A/N: Did i go overboard on original ideas? Maybe, but who cares its a chapter well over due for a reason! Shadow and I are on a role, Enjoy!
"Justice is not about righting wrong, child. It's about knowing, repenting, and accepting your fate."
Moon to Selene.
{Selene}
Selene was in a little bit of a predicament. She had tried to wake Ryner. The end result was not the awakening of Ryner but him latching on and not letting go. So basically, she had to drag him around Beacon while, much to her amusement, he was in pink Pj's with blue bunny's on them. She got to the cafeteria only to be greeted by an excited Ruby. "Hey Selene!" She greeted rather loudly, still not waking Ryner up. 'For a boy that has far above average senses, he sure does sleep like a log.'
"Hello to you to Ruby." She replied.
"Why is there arms around your waist?" Ruby asked, cheeks puffed in slight jealousy, which didn't go unnoticed by Moon, who just chuckled nervously.
'What's so funny?'
"Nothing, child, I was merely remembering a story I was once told by Sun."
'Seriously, shut up.'
"Hey Selene." She was greeted by Yang more calmly than Ruby, Yang then proceeded to notice Ryner's arms around Selene's waist. "What did you two do last night?" She asked with a sneaky grin, however he eyes flashed red for some reason.
"Nothing! He collapsed on the floor after he got out of the shower!" Selene defended.
"So you made love to an unconscious man? Have you no shame!?" Weiss yelled.
"It's not like that!" Selene yelled back. "How is that even possible?"
"Well, what would happen is.." Blake said as she turned the corner into sight.
"Blake, there are young ears present!" Yang shouted, gesturing at Ruby, who cocked her head in curiosity.
"What are you guys talking a about?" She asked.
Just then Blake noticed what Ryner was wearing, earning an upward twitch on her lips. Which didn't go unnoticed by Yang, who looked at what Blake was looking at, then broke into hysterics. Everyone else began to notice and laughed. Even Weiss afforded a giggle. It was a sight to see, the fearless and mighty Blade Hunter, affectionately termed 'Rye' by Selene, for reasons no one knew, was in pink Pj's with blue bunnies.
They all had to go to class, while Ryner was still latched on. Once they got there Professor Port immediately saw Ryner and broke into a hearty laugh. The lesson then commenced, while everyone except Port was trying not to laugh.
"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night!" Professor Port started.
"Oh if only this mortal knew." Moon mumbled.
"But in this case, I refer to them as prey! Ha ha!" Earning silence in the classroom and Ryner yelling something about 'sensing an idiot in the force' in his sleep, earning a giggle or chuckle from everyone but Port, who glared at Ryner.
"Anyway, you are all here to become Huntsman." He paused and looked in Selene and Yang's direction. "And Huntresses." He winked, making Yang shuffle awwardly, Selene roll her eye's, Ruby glare at Port and Ryner, whilst still unconscious, generate black embers around his arm. "Anyway, blah blah blah blah." Everyone, bar Pyrae and Weiss were zoning out of Ports rambling. Ryner began to stir, Selene hoped he would wake up, but no, he just nuzzled in.
"Despite smelling of cabbages my grandfather was a great man. So the moral of the story is A true Huntsman must be honourable! A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated and wise!"
"A true Huntsman must be Weiss!? No thank you! We have enough tsunderes thank you very much!" Jaune yelled in panic. Selene broke into laughter at Jaune's unintentional diss, so did everyone else but Weiss and Port.
"So anyway." Port started, getting back on topic. "Who believes they have these virtues!?" He asked/yelled.
"I do sir!" Weiss yelled, raising her hand.
"Very well, go get changed and come back here." Weiss did that. "Ready?" Port asked as Weiss took a combat stance. He then swung his axe down on the cages binds, releasing a Boarbatusk.
As Weiss battled Selene began to notice Ryner's arms leaving her waist. "Good morning." She smiled down at Ryner, thinking he was awake. She then realized he wasn't, he was still fast asleep. He stood up in a clumsy fashion, snoring a little to loud for his won good.
The Boarbatusk changed its target, turning its attention to the snoaring Ryner this time, sensing he was more of a threat than Weiss, even in his sleep. It jumped towards where he stood in the stools. He was still fast asleep as he lazily sidestepped, but one of the tusks caught in between the buttons of his shirt, ripping it open. What they saw shocked everyone, sure he had a six-pack easily, but that wasn't even what caught their eye. Selene could feel herself tearing up. His body was riddled with scars. There was one that spanned all the way from his right shoulder to his left waist, there were more smaller ones, cuts, bullets, even the wounds from the Nevermore incident. Crimson lightning charged through his right hand, he then shoved his hand through the Grimm's heart.
Ryner then woke up, with a jolt and fell over. He looked down at himself and sighed. Shadows enveloped his body, leaving him in a loosely worn school uniform. He didn't wear the blazer or the vest. He wore a long-sleeved shirt with the collar up, unbuttoned with the sleeves rolled up, he wore a black A Day To Remember t-shirt that has the design of a white wolf with blood coming from its mouth and chains surrounding it underneath, he wore black skinny jeans, with a white belt and the silver chain that seemed to be signature to him. He also wore black knee high boots and a black bracelet with silver studs on his right wrist.
"I never had you pegged for the heavy metal type." Selene stated. Ryner didn't answer, he just walked out the room.
[Ryner]
He knew they had seen his scars, and any conversation would have just been awkward. He went to the only place he had come to like in this school. The roof.
'Dammit! Why now of all times!?' Ryner raged, bursting through the doors to the outside, breathing the daylight air that wasn't as calming as he hoped it would have been.
"I don't understand why you are so angry." Legion stated.
'They saw my scars Legion! With a sight like that, they are going to ask questions!'
"You never know brat, I have heard human females find scars a compelling reason to engage in intercourse."
'I swear to god I will shove my hand into my skull and ripped you out of my brain!'
"Hey." Ryner turned to see Selene at the door to the roof.
He was about to say hello when he felt his hands on his weapon, a defensive measure he had taken up. She was holding the handle of the door, apprehensive for a good reason. He moved his hand away from Forgiveness and sighed, not returning her hello, and not really sure how.
"Do you try and chop up all the people who are worried about you?" She asked, approaching him with no fear now.
"Funny you should say that." He said, looking up at the shattered moon, ignoring Legions complaints about how bright it was and thinking, thinking and accepting maybe he had to tell someone the truth. "Most of the ones who would, already have been."
To his surprise, she took the space next to him, still smiling slightly, the way she seemed to always do. "What do you mean?"
"You tell her about me human, we are not going to be allies for much longer." Legion said, his voice low.
'Yeah, well I don't think you have much choice, since it's MY body you're in.'
"Very well." It said. "But if she doesn't take it well, I would take great joy in slicing her pretty little neck."
"Rye?" Selene asked, making Ryner realise he had been quiet the whole time he had argued with Legion, which must had looked strange.
"I'll tell you the truth Selene, but only if you promise not to tell anyone okay? I mean it." He said, his voice not the usual cocky slant, but a low, almost scared tone.
"Of course." She said, smiling and stepping closer to him, and wrapping her arms around him. He smile, inhaling her sweet scent, which smelled of incense and maple. He found himself smiling like an idiot, and quickly pulled away from her, trying to put on his usual casual bad boy guise.
"Mother Grimm you humans disgust me." Legion groaned.
"Okay, well, for starts when I was around 10. My dad was slaughtered by my uncle. He was always an asshole, and he was always jealous of my dad's company. So, he decided to change that, and kill him." She listen intently, nodding a few times to show she was understanding.
"So, what you killed him in revenge? That must had been hard for you at 10." She said, her voice soothing, almost incredibly so.
"Well, I had a little help." He admitted.
"Oh here we go." Legion said, expecting Selene to freak out.
"See, my family made a small deal generations ago with a very powerful… Grimm."
Selene said nothing.
"And part of this deal was that their blood was bound to this Grimm so that it could be immortal, in exchange for infinite power."
"Be sure to mention the part where I possessed your ancestor's body and committed the greatest genocide known to man. I like that part of the story."
"So, I accepted the bonding between me and the monster, and it worked…"
"I heard that human females love their males to be part Grimm just as much as they love scars, so you're welcome."
"I used the Grimm's power to get my revenge, and ever since, the Grimm and I have been bonded, so much so it can talk to me in my mind."
"It talks to you?" Selene gasped.
"Yep, it is right now."
"Tell her I said I would love to feast upon her innocent pathetic flesh." Legion cackled.
"It says hi." Ryner said.
Selene took a moment to process this, then she gazed at the moon, and nodded slightly. "So, what have you been doing for the last 7 years?" She asked, still not looking at him.
"Well, I've been trying to put my powers to good use. I'm still in control of my body, so I've been fighting crime, was a mercenary mostly, and fought White Fang a couple of times."
"Maybe you should tell her about the time you almost became a Rent boy for that Valeian noble woman." Legion chortled. "You had no clue what was happening, though she was treating you out of the kindness of her heart."
"And the scars?" Selene asked him.
"Various battles with humans and Grimm alike. But I never die, Legions pretty useful for that." Ryner told her.
"Should I take that as a compliment?" Legion asked sarcastically.
"Legion?" She asked, finally looking at him with a serious yet curious look, and something that almost seemed not her.
"That's it name. He was one of the first Grimm's."
"I know." She said, which confused both him and Legion, but she shook her head, and looked back at the moon.
"I'm surprised you're not freaking out over this. You're the first person I've told, ever. Not even my sister or mother know anything."
"It's quite simple to understand really." She said, her voice now low, monotone and emotionless. "Someone you thought you loved betrayed you, and forces your own hand. Then ever since, you try and find a way to right the wrong you didn't even commit, but you took the responsibility for."
"Erm." Ryner said, a little shocked by how truthful her words are. "Yeah I guess hats the gist of it."
"Who told her should could be miss philosophical." Legion muttered.
"Ryner…" Selene said, her voice full of worry. She ran to him, hugging him again. He waited a second before folding his arms around her neck, his heart feeling a lot lighter now.
"I'm sorry." She said.
"It's not your fault."
"No it's not that." She said, breaking the embrace he was just starting to want to never end. "Truth is, they're a lot about me you don't know as well."
"Oh, a female lying, typi-"
'Could you… for one second.' Ryner screamed in his mind. "What do you mean?"
"I think it best if I… show you. She said, glancing at the moon. She seemed to get angry at tha moment, for now reason. "I have to he's my friend and he's like us!"
"Who's like who now?" Ryner asked.
"Just, hold on." Selene closed her eyes.
{Selene}
"Selene, we made a boon. None shall know of our bond, to protect you if I do recall." Moon was angry and for understandable reasons, Selene was about to reveal something she hadn't told anyone, ever.
'I have to. He's my friend, and this thing inside of him.'
"Is completely separate to us." Moon said. "He chose to accept Legion into his body. I chose you my dear."
'But I let you didn't I? For the same reason as him.'
"You did it for Justice, you did it to right the wrong your people-"
'You did it for justice.' Selene told the goddess. 'I let you, for revenge.'
Moon paused, deep in thought. "Very well then child. Let him see us."
[Ryner]
Ryner and Legion both watched in shock as Selene folded her arms over her chest, her breathing light, and her body glowing. A white, chill glow of pure moonlight. From where Ryner stood the moon was directly behind her, and he watched as lights began to collect, and suddenly his stomach left him, his vision was clouded by a white light, and then blackness.
He was now standing on, well, nothing. He was above the clouds, and beyond into space, stars and glistening nebulas lit up around him, far away but close enough to see. He was still breathing which was good, but nor was he very comfortable with begin whisked away to unknown terrestrial places.
The he noticed who he was standing in front of, and he lost all forms of thought. There was Selene, her white hair floating mystically, but her clothes… well, gone. She was floating in the air, her arms and hands covering her for a term Ryner used "Areas". He skin looked soft and warm, but wasn't quite perfect, due to a cut in her stomach. No blood dripped from the wound, but he could tell it was deep, and lethal. She looked so venerable, her clothes gone and defenceless, floating in space.
"Don't even think about it boy." Said a voice, and when it spoke a woman made of light materialized behind Selene. Her hair was made of pure moonlight, and her clothes were ancient in style, wrapping around her loosely. On her back was strapped a staff, the top of which was emblazoned with a crescent moon.
"Thinking about what?!" he shouted, his mind filled with questions, mainly why Selene was naked.
"Honestly, boy." Ryner turned, and would have jumped in fear and horror if it weren't for him being suspended in a vacuum. Next to him was a tall figure, his muscular body encased in a shadowy cloak, and his waist decked out with weapons, to many to count. His head was covered by a white mask, which was the most terrifying part, it hand long, up-curving horn and it had a toothy smile, like that of a horrifying clown, the teeth like needles. It spoke with Legions voice, and he didn't sound too impressed. "I would have thought by now you would have some kind of an idea."
"L-Legion?" Ryner gasped, even more questions appearing.
"So you are Legion." The women said, her glowing eyes glaring at the shadowy man who must be Legion.
"You know this woman?" Ryner asked Legion.
"No, but she's even brighter then the girl, I want her dead." Legion tried to move, but seemed to find it too difficult in this place.
"You cannot harm here, Grimm." The woman said.
"Ryner." Selene said, smiling in reassurance. "This is Moon, goddess of the night, justice and purity."
"Goddess?" Ryner said, confused and amazed.
"Goddess!" Legion said, angry and murderous. "You… You were the ones who had me caged, unable to have my own body!"
"And here I was thinking we had gotten rid of such horrible insects." The goddess said.
"Moon, please, this isn't why we bought them here." Selene pleaded.
"Goddess?" Ryner still questioned.
"Yes boy, I am a goddess. A divine guardian who has watched your kind for millennia."
"Ha, it shows." Legion said under his breath.
"Ryner, when I told you we were similar, I meant it." Selene said, still covering her breasts which Ryner found very magnetising. "I was also betrayed as a child, except not by one member of my family, but by all of them."
"Oh…" Ryner said, then finding he stab wound in her stomach and realising exactly what she was saying. "Ohhh."
"The Luna tribe sacrifice a vessel of purity in the festival of the New Light. I was chosen, but I didn't it I…" tears began to fall down her face, dripping away from her and floating through space. "I didn't want to die."
"I heard Selene's pleads, and I chose to save her purity."
"Awh, that's not the ending I wanted." Legion said with his toothy grin.
"Moon possessed my vessel." Selene explained. "She took revenge for me."
"She killed your clan." Ryner understood.
"They deserved it, boy." Moon said, her eyes slightly sad. "They had become fanatic, impure."
"Actually, this story is picking up."
"Legion please." Ryner asked, intently listening to her story.
"When a goddess bonds with a mortal, both sides give up something in order to gain something." Moon explained. "In our case, I gave up part of my body in order to heal Selene's."
"Wait, so is that why…" Ryner looked at the shattered moon, its pieces broken apart from the rock.
"But, in order for her to give me her powers, I had to give up something." Ryner raised an eyebrow, wondering what it was. "I gave her my loyalty. I am her sword now, and I fight who she think deserve the moons justice, be they criminals, White Fang… Or Grimm."
"Well, now that's a surprise." Legion said. "Well, looks like we have no choice, send us back so Ryner can kill you would you?"
"No!" Ryner.
"Hold on, beast." Moon said. "I know Selene cares for the boy, somehow. And I can tell by how much you detest her, the boy had similar feelings."
"Wait, hold on now…" Ryner was about to interrupted.
"You have no idea, goddess. The mind of a teenager is a darker place then a Beowolf's burrow." Legion said.
"Hey!"
"So, in keeping our vessels happy, I think we should refrain from getting then upset, I think a truce is the best option." Moon said.
"Truce! A truce with one of my captures?" Legion roared, angrily. "Fine."
"Wait what?" Ryner said stunned. "Your never one to go for peace."
"It's not as simple as that, mortal." Legion said, his grin even more pronounced. "I wish to fight this goddess with a body of my own, none deserve the pleasure of slicing her divine throat." He bowed mockingly.
"Then it is settled." Selene said, placing her foot on the floor and moving her arms to her side, revealing her naked body to Ryner, who immediately blushed bright red, and averted his eyes from her chest and womanhood. "Ryner, do you agree to these terms?"
"Erm." He said, turning his head back as she walked to him, trying to keep his eyes fixed on hers and not her perky breasts. "If I say yes, do we go back to where we were?"
She giggled lightly. "Sorry, it was the only way for you to really see."
"Oh, he sees it alright." Legion grinned.
"It's fine, I see 'it' too." She winked, making him look down on himself and finding he, too, was lacking in clothes. His face now flushed crimson.
"Are you fucking kidding m-"
"Your name." Selene said, stepping another teasing step towards him.
"My- My name?" He asked, confused. "Blade Hunter."
"Your real name boy, and make it your full given name." Moon said.
"Okay? Ryner Lee Griffin Walker Hunter… Carter." He said, saying his last name for the first time in years.
"Ryner Lee Griffin Walker Hunter Carter, do you swear an oath of purist truth, to never raise you blade to my sword so long as you are bound to Legion, the first general of the Grimm?" Moon said.
"Erm, sure go for it."
"And does Legion, second born of darkness, accept this bond?"
"Eh, so long as this truce ends when I have returned to my body." He declared.
"And do you, Atalanta Selene of the Luna tribe, accept these terms?"
"I do." She said, smiling."
"And I, Moon, Goddess of the night, Justice, and Purity, slayer of Oopis during the first war. Slayer of Euphius and Geticres during the Uprising of the Phoenix, usurper of the first throne of…"
"For fuck sakes woman, get on with it." Legion yelled.
Moon looked like she might burst a divine blood vessel, which made it difficult for Ryner to laugh, but she carried on. "Accept the terms of the truce."
After his little talk with Selene, Ryner felt his burden lift. Like the weight of the world had been taken off his shoulders. He finally felt free. He could laugh, smile and do things normal people do in a genuine fashion. He strolled to his room, then he collapsed on the bed.
'Wow that was a lot to take in.' Ryner thought to Legion. 'I can't really believe it, she's like me, phenomenal cosmic powers, all in her tiny, well not so tiny, body.'
"Please stop thinking what you thinking." Legion asked. "It both makes me angry and digested. You're not even doing it right."
'Doing what?' Legion was silent, for the first time in Ryner's life. 'Doing what?!'
