*(A/N): Hey, so this chapter is really dark and stuff. Thought I should warn you ahead of time. Now a lot of you guys are asking so I'm going to say it right here. Yes, Aleks is an OC; however, I did not create him. My buddy Snake of the West created him and I'm helping him with his story "A Flame in the Darkness." I have special permission from him to use Aleks in my story and actually, in chapter six/seven of his story Aleks mentions that he lived in the woods and came across a faunus girl and stayed with her for half a year along with a sad splitting story that somewhat sounds familiar... Coincidence? I think not. So go pay a visit and check out his story.
So like I said, this chapter is really dark and shit goes down like you would never expect. Enjoy and please follow and review.*
It's funny the things you can learn from animals, take wolves for example. Wolves live in a pack, if a wolf becomes a "lone wolf" then it has no chance of survival, wolves must live in packs like a family if they want to live. They teach us unity, but that's not what you guys want to listen to. The wolves taught me the truth of life.
You see, they taught me the circle of life. One thing must die so others may live, but the truth is, the world is much cruller than that. The wolves taught me that there are two types in our world; hunters, and prey.
They taught me that you are either one or the other. They taught me that if I wish to live then I must hunt for my prey. But not everyone can be hunters; no…"one thing must die so another may live". The thing is, this doesn't just apply to animals or just "hunting". No, this applies to all living things. But that's still not what I find funny.
The wolves also taught me another thing. They taught me that in the wild there is only one rule: survive.
All my life, even after my father told the village the truth, I have been training to be a hunter. Growing up I always thought my life was worthless, but for some reason I always fought to survive. It paid off in the end; I became the best hunter in my village. Then I was forced to leave and I was still a great hunter. But now the unexpected has happened, that's what I find funny.
Kira doesn't kill to survive, Kira kills for the fun of watching something die, and sadly it kept me alive. This wolf was at the top of the food chain. But now…
…The hunter has become the prey.
~ Okami
The Hunter and the Hunted
~ Ruby ~
"What the hell is going on? Why is Okami in danger?"
Team RWBY and Ai (and Hime) were running through the woods nearby where Okami used to live. Off in the distance you can faintly hear the sound of wolves barking and bowstrings releasing. They were going full sprint and finally they found Okami.
Okami's clothing was torn in certain areas and covered in dry blood. In her knee was a long thick arrow and she was painting heavily.
"Took you guys long enough!" Okami said in between breaths.
"Well, we would have found you sooner if you ran to meet up with us!" Ai snapped back readying her own bow.
"Hey! I took an arrow to the knee for you!" Okami replied, just after an arrow zoomed through the air and stuck into her right shoulder blade causing her to scream loudly and cuss. "…And in the shoulder!"
Ai let loose her arrow and turned back to RWBY. "We don't have much time, we have to fend them off while Okami gets away."
Team RWBY got into defensive stances as Okami did her best to run past them and out of sight.
"Okami, please be okay."
~ Okami ~
"I don't understand, why are they after me? I still have two months before I have to go back!" Okami thought as she ran through the woods.
She could hear the wolves not too far behind her, but she stopped when an arrow flew from her right side narrowly missing her face in sticking into the tree to her left. Okami skidded to a stop just as another arrow flew from the right a stuck to the tree in front of her.
"This person isn't trying to kill me; they are trying to make me stop running."
When Okami figured that out she started running full force again. More arrows were shot but she kept on going, until an arrow from the left flew and caught Okami's sleeve pinning her to the tree. Okami struggled to pull her arrow out and stopped when she heard a familiar voice.
"Where is she?" Okami turned and saw what was probably her worst nightmare.
The man who spoke was tall and muscular. His hair was shoulder length and white and his eyes were amber with a tinge of green. Tucked in his sash was two huge hunting knifes. The man Okami was facing Yukimoto-kun and it wasn't Yon…this man was Ai's father.
"I'll ask you again," Yukimoto-kun said readying another arrow. "Where did you hide my daughter?"
"I didn't do anything to Ai!" Okami said with her voice shaking. "Ai came after me!"
"Lair!" Yukimoto-kun said when he let lose his arrow and missed Okami's left cheek by a hair. "Now tell me where she is!"
"She's back at Beacon unless she heard that howl which she probably did." Okami said trying to calm down her heart rate. "In that case she might be on her way to help me.
Yukimoto-kun growled as he readied another arrow. "In you're dreams! My daughter will never help a low life like you!"
He let his arrow lose and Okami ducked, the arrow stuck right where Okami's head would have been. As Yukimoto-kun reached for another arrow Okami was able to get her arm unstuck and she took off running.
Okami came to a large clearing; she looked and saw that it would take too long to go around so she started to run across. Yukimoto-kun caught up to her and started firing arrows while he was out in the open. Okami got nicked a few times but was able to dodge most of them.
When Okami was half way through the clearing she heard a howl from a friendly wolf and instantly knew it was Ai's wolf. Okami still wasn't sure why Ai suddenly showed up after all this time but she got a felling that she could trust her at the moment.
Okami was only a yard away from the trees but was distracted by her thinking. While she was distracted, Yukimoto-kun let lose another arrow and it stuck to the back of Okami's left knee and stuck out through the front. Okami roared in great pain, but she knew she had to keep going.
After ten minuets of running, Okami met up with Ai and team RWBY. Okami was going to tell Ai that it was her father that was after her, but then an arrow flew and stuck in her right shoulder blade. Ai pulled out the bow she gave Okami all those years ago and said that she and RWBY will fend them off as she got away.
Okami ran and ran until the pain in her shoulder and knee grew too great that she had to stop. She was at another clearing where it looked like the surrounding trees were burnt down to make it bigger.
Okami pulled out the arrows and sat herself high in a tree, it had been a long day and she has already over exerted herself. Her eyes where getting heavy, Ai and RWBY are strong enough to fend off her pursuers, but she didn't want to risk being attacked while she was a sleep. Reluctantly, she closed her eyes and before she knew it she fell asleep.
.
She was in a forest with black trees and white snow surrounding her. She kept walking and came across a large clearing and a frozen pond in the middle. Okami kept walking and stopped at the edge of the frozen pond, she looked down and saw a reflection of her self and quickly looked up when something caught her eye.
To her right, a white wolf with blue eyes, just like hers came out of the trees and stopped at the right edge of the pond. The white wolf looked at Okami and smiled, then it's ears twitched and it snapped it's head to the front and growled. Okami looked in the same direction and understood why.
To the left, a wolf with red eyes and black fur, like Okami's in wolf form, came out and stopped at the left edge of the pond. The black wolf looked up at Okami and gave an evil grin before it spoke.
"Okami," The black wolf said with a female voice. "why do you hide your true nature? Why conceal your Wolf Spirit instead of embracing it? Why don't you join me? Then we both can rule with great power."
"Okami, don't!" The white wolf shouted. "The power she offers is the power of fear! Okami, you are meant for greater things! Follow me and I will show you your destiny!"
"Don't listen to him," The black wolf said. "your fate is not a good one. Join me and you will be at the top again. All you have to do is let Kira come out to play."
"Okami, if you join her people will die!" The white wolf said. "Humans, your friends, and Ai will all be killed! You have to make a choice and you have to come with me, now!"
"Quiet you!" The black wolf snapped.
As soon as she did, black shadows came out of the trees and covered the white wolf. Okami tried to run to it to help, but she couldn't move, she couldn't use her voice either.
The wolf then turned to Okami and made another evil grin. "Why hide it? Join me, and gain great power. Join me and we will rule all of Remnant!"
"I'll never join you!" Okami shouted with a quivering voice. "I will never become a monster like you!"
The black wolf laughed and her grin grew even bigger. "My sweet Okami…you already have."
Okami quickly looked back down at the pond as the black wolf's laughter filled the air. Okami's reflection had changed, she was now a black wolf and her eyes were a deep purple, a mix of blue and red.
Okami heard her name being called from behind her, she turned to see RWBY and Ai walking towards her with Urufu and Ai's wolf, they were all smiling and unaware of what was happening. Okami tried to tell them to stop and run away, but her voice wouldn't work.
"Why don't I take over for you?" Said an unfamiliar female voice.
Okami turned back to her reflection to see herself in her regular form but with red eyes.
"Who are you?" Okami asked already knowing the answer.
"You have named me and known of me for years and yet you don't recognize me?... I am Kira, your Wolf Spirit and a part of you…"
"Oh shit! You're a girl?!" Okami asked in a surprised voice.
"Yes, I'm a fucken girl! I'm your Wolf SPIRIT, you are a girl, you have a girl body, it's only natural that I would be a girl!"
"Oh… I guess that kind of makes sense." Okami said in a small voice.
Kira sighed and continued with what she was saying."Anyway, may I please come out and stretch some? I would love to have a turn every once in a while."
"No!" Okami shouted in a scared voice. "Stay in there! My friends are out here! If you come out you will kill them!"
"Oh? I would like to meet your friends! Just give me five minuets."
"No, please! Stay in there! Don't come out!"
"Too late."
The reflection changed back to a black wolf with purple eyes but the eyes gradually turned darker, and when they turned light again…they where blood red.
Okami turned to her friends with an evil laugh and they started to look uneasy. It was no longer Okami in that body…it was Kira, and she was about to kill everyone Okami ever cared about.
.
Okami woke with a start and rolled of the branch and it was a good thing she did too. As soon as Okami rolled of the branch she was sitting on an arrow flew and struck the tree right where Okami's chest was only moments ago.
Okami caught herself on another branch and remembered Ai's dad was trying to kill her. Okami pulled herself up and tried to jump to another tree, but while she was in the air an arrow stuck to her side and caused her to fall hitting many tree branches on the way down.
Okami hit the ground hard with a painful moan; she pulled the arrow out of her side and coughed up a lot of blood. Okami sat herself up against the trunk of the tree when she saw Yukimoto-kun drop out of a nearby tree and walk over to her.
Yukimoto-kun stopped and towered over the wounded Okami looking at her with great disgust. "It looks like you have finally come to the end of the line, inu (dog). Someone should just put you out of your misery."
Okami looked up at him with tears in her eyes and blood flowing out of the side of her mouth. "Then why don't you?"
"Because I'm going to make you suffer before then, I won't let you off easy." Yukimoto-kun said as he lifted Okami by the collar of her clothes. "Try to think of this as the law of hunting; one thing must die so others may live."
He then cocked back his right hand in a fist and smashed it on the right side of Okami's face causing her to fall back on the ground.
"GET UP!" He commanded and Okami did so.
She stood back up and turned towards him only to be met with his left fist this time. Okami fell to her hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but Mr. Yukimoto grabbed her by the tail and kicked her in the stomach causing her to cough up more blood.
"What's the matter? Did the dog lose it's will to fight?" Mr. Yukimoto said with an evil chuckle. He then grabbed Okami by the neck and raised her above his head to choke her.
Okami's vision started to blur and she slowly started to feel herself dying.
"I can help you." Kira said. "Just let me take over and you will be able to live."
"No, I don't need your help! I can do this myself!"
Okami brought back her right knee and thrusted it forward as hard as she could and kneed him in the chest knocking the wind out of him. He dropped Okami and she rolled out of reach and quickly got to her feet. She activated her gauntlets and brought out the claws as she got in a defensive stance.
"You have internal and external injuries and lost a lot of blood. You've used a lot of your energy today and might pass out at any moment. We won't survive this if you don't let me help."
"Shut up! I can do this!"
Yukimoto-kun got back up after catching his breath. "So you still have some fight in you, great! That will make killing you a lot more fun for me!"
He then grabbed the two hunting knifes he had tucked in his sash and brought them out and charged. He tried to slash at Okami's stomach and Okami blocked it with her gauntlet. Okami kicked him back but he easily grabbed her leg and sunk one of the knifes in the same knee the arrow shot through.
Okami collapsed on the ground and roared in pain loud enough for everyone in the forest to hear, but she wouldn't give up. She got back up and put all of her weight on her right leg.
"You can't fight this guy with one leg and no aura, stop being proud and let me help."
"Has anyone told you how fucken annoying you are? I don't need your help; not now, not ever!"
Yukimoto-kun charged again and moved as if he was going to swipe her on the left so she moved to the right. He saw this and with his other knife he dug it into her right shoulder and dislocated it. He then round house kicked her in the chest causing Okami to slam into a tree and sink down to a sitting position.
"That's it; I'm taking over this fight."
"Don't you dare Kira! If you do I'll-"
"You'll what? Try to stop me? Incase you haven't noticed, I'm trying to save your life."
"Kira, please! I'm begging you, please don't do this! Maybe I want to die. Kira, please don't come out!"
"Then try to stop me."
Yukimoto-kun was walking over to Okami with an evil grin that turned into a confused expression when he realized Okami was laughing.
"What do you think is so funny you little piece of s-"
He was cut off when Okami quickly and suddenly tackled him and pinned him to the ground with Okami on top. He struggled to get free but Okami wouldn't budge, he then noticed that something was wrong when he saw that the knife was still in her shoulder when she had plenty of time to remove it. Looked up into Okami's eyes and his became filled with pure horror.
"Y-Your eyes, who the hell are you?!"
Okami's eyes were now a blood red; Okami was no longer in control.
"Okami has given me the name 'Kira' (Killer), although I prefer something like 'Shi' (Death) or 'Itami' (Pain)… Incase you haven't noticed, I'm not Okami anymore, I'm her Wolf Spirit… And you picked the wrong wolf to mess with."
Kira then slammed her head against his causing him to be stunned. She then quickly jumped up and lifted Mr. Yukimoto with her, she then round house kicked him and caused him to slam into a tree and slide into a sitting position. Yukimoto-kun started to cough up blood; it's scary how Kira is so much stronger, even in Okami's original form. And just for added effect, Kira let out the most impressive roar ever heard that would put any creature of grimm to shame.
Yukimoto-kun tried to crawl away, but Kira had other plans. In one swift movement, she grabbed the knife in her shoulder and pulled it out and threw it at Yukimoto-kun.
The knife was thrown with so much force that the blade went through his shoulder and pinned him to the tree. Kira walked up to him and started to beat on him repeatedly until his face was almost unrecognizable. She broke his limbs and every single one of his ribs. She then activated her claws and started slashing where ever there were no bruises.
Kira then removed the knife when she felt he was no longer able to move and he fell on his side. She backed up and started to change into Okami's wolf form.
"Kira, please don't…"
"He tried to kill us in cold blood…this guy doesn't deserve to live."
Yukimoto-kun looked up to see the transformed Kira and his entire being was filled with horror.
"Please, I'm sorry for what I did. Please don't kill me!" He begged, he was obviously in fear of losing his life.
The fully transformed Kira roared in his face once again before she spoke. "Just think of this as the law of hunting; one thing must die so another may live."
Kira took Yukimoto-kun into her large hands; in Okami's wolf form Kira was now much taller than him. With her left hand, and with the help of her large claws, she stabbed her hand all the way through his chest and Yukimoto-kun was still alive and breathing.
Kira did the same thing with her right hand and Yukimoto-kun was still alive. Kira then started to move her hands apart from each other and Yukimoto-kun started to scream in great pain.
"Okami!"
That was Ai's voice, she and Urufu were on the other side of the clearing running towards them.
"Ai…" Yukimoto-kun said in a soft but pained voice. "Please, help me…"
"Kira, stop! Ai is here! You can't kill her father right in front of her!"
"No, Okami… YOU are going to kill him in front of her."
"Kira, no!"
Ai and Urufu where half way across the clearing and Kira was pulling harder.
"Kira, listen to me damn it!"
They where one quarter of the way there and Yukimoto-kun's blood was beginning to drip on the white snow beneath him.
"Kira, you can't do this!" Okami yelled at Kira, if she had eyes she would be crying a flood at this point.
Ai and Urufu where ten yards from them…but it was too late…
"Looks like my job is done, I'll be seeing you soon."
Looking at the display in front of her Okami thought about the things the wolves had taught her growing up and somehow it all made sense to her. "There is only one rule out in the wild; survive. One thing must die so another may live." In all her life that was the first time Okami had ever felt sick after realizing something and hoped it would be her last.
Time seemed to have stopped at that moment. There was a long moment of silence before the sickening sound of flesh ripping echoed throughout the forest. Blood was sprayed everywhere and Yukimoto-kun laid lifeless and torn in half before them.
"Ai…I'm so sorry…"
~ Ai ~
~ Beacon Dorm Hallway ~
~ Two Hours Later ~
"Okami…what on earth happened out there?"
After that incident Okami passed out and woke up not too long later. She helped Ai dig a large hole and let Ai say her final goodbye and with her father's own hunting knifes she carved his name into the tree they were burying him under. When Ai was done, Okami placed the dirt back into the hole and sat against a tree stump for a long time. Okami said nothing but a line she kept repeating.
"Ai…I'm so sorry…"
They came back to the dorms and Okami locked herself in and wouldn't let anyone else in, not even Urufu.
Team RWBY asked Ai how to cheer her up and Ai suggested they play music and sing, Okami loved to sing.
They all got on their scrolls and started downloading karaoke versions of songs they knew and one by one they sang through the door to get no response. Even Yang helped and sang a song she used to sing to Ruby when they were younger called "Gold". It seemed as if nothing was working until Ai came up with an idea. She took out her scroll and started to play Okami's favorite song.
The song started and you could hear a piano and a guitar playing. Ai readied her voice and started to sing, it was a low pitched song but she sounded better than most.
"Feels like your life is over,
Feels like all hope is gone.
You kissed it all away,
Maybe, maybe.
.
This is the second coming,
This is a call to arms.
Your finest hour won't be
Wasted, wasted.
.
Hey!
Hell is what you make!
Rise against your faith!
Nothing's gonna keep you down,
.
Even it it's killing you,
Because you know,
The truth…"
There was pause in the music and when it started up again it wasn't Ai singing but Okami, and she had a beautiful voice.
"Listen up, listen up!
There's a devil in the church!
Got a bullet in the chamber,
And this is gonna hurt!
.
Let it out, let it out!
You can scream and you can shout!
Keep your secrets in the shadows,
And you'll be sorry.
.
Everybody's getting numb,
And everybody's on the run.
.
Listen up, listen up!
There's a devil in the church!
Got a bullet in the chamber,
And this is gonna…hurt…"
There was another pause but Okami kept going when it started again.
"You've got your hell together,
You know it could be worse.
A self-inflicted murder,
Maybe, maybe.
.
You say it's all a crisis,
You say it's all a blur.
There comes a time you gotta,
Face it, face it!
.
Hey!
Hell is what you make!
Rise against your faith!
Nothing's gonna keep you down,
.
Even if it's killing you,
Because you know,
The truth."
This time Ai took over.
"Listen up, listen up!
There's a devil in the church!
Got a bullet in the chamber,
And this is gonna hurt!
.
Let it out, let it out!
You can scream and you can shout!
Keep your secrets in the shadows,
And you'll be sorry.
.
Everybody's getting numb,
And everybody's on the run.
.
Listen up, listen up!
There's a devil in the church!
Got a bullet in the chamber,
And this is gonna…hurt…"
There was one last pause and both Okami and Ai sang the past part together.
"Listen up, listen up!
There's a devil in the church!
Got a bullet in the chamber,
And, this…is…gonna…hurt…"
The song ended and all the girls heard crying on the other side of the door.
A few minuets later Okami opened it and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She motioned for everyone to come in and they did taking a seat where the futons are while Okami sat in a chair in front of them. Okami took a deep breath and looked at every one of them before she spoke.
"…I think it's about time I've told you all something…"
*(A/N): The name of that song is called "This Is Gonna Hurt" by Sixx:AM and is the acoustic version if you were curious and it can be found on Youtube. Now remember, there is a reason why I chose this song. It's not something I randomly decided to do; it will all make sense in the next chapter. I'm sorry that this is a pretty shitty chapter and I will make it up to you. Until next time.*
