Hello there, Everybody. Ready for the aftermath of the Hinatsuki tragedy?
Chapter 5
"Stupid bar fight. Rokuro will be worried." Qrow muttered as he, Seigen and Zenichi are making their way towards Hinatsuki Dormitory.
"Well, maybe you shouldn't go drinking then." Seigen said emotionless tone of voice.
Qrow snapped his head towards the Exorcist. "I wasn't drinking! I wasn't even in the bar in the first place. Some bar fight decided to go out of the bar and into the street. I had to sought it out." Qrow explained before sighing and running a hand through his hair with his eyes closed.
"...Whatever you say." Seigen muttered, however, Qrow heard him.
"What did you say?" Qrow asked, glaring at Seigen.
"Please gentlemen. There's no point in arguing over something little as this." Zenkichi pointed out, causing Qrow to grumble slightly whilst Seigen remained silent. Zenkichi sighed before shaking his head.
"You two are like Rokuro and Yuto. Always fighting." Zenkichi said, causing Qrow to turn his head towards the elderly man.
"I bet that when we arrive, Rokuro and Yuto will be another argument." Qrow explained, causing Zenkichi to chuckle slightly.
"I think that you just jinx us, considering your Semblance." Seigen pointed out, causing Qrow to freeze.
"...Yeah, that's true." Qrow said in a stiff tone of voice. It was then that Zenkicki notice something.
"What's that light?" Zenkichi asked in a puzzled tone of voice as Qrow and Seigen started to notice the light in the distance.
"...It looks like a light from a camp fire." Qrow said in a thoughtful tone of voice. It was then that Seigen realize something.
"It's in the same place where Hinatsuki Dormitory is." Seigen pointed out and it took a few seconds for the three men to realize that something is happening at the Hinatsuki Dormitory.
"Come on! Leg it!" Qrow said before starting to run towards the Hinatsuki Dormitory.
"Don't tell me what to do." Seigen muttered before running after Qrow.
"Please be safe, children." Zenkichi muttered as he started to increase his walking pace, gaining the feeling that something bad is happening at the dorm
"What...happened here?" Qrow asked in a shock tone of voice as he stared at the burning building.
"Possible a Grimm attack." Seigen said as he stop next to Qrow and took out a Talisman.
"What about the Kagare?" Qrow asked as he got out-. Seigen shook his head.
"The Kagare usually try to find weak points in the barrier in areas with the greatest Yin energy. I don't see why the Kagare would appear here." Seigen explained, causing Qrow to nod his head slightly.
"This looks horrible." A voice said, causing Qrow and Seigen to turn their heads to see Zenkichi approaching them.
"Whatever happened here, we better find the children." Qrow said, causing the two other men to nod their heads before starting to search for the children.
"Rokuro! Rokuro! Where are you?!" Qrow shouted, hoping for the fox Faunus to hear him and respond. As he looked around the grounds of the dorm, he spotted a person laying on the ground.
"Rokuro! Thank god." Qrow thought in a relieved tone of voice as he spotted two fox ears on top of the person's head. However, the red eye hunter wasn't the only one to spot Rokuro as a black, wolf-like creature started to approach the fox Faunus.
"A Beowolf." Qrow thought, recognizing the type of Grimm.
"Get away from my nephew!" Qrow shouted as he charged towards the Beowolf, Harbringer changing into its scythe form. Qrow managed to reach the Grimm before the Beowolf could do anything to the unconscious Rokuro and sliced its head off.
"Are there more Grimm about?" Qrow thought as he peered through the darkness, trying to spot any glowing red eyes. For some reason, the red eyed Hunter gain the feeling that he is being watch by a presence that is not of a Grimm.
"You managed to find someone?" A voice asked, causing Qrow to glance behind his shoulder to see Seigen approaching him.
"Just Rokuro. Have you?" Qrow asked, causing Seigen to shake his head.
"No. I've only found a few dead bodies." Seigen replied, causing Qrow to become wide eyed.
"Grimm. They have no mercy." Qrow growled as he glared at the darkness. Seigen looked at Rokuro and when he saw the fox Faunus's right arm, his black eyes widened.
"This is no Grimm attack." Seigen said, causing Qrow to become confuse as he turned his head again.
"What do you mean?" Qrow asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Have you seen the shrimp's right arm?" Seigen asked, causing Qrow to become more confused before looking down at his nephew's right arm.
"What!?" Qrow exclaimed as his eye widened in shock as he stared at the red Kagare arm.
W-what happened to Rokuro's arm?" Qrow asked as Seigen began to frown.
"We need to meet up with the old man first." Seigen replied, causing Qrow to stare at the Exorcist for a few seconds before nodding his head.
Back at the Rose/Xio Long residence, Summer Rose is getting a bit worried. "Where are they? I hope that Qrow hasn't decided to go to a bar first." Summer said in a worrying tone of voice as the silver eye women stared outside the window.
"Sum, you need to relax. Qrow and Rokuro will probably be up the pathway by now." Taiyang said in a reassuring tone of voice.
"Yeah, maybe your right." Summer said as she started to smile. It was then that the front is heard opening, causing Summer to jump slightly.
"They're here!" Summer exclaimed, causing Taiyang to chuckle slightly as he watch Summer leaving the kitchen walked towards the door.
"Hello, Qrow...Where's Rokuro?" Summer asked, noticing that her son isn't with the red eyed Hunter.
It was then that Summer notice the tense look on Qrow's face. "Qrow...is there something wrong?" Summer asked, dread entering her body.
"Where are Ruby and Yang?" Qrow asked as Taiyang made his appearance.
"They in bed. They went to bed ten minutes ago." Taiyang replied, causing Qrow to sigh in relief slightly.
"That's good to hear." Qrow muttered, however, both Summer and Taiyang became confused.
"Qrow. Did something happened with Rokuro?" Summer asked, causing Qrow to take a deep breath.
"There's...has been an incident at the Hinatsuki Dormitory." Qrow replied, causing Summer and Taiyang to become wide eyed.
"Are the children okay?!" Taiyang asked, causing Qrow to shook his head.
"All the children...are dead. except for one." Qrow replied, causing Summer to gasp.
"Who?" Summer asked becoming more fearful.
"It's Rokuro but...something happened to him." Qrow said, causing both Summer and Taiyang to glance at each other.
"What do you mean? What happened to our son?" Taiyang asked, causing Qrow to take a deep breath.
"He's outside with Seigen and the old man. I'll bring them in. But...be prepared for what you're about to see." Qrow explained, but this caused Summer and Taiyang to become worriedly.
"You can come in now." Qrow called towards the door, causing both Seigen and Zenkichi to enter the house, and when they saw Rokuro in Seigen's arm, Summer almost shrieked.
"What...happened to Rokuro?" Summer asked in horror as she and Taiyang stared at the Kagare arm that has become Rokuro's new arm.
"This is the result of someone being effected by the Kagare curse." Zenkichi replied, causing both Summer and Taiyang to become confuse.
"Kagare curse?" the two asked at the same time.
"A forbidden ritual." Seigen replied as he looked at Summer.
"Is there...anyway to change his arm back to normal?" Summer asked in a fearful tone of voice.
"There's no reversal to the effects of the Kagare curse." Seigen, causing both Summer and Taiyang to become wide eyed.
"...But I can sealed the power away, that will cause his arm to look normal." Seigen explained, causing Summer to gain a hopeful expression on her face.
"Seigen. You do that whilst I'll inform Mrs Rose and Mr Xio Long what has happened. You don't mind if Seigen uses Rokuro's room?" Zenkichi asked, causing Taiyang to nod his head, causing Seigen to start walking up stairs.
"What happened? Qrow said that there's has been an incident at the Hinatsuki Dormitory." Taiyang asked as he, Summer, Qrow and Zenkichi headed into the living room.
"We're not entirely sure what happened, but the whole place is covered in flames when we arrived." Zenkichi explained, causing Summer and Taiyang to gain shock expressions on their faces.
"Qrow said that...you didn't find any other survivors?" Taiyang asked, causing Zenkichi to nod his head sadly.
"I'm afraid not. The only idea we came up with is that someone attacked the dorm and used the children to perform the Kagare curse." Zenkichi explained as Summer gained a curious look on her face.
"What exactly is this ritual?" Summer asked, remembering Seigen calling it a "forbidden ritual". Zenkichi took a deep breath.
"A Kagare curse is a ritual that can turn a human being into a Kagare." Zenkichi replied, causing Summer to widen her eyes in horror. Taiyang place an arm around the silver eyes women.
"So your saying that everyone apart form Rokuro have been...turned into a Kagare?" Taiyang asked, causing Zenkichi to nod his head. He, Ruby, Yang and Qrow don't know what a Kagare looks like, but they heard that it's a monstrous creature born from the sin of Humans and Faunus.
"Why would someone do that? To children no less?" Summer asked, her voice barely a whisper.
"Someone with a cold heart." Qrow replied darkly, his mind gaining the image of someone who want humanity and Faunus dead.
"Whatever the case. We found out the entire the story until Rokuro wakes up...and is a good state of mind." Zenkichi added, gaining the feeling that Rokuro will feel horrible when waking up.
When Rokuro woke up, he became confused when he saw that he is in his bedroom.
"How did I end up in my room? Did Uncle Qrow brought me here?" Rokuro thought in confusion.
"Strange. I don't remember him coming over-!" Rokuro began to thought before the events from last night flooded into his head, causing the fox Faunus to become wide eyed.
"Please let it be a nightmare. Please let it a nightmare." Rokuro repeated under his breath. However, deep down, Rokuro knew that the events that happened from last night were real and everyone from the Hinatsuki Dormitory is dead or got turned into a Kagare and exorcised by him.
Rokuro remembered gaining a Kagare arm and when the fox Faunus looked at his right arm, he became wide eyed as he saw that it was completely normal. "...What?" Rokuro muttered as he stared as his arm.
"I'm pretty sure that my arm got chewed off by a Kagare and got replaced by a Kagare's arm." Rokuro thought, puzzled. However, when he activate his spiritual senses, a ability that Exorcists have that allows them to see the Spiritual powers of Yang and Yin, dread started to fill Rokuro as he saw that, despite the layer of Spiritual power covering his arm, his right arm is producing the aura of a Kagare.
It was then that tears started to seep out of the fox Faunus's eyes as Rokuro brought up his knees and hug them.
"Why me? Why did I have to live whilst the others die?" Rokuro muttered as the faces of all his friends at Hinatsuki Dormitory appear in his head. It was then that a knock is heard, causing Rokuro to turn his head towards the door.
"Rokuro. Are you awake?" Yang's voice came through the door. "
...Yes." Rokuro replied, thinking that there's no point in pretending to sleep.
"Morning, Rokuro. When did you get-!" Yang began to ask as she opened the door but stop when she and Ruby, who is behind her, saw the tears in Rokuro's eyes.
"Roku! Are you okay?!" Ruby asked in a shock tone of voice as she and Yang rush towards Rokuro's bed.
"...I don't know." The crimson eyes fox Faunus replied, starting to feel hollow inside. Ruby and Yang started to hug him.
"What happened to you? Did something happen last night?" Yang asked and Rokuro was about to reply but got interrupted as a slight cough is heard, causing the three siblings to turn their heads towards the door to see Taiyang.
"Glad to see your awake, Rokuro." Taiyang said with a small smile on his face.
"Dad. Do you know what happened last night? Rokuro looked all depress." Ruby asked as she release her hold on Rokuro. Taiyang took a deep breath.
"I tell you to later, now isn't the right time." Taiyang explained, causing both Ruby and Yang to gain a slightly disgruntled looks on their faces but nodded their heads nonetheless.
"Ruby, Yang. Can you please leave me and Rokuro. There's something I want to talk to him about something. Breakfast is made by the way." Taiyang explained, causing the two sisters to glance at each other before nodding their heads.
After the two siblings left and closed the door, Taiyang took a deep breath before looking at Rokuro.
"How are you feeling, Rokuro?" Taiyang asked in a soft tone of voice.
"...Empty." Rokuro replied, causing Taiyang to nod his head slightly.
"I've heard from Qrow, Seigen and old man Otomi about the whole Hinatsuki Dormitory consumed in flames. Summer and I became shock when we saw that...arm of yours." Taiyang explained, causing Rokuro to gain a curious look on his face.
"What happened to my arm? How did it turn back to a human arm?" Rokuro asked, causing Taiyang to sigh slightly.
"I'm not entirely sure, but Seigen did something to seal that Kagare arm away." Taiyang explained as Rokuro stared at his right arm.
"So I'm stuck having a Kagare arm for the rest of my life." Rokuro muttered, however, Taiyang heard him.
"I'm afraid so. I bring some breakfast up for you." Taiyang said before starting to leave the room. However, he stopped when he reach the doorway.
"Seigen and old man Otomi said that they will be coming over. They need to know what happened last night." Taiyang explained, causing Rokuro to nod his head.
"Got it." Rokuro replied in a quite tone of voice as Taiyang left the room. However, the fox Faunus never want to remember the events from last night ever again.
Sometime in the afternoon, both Seigen and Zenkichi arrived at the Rose/Xio Long residents, just like what Taiyang said. Qrow took Ruby and Yang into town along with their pet dog Zwie, saying that the meeting is private.
However, the two girls were informed about what happened to Hinatsuki Dormitory last night and that the other children are dead. The two sisters were very upset, both being good friends with the children of Hinatsuki Dormitory along with Rokuro. Currently, the fox Faunus, Summer and Taiyang are in the living room, along with Seigen and Zenkichi.
"Now, Rokuro. Can you please tell us what exactly happened last night?" Seigen asked, surprising everyone that he is using Rokuro's name rather than "Shrimp".
With some difficulties, Rokuro managed to tell the four adults about the events from last night. Everyone became shock when they heard who was behind the "attack" of the dorm.
"I knew that the kid wasn't normal." Taiyang said with a frown on his face.
"Now, now, Mr Xio Long. There's no point in commenting the normality of Yuto. Despite his attitude towards the other children." Zenkichi said, causing Taiyang to grumble slightly.
"What happened to Yuto? We couldn't find his body?" Zenkichi asked, turning his attention towards Rokuro.
"I punch him into the flames with my...Kegare arm." Rokuro replied in a quiet tone of voice, causing everyone to become shock.
"So, Yuto is dead then?" Zenkichi asked, causing Rokuro to gulp slightly.
"Probably." Rokuro replied, staring at the ground.
"But why would Yuto do something horrible in the first place?" Summer asked in a horrified tone of voice.
Seigen took a deep breath before speaking. "He probably be experimenting with the Kagare curse before attempting to use the ritual on himself." Seigen replied in a thoughtful tone of voice.
"Anyway. I need to report to master Arima about these events. He will probably come up with so cover up story." Seigen explained, causing Summer and Taiyang to become confused whilst Rokuro looked at him.
"Why would this Arima person need to make up a cover up story?" Taiyang asked, causing Seigen to sigh slightly.
"Knowledge about the Kagare curse is supposed to be a secret. I don't know how the brat found out about Kagare curse in the first. But it will cause trouble if other people found out about the knowledge." Seigen replied, causing Taiyang to frown slightly.
"How bad are we talking about?" Taiyang asked, becoming curious.
"Well, other Exorcists could use the knowledge to increase their own power. That's what the curse is originally for." Seigen replied, causing Rokuro, Summer and Taiyang to become wide eyed.
"How can people...be so power hungry?" Summer asked, causing Seigen to shrug his shoulders.
"Who knows. But anyway, you three need to keep a tight lip about this." Seigen said, his facial expression becoming serious. However, Summer tilt her head in confusion.
"So why are you telling us about this? You could have this conversation with Rokuro privately?" Summer pointed out, causing Seigen to shrug his shoulders.
"Your are his parents. I think it's best if you know what happened to Rokuro." Seigen replied, causing Summer to nod her head.
"If I didn't tell you. Then you probably beat the information out of me." Seigen thought within his head, remembering how Summer can become something to fear when angered.
"We need to get going now. I think that we covered everything." Zenkichi said before the two of them stood up along with Summer and Taiyang. However, it was then that Seigen remembered something.
"Oh yeah. Your probably wondering about that Kagare arm of yours?" Seigen asked, causing Rokuro to instinctively grab is right arm.
"I think Taiyang told you that I seal the power away." Seigen asked, causing Rokuro to nod his head.
"I've created a Talisman that allows you to release that power so you can wield it. The Talisman's black and it should be on your bedside table." Seigen explained, causing Rokuro to nod his head.
"Well. See your around, Shrimp."Seigen said before heading towards the door.
Zenkichi shook his head as he sighed. "Still the same in any situation, Seigen." Zenkichi muttered before turning his head towards Rokuro.
"Well, I hope that you will get feel better soon, Rokuro. I'll probably be moved to the Seiko Dormitory. Give me a call if you want anything or want to see Ryogo or Mayura." Zenkichi explained, causing the fox Faunus to nod his head.
"Well. goodbye for now, then." Zenkichi said before heading towards the door. When Summer closed the door, silence descended into the house.
"...I'll be in my room if you want me." Rokuro said before heading towards the stairs. Summer was about to say something but Taiyang place a hand on the silver eyes women's shoulder and shook his head when Summer look at him.
It's been six month since the now dubbed Hinatsuki tragedy, and Rokuro has isolated himself from the outside world.
The cover up story that was created is that a group of Kagare managed to appear in the dorm and killed all the children. Thankfully, Rokuro's name haven't been mentioned which he was grateful for.
During the month of isolating himself from the rest of the world in depression, people have visit him, such as Ryogo who introduce the other members of the Seika Dormitory to him, Atushi Sukumozuka and Shinnoshuke Kuzaki.
Another person who visited Rokuro is Mayura Otomi, the granddaughter of Zenkichi Otomi who the fox Faunus made friends with during his time at Hinatsuki Dormitory.
"Should I just give on being an Exorcist?" Rokuro thought as he stared out of the window. That same thought has been running through his mind for a while now.
"Do I have any right to be called an exorcist since I have a Kagare arm?" Rokuro muttered as he looked down at his right arm that is covered in bandages, covering the wounds that the crimson eyes fox Faunus have been inflicting upon himself.
"It would be a shame if you quiet. You have a lot of potential." A voice spoke, causing Rokuro to whip his head around and instinctively grab a Talisman on the bedside table. Standing by the door is a woman wearing black and red clothes and having long black hair. On her waist is a katana in its sheath. However, Rokuro couldn't see the women's face due to a Nevermore mask covering it.
"...A humanoid Nevermore?" Rokuro asked as he stared at the women. "And How didn't I hear her?" Rokuro thought confusedly.
The Nevermore masked women chuckled slightly. "I'm no humanoid Nevermore, Rokuro Rose. This is just a normal mask that I wear." The Nevermore masked women explained, causing Rokuro to nod his head slightly. However, he raised an eye-brow when he realizes something.
"How do you know my name?" Rokuro asked, becoming tense.
"I know a lot of things about this family." The Nevermore masked women replied, causing Rokuro to frown slightly.
"And why are so interested in me?" Rokuro asked, causing the Nevermore masked women to shrug her shoulders.
"Nothing really. But I was the one who indirectly open the path for you to become an Exorcist. I sensed that great power within you." The Nevermore masked women replied as Rokuro looked at his right arm.
"But, it's an Exorcist's duty to exorcise the Kagare, and how I'm supposed to do that when I'm part Kagare?" Rokuro asked, lifting his right arm.
"Does it really matter what happened to your body? You should really be thinking of the person you are." The Nevermore masked women explained whilst crossing her arms.
"...Maybe." Rokuro replied weakly.
"And anyway, you need to move on. You can't just waste your life away by staying in here." The Nevermore masked women said, causing Rokuro to frown slightly.
"It's not that easy, when all my friends are dead." Rokuro explained, causing the Nevermore masked women to sigh.
"So what? You couldn't save, but you can avenge them. Used that the power of your new Kagare arm to exorcise all the Kagare." The Nevermore masked women explained, before smirking under her mask.
"And anyway, you should look at the Talisman your holding in your hand." The Nevermore masked women said, causing Rokuro to raise an eye-brow before looking at the Talisman. His eyes widen when he saw it is the black that Seigen made for him.
"You said that you're part Kagare, meaning that you have no right to be an Exorcist. But the rest of you say to use it." The Nevermore masked women explained as Rokuro stared at the blank Talisman.
"Anyway. It's your choice if you continue to follow the path on an Exorcist." The Nevermore masked women said before drawing her katana. Rokuro become shock when the masked women created a portal by slicing the air with her weapon.
"Who...are you?" Rokuro asked, stopping the women who was about to enter the portal.
"My name...is Raven Branwen." The Nevermore masked women replied as she removed her mask.
Rokuro became shock as he stared at Raven. "Yang's...mum?" Rokuro asked, causing Raven to hum slightly.
"Biologically speaking, yes. See you later, Rokuro Rose." Raven said before walking into the portal and closing in. Rokuro stared at the place where the portal was before looking a photo of him with the all his friends at Hinatsuki, including Ryogo. It was taken sometime after Rokuro started his training as an Exorcist.
"...I will continue to follow the path of an Exorcist. I will exorcist every Kagare and avenge my friends." Rokuro thought, beginning to smile after months of being depress.
Deep within Rokuro's subconscious, his sleeping Spiritual Guardian smiled as well.
In a cave far away from the island of Patch, a man is sitting in front of a giant fire. Due to the fire, only his sihouette can been seen.
"Om sapta jihvah bhanja vijaya. Sambo-haya svevinoh. Ahlak-cahm bam bah svaha...Om sapta..." The man chanted with his hands in a strange position.
Suddenly, the flames roared before settling down again and two names appeared within the flames.
"Benio Adashino and Rokuro Rose...?" The man read the names in the flames.
"The head of the Adashino family and the sole survivor of the Hinatsuki tragedy, an interesting pair." The man thought before becoming confuse as the name "Rose" began to flicker, disappearing and reappearing.
"...Oh, yeah. I've heard that "Rose" isn't Rokuro's real name. That's the name he gained from his adopted family." The man thought again before begging to smile widely.
"Hehehe...Hahahaha! Finally! the moment we're been waiting for! The coming of the Miko!" The man exclaimed in an excited tone of voice
And there we have it, Rokuro decided to still follow the path of an Exorcist instead of quitting like in the manga and anime of the Twin Star Exorcists and also the appearance a certain glass wearing Exorcist. Like in the 2nd chapter, I'm not sure if I made Raven a bit ooc. You guys are probably wondering who was watching Qrow at the destroyed dormitory. You'll find out in a future chapter but I'm not entire sure about the gender of the character, if you have a preference, then please write it down. Please comment and until next time, everybody.
CrazyCatVX: I'm not entirely sure what your saying (Sorry) but I think that I know what your saying. I'll try to keep this story as original as possible.