Outcasts and Outlaws Volume 2

by Halogod97

After Kane's departure, Connor has been living a happy life with Ruby at Beacon, but he has no idea what's around the corner. He will make new friends and reencounter old ones, but the same can be said for his enemies. The mysteries about his past will be answered. Who killed his parents? Where did Mars disappear off to? And most importantly of all, what is his true semblance?

9. Chapter 9- Outlaw, Murderer, Scum

Outcasts and Outlaws

Chapter 9

Outlaw, Murderer, Scum

Got a nice short one here, but I'll be uploading more later today. Also, if anyone wants to talk about this series, to give feedback or just chat about it in general, you can message Halogod#8017 on discord. Anyway, to the chapter!

Opening Music: http/youtu.be/W07UEQopVqw

[Naruto ED 32]

Music Starts

(Shows Connor in his white cloak) (Shows Kane in his black cloak)

(Shows Connor in front of a light)

(Shows Kane in front of dark clouds)

(Shows Kane and Connor in a training arena facing each other)

(They run at each other)

NANDO

(Kane dodges a punch from Connor)

TATAKITUKE

(Kane blocks hits from Connor easily)

RARETE

(Kane knocks down Connor with a punch)

MO

(Kane punches Connor in the face) (Connor falls down, Kane punches twice more and Connor falls down twice)

(Kane kicks Connor down to the ground)

AKIRAME

(Connor gets up quickly) rareru (Connor looks at Kane determinately)

WAKA NADO

(Connor readies to run at Kane again)

WANAKU GENTEN KAIKI

(Connor pulls out his katana) GENJITSU TO WA BAIBAI SHITE

(Shows Connor and Kane back to back, Connor facing forward) MUKASHI MITAI NI WAI WAI (Shows Kane's side)

SHITAIKERODO

(Shows Connor and Kane exchanging blows)

SO MO IKANAINARA

(Shows Connor and Kane punching and dodging)

KIRIHIRAITE MIRI YA I

(Shows Connor firing shotgun shells out of his gauntlets and Kane blocking with his scythes)

NOKORI

(Shows Connor flip over Kane using black clouds on his scythes)

RI WAKUZA

(Shows Connor and Kane exchanging blows with their scythes and katana)

NO SHOKI TORIMODISHITE

(Connor and Kane both block their weapons against each other and push)

ME NO MAE

(Kane pumps dark clouds into his scythes)

TOBIRA

(Connor pushes hard enough to break Kane's scythe)

KOJIAKETE MISERU

(Connor tackles Kane)

ITSU DEMO SONA NDA

(Connor slowly tries to get up) WASURA

(Connor and Kane start to get up) GACHINA

(Connor looks at Kane)

KOTO GA (

Connor grins at Kane)

NANIYORI MO

(Kane gets up)

TAISETUNA

(Connor gets up and stands next to Kane)

KOTO DATTE

(random people jump into the arena)

(Connor and Kane run towards them)

NANI GA (Connor pushes away lots of the people)

MACHIUKETE

(Connor jumps to the side)

IYOU TO

(Kane pushes people away and then jumps to the other side)

KAMAWANAI

(Connor and Kane stand back to back)

AMENIMOMAMAKEZU

(Connor takes out some people with his katana)

YAMI NO TERASU

(Kane takes out some people with his scythes)

KONO BASHO

(Connor and Kane stand back to back again)

NA KOKORO

(Jim jumps down swinging his boomerangs)

GA AREBA

(Jim lands and smiles)

KONO TOKI

(Jim fights off some people)

KONO BASHO

(Jim smashes two peoples heads against each other)

NI TSUDOI

(Ruby jumps into the arena smiling) NAKATMACHI

(Ruby hits the ground with her scythe and knocks some people away)

MAWARI

(Connor's hand glows with light) TSUDZUKERU

(Kane's hand is surrounded by dark clouds)

SEKAI

(Connor and Kane pull back their arms, running next to each other) NANBITOTAIRITOMO TOMERU KOTO WA DEKINAI YO!

"And that's what happened, sir." Kane said to Ozpin, completing his report. Ozpin sat behind his desk as Kane stood in the centre of the room. For the last twenty minutes Ozpin had listened to Kane's story, and he was not happy.

"So you have no idea where the Grinm came from, or how they got into the city?" Ozpin asked, wanting to learn more about the mystery.

"I'm not certain..." Kane replied. "But I fear it my have been...you know who."

"Him?" Ozpin responded in surprise. "You think he's caught on? He knows we're looking for him?"

"Perhaps." Kane said and then suggested. "Or maybe he was just trying to tie up loose ends, finish what he couldn't before."

Ozpin frowned in worry and questioned, "How close is he?"

"From the feeling I'm getting, I'd say he's probably in Beacon somewhere." Kane replied.

Kane's answer worried and scared Ozpin immensely. Sweat began to run down his face and his hands shook. He gulped nervously and asked, "What do think his intentions are?"

"Murder's on his mind." Kane solemnly said, disgusted by the thoughts that popped into his head. "If he finds someone else before me...he won't let them go alive."

Ozpin closed his eyes and thought for a minute, troubled. He'd never been in a situation like this before, Beacon had never been in such danger.

"Get to Connor, quickly!"

Meanwhile, Connor and Ruby strolled down the corridors of Beacon. The two had spent the day together, wanting to make the most of the time that Beacon was empty.

"I had a really nice time today." Connor told Ruby. "Beacon is so much better when there's not so many people."

Before Ruby could reply, a voice from somewhere said, "I agree." Ruby and Connor both looked around, trying to pinpoint the source of the noise. Their eyes finally settled on a figure in a tattered black cloak, standing in the middle of the corridor a way in front of them. The mans face was covered by the hood of the cloak, but Connor felt a dark presence around him.

The stranger spoke in a raspy, deep voice, "It's so much easier to kill people when's no ones about to see."

"Who the hell are you?" Connor asked as Ruby clung to his arm, both of them confused by the mans words.

"Some call me an Outlaw, some call me a murderer, others even call me scum." The man responded creepily, then pulled down his cloak revealing a dark face with pitch black eyes and hair, covered in scars and scratches. "But you can call me...satan." The man then burst out in malicious laughter. "Or maybe you could even call me 'The one who will decide your fate!'"

Connor didn't know what to make the mad mans rambling, but perceived him as a threat. The cloak and his words was proof enough of that, but Connor still wasn't sure if this man was truly a threat or if he was just mad. By the way he was laughing, Connor thought it could be so.

"W-what's the m-matter Connor?" The madman stuttered out of taunting rather than anything else. "Don't you recognise me? Or did Kane never tell you about me?"

Connor payed special attention to that. He had thought Kane had finally spilled all his secrets, that there was nothing more he was hiding and yet, more mysteries were now unfolding.

"I'm not surprised he didn't tell you!" The madman continued on between malicious giggles. "He probably still despises me!"

While the madman continued to laugh insanely, Ruby clung tighter to Connor's arm, which made him mad at the stranger. If he was scaring Ruby, he was officially in for a beating. "Tell me who you are already!" Connor snarled, struggling to stay calm. "Enough buggering around!"

The madman slowly toned down his laughs into snickers, grinning and gritting his teeth together. He then raised his hands into the air dramatically and yelled, "I AM THE BROTHER OF THE DARK CHILD! I AM THE TRUE LORD OF SHADOWS! I AM MURLOUGH! BROTHER OF KANE!"

Ruby loosened her grip on Connor's arm in simply shock. She knew that Kane had never once mentioned having a brother, especially one so mad, although she thought that maybe that would be reason enough to keep it a secret. She then looked up to Connor, to see what he was thinking, and saw something she had never seen on his face before.

True fear.

Connor's eyes were wide as bowls and locked into the madman who called himself Murlough. Sweat had started to run down his face in masses and he was even slightly shaking. Ruby had never seen him like this before and grew increasingly worried.

Just as Ruby was about to ask what was wrong, Connor spoke, his voice shaking. "When my parents were murdered, there was nearly no evidence as to who did it, but I heard one thing. One of the higher ups there said the killers name...was Murlough." Connor changed his attitude, staring at Murlough intensely, his fear turning to anger.

Murlough stared back at Connor and then started laughing again, not caring about the look he was being given. Connor clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, then shot forward. Ruby lost her grip on him completely as he ran towards Murlough and shouted, "I'll kill you!"

Connor raised his fist and pulled back his right arm as he neared his parents murderer. He prepared to lunge forward and land the first hit, which he intended to follow up with a barrage of lethal blows. In a flash, Murlough's right arm came out from under the cloak and stabbed something into Connor's fist. Connor stared at the object in confusion, wondering how he had moved so fast. Instead of a hand on the end of Murlough's arm, there was a clump of rounded metal. On the end of the clump there was a sharp blade, which was now stabbing into Connor's fist. The rest of the clump was loaded with cannon looking holes.

After a small and very discerning smile, Murlough pulled his blade out of Connor's fist, firing the cannons as he did so. Connor's hand was immediately shattered. All of his fingers and his thumb were shot off, blood spewing everywhere. The palm of his hand was also spilt in two by the shot, pieces of it scattering over the floor.

Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. As Ruby screamed Connor's name, Murlough pulled his other arm out of his cloak, which had the same apparatus on it. He then stuck the blade into Connor's belly, making him cough up blood from the pain. Ruby began to run over to Connor, and Murlough saw this, then decided to finish it quickly. He fired his cannons directly into Connor's belly, sending shrapnel into it and rupturing the skin. Blood erupted from the wound and many pieces of flesh fell from it, Connor's face contorting in agony.

"Now die like your worthless parents!" Murlough yelled, before roughly pulling the blade out of Connor. As Connor fell to the ground and Murlough turned around, Kane, Ozpin and Doctor Brian came running down the corridor. Kane didn't hesitate to pull out his scythe from his back and throw it towards Murlough, who faded away into a dark fog, the scythe hitting the wall behind him.

When the three reached Connor, Ruby was already with him, crying over his broken form. Kane saw that he was still alive, breathing heavily, but wouldn't last much longer without treatment and commanded the black clouds to amass around the wound to keep it from gathering infections and stop the bleeding.

"Get him to the infirmary!" Doctor Brian commanded, rushing over and pushing Ruby off of Connor. On his word, Ozpin and Connor grabbed Connor and pulled him up, supporting him on their shoulders while his head hung low. Doctor Brain rushed ahead, needing to get his equipment ready.

As Ruby stood alone, tears streaming down her face, Jim and Yang ran up behind her and Jim asked, "What's going on?! We heard gunshots!"

Ruby didn't reply, she couldn't. She simply stared at the scythe which Kane had left stuck in the wall, wondering why he had been so ready to kill the man claiming to be his brother.