Alright, new chapter. This one isn't as long or as action packed as the others but bear with me, if you want something to do today you can read this and get caught up on BLZEing Remnant and enjoy the story.
"So you went to Xais Cay for a mission?" Yang asked as Blaise nearly fell face first into a stack of pancakes from exhaustion.
"Yes," Blaise mumbled then his face drooped forward and he shot up immediately afterward jumping a little, "It was a really tiring mission."
"What was it about?" Nora asked in between shoving a pancake in her mouth.
"Investigate strange stuff.." Blaise trailed off then almost face planted the stack of pancakes causing Nora to show horror on her face for a split second before he shot back up in his seat. "Why are we even having breakfast food for lunch anyway?"
"Nora 'talked' with one of the head chefs and 'requested' pancakes," Ren explained as he cut a neat piece of a pancake then ate it.
"Did she use the hamm-"
"Yes."
"Oh," Blaise said then stretched his back, "I honestly am not hungry does any- You know what, I'm not even going to ask." He then pushed his plate of untouched pancakes towards Nora who then proceeded to inhale the stack.
"So where is the rest of your team?" Jaune asked him.
"Well, they should be delivering the White Fang science guy Sedric," Blake glanced at him for a second, "to the detention center accompanied by Glynda, then they have to give their best attempt at a mission report to Ozpin. So it will be a while," Blaise said then touched his new bandages from the infirmary and chuckled a little, "That asshole Sedric managed to deplete my aura in a second then he cut me up, and even at one point he took my own wrist blade and stabbed me in the shoulder with it. I won't be sparring anytime soon, the nurses told me at least a week before I should do anything too strenuous or I'll open the wounds."
"Speaking of sparring," Ruby said as she sat down at the table, "I managed to order most of the parts for your broadswords, so they'll be here in three days at the least."
"Oh, I almost forgot about those," Blaise said and looked at Ruby, "I haven't use those in like a day and I nearly forgot those were one of my tools. I even recently got an axe and two pistol cutlasses that were apparently from my family."
"So you're just a walking armory now?" Weiss asked not even looking at Blaise.
"Well, no," Blaise said then swirled his drink and looked into the liquid, "My wrist blades and cutlasses are too dangerous to be used in sparring so I won't use them in Glynda's class. I don't quite like my axe since it is a normal woodcutter's axe, not to mention the fighting style is too barbaric for me," then then quickly ducked and raised his hands in defense then looked behind him hoping Lapis wasn't there, and he was right, "My railgun pistols can have their charge set to low so they're not so lethal. Then finally, the broadswords don't seem to be as dangerous as the wrist blades, so I'll use those in sparring along with my pistols."
"Pistol cutlasses?" Ruby asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, pistols with sword blades going down the barrel," he said then downed the drink and stood up, "Well, I am going to try and find my team, then maybe go back to the dorm and go into a small coma." He then turned around and walked out of the cafeteria and into the courtyard. After he left nobody seemed to notice the disappearance of a certain ninja.
'Fuck! All this shit is crazy!' Blaise shouted to himself in his head. After walking a distance into the courtyard he found himself at the fountain. Sighing to himself he sat down on the bench next to the fountain and looked at the statue. 'So Sedric, my brother and only link to the past, is a member of a terrorist organization. Then apparently my family had this epic plan for killing humans. And I can't tell anybody about it. I'm crazy, check please!"
"Hello Blaise," he heard a voice greet from behind him. Turning around he saw Blake walking over then she sat down on the bench next to Blaise.
"Hey Blake. You know, we never talked much," Blaise noted as his head tilted back.
"Yeah I know, most ex-White Fang don't talk with one another," she said causing Blaise to freeze for a second then look over at her.
"You're-"
"Yes."
"And how did you figure out I'm-"
"Sedric Campione," she said as she stretched her arms above her head then moved her hands behind her neck and looked at the clouds, "He was a popular alternative to assist than fighting. Although none of the faunus ever came back from the trip to Xais Cay people still went there. I almost considered it, but I decided that using my abilities to fight would be better. I was curious after I heard your name. So, what's your story?"
"Now that's a question," Blaise said then slumped down on the bench even further, "During initiation when I made my big entrance, I landed too hard on my head and gained amnesia. I had hoped to use Sedric for answers, but I don't think he will talk. And apparently I had another brother but he died in the springtime."
"Blaise, I'm sor-" she was saying until Blaise's scroll buzzed.
"Hold that thought," he said and pulled out the scroll and checked the message, "Well I have to go see Ozpin." He stood up and started to walk towards the headmaster's office until he stopped and turned around to look at Blake. "Would you mind not telling anyone about this?" he asked her then she smiled and nodded. He then turned back around and continued on his way to Ozpin's office.
"Uhh, hello," Blaise said as he walked into Ozpin's office, "You wanted me to come in."
"Yes Blaise. Sit down," Ozpin said gesturing towards the chair in front of his desk which Blaise walked over to and sat down. "This is about Sedric." As soon as he said that Blaise froze for a moment his eyes showing fear but not showing due to the wayfarers on his face. "He has only told us his first name and that he's from the White Fang. Did he happen to tell you anything else on your mission?"
"He didn't tell me anything," Blaise replied slightly relaxing a little.
"Well that is a shame," he said then shuffed around a few papers, "I know I said you wouldn't have to fill in the gaps from the mission report, but since you're here. Would you be willing to finish the mission report?"
"I guess."
"It says here that to get the explosives used to blow up the mountain facility you had to leave your team behind for a while then you returned with three backpacks filled with grenades, one filled with explosives, and one filled with bricks for Lapis, also he said he was going to get your for that so be prepared. Where did you go?" he asked as he leaned in and pulled out a pencil to write down Blaise's response.
"I went and raided the police station's evidence lockup. I figured that since the mayor was working with Sedric, he shouldn't have access to very dangerous materials, and we needed to get rid of whatever was happening in the mountain facility," Blaise explained.
"Alright, I don't usually condone stealing on missions, but in those circumstances I guess it was reasonable. Anyway, next question. After you and Joseph left for the top of the stairway, what happened during the fight with Sedric?"
"He depleted both Joseph's and my auras to make us susceptible to injury. He stabbed Joseph in the lower abdomen and that was when I joined the fight. He knocked both of my railgun pistols to the side and I threw my axe at him so the only weapons I had were my wrist blades. After a couple of tries I managed to deplete his aura and I started to have the upper hand, until he activated his semblance. If he has a sample of someone's blood he can increase their personal gravity making them immobile so it is easier for him to kill them. He immobilized me for a bit then Joseph shot him with his sword, so Sedric immobilized Joseph. We were probably doomed until Joseph used his semblance to use his pistols and shoot Sedric breaking his concentration. Sedric then picked up my railgun pistol and shot Joseph blowing off his arm and leg. He was going to try for the killshot until I ran up and kicked him in the head. I then had a conversation with Joseph and he told me he was going to die and he wanted me to do it, so I did. I then carried Sedric out of the facility and it blew up."
"I'm sorry," Ozpin said as he finished the last of his notes, "I know you've probably heard it too many times but I am sorry. That was Joseph's third mission. His first mission went fine, the second his team died, and this time it was his turn." Ozpin's scroll beeped suddenly and he looked at the message and sighed. "Blaise, I know you probably want to return to your dorm, but this now concerns you. Follow me." He then stood up, walked around his desk and to the elevator with Blaise following behind.
"Professor, what is going on?" Blaise asked as Ozpin swiped his scroll over the sensor and the elevator moved.
"Sedric has come up with several demands for the information he knows, and they include you."
"Do you're just bringing me down there to meet him."
"Essentially," he said then the elevator opened to the underground detention center. He then walked down the hallway passing the other cells that were holding several dangerous looking people. Near the end on the left was Sedric sitting in a white room handcuffed to a metal table with his wolf ears twitching at every slight sound.
"I hear you out there Ozpin," Sedric said looking directly at the two, "Did you bring with Blaise?"
"Don't mind him," Glynda said as she walked around the corner to meet with Blaise and Ozpin, "He's been saying that for the last five minutes trying to make himself sound dramatic even though he can hear us now."
"Hi Glynda," Sedric said, "You know if you let me out of here i could take you out for a night on the town you'll never forget."
"He's also been trying to flirt with me since he's been cuffed to the table," she explained with her face starting to show her famous glare.
"Trying? I know you considered it. I could see it in your eyes before you hit me with your crop throwing me into the wall."
"I can't deal with this idiocy. This is worse than first years in dust control class," Glynda said as she rubbed her temples. "I have a class to teach."
"Actually you don't have a class right now," Ozpin said with a smirk on his face.
"Then I'm going to grab some random student and teach them the fundamentals of dust control," Glynda stated then walked away from the group of guys.
"Goodbye my good witch, may we see each other again!" Sedric shouted in his cell loud enough for Glynda to hear and groan as the elevator doors closed.
"So, what the deal was, was that he would try to cooperate with us more if he could meet with you at least once a week in undocumented, unobserved meetings as long as you aren't busy," Ozpin explained as he walked over to the door to let Blaise in.
"Did he explain why he wanted to meet with me?" Blaise asked as he walked closer to the room.
"He said that he wanted to be able to meet with the first man to ever beat him. Now when you go in I shall leave in the elevator. I have changed the security in your scroll to grant you access to the detention center for one hour intervals so starting on your next visit you will be timed," Ozpin said then Blaise walked in the room and closed the door behind him.
Sedric was quiet for a few moments as his ears twitched for every step Ozpin took towards the elevator until he was content with how far Ozpin went. "So how's it goin?"
"You're an asshole," Blaise replied coldly.
"Jeez, lighten up," Sedric said sounding offended.
"You killed Joseph."
"Technically, you killed him."
"If you hadn't injured him he would've been fine."
"Still doesn't change the fact."
"I could kill you right now."
"And I could tell Ozpin my full name, our plan, and your part in it. Oh and by the way you're doing one amazing job at it."
"What is the plan?"
"I'm not telling you," he scoffed.
"And why are you not even telling your last name?"
"Well, I don't know," he said then put his hand under his chin, "Maybe because I think it'll be more fun this way. And also if I were to tell him I had another brother you could do your little spiel with Roman Torchwick, yeah I know about that. Well I won't say our last name any time soon. If he does ask about a certain wolf faunus who killed the leader of the Amethysts in a nightclub, I saw the news article and the amateur photo, I will tell him that the faunus in the picture is my brother. Do you like the name Sebastian? Or maybe we could go with Leonardo?"
"Now what are you going on about?"
"Your fake name. Come on, catch up Blaise. To avoid detection by the higher ups we need to make a different name for your alter ego. Luchino, Luchino is a good italian name. Anyway, whenever you're working on a job with Roman just call yourself Luchino. I'll tell Ozpin that I have a brother named Luchino who's working with Roman and that should draw attention away from you. That a good idea?"
"Why are you trying so hard to protect me?"
"Because even if you lost your memory and became a dick, you're still my little brother," he said in a serious tone then started talking back in his regular tone. "Anyway, we're probably going to need to find you different weapons. Since you prefer to dual wield I could probably give you a location of my weapon cache where there are some aura cancelling schiavona swords and some parts for special railguns."
"And where is this cache?"
"It's at a dust shop in Vale called 'Dust of a New Day.'"
"Isn't that a Roman controlled dust shop?"
"Vale location is controlled by the Campione family, Xais Cay location is controlled by Torchwick, and several other locations are controlled by the White Fang," he explained, "The three groups are basically the three official unofficial heads of the Dust of a New Dawn company. Anyway just go there, tell them your real name, and they'll let you in. If they don't, well you might want to bring some weapons along with you."
"I'll keep that in mind," Blaise said then stood up and headed towards the door, "I have to go meet up with my team now so I'll be leaving."
"I actually have a question," Sedric said causing Blaise to stop before he opened the door. "Why are you wearing the hat? Your team's going to find out sooner or later, and the later they find out the more aggravated they will be. I also take it they haven't seen your eyes either, I can understand about the eyes, but at least be proud of what you are."
"I'll keep that in mind," Blaise said then exited the room and headed towards the elevator.
Walking over to the dorms what Sedric said kept bouncing around his head. He was a faunus, and for some reason he hid it. By combing his hair over his ears he could hide it in the ponytail, but since he cut it at Xais Cay he no longer had long enough hair for the ponytail and that is why he wore the hat, but then his team would question why he wore a hat to sleep. He could always wear a winter cap to sleep. Opening his dorm room's door he saw his team having a little celebratory party in the middle of the room.
"Hey Blaise," Lapis said as Blaise walked in the room and put his coat on the hanger. "Where were you? We tried to find you, but you were nowhere to be found, so we started the party."
"Oh, I was just," Blaise paused for a moment and thought about Sedric's comment, "Hanging around."
And that's that. Hope you enjoyed it. Reviews are appreciated.
Now, I have to do some things.
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