Guess who's back for a Halloween special, did you miss me :D
To continue on the tradition of me making a holiday chapter on every holiday I present you my
Death's Academy Halloween special extraordinaire
. . . . Yeah I know, odd name I know, I always wanted to put extraordinaire into a title so why not now *Shrugs*. On a side note I also put up a Halloween special for my Uchiha's of Remnant story so go check it out. Now before we begin
Disclaimer: All property is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story
Now without further ado, lets begin this Halloween special!
~Many years ago~
Death was walking through the forest towards Summer's home, it was cool evening as the sun was setting in the horizon as the breeze rustled against the bare tree branches overhead. For someone normal, this situation would be nerve-wracking for any normal people if they were walking down a dark forest by themselves as it was turning nighttime, but Death isn't normal as he found this scene serene and calming.
That was until he sensed Summer following him towards her own home for reasons he has no idea why but he decided to play it out and see what's going on. Death kept walking while Summer kept sneaking behind him hiding behind trees and bushes. As soon as Death saw Summer's house he just let out a sigh and pulled out Redemption as he fired three shots at the bush Summer was hiding in
"The fuck Death!" Summer shouted angrily as she jumped out of the bush as her shoulder had a singe mark on it from one of Death's shots nearly hitting her
"Mind explaining me why the hell you were stalking me all the way to your own home, which by the way you invited me to do something with which I presume will be back in the city" Death said dryly as he began reloading his gun "So please explain to me why I had to waste all this time to come to your house when we could've just cut to the chase and go wherever you want and- The fuck are you wearing" Death stopped what he was saying when he noticed Summer's clothing
"It's a costume, I'm dressed as a witch" Summer said as her usual outfit and robe was replaced by more darker clothing. She was wearing a low cut black robe that showed her collarbone with a small slit near her legs to let her walk which showed she was walking in a pointed toe black high heel boots. Her sleeves were long and flowing with the end near her wrist were tattered and in a shade of dark red. She wore a black corset with red string that was tighten around her thin waist while on the back it had a red spiderweb design on it. To top it off, she wore a pointed black hat with a red bow
". . . . . . . Why?" Death asked seriously
"For Halloween" Summer stated
". . . . . . . The fuck is Halloween?" Death said seriously while Summer's jaw just dropped from shock at what she just heard
"How the hell do you not know what Halloween is!" Summer shouted in complete shock
"I'm sorry but you must mistake me with someone who knows about that tiny world inside that mind of yours" Death teased as he poked her forehead which she swatted away before putting her hands on her hips. Death rolled his eyes at her attitude before crossing his arms "You know for a fact I don't have time to understand whatever crap most people do on a daily bases so why not just get the middleman out of the way and explain what Halloween is already" Death said dryly as Summer let out a huff while shaking her head at Death
"Fine, now where to begin" Summer said as she began pacing back and forth
'Well I'm going to be here for awhile' Death thought tiredly as he should've just lied about knowing what Halloween was and get this over with
"All Hallow's eve or Halloween is an old holiday originally participated in warding off the spirits of the dead by disguising yourself as monster or placing a burning candle in a gourd but soon came to using a pumpkin which we then call a jack O' lantern. From then on the old superstition was fading away but the fun of dressing up stayed as everyone participated as trick or treating became common as kids would go door to door for treats while the more mischievous of kids would play tricks on people" Summer summarized as Death stared at her as he took in this uninteresting information
". . . . . So basically you asked me to trick or treat or with you or whatever" Death surmised
"Yep" Summer said with a nod
"And you basically just want to trick people instead of treating" Death guessed once more
"Oh maliciously" Summer said maniacally with a wide grin
"And if I said no you would just follow me around begging me to join until I cave in and say yes" Death stated dryly
"Aw, you know me so well" Summer said happily with a cute giggle while Death shook his head at her
"Alright, as long as I can get to do something to Zhao or Ozpin I'll go along with this" Death stated as Summer pulled out a pie with whip cream on top "I knew there was a reason why I like you" Death joked
"Oh ha ha, come on" Summer said dryly while handing the pie to Death before lifting up his mask to give him a peck on his lips "Let's go have some fun, Mwahahaha" Summer said with the dramatic laugh as Death shook his head while putting his mask back in place
"Just be sure not to trip on those heels" Death teased
"Like that's going to ha-Ohcrap" Summer quickly as her pointed boot got snagged by a root as she nearly fell if Death didn't grab her arm
"What did I just say" Death said dully as Summer gave him a pout when she stood up right again
"Oh shut up and let's go" Summer said walking away with a pout which Death chuckled at while following her to enjoy his first true Halloween with her, that and throwing a whip cream pie at Zhao also helped
~Ten Years ago~
"Come on Ruby" A little blonde girl in a Frankenstein outfit shouted to her little adoptive six and half year old redheaded sister
"Coming yang" Ruby said running up to Yang while wearing a mummy outfit while wearing her cloak like a jacket. The two of them were trick or treating with other kids their age as their parents were a few steps behind them talking to each other
"Come on, I heard they are giving giant candy bars over here" Yang said excitedly as she ran as fast as her small legs could along with Ruby who was giggling as she followed her step sister
Their parents just watched with smiles on their faces as Ruby was smiling again after such hardship of losing their mother "You know, every time I look at Ruby I always see Summer in there, always joyous and happy with that smile of hers" Zhao said softly as Ping rested her head on his shoulder
"I know, I miss her too" Ping said softly as Zhao nodded as Qrow let out a tired sigh
"Makes me wonder where Death is, he should at least know about his kid" Qrow asked as much as he didn't want to send his only piece of Summer away but he still wanted her to at least know her father
"I don't know, We been sending messages to him and yet he never responds" Zhao grumbled at the fact the man hasn't even answered one of their calls
"Who knows what goes through the man's mind, for all we know he probably doesn't want anything to do with us" Qrow said with a scoff as they watched the kids run down from the house with big smiles on their faces as they head towards the next house
"Who knows, all I know is that we are Ruby's family now and I'm okay with that" Ping said with a smile as she watched Ruby suddenly hug Yang as the two let out a boisterous laugh
"True, we are her family now and we'll be a damn good one" Zhao said as they all had a decent conversation while not noticing the two girl going up to a house with the lights off
"Are you sure this house is okay, I don't think anyone is here" Ruby asked tugging on her sisters sleeve
"There is only one way to find out Rube" Yang said giddy as she rang the doorbell. After a few moments Yang was about to leave with Ruby but the door open to show a man with red stains on his body and a mouthless bone mask as his piercing red-orange eyes were seen through the dark holes in the mask "U-Uh, trick or treat" Yang said nervously at her gaze as Ruby stood behind her, scared of the tall menacing man
'Crap, I can't just kill kids' Death thought as he quietly put Redemption back in its holster that they didn't noticed he had out 'What am I supposed to give them to make them go away' Death thought quickly as his eyes darted around the house of the people he was contracted and successfully killed. He found nothing could give them until his eyes landed on his pie that he was hoping to give to Summer to see if she wanted to throw it at someone for good ol times and to apologize for not seeing her after all these years. Death let out a subtle sigh as he reluctantly picked up the pie "I don't have any candy left, but I do have this pie if you want it" Death lied professionally
The two girls eyes widen in shock in giddy at the prospect of pie "Really" The little girl in a mummy outfit with a red cloak said with excitement
When Death saw her eyes he swore he was looking at Summer but shook that thought out of his mind as he handed the pie to the blonde girl "Yes, here" Death said as the blonde took the pie in her hands
"Thank you mister" the blonde said happily as she ran down to show their parents what they got
"Thank you mister, happy Halloween" The red headed girl said cutely with a wave which he oddly returned before the girl turned to join the blonde
Death stood there for a moment before going back inside with a sigh as he has no idea how he was going to say hello to Summer now. Before Death could think of something his scroll rang and he saw he had another job that needed to be completed quickly. Death let out a sigh as he knew he won't be able to see her today "I'm sorry Summer, maybe one day we'll see each other again" Death said as he picked up a can of gasoline and began spreading all over everything before lighting a match. Death chuckled a bit as he wondered how pissed she would be when she found out he was in the area only to not visit her. Death sadly shook his head as he dropped the match and walked out as the house burned behind him
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"Mama, mama look what we got" Yang said happily with Ruby right behind her
"What is it Yang?" Ping asked softly as Yang held up a pie "Where did you get that?!" Ping asked in shock as Zhao and Qrow jaws dropped when they saw the kids got an entire pie for themselves
"The mister in that house gave it to us" Ruby said with a smile as she pointed to the house
"Really, that was nice of him" Ping said as she wondered if there was anything in the pie as she was willing to let her husband take the first bite
"Yea, but he was really scary" Yang said nervously
"Really, how scary" Zhao asked as he leaned down to his daughter's line of sight
"Really scary, that mask he wore was scary" Yang said as she let out a tiny shiver
"Really? What was the mask?" Qrow asked wondering how such a brave girl like herself would be scared of a mask
"It was well. . . I don't know, like a skeleton mask but it didn't have a mouth. Also his eyes were really scary looking" Yang said as the two girls didn't notice when the adults eyes widen slightly when she spoke about the mask and was speculating who it was
"Really, I thought his eyes were pretty" Ruby said bashfully
"Really, why" Zhao asked amused
"Well they were like a sunset" Ruby said as the adults suspicions were answered when Ruby put the final nail in the coffin at what the parents who it was the parents were thinking of
"He's here" Qrow said softly to the two other adults
"Yeah but-" Zhao didn't finish when they noticed the house was now on fire. They and all other people walking down the streets watched in shock while the kids who were too young to understand what was going on 'oohed and awed' at the sight ". . . . . Well. . . At least he knows how to bring down the house when he wants to" Zhao said jokingly as Ping grabbed the pie out of Yang's hand to smash it against her husbands face for making an awful joke
"Aww~, our pie" Yang complained
"Don't worry, we'll get you two cake later. Come on let's get going" Ping said ushering the two girls away from the burning scene
"Yay~, Cake!" The two girls shouted out simultaneously while Zhao slowly pulled the pie pan off his face
"Doesn't this bring back memories" Qrow joked about several years ago Death threw a pie at his face before running with a laughing Summer. Zhao just gave him a bland look before smashing the remaining pie into his face
"Shut up and let's go" Zhao said dryly as he walked away from the scene
Qrow took the pie pan off his face and tossed it aside as he smacked his lips "Mm~ cherry" Qrow said as he began following the others back home to get cleaned up and enjoy the rest of the night together
~Several weeks before Halloween~
"Students, I'm sure you are all wondering why I have called you all here today" Ozpin announced as the filled auditorium was silent for him to continue "There have been strange occurrences going on through the Emerald Forest, some of which has sent many of you students to the infirmary screaming and crying" Ozpin stated as a wave of murmurs covered the crowd "For this reason alone, we have forbidden anyone from entering the forest until whatever is causing this strange occurrence ceases. That is all, you may go back to your own studies" Ozpin said as everyone began walking out of the auditorium
"Geez, whatever is in the forest is making such a ruckus" Yang said as they exited the auditorium
"Well what do you expect, no one could find the reason this is happening and the students who were effected just go into a state of shock and terror every time they are reminded of the event" Weiss pointed out "Even team JNPR was one of those who were affected" Weiss said slowly shaking her head at the fact the entire team is out of commission until they get a clean bill of health both physically and mentally from the staff
"I say we go investigate what is going on" Yang said determinedly as she turned to see the blank stares of her friends
"Not happening Yang" Blake said walking away with Adam
"I like you, you know that but I'm not stupid. I'll see you later" Daniel said walking away from Yang with the rest of team FADE
"I'm not risking my life because of something we can't explain, let the professionals handle it" Weiss said with a hmph as she turned and walked away
Yang turned to Ruby as her sister gave her a smile before looking away weakly "No offense Yang, but I really don't want to end up like JNPR. So~, yea" Ruby said weakly before coughing nervously at her sister's gaze before making a break for it only to slam into someone's chest "Ow~, sorry about-Dad?" Ruby asked as she realized she bumped into her father
"Hello Ruby, would you and your team join me down in the forest" Death asked with oddly sweet voice that sent chills down her spine
"Uh, sorry no can do dad Ozpin said no students are allowed down in the forest" Ruby said quickly as she got another chill down her spine as she could tell he was smiling behind his mask
"Your other teammates said the same thing but look at them now, so willing and able" Death said as Ruby looked behind him to see all her friends tied up and being dragged by in a cart
Ruby stared at her tied up friends nervously before looking up at her father and gulped "Eheheh, have I ever told you I love you" Ruby said weakly while trying to get out of this situation
"On several occasions and no you can't get out of this. Get on the cart" Death demanded as Ruby let out a little eep as she quickly joined her friends on the cart crying anime tears "And you Xiao Long, you want to try and r-" Death stopped talking to notice she wasn't there anymore
"Move it already, the sooner we get to the forest the sooner we find the damn the thing that traumatized our friends the sooner we can get vengeance for them so chop chop" Yang said clapping her hands before slapping her hand over her mouth as she realized what she just tried to order around the man who has no remorse in beating her up
Yang looked up to Death who was cracking his knuckles "You have ten seconds to run down to the forest before I punch you there" Death said seriously
"Uh, can we not do that" Yang pleaded
"No and you just wasted eight seconds" Death said leaning his arm back
"Well fu-"
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"I hate you, I really hate you" Yang said dryly as she rubbed an ice pack against her swollen yet healing eye thanks to her aura
"Shut up and be lucky I held back my punch" Death said dryly as both RWBY and FADE were now untied and walking towards the entrance of the forest
"Why are we going in the forest again" Daniel asked as he looked around his surroundings cautiously
"Because I want you to go into the forest, go to the ruins and come back. Take your time" Death said uncaringly as they all just stared at him in disbelief
"Why would you want us to do that?" Ruby asked warily
"Just consider it your class session, just like JNPR did and failed" Death said looking at his nails before looking up at his students shocked faces
"You did that to them!" Yang shouted in shock
"Yes and no" Death answered as he noticed their confusion with a quiet sigh "Yes I forced them into the forest and no I wasn't the one who did that to them" Death said with a shrug
"Then who did?" Ruby asked warily as she stared at the forest nervously
"Just an acquaintance. Oh by the way, you'll have to avoid him at all cost or you'll end up like JNPR" Death stated as they all began to shiver when a howl from beowolf was heard, not to mention they all notice the sun was setting
"Can we do this tomorrow" Ruby asked pleadingly
"No, have fun" Death said mockingly as he waved goodbye before pulling out Redemption "Get going" Death threatened when he aimed his gun at them forcing them to run into the forest "I love my job sometimes" Death mused before holding up a 20 lien in his hand as a pale white hand grabbed the money "Remember, no killing" Death said as the being that was next to him just vanished in the wind as quickly as he appeared ". . . . I'll never understand how I know so many weirdos" Death muttered to himself
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The two teams were walking down the forest as the the sun was setting as it became dark as the group soon learned how the forest was really creepy at night. Everyone had their weapons out as they were nervously looking in every direction, every stick they step on and snap causing them to flinch
"Alright, let's just calm down and get to the ruins as quick as we can so we can get back home" Yang suggested as they all grunted in agreement "Wait, where is Daniel" Yang asked frantically as they all noticed Daniel was gone. They all soon got a chill down their spines when they heard a scream of terror echo through the woods "Daniel!" Yang shouted recognizing the voice as the entire group ran to where his voice came from and found Daniel's bow on the ground
"Crap, where's Daniel" Adam asked as everyone looked at their surroundings until started hearing a booming sound that made them all jump.
"The hell was that!" Elisa shouted as the noise gave her and the other faunus a slight headache
"I don't know, it's like its right next to us" Franz stated as everyone looked around and found nothing
"I swear this is going to end like one of those cheesy horror flicks where we are taken one by one until we are gone" Adam said earning a smack on his shoulder by his fiance
"Don't say that" Blake hissed at him
"Agreed, we just have to keep going. Remember everyone that got attack or whatever by this thing was returned to Beacon unharmed with only psychological damage" Weiss stated
"Way to make us feel better" Franz said gruffly with annoyance
"That's not helping Weiss, we just need to-. . . . Where's Elisa" Ruby asked scared and trembling slightly as everyone turned to where Elisa was only to find her weapons on the ground. Elisa's scream was heard throughout the forest as everyone went back to back with each other, not caring about getting to the ruins anymore. All they cared about is trying to get out of the forest safe and sound
"Alright, everyone let's just huddle together and move back to the entrance" Adam suggested
"Good idea. . . . Which way did we come from again" Ruby asked fearfully as they all realize they have no idea where the entrance of the forest is
". . . . . Well crap. . . Well if we go down at least we're going down fighting. Right guys. . . . . Where did Franz go" Yang asked slowly when they noticed the giant faunus was missing. Franz screams of terror was soon heard throughout the forest
"Okay screw it, everyone just run" Adam yelled out as they all began to run towards what they believe is the entrance of the forest
After a few minutes of running they all stopped when they realized something "W-Weren't we here before" Weiss asked nervously as they all noticed the area they were in was the exact same
"Crap, you got of be kidding me. Did we seriously just run in a circle" Yang nearly shouted as she pulled her hair from stress
"Calm Yang, we have to stay calm" Blake told her partner
"Um guys, where's Adam" Ruby exclaimed fearfully as Blake turned stricken at Adam's empty spot
"ADAM!" Blake shouted in fear as her cat ears drooped in horror when she heard his screams of horror "ADAM!" Blake shouted as she ran towards the screams
"Blake stop, you'll just get caught as well" Yang said tackling her teammate to the ground
"I want to go home" Ruby said nearly in tears as she had to listen to her friends screams of horror one at a time is getting to her. Ruby reached over to grab Weiss' arm to pull her in to get some comfort but only grabbed thin air "W-Weiss" Ruby stuttered out only to be answered by Weiss' scream of terror
"Goddammit! Where the hell are you!" Yang shouted out to the darkness of the forest as she felt the sleeve of Blake's shirt leave her grasp as she turned to see Blake was gone "But, that impossible" Yang said softly only to hear Blake's scream of terror
"Yang!" Ruby exclaimed in terror as she grabbed onto Yang as tears rolled down her eyes
"Don't worry Ruby I got you" Yang said terrified by whatever is out there, that has taken all their friends one by one without them even noticing
"Y-Yang" Ruby said terrified
"What is it Ru-" Yang didn't finish that sentence when she felt someone's hand go through her hair. A droplet of sweat rolled down her cheek as she slowly moved her head slowly back and noticed the ghostly pale white hand and when she did the whole world seemed to go blurry for a second. When the world seemed to go back to normal the hand was gone "Where did it go" Yang asked to herself but then noticed she was hugging "Ruby" Yang asked hesitantly only to find Ruby wasn't in her hands anymore "RUBY!" Yang shouted out hysterically
Yang kept on shouting out her sister's name but didn't get a response but she noticed her sister didn't scream out like the others. Yang took in several deep breaths and opened her eyes to reveal blood red eyes replacing the normal lilac ones "Whatever the fuck you, get your ass out here. I'm going to fucking kill you!" Yang shouted out in anger as she heard something behind her and spun around quickly only for the anger in her to vanish and be replaced with fear as her eyes returned to normal.
Standing before her as the world was turning blurry was a 'thing' standing about 12 feet, wearing a business suit, but the most eye catching thing she saw was the fact he didn't have a face, just an expressionless ghostly white head that was looking down at her. What she didn't notice was that tendrils came out of his back and wrapped it around her body. Yang didn't resist, her body didn't respond at all as she could only in horror as it lifted her up off the ground and closer to it's non-existent face. What happened next terrified her, his face opened up as large jaws opened wide as black abyss was seen inside its mouth. The next she knew was that it lunged forward taking a bite of her face as she screamed in terror as everything turned black
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Ruby woke up with a freight as she looked around only to notice she was sitting propped up against the cliff walls of Beacon. She remembered that she was hugging Yang and then darkness. Ruby in freight remembered her sister and looked around for her and only found her father sitting on a rock while reading a book in his hands. Death turned a page but stopped when he noticed she was awake
"Good evening Ruby, sleep well" Death asked calmly
"Uh, yea? Where are the others" Ruby asked as Death just pointed to the right and she all of her friends, each of them curled up in a ball shivering ever so with fear in their eyes "Guys!" Ruby shouted in shock
"They're fine" Death dismissed their shivering states as he turned the page of his book
"But they're-"
"They're fine Ruby, all they need is a week of therapy and they'll be back to normal" Death said calmly as the air rippled as Ruby jumped a foot in the air in fear when the no face creature appeared next to her father
"Good work, see you next year?" Death said raising another 20 lien as the being gently plucked it out of Death's hand. Ruby heard an abundance of whispers talking at once that sent chills down her spine "Understandable, shame we couldn't do this exactly on Halloween" Death said as the whispers returned in response "I know, you have a lot of work around this time of year but you could always just kill them first instead of just tormenting them when you find them" Death suggested as Ruby took a defensive step towards her friends as the next set of whispers returned "True, that would ruin the hunt. Well anyways I took enough of your time. See ya next year" Death waved goodbye as did the creature as it just vanished into thin air while its haunting presence remained
Death got up and stretched as he summoned his aura hands and picked up all his students "Come on Ruby, lets go" Death stated calmly
"But you-he-what-but" Ruby sputtered out not sure what to think of this situation anymore
"I WAS planning on doing this as your Halloween trick but sadly he couldn't make it then and this is his only free day, so" Death said with a shrug as he walked past Ruby with his two aura hands carrying his students behind him
Ruby was stuttering out nonsense as she couldn't believe her father would do something like this to them. . . . Ruby then realized who she was talking to". . . . . I hate you sometimes you know that" Ruby said slumping her shoulders down with a tired expression
Death just chuckled when he heard that "I love you too Ruby" Death stated as he began whistling a happy tune as the two headed back to Beacon to take the rest of her friends to the infirmary with Ruby shaking her head at her father the entire way
~Present~
"So what do you think we're doing today" Yang asked as they walked down the decorated halls of Beacon for Halloween. Apparently it was a big part for the staff to decorate every inch of Beacon as it was covered in fake cobwebs and mechanical props that at every random moment let out a ghoulish moan or a bat shriek that sent jolts into unsuspecting students when it randomly goes off.
"Who knows what dad has in store for us" Ruby said as she looked at the decorations with glee. Halloween was always one of her favorite holidays because it gave her a chance to dress up in a scary outfit and scare people with Yang. Even though they had met their fate with something as scary as that thing that hunted them in the forest that didn't ruin their Halloween spirits. . . . That and several weeks of therapy helps
The group walked up to Death's classroom and entered to find the place completely decorated for Halloween. The entire place was dark with purple fog flowing over the ground that was coming form a cauldron in the corner. The curtains to window were pulled so the room was enveloped with darkness as the only light came from the cauldron while drips were heard as up above were skeletons and corpses hanging from the ceiling as the corpses were dripping blood that left puddles on the floor below
"Damn, I didn't think he would go this far into decorating his room" Yang said in amazement at how surreal the room looks and how ominous it feels
"I didn't think dad would even get into the holiday spirit" Ruby said in amazement that her father was actually participating Halloween without her begging for him to join her
The door to the classroom opened to reveal Death who was carrying a large bag of materials "The hell are you all doing here?" Death asked looking at each one of them
"Uh, we have class today with you" Daniel pointed out
"I knew I forgot something" Death hissed under his breath
"Uh what's going on dad?" Ruby asked confused as her father walked past them and towards the cauldron
"I suggest for you all to leave" Death demanded dryly as he began pulling out strange materials as the students just stared at him confused
"Oh I get it" Yang said snapping her fingers "This is some kind of prank because it's Halloween isn't it, like you did weeks ago" Yang said walking up to Death who was about to stir the cauldron but stopped to stare at her
"Hollow what now?" Death asked as he stared up at her for explanation
"Oh haha, like you don't know what Halloween is, hell you even decorated" Yang said gesturing to everything
"Now I remember, I actually forgot today was Halloween. . . Yea all this isn't for Halloween" Death said as he pulled a strange black and purple polka dot mushroom and tossed it into the cauldron
"Really do you expect us this whole room is not for Halloween" Yang said with her arms crossed
"The cauldron is for something I'm working on, the fog is just an reaction from the materials inside the cauldron and those corpses and skeletons are real" Death stated dryly as everyone looked up to the corpses as one of the corpse's arms fell down in front of Jaune as he jumped up into Pyrrha's arms while screaming in fright
"Oh my god" Ruby Shouted back from shock
"I think we need to leave" Weiss said slowly moving back to the door
"By human or faunus faith, what the hell" Blake said angrily at the fact he was desecrating a man's corpse while being also disturbed that there were corpses hanging overhead
"The fuck is wrong with you" Yang said giving Death a shocked look
Jaune let out a girly scream while holding onto Pyrrha tightly
"Ren hold me" Nora said with her voice low and shrill while clinging to Ren's shirt
"Don't worry Jaune, nothing therapy won't cure" Pyrrha said trying to comfort her leader while trying not to look at the corpses
"I don't know what I was expecting when I came into your room but now I do" Ren said blandly with a blank look on his face
"By Oum man at least give these men a burial or cremation" Franz said with disdain that whoever these people were at least deserved a burial
"Eh, not the first time I've seen a mutilated corpse" Adam shrugged as he took a step to the right when and eyeball fell next to him
"Ugh, I think I'm going chuck up my lunch" Daniel said clamping his hand against his mouth while turning a shade of green
"Well, that's one way to get ready for Halloween" Elisa said dryly as she wasn't disturbed by this one bit
"Oh for fuck sake, this isn't the first time you seen a corpse so get over it you pansies" Death said with his arms crossed while they all directed their attention to him
"Wait" Yang said abruptly "Where did you get the skeletons" Yang asked with hesitance as she kinda didn't want to know
"Those were the skeletons from the corpses that I used to beat them to death with" Death answered dryly as he put a pinch of black dust into the cauldron as it poofed out red smoke
"Wait wait wait wait wait wait, wait. Repeat that, did you say you beat them to death. With their own skeletons?!" Yang waving her hands frantically at the said skeletons
"Yes" Death answered
"How the hell do you beat someone to death with their skeleton!?" Yang shouted in complete confusion
"Very difficult, see I made this bet with a woman I knew that usually beats her opponents to death with their skulls. She made a bet with me to beat that feat of hers and I just did so awhile ago. . . . Now that I think about it I should call her up so she can pay up that thousand lien she owes me now" Death mused before adding some black ichor into the cauldron as the liquid inside turned a shade of green
"So why exactly do you have a cauldron" Ruby asked warily of her father
"Trust me, you'll want to be here later when its finish" Death said as his daughter looked at him confused. Death rolled his eyes "Just come by here when the sun goes down, you'll miss Halloween with your friends but I assure you, this is worth it" Death said with utmost seriousness
"I don't know" Ruby murmured to herself
"How about a promise, next week I won't beat you all into submission" Death said with a twisted grin
". . . . That's not funny" Ruby said dryly with a pout
"Because it wasn't meant to be a joke" Death stated as Ruby sighed
"Sorry guys" Ruby said sadly to her friends
"Aw, it okay Rubes. We'll be sure to take twice as much candy to share with you" Yang said sweetly as she hid the frown of not being able to spend Halloween with her sister
"Good, now you may all leave unless you want to stay and watch what I plan to do with this cauldron. Be prepared though, this thing will release a poisonous gas that'll make you bleed out your eyes and ears before your head explodes unless your immune to it. Oh look, the gas coming out already, what are the odds" Death said as everyone ran out the room in state of fear. Death just chuckled at the scene "I love playing tricks on people, makes me wonder why I don't do it often" Death mused
"Hey bro, want to go play some tricks with m-" Strife walked in but stopped when Death fired Redemption at him "Okay, never mind" Strife said quickly before leaving the room
"Now I remember why, I'm not turning into that idiot" Death grumbled before returning his attention to the cauldron
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Ruby walked towards Death's classroom as she casually glanced to the side as she passed a window as she stared up at the complete full moon hanging over Beacon. Ruby stood in front of Death's class before walking in and stopped at the scene before her. The entire room was blanketed in darkness as the only light was from five candles that were burning an ominous blue flame. Ruby then notice her father was writing a giant diagram around the cauldron that is now in the center of the room and the liquid was now a ghostly white
"U-Uh, dad" Ruby nervously called out as Death stopped what he was doing
"Ah, good your here I just finished" Death as he finished marking the diagram as he walked calmly to Ruby
"What, exactly is this Dad?" Ruby asked nervously as the lights from the flames flickered shadows that seemed to move on its own
"Just a gateway" Death stated calmly
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .What?"
"Trust me, you'll understand in few moments. Now, hold out your hand above the edge of the circle" Death stated as Ruby hesitantly did so
"What exactly is going o- SON OF A-" Ruby shouted out in pain as Death just brought out a dagger and slashed Ruby's palm and forced her to squeeze her palm as her blood flowed down onto the edge of the diagram
"Oh don't be a baby, just use your aura now and you'll be fine so quit complaining" Death stated dryly
"You cut my hand!" Ruby shouted at Death who rolled his eyes
"For a good reason" Death cryptically said
"And what reason is it to slash your own daughters palm!"
"Would of it been better if I slashed your wrists?"
"NO!"
"Then why are you complaining?" Death asked simply as Ruby sputtered out angry nonsense as she let out a groan of frustration as she pulled her hair.
Before Ruby could even shout at her father the entire diagram was now red from Ruby's blood as it glowed brightly, the cauldron in the middle soon started to shake before it shattered. The liquid inside the cauldron didn't fall to the ground but turned into a white ball as wisps of red from the diagram swirled around the ball until it turned completely red. The now red ball soon swirled with white as the red now dissipated as part of the white ball seemed to extend to ground as the top part expanded into a cowl. Soon a white cloak with the front open was floating in front of the two occupants in the room. The cloak closed as the hood lowered its head as boots appeared below the cloak as it touched the ground softly. The front part of the cloak opened again as it revealed a female body who's wardrobe was familiar to Ruby's. The hood raised itself as Ruby gasped when she saw the silver eyes
"And this was the reason why I needed your blood, so I could tie her to the world on one of the many days where the boundary of life and death wane" Death explained as Ruby barely payed attention as she kept her eyes on the figure in front of her who was shaking her head slightly as she blinked as she looked around her surroundings before noticing them and smiling brightly at them "So for the rest of Halloween, you get to spend it with the one person you wanted to see again" Death said casually "You're welcome" Death said as he gently pushed Ruby towards the woman
"Mama" Ruby uttered softly with tears in her eyes
"Look at you, you're all grown up my little baby girl" Summer said softly as she was nearly knocked down when Ruby tackled her into a hug as the little girl began sobbing her into her arms as Summer gently wrapped her arms around her child as she cried herself.
Death just stood there slightly uncomfortable as he has no idea what to do as he watched the two hug and cry in each others arm. Summer noticed this as she made a small aura hand appeared and pulled Death towards them as she then hugged him with Ruby. "I should hit you for slashing my daughters palm but I think I'll forgive you this once.
Death chuckled as he slowly enveloped them into a hug "You say that but I know for a fact you forgive me for anything I do" Death said softly as Summer playfully smacked his shoulder "I missed you, you know that. We both do" Death admitted as he pulled them both into a tighter hug
"I know, let's enjoy this moment as much as we can" Summer said with a sniff as she placed a soft kiss on top of Ruby's head who looked up with a teary smile. Death smiled softly as he could enjoy being with his family for this short time with no regrets
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I'll be updating this story with another special in two days for something I do every year and then the actual chapter will come in a week or so. So until then I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween, see you all later
