." With that he walked away, leaving the two of them be. Kobi let out a sigh, "Well, that happened."
Kobi turned to his sister about to say something but than saw her remove her black bow.
"What are you doing?" Kobi asked looking at the ribbon in her hand.
"Where we're going, I won't be needing this." Blake said to her brother.
Blake held the ribbon at arms length and she let the ribbon go, and it flew within the ocean floating above the water, and she watched as it disappeared from the distance. "Come on, let's head inside for now." Blake said to her younger brother. Kobi nodded and they proceeded off of the deck, unaware that a hooded figure had watched them both from a distance.
-Meanwhile in Patch-
A few days had passed since the young teen, had been brought into the home of Tai-Yang and his daughter Yang Xiao Long. Though it had only had come to pass his wounds had been healing at a fast pace, thanks to the aura that had been recovering while he was asleep. The doctor had told them that wounds that had been inflicted weren't at all serious, and he should make a full recovery by the next few weeks.
Until he was strong enough to walk, he had been staying in their house for the time being. Though it still begged the question to Yang, how in the hell did he know her name?
Yang once again found herself sitting in the living having the small corgi plush close to her. She looked to the stack of box that was on her right, but instead turned to the remote that was on her left. She picked up the remote and turned on the television, watching whatever was on, most of them being about news.
Soon enough the young teen, by the name of Angel, had stepped into the living room his arms covered in bandages, and traces of bandages around his neck. "Hey." He said softly getting her attention.
Yang turned slightly to him, giving him a gaze as if she was dead, "Is it alright if I sit with you?"
Yang's eyes turned back to the television, but she had moved over on the couch, making space for him. Angel had taken that as a yes, and proceeded to take a seat, just a few inches apart from Yang. For a few moments there was silence between them as Yang flipped through channels every now and than. Angel's eyes soon fell upon the little corgi plush that had sat in her lap.
Angel had decided to make some conversation.
"That's a really cute plush you have." Angel said; Yang turned slightly towards the young teen, "Did you buy it from somewhere?"
Yang didn't say anything but shook her head in reply to his question. "Oh, so it's a gift than?" Angel asked, though he didn't expect her to answer, "Was it from your dad? Or your sister maybe?"
"... It's from a friend." Yang answered with slight hesitation, "... It was her way of cheering me up when I was upset about something. I would've thanked her for it but… She went missing before I could…"
"Ah… I see, that's a shame." Angel said nodding his head slightly, "... I hope she's alright."
"... Me too." Yang said.
Yang stopped at a certain channel with the news reporter Lisa Lavender. Angel noticed that her eyes had focused on the topic that she was talking about.
"... Multiple rumors continue to circulate as to who was behind the attacks at the Vytal Festival Tournament. While no one knows for sure, officials have confirmed that high-ranking White Fang member Adam Taurus was present at the attack. Any and all attempts to bring him into custody have been met with brutal force-"
Yang turned off the television after having heard enough of it, and set the remote aside. Angel noticed the look on her face as she sat back in the couch.
"Are you alright?" Angel asked, concern was written on his face.
Yang didn't answer as she looked to the ceiling; she just stayed silent. For a moment she lift her arm and looked to the little bracelet around it; she sighed as her eyes closed shut. Just than the front door swung open.
"I'm home!"
Yang opened her eyes and saw that it was her father, Taiyang, having various bags and a couple of boxes. "Hi dad." Yang said in her usual tone.
"Hello Mr. Xiao Long." Angel greeted, "Welcome back."
"Angel, you don't have to be so formal with me." Taiyang said, "Taiyang or Tai is just fine."
"Yes of course Mr-I mean Tai." Angel said; he stood up from his seat and took some of the bags from Taiyang, "Here, let me help you with those."
"You don't have to do that." Taiyang said to him.
"I insist sir." Angel said with a friendly smile as he made his way to the kitchen with bags in hand, "Besides, I don't mind it."
"Well… Thank you." Taiyang said before turning to his daughter, "Oh, Yang! You'll never guess what came in today!"
Yang looked puzzled at this, "What?"
"I can't wait for you to try this." Taiyang said with a smile before placing the boxes in the kitchen. A few moments later, he brought back the second box he was holding. He placed it on the coffee table just in front of Yang and pushed it over to her; the box was white and had the symbol for Atlas on it.
"It's… For me?" Yang asked, looking up at her father.
"For you and you only." Taiyang said with a smile.
Yang looked at the box; placing her plush corgi to the side, she reached for the box and opened it. Inside the box it was revealed to be robotic right arm. Her eyes had widened slightly though the expression on her face read different; she looked more distressed than pleased about this.
Angel had come back into the room and looked what was inside the box.
"That's a model I've never seen before." Angel said.
"It's amazing isn't it?" Taiyang said, "It's brand new state of the art Atlas tech. You know, I thought I was gonna have to pull some strings, call in a few favors, but you earned this all on your own Yang."
Yang looked up to her father with a confused expression still written on her face. Taiyang explained, "Before I could even talk to him, General Ironwood already had one of his top scientists working on this for you. He wanted me to tell you that you fought admirably. You should be proud of yourself."
Yang sat back in the couch; Angel looked even more worried when he saw the expression written on her face.
"Well?" Taiyang said, "Aren't you gonna try it on?"
"I uh…" Yang started to say, "I'm not feeling great at the moment. Maybe later?"
Taiyang's expression deflated, and he ran his hand through his hair before replying, "Well alright."
Yang stood up from the couch, taking the small corgi plush with her. She went up the stairs but stopped halfway, and turned slightly to Taiyang, "... Thanks dad." She went up the staircase and had gone into her room, leaving only Taiyang and Angel in the living room.
-Later; Somewhere Across the Ocean-
Blake soon found herself up on the deck once more with her little brother, looking upon the ocean; both of them couldn't help but admire the sunset upon the horizon. Both of them thought about their destination. Both of them were actually heading back home, back to their parents. They weren't sure how long it's been since they've last seen their parents. It was going to be a bit awkward that's for sure.
"What do you think they're going to say Blake?" Kobi asked.
"Huh?" Blake said not quite hearing his question, "Who are you referring to?"
"You know who sis." Kobi said, "Our parents. We haven't seen them for so long, what do you think they're going to say?"
"... We won't know until we get there." Blake replied to her brother, "There's no reason for you to be nervous, after all, it is our parents."
Kobi chuckled slightly at that, "That's easy for you to say. It's not like I want to see them, I mean don't get me wrong, I really do, but you know how our folks can be, especially when we're around them."
"Yeah…" Blake said, resting her head against her arms, "It's going to be like we never left."
Kobi was about to say something but his ear on top of his head twitched as well as Blakes. They both turned around fast and saw a cloaked man standing at the top deck; Blake pulled out her weapon. "WHO'S THERE!?" She yelled.
Seeing as how he was spotted, the cloak man left in a hurry; right before either her or her brother could go after him, the boat suddenly shook when enormous waves suddenly appeared. Both Blake and Kobi managed to stay on their feet as the boat shook. When it stopped, a giant creature arose from the waters; both siblings eyes widened in horror at the sight of the enormous creature.
"RED ALERT!" A crew member had yelled.
The alarms on the boat started to go off as the passengers ran below deck. The Captain and the crew members ran out and got a look at the creature; it's shadow had towered over them.
"By the Gods…" The Captain said.
It was revealed to be a long necked creature; a type of sea dragon Grimm. It's eyes glowed yellow and it's body glowed a red line pattern along its neck and scales; It let out a tremendous roar as it spread its forearms.
"ALL HANDS TO BATTLESTATIONS!" The Captain yelled to his crew.
"But sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big!" One of his crew members said.
"We've never seen something this big!" The Captain said, "But we'll give er a fight nonetheless!"
On the deck Blake and Kobi looked toward the enormous Grimm before them. "That thing is really a Grimm?" Kobi said stunned at the creature before them.
"Kobi! Get below deck!" Blake said to him, "I'll handle this!"
Blake ran to the edge of the ship arming her Gambol Shroud as Kobi yelled for her. She ran off the boat and jumped high into the air. Activating her semblance she used her clone to gain momentum and with her weapon in hand she switched it to kusarigama form, she threw it towards the creature, letting the blade attach to its neck. She swung above the creature's neck and started to fire at it. The Dragon let out a roar as Blake landed on the crow's nest, as the Captain steered the ship.
The Dragon began to move throw the water with a quick pace as the Captain kept the boat stable while it went through the water. As the dragon dived canons emerged from the side of the ship, preparing to open fire. Blake jumped from the crow's nest and armed her sword and jumped towards its face, but as she attacked it didn't leave so much as a scratch. The canons started to fire but it proved to be useless as they had kept missing. Blake ended up flying back due to the blast from the canons and landed on her back.
"SIS!" Kobi exclaimed running over to her, when he saw that she was having trouble getting back up.
"Kobi!" Blake said, "I thought I told you to get below deck!"
"No way! I'm not leaving you alone up here!" Kobi said, "It's not happening!"
They soon heard the Captain yell, "Hold steady men! It's not done with us yet! GET THE HEAVY CANNONS LOADED!"
From on the deck they saw a canon come out, and aimed right at the dragon; However, as it let out a roar, wings had extended from its back and it took the skies. As it flew to the boat, Blake saw that in a certain blinking pattern it's eyes changed from a glow of yellow to… A green color?
This left Blake and Kobi confused at this especially at the fact that the dragon just ended up staring at them; Particularly Blake.
"Sis… Why is it looking at you?" Kobi asked Blake.
"I…" Blake replied hesitantly, "... I don't know."
"HEAVY CANNONS! OPEN FIRE!" They heard the Captain yell.
The canons hit the dragon; it's eyes had changed back to yellow and it let out a roar. The canon fired again, but the dragon evaded it and took to the skies once more; this time it's mouth opened wide and an electrical ball had formed.
"Oh crap!" Kobi exclaimed, "If that hits the ship, we're dead!"
Right before Blake could jump in the air, the cloaked man from before jumped right on top of black and took to the skies. "HEY!" Blake yelled angrily to the man.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Kobi yelled seeing as how the man from before jumped on top of his sister.
He threw away his cloak and there was a familiar person high in the sky, as he activated his semblance; energy clones appeared and flew towards the dragon. Blake's eyes widened when she recognized the person.
"SUN!?" She yelled with disbelief.
"WHO!?" Kobi exclaimed.
Sun and his clones landed on the top of the dragon's head; the clones grabbed onto the topmost tendrils, while Sun grabbed it's upper lip.
"SORRY PAL! NOT TODAY!" Sun yelled.
The dragon released the electrical ball and it fired in the air, ultimately hitting nothing.
"Sis! You know that guy!?" Kobi exclaimed.
Blake ignored his question as she yelled to the teen who was currently riding on the dragon, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?"
"OH YOU KNOW!" Sun yelled as he struggled to hang onto the dragon while it tried to shake him off, "JUST HANGING AROUND!"
The dragon than sent an electrical charge throughout its entire body shocking Sun and he ended up falling off of it's back.
"HE'S FALLING!" Kobi yelled with panic.
"I SEE THAT!" Blake yelled as she was quick to spring into action.
"SIS WAIT!" Kobi yelled running after her.
Both Blake and Kobi jumped up off of the boat, flying high into the air. Switching her weapon to kusarigama form she let the blade latch onto the rock formation nearby, and swung herself across, while Kobi grabbed onto her ankle. Blake was able to catch Sun in mid-air and held him in her arms bridal style, while Kobi landed on his feet beside them.
"My hero!" Sun said over-dramatically while putting his hands over his heart.
"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!" Blake yelled at Sun.
"Yeah? Well it looks like you can use all the help you can get!" Sun said.
"I don't know who the hell Monkey Boy is or how you know him, but he's right!" Kobi said, "You need help taking this thing down! You don't have to beat this yourself!"
"Yeah what he said! Let's help each other out!" Sun said with a smile.
Blake sighed and dropped Sun to the floor; he grunted as his back hit the rock floor. "Just shut up and fight!" Blake said, still angry with him.
"Sir, yes ma'am!" Sun said while saluting.
Blake turned to her brother, "Do you have your weapons?"
"Are you kidding?" Kobi said, before pulling a pair of steampunk sawed off shotguns from holsters that was around his waist, "I don't leave home without them."
"Let's go, stay close to me!" Blake said, to her brother specifically.
Blake, Sun and Kobi ran along the rocky plains towards the ship, where the dragon was firing surges of electricity at the ship. All three of them jumped onto the deck, prepared to counter it's attack as it fires another surge of electricity towards the ship. Sun ended up jumping between the two of them and used his weapons, Ryui Bang and Jingu Bang to deflect it; the electricity landed on one of the heavy canyons that was on the deck.
"And there goes one of the powerful weapons that was on the ship." Kobi said.
"Nobody's perfect." Sun said with a shrug.
"Huntsmen!" The Captain yelled from the upper deck, "If you can clip it's wings and draw it out towards the bow, we could take it!"
"You got it!" Kobi giving the thumbs up.
Blake turned away from the Captain and looked over to Sun. "I mean, you're the one with the swords."
Blake rolled her eyes, and turned to her younger brother, "Let's go." Blake said.
Kobi nodded, and they started to move. Sun jumped high into the air and made clones of himself, while Blake and Kobi used Sun's clones to jump high into the air. The clones along the way helped both of the siblings fly high into the air. Though Sun his arms opened to Blake specifically, Blake and Kobi landed on his back, and leapt off of him, now diving towards the dragon.
It fired electrical blasts at them, but the siblings were quick enough to dodge as they fell towards it. Blake armed her sword while Kobi allowed his sawed off shotguns to switch into tomahawks; they ran along its left wing and sliced through the membrane of the wing before they jumped off; the dragon cried out in agony.
While Kobi landed on a tower of a rock formation, Sun had gotten below to where Blake was going to land. He opened his arms wide and Blake landed in his arms; Now he was holding her bridal style. Blake couldn't help but smile at Sun but her expression soon fell from her face when he said, "This is the part where you say it."
Blake groaned and Kobi yelled from where he stood, "WATCH IT! THAT'S MY SISTER YOU'RE TRYING TO FLIRT WITH!"
"You never told me you had a brother." Sun said.
Before Blake could say anything they all stumbled when the dragon moved around them, breaking apart the rock formations. Blake scrambled out of Sun's arms, and started to go after the dragon while Kobi followed closely behind her.
"OKAY, YOU CAN FILL ME IN LATER!" Sun yelled going after them.
As Blake and Kobi jumped from one rock formation to the next, Kobi had once again armed his sawed off shotguns and started to fire at the dragon; each bullet was laced with the element of ice. Everytime the bullet would hit, it's legs and forearms freezes on contact. Despite this however the dragon was able to break out of it easily and with a whip of it's tail Kobi was hit right in the face; thankfully his aura protected him but he ended up flying anyway.
"KOBI!" Blake exclaimed.
With the help of her Gambol Shroud's ribbon, she swung towards her brother, managing to catch him before he could fall head first into the water. "Don't worry sis, I'm okay!" Kobi said with a groan.
Sun landed just above them on the rock formation, "Oh good you caught him!" He said with relief.
Though the moment didn't last when they saw the dragon right in front of them; with all three of them equally helpless it began to charge up an attack to finish them off. It was than stopped when the boat, had rammed into the dragon's side causing it to roar with agony.
"CHARGE UP THE CANONS!" They heard the Captain yelled, "LET'S FINISH THIS BEAST OFF!"
The Grimm Sea Dragon turned back to them, and the three of them couldn't help but give a somewhat fearful look, as it could still attack at any moment but-
"Blake…"
Blake flinched when she heard her name being called out by the sound of a familiar voice, like earlier that afternoon. Blake looked closely at the dragon as it turned it's head to them. When it did, Blake lightly gasped when she saw that it's eyes were glowing green, like before.
But what was even more shocking… Was it was speaking.
"Blake…" The Grimm Dragon seemed to say, it's voice strangely belonged to a little girl.
"It's… Talking?" Kobi said befuddled while hanging onto Blake, "But that's impossible…"
"Wait a minute…" Sun said, "I've heard that voice…"
Blake's eyes widened slightly knowing all to well who that voice belonged to, "It… Can't be…"
The Dragon spoke again, "... Blake… Please… I'm scared…"
"I-Don't understand." Blake said to the Dragon.
"... It's dark… I don't know where she's keeping me… I'm afraid… Find me please… I need you…"
"HEAVY CANON OPEN FIRE!" They heard the Captain yell.
"WAIT STOP!" Blake yelled.
It was too late; the Heavy Cannon fired, completely obliterating its upper half, leaving the dragon to be no more. The crew cheered as its body disappeared into vapor. The three teens were still confused by what had just happened; a Grimm had actually talked to them! Like for real! But… It couldn't be, it was impossible.
"It… Knew your name." Kobi said to Blake, "It knew your name, but how…?"
Sun said scratching his head, "That wasn't who I think it is… right?"
Blake had said nothing, she was just left speechless by what they had just happened. Blake looked down at the bracelet that was around her wrist, trying to put together what had just happened.
-Later that Night-
After everything had settled down, and the Grimm disappeared completely, the boat was back on it's course. Blake, Kobi and Sun were above deck, all three of them were just taking a breather after what they had just gone through.
While Blake filled Kobi in on who Sun was, Sun himself was busy talking to a Fanus couple, as they were thanking them for what they had did.
"Seriously it's no big deal." He said to the couple, "Just enjoy the rest of your trip and everything will be cool!"
Sun waved the couple goodbye as they proceeded off of the deck; He went over to Blake and her younger brother. "You'd think they've never seen a fight before." Sun said to Kobi, nudging him a little.
"Uh yeah… Right." Kobi said awkwardly.
"What are you doing here Sun?" Blake said to him angrily.
"Diggin' the new outfit!" Sun said ignoring her question, "I never did like the bow!"
"SUN!" Blake yelled at that point annoyed by him, "HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING MY BROTHER AND I!?"
"She asked you a question man." Kobi said just as annoyed as Blake was, "The least you could do is answer it."
Sun let out a sigh and replied to Blake, "... I saw you run off. The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale you made sure that everyone was okay. And then you just took off, without saying anything. When I saw him, your little brother meet up with you at the docks, well… Let's just say I had to come."
Kobi saw the look on his sister's face, and couldn't help but worry. Blake turned her attention to the ocean, "You wouldn't understand why I had to leave…" She said, as Kobi gave her a comforting pat on her shoulder.
"No I get it!" Sun said, "The moment you left, I know exactly what you were going to do!"
"Really?" Kobi said with a quizzical expression, while Blake had a pleased look on her face, although-
"You're going on a one-woman rampage against the White Fang!" Sun said.
Blake and Kobi's jaws dropped at this. "WHAT!?" They both said, with Blake especially crossed.
Sun said to Blake, "You always feel that the White Fang was your fight. They show up, trash YOUR school, hurt YOUR friends. It makes perfect sense!"
"You think that's why she's on-" Kobi said before turning to Blake, "Can you believe Monkey Boy here sis?"
"Yeah, I can't." Blake said, putting her hand on the side of her head.
"Though granted you have your little brother, Cody here to help you out, but there's no way I'm gonna let you guys do this alone!" Sun said putting his arms around both of their shoulders, "You gotta have someone to watch your guys back, us Fanus have got to stick together after all!"
Blake and Kobi shook themselves out of Sun's grip much to his confusion. "First of all Monkey Boy, the name is Kobi, Kobi Belladonna." Kobi said, "Second, what you said just now is all wrong about why we are on this boat. Why MY sister is on this very boat."
"What are you talking ab-" Sun said before getting cut off by Blake.
"Kobi and I aren't going anywhere near the White Fang." She said, "... Not yet."
"Wait, seriously?" Sun said.
"Well, yeah." Kobi said, "What, you'd think we're crazy enough to take on the White Fang by ourselves? Especially since we both managed to piss them off?"
"You were a part of the White Fang too?" Sun asked Kobi.
"I was. I stayed with them till after Beacon fell, when I saw their true colors." Kobi said, "Let's just say it gave me the wake-up call I needed."
"What did you do to piss them off?" Sun asked.
"Simple." Kobi said, "I left."
Sun understood and nodded to him, before turning his attention back to Blake, "But… If you guys aren't going to the White Fang, why not sort things out with your team?"
"You're one to talk!" Blake said to Sun, "Assuming that Neptune, Sage, and Scarlet aren't hiding below deck!"
Sun scoffed at that, "You really think I could get Neptune on the ocean? They flew back to Mistral, I told them I would catch-up! Besides it's not the first time that I left them to take a boat!"
"You mean you've taken boats before?" Kobi asked.
"Like I said, not my first time." Sun said to Kobi before asking, "So… Where are you guys going anyway?"
"Home." Blake replied, "To Menagerie."
"We just need to sort some things out that's all." Kobi said.
Sun nodded in understanding before saying, "Welp, I'm coming with you guys!"
This had left both Blake and Kobi perplexed. They looked at each other with confusion before looking back at him. "Why?" Blake asked.
"Hey you saw how the Grimm are." Sun said, "Ever since that girl Destiny went missing they've been getting worse out here. And just because you and your brother aren't going after the White Fang, doesn't mean that they'll be coming after the both of you."
"Huh…" Kobi said, scratching his ear above his head, "When you put it like that you make a pretty good point."
"Exactly." Sun said, "That and I'm already on the boat."
"There's really no stopping you?" Blake said.
"Nope!" Sun said with a smile making the peace sign to Blake, "This is going to be great! I've never been to Menagerie before! It'll be a regular journey to the east! Yeah, I like the sound of that."
"Oh great, we're gonna have to deal with this the whole boat ride over." Kobi said, his cat ears down slightly, "Here I thought it was gonna be a nice quiet the whole trip."
Sun patted Kobi on the head as he said, "We're gonna have plenty time to get to know each other!"
"No touchy the ears!" Kobi said with a hiss smacking his hand away.
Sun couldn't help but laugh at his reaction, while Blake cracked a small smile.
Sun soon stopped laughing as he said to Blake, "Though speaking of… That Grimm from before. I mean I was surprised when it talked but it knew your name too. That and it sounded, strangely familiar…"
"But Grimm can't talk!" Kobi pointed out, "It's considered impossible!"
"But you saw it yourself, that Grimm spoke." Sun said to Kobi, "Wonder what it meant by what it said… Blake what did you make of it?"
Blake thought back to what had happened. Kobi was right about one thing, Grimm couldn't speak, it was just something that didn't happen everyday. Hell she wasn't even sure they could understand words. She took it all back, Grimm could understand words, but only with certain people. One of these people being Destiny herself. She could understand Grimm, thanks to her eye, and they even talked back to her, as if they were people.
She knew she heard her. She heard HER voice in that dragon. Though her message seemed unclear, she knew she heard her, that same little girl who wanted to go back to her father. She knew it was impossible, but she heard it nonetheless.
She turned to Sun as she replied, "I know what I heard… And what I heard was her…"
-That Night in Patch-
They had usually spent quiet nights like this. Even when Angel wasn't around it was always quiet. No conversation, no anything, just silence until they finished what was on their plates. Yang had gathered up the plates and went into the kitchen clean up the dishes, while Taiyang and Angel cleared out the table.
"I don't know how to thank you for letting me stay here." Angel said, "Really it means a lot."
"Ah it's no problem." Taiyang said to him, "I couldn't exactly send you on your way after the doctor treated your wounds. It is nice to have the company since Ruby left, it's just been too quiet around here."
"Forgive me for asking but, do you have any idea on where she is now?"
"Well, from her letter she said she was going to Mistral, and that's all I know really. Though I know that she'll be back. I know she will."
"Yang… Seems down. Is she alright?"
"She hasn't been herself since she came back from Beacon. They're a lot of things that are bothering her, but… She won't tell me what happened exactly. I don't know, but it seems like she's, afraid of something."
Angel looked to the kitchen where Yang was, and couldn't help but think. She was afraid of something… But what? He knew he couldn't just force the answer out of her, he would let it come in due time, for now… He needed to deliver a message.
"I'll go see if Yang needs help in the kitchen." Angel said to Taiyang.
Taiyang nodded in understanding, and Angel proceeded to the kitchen.
Yang was almost done washing all the dishes; getting the last of the gunk that was on the plates and glass. Just as she grabbed the last dish, there was a sudden flash.
"I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love…"
"BLAKE! BLAKE WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Starting with her..."
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
"No… Please…"
"NNNNNOOOOOOWWWWW!"
With a gasp, Yang dropped the glass and it shattered on the floor; she backed up into the counter as she fearfully took deep breaths, by the sudden flash in her head. With a clenched fist, she slammed it just on top of the countertop. No matter what she tried, she just couldn't get the image of Adam Taurus out of her head. The image was just stuck as if a computer had froze up. She had tried to erase it from her head, though, it proved to be useless; She even found nights where she just couldn't sleep. She was running out of options on what she should try exactly to just, forget what had happened.
"Yang?" She heard someone say.
She looked up and saw that it was Angel, who had just entered the kitchen.
"Angel…" She said, before noticing the broken cup, on the floor, "Crap, I'll clean it up."
"No, let me handle it." Angel said.
Angel walked over to the broken glass and picked up the pieces. Yang let out a sigh and grabbed a dustpan nearby; she than kneeled and helped Angel out on picking up the broken pieces, placing them onto the dustpan beside her.
"It seems like you have a lot on your mind." Angel said.
"What makes you say that?" Yang asked him, not making eye contact.
"Call it a hunch." Angel replied, "You know, if something is bothering you it's okay to talk about it. Whenever your ready of course, I won't force this kind of thing on you. Just know I'll be happy to lend an ear whenever you feel like talking about it."
"No offense, but why would you?" Yang asked, "We're not exactly friends."
"Your father saved my life." Angel answered, "And helping you with whatever is bothering you is my way of returning the favor, all you have to do is ask."
Yang and Angel managed to finish up the remaining pieces of broken glass on the floor. Yang carried them over to the trash bin and threw away the broken pieces, before placing the dustpan back where it was. "I actually have a question for you." Yang said to him.
"Okay…" Angel said standing up, "What is it?"
"When my dad bought you in… You said my name…" Yang said, "You and I just met that day, and yet you somehow knew my name. Tell me how you know. Who told you about me?" Angel let out a sigh; this is it, this was the time to tell her the message, whether she believed it or not; Hell he didn't know if she would even believe him.
"If I tell you, promise you won't freak out." Angel said.
"I won't." Yang said, "Just tell me."
Angel nodded, "The reason why I know your name… It's because a Grimm told me, before it attacked me."
Yang's eyes widened in disbelief at that, "... What?"
Angel than asked the teen, "Does… The name Destiny Torchwick ring a bell?"
"Her powers are getting stronger… It's only a matter of time before she's ready…"
(Ending Theme: Soul Eater Ending 2-Style Performed by Nishino Kana)
Hey guys Tenshi here! Just letting you all know that these are the last of the OCs that will be here throughout the story, so don't expect to see anymore. I'd just like to point out that the OC Angel is not mine, but belongs to angelplaza2001; thank for you suggesting this OC to me, and I hope I can live up to your expectations :).
