The Apex Predator


Common : It is I, CommonWriter with a new chapter. I'm sorry guys I just couldn't wait anymore, so here's the chapter early

Ken : That's some intro.

Jason : Where you been bruh?

Common : Been busy with somethings and what not.

Ken : Want to start it now?

Common : No way not yet, I haven't even been here for a week and you want to start it now? Let's at least give them an entertaining author's section.

Jason : Alright then what do you have in mind?

Common :...

Ken :...

Jason :...

Common : I've got nothing.

Ken : Nothing here.

Jason : Nope.

Common : You've got a point but I would at least want to give a few updates.

Ken : Go on right ahead.

Common : Okay well first off, I just started in a new school which is like a school for really really smart people. So I am not sure if I'll be able to update every week like before, but of course I'll still try.

Jason : Anything els?

Common : Nope that's it for now.

Jason : You know I've been thinking like, of course there are times when space leaves like a lot of space debris and I've been wondering where does all these debris go.

Ken : Where is this goin-

Common : Wait let him finish.

Jason : I always wondered where all these space debris go, but I've forgotten that the sky is bigger then the ground.

Ken :...

Common : HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Jason : What?

Ken : the sky is bigger then the ground, sounds like a sentence you put on a t-shirt.

Common : Awwww man, imagine that. Jason Jones: The sky is bigger then the ground.

Ken : Just start the fucking chapter.

Common : Enjoyyyy hahaha, freaking the sky is bigger then the ground. That's just stupid.

Jason : What?!


Hybrids Arc


Chapter 19 : Demons Of The Past.

Two fighters clash in the arena, one with red long hair and the other with black long hair. Ken and Pyrrha we're currently sparing hand to hand, no weapons or the use of semblance just plain old fashion brawl. As much of a veteran Ken may be, Pyrrha was keeping up with the soldier no problem. As fast as Ken may be in his normal speed, Pyrrha was still able to anticipate every single one of his attacks, every kick, every punch, every technique he used was either blocked or dodged. Ken uses a different method this time and tries for Andy's way of fighting which he taught him, he maneuvers around Pyrrha, flipping, spinning and jumping around to make his pattern unpredictable. She tries to counter this by kicking and punching his direction but fails flawlessly, Ken stops behind Pyrrha and grabs her by the shoulder but she reacts faster and holds Ken's hands gripping her shoulder and flipped him over making Ken fall towards her front. He was able to counter her technique escaping her hold while kicking her head in mid air but she blocks this as he lands back to the ground while maintaining his distance from Pyrrha. "Incredible, her reaction time evenly matches my father's and her defenses are tough I can't even land a solid hit. Even without her semblance she's untouchable" he thought.

"He's strong, he's quick on his feet and his style makes him unpredictable. All though he relies his defenses on dodging which is the only flaw I can find from him but he also depends on his speed, with constant use he may tire himself out" she thought, meanwhile in the sidelines. Ruby, Yang, Jaune, Rosa and Naomi were present watching the two spar while cheering them on.

"I really have to admit, as an Idol of Mistral you definitely live up to your title" Ken commented, both stood watching each other carefully. Pyrrha certainly was a very capable fighter, she was able to keep up with Ken this entire time without showing any signs of struggle or weakness. Only a few were able to match his prowess and Pyrrha was clearly leveling up to one of those few individuals (not counting during his grimm transformations obviously), "I can say the same for you, I've heard a lot about the Apex Predator but never thought I'd ever actually spar against him" Pyrrha replies.

"I hope I don't disappoint you"

"I'd say the Ken"

After a five minutes of sparring the timer finally lighted red, the match was finished. As much as Ken wanted to continue, he had already established a certain plan for a certain someone sitting amongst the crowd waiting for her chance with Ken. "Ruby! It's time" he called out.

"Coming!"

Ruby quickly wasted no time rushing to Ken's side, just moments later she stood by him ready for whatever Ken had in store for her, "Alright Ruby, before we start. Do you have anything els to say before we begin? Cause at this point you are to say nothing els but 'Yes or No' you are to address me as Mentor or Master, meaning when you speak to me, you are to either say 'Yes Master/Mentor or No Master/Mentor' depends on which you prefer" Ken informs her.

"Yes Mentor!" She answers while saluting him, she stood firmly with her other arm behind her. She was prepared for anything and everything, Ken admired her sense of motivation and continued their business, "Alright Ruby, let's begin our training with a quick briefing of the technique you're about to learn"

"Yes Mentor"

How did all come to this? Well...


Flashback

(Insert, Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei Ost : Insurance Track, Here)


It was a day after the incident at the Vytal stadium, Ken was walking at the hallway about to meet his squad to discuss a few matters. The time was around early afternoon, and the weather was clear with the atmosphere around him being peaceful. He was enjoying today until his moment of peace was broken by a high pitch yell coming from behind, the sound was getting louder and closer to him till he finally turned around to see what was making all that noise. "Keeeeeeeeeeeen!"

Ken was suddenly hit with a powerful force so strong that it blew all the air away from him, the certain girl in red had ran towards the soldier while crushing him with her strong arms. "Ru-Ruby?, what's going on?"

She looks up with small tears in her eyes, not to show sadness but more as a kind of desperation. "Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease-"

She continues to say 'please' as Ken tried to interrupt her, "Ruby, calm down and talk some sense. I can't understand a single word" he says.

Ruby reluctantly frees Ken from her grip while she tries to keep her composure, "Kencanyoupleasetrainme"

"What? Ruby listen, breath and calm down. Now what is it that you wanted to tell me?"

She looks at the ground for moment and back to his eyes while holding both of her hands close to her chest, making her appear helpless and defenseless. "Ca-Can you please train me?"

"Train you? Why?"

She hesitated for a moment before answering, "It's because...compared to how strong and fast you are...I want to achieve that, finding out about many other kinds of grimm out there like the sentinel...I need to get stronger...for my team"

"Ruby"

"I want to learn how to control my semblance better like you, I want to be able to keep up...I want to become faster...of course stronger too"

"Ruby I get it, I'll think about it okay. I'll let you know soon" The process of Ken thinking of training Ruby took exactly about one day, he accepted her request and decided to train her starting the next morning.


Flashback End

(End Track)


"Okay Ruby lets start by teaching you exactly what technique I use to increase my speed"

"Yes Mentor!" She abruptly says while still saluting.

"Ruby put your hand down"

"Okay"

"Okay who?"

"Yes Mentor"

Ken continues "The technique I use is the first step that slightly applies aura to your feet with every step you take, the constant use will tire you later but the trick is maintaining the flow of the aura. When you master this-"

While in his sentence, Ken disappears where he previously stood and reappeared in front of Ruby. "-and you'll be able to do this"

Ruby eyes widened with admiration, "Woooow"

Ken does this again and appears this time behind Ruby, he places his hand on her shoulder "This technique is know as 'Secret Step 1: Cicada Dance'"

"Whaaaaaaat?" She asks dumbfounded.

"The name is not important, now the second step is applying more aura but this time to your legs. And you have to maintain it the whole time, not like the first step where you have to maintain the flow with every step you take. You have to have concentration with this while moving very fast, if you master this-" in a quick moment, Ken reappeared at Ruby's side while leaving an after image of where he last stood.

"You'll be able to make an image of yourself from where you were before, this technique is called 'Secret Step 2: Shadow Step'"

"Wooow Okay" Ruby nods attentively.

"Of course with practice an effort, you can upgrade step 2 to a higher level which is the third and final step"

Ruby rolls her eyes as she folds her arms, "Let me guess, you apply more aura to your legs and your basically a lot more faster"

"Yes and no"

"Wha?"

"The final step is applying aura around yourself since our body can't handle that kind of sudden velocity, you'll have to use more then just your legs but your whole body. If you manage to maintain flow and concretion then you'll be able to move so fast that nobody will be able to see nor hear you...like so" Ken suddenly had once again disappear from Ruby while moving around her in his top speed without the use of his semblance, during his constant movement Ken was able to flick Ruby's ear, flip her cape, activate Crescent Rose and deactivate it and even slightly untie her corset and back. He reappears back in front of her with Ruby's face being as red as a tomato while trying to cover her stomach which was clearly still in place, she merely did it in responds to his previous action and in fear that he might do it again or worse.

All thought it may very well be a powerful technique, it still left Ken on his knees panting slightly from the use of his speed. "Sorry about that...Ruby...give me a sec...to catch my breath"

"Pervert!" She yells whiles covering her chest even though she was still fully clothed, "Anyway...this technique is a very useful one...but it does leave the user very tired if not mastered or maintained, be careful when using this Ruby cause it'll leave a tool to your body. Like I said, our body isn't build to be this fast...even I haven't mastered this technique as you can clearly see" Ken explains still kneeling on one knee while controlling his breathing.

"It's amazing...I'll try to remember that"

"Last thing before we begin...this technique is called 'Secret Final Step: Thunderclap'"

She nods, Ken stands up and goes into his usual fighting stance preparing for the next task. "Alright Ruby, first I need to know how fast you are exactly. Come at me without the use of your semblance"

"Whaat?! Awwwww fine" Ruby answers grumbling as she tries to mimic Yang's own fighting stance, she rushes Ken in a very slow rate while ready to deliver a jab at his jaw. Anyone was able to dodge such an attack so slow and Ken was no exception, he easily dodges her attack and all the other strikes Ruby tries to land which seemed so pathetic from other people's perspective. "Oh sis, I feel bad for you" Yang blurs out at the sidelines.

"Okay enough Ruby, seems you're not as fast as you are without your semblance. We'll have to work on that" Ruby ceases her assault and stands shamefully for her lack of psychical fighting skills, she pouts at Ken for pointing out one of her major and obvious weaknesses. Her lack of speed without the use of her semblance, her hand to hand combat and the lack of control of her semblance. "Alright Ruby, let's try this again but this time you can use your semblance as much as you want" Ken says.

"Roge- I mean yes...Mentor" she silent mumbles in annoyance.

"Now...Come!" Ruby wasted no time using her semblance and quickly dashed around Ken appearing as a red blur, he quickly prepares for he next move while positioning himself to use Cicada Dance. Ruby stopped by Ken's side and delivers a jab at his jaw to try and immobilize him, a technique she learned from her dad and Yang. Just as her fist was about to connect to him though, Ken uses step one by the last second and disappears from Ruby's sight while reappearing behind her. He grabs her shoulder with one hand and tosses her far from where she was, using the same technique he used on Yang only except he didn't have to balance himself on her shoulders to land on her rear. Ruby lands on her back hard making her slightly cough, Ken quickly appears close to her once more and goes for a direct jab to her face to caught her off guard. Ruby was not yet prepare so all she could do was watch while still trying to process the information of Ken in front of her about to punch her, Ruby closes her eyes to prepare for the impact but nothing ever came. She waited for a bit longer to see if she would feel his fist but still nothing came, she opens her eyes to see what exactly was going on. She found Ken holding his fist up close between her eyes and later flicks her with his finger leaving a small red mark on her forehead. "Alright then, guess we have a lot to cover" Ken informs her.

"Hehehe" Ruby nervously chuckles while rubbing her forehead. She stands up brushing her skirt while she goes back to her previous stands ready for the next round, "Alright Ruby, now attack with Crescent Rose"

She quickly activates Crescent Rose and already was she rushing her way towards Ken, he pulls out a throwing knife to use as a weapon since currently he doesn't have Bon Fortune nor Phantom Eagle with him. Ken quickly uses step one and goes to reappear at Ruby side, he tries to see if her sense were sharp but trying to slice her at her sides. He goes for a trust attack which was a little slow just to see if she'll react to it quick enough to block or dodge, she twirls Crescent Rose around her blocking Ken's attack just as expected. She goes for a slash at him which Ken easily dodges but later she positions Crescent Rose underneath her feet and pulls the trigger, she's then send flying above while twirling Crescent Rose around her. As she falls down towards Ken, she spins around to deliver a devastating attack. Ken evades her attack by moving just away from where her scythe's blade aimed and moved close to Ruby's reach, she grins at Ken with joyous expression and pulls the trigger again making the blade of Crescent Rose pull back. This was something Ken did not expect and senses the blade coming closer to him as though as he felt time had somehow stopped, with quick thinking he uses step two and leaves an after image while appearing again behind Ruby but this time keeping his distance. Ruby felt great that she was able to actually damage Ken on his attempt to flank her but she immediately felt down as she sees the after image he left, she quickly turns around to find Ken rushing at her direction to keep her at pace. He goes to try and slash her a few several times but Ruby uses her speed to evade most of them while keeping her distance from him, Ken pulls out from his sleeves several more throwing knives and throws them at Ruby to try and lower her defenses. She spins Crescent Rose to block all of his knives but as the knives were still in mid air, Ken goes for the opportunity and uses step one to get close to Ruby and grabs two knives mid air and goes to slash Ruby at her chest area. She gets damaged slightly from his attack since getting slashed or cut by throwing knives won't really damage a person's aura much, Ken does not rest though. He throws several more knives to keep Ruby on her feet. She quickly stands up from her previous fall and puts her hands up to block the incoming knife projectiles hurling towards her, during this time Ken uses step one again and goes to appear at Ruby's behind. As the knives damages Ruby's aura for a moment, Ken grabs one of his knives at mid air again as it hurled towards her and positioned it close to her neck. "You're finished Ruby, you lose"

Ruby slowly turns to see Ken behind her holding his knives dangerously close to her neck, she drops Crescent Rose from her hand and surrenders admitting defeat. "Wow, too fast" she mumbles.

"Guess we've got a lot to cover, but sadly this is where our training ends" Ken says putting his knife away from her and placing it back inside his sleeve, "Whaaaat? Why?" Ruby complained.

"I needed to know how fast exactly you were, with and without your weapon. Now that I've got a pretty good idea I'll be able to set up training for you to improve your speed, besides I've got a meeting to catch up with the others so I'll have to leave soon. Sorry Ruby" He explained.

"Geez, sounds like an excuse just so you can sleep again. You've been doing that way too often Ken, ever since the incident back at the Vytal Stadium, what's going on exactly? What's happening to you? You're not acting the same these pass days" Ruby informs him.

She was right, Ken hasn't been acting much like himself. Not only due to him not eating any grimm or people for pass months but every late at night he would wake up from his nightmares. He had been getting these nightmares since the day he discovered he wasn't alone in Remnant, the day he saw that person who saved him back at the Vytal stadium was what kept him troubled. The question that roam in his thoughts had kept him wondering and spaced out in the day, he needed answers and he needed them now. "It's...it's nothing to worry about Ruby, I'll make it up to you I promise. I've got to go, I'll see you later" just like that he disappeared from Ruby to Monty knows where.

Ruby pouts and marches back towards her friends back at where they sat much to her displeasure, for pass days Ken had been acting weird. He spaced out more and his awareness around him was below how he would normal would be, something had him thinking. The only question that puzzled Ruby was, what was it though? "Alriiiiight Ruby, you held pretty good against Ken. What did you think?" Yang tells her.

"Kinda lame since he left so quick" she answers.

"I'm sure Ken had a good reason" Naomi spoke quietly just enough for everyone to hear, "Heard he got some kind of meeting to attend to, that's Ken alright...always busy even when everyone els is free" Rosa says.

"The demonstration he showed of his speed was remarkable, all though it seemed like it takes a lot out of him" Pyrrha tells.

"Yeah I couldn't even follow where he was moving, he was way faster then Ruby" Jaune says.

"He's probably gonna sleep again like he's been doing everyday, is he even getting enough sleep?" Ruby asks herself.

"Good question, hey Rosa. Has Ken been getting any sleep?

He hasn't been acting himself these pass days, what's up with him anyway?" Yang asks Rosa, the former mercenary looks at her teammate with a concerned look. Both Rosa and Naomi knew very well why he had been not himself since the incident, they did slept in the same dorm and he was the one that woke them up in the middle of the night from his silent yelling and pleading. "He has, he's just...been feeling really stress these days. We've got to give the guy some break, he's been through a lot already" Rosa says lying under her tongue.

"Well guess everybody needs a little break some time" Yang says.

Naomi lowers her head looking at own feet while quietly mumbling to herself so that none could hear except Rosa, "You have no idea, from what Ken's been through...he needs more then just a little break"

Ruby notices the two slightly closing to each other almost as if they were having their own silent conversation, "Hmm? You'd say something?"

Naomi looks back at the others with a smile, Rosa could clearly see the expression she had to the others was deceiving. She played along but both girls pitied their team leader for making such great friends worry about him like that and keeping such a huge secret from them, "Oh Ken, if only they knew"


Somewhere in Beacon there was an area not too popular to students and teachers, in the area there was a room. A room where medical treatments are given specially for Ken, military equipment and meeting congress are held for the guardians. But there were things added to the very large room, like a training simulator, interrogation rooms, prison rooms and an empty room build to imprison grimms for research purposes. Ken had arrived not too long ago to where the grimms where prisoned, David and Misty were present as they watch the scientists hold a young beowolf to a spot where they could release him with no escape. Ken kept his eyes on the young beowolf while it stared back at him with anger and fear, "You! What are you?! Are you a brother of mine?!" Said the beowolf in it's communicating nature.

Ken changed his eyes into it's first stage grimm transformation and responded the beowolf's spoken words, "No I'm not grimm but I am part of your race, I'm still very much human"

"Let me go human, or I swear my pack will devour you!" The grimm angrily spoke.

"I'm afraid that won't happen, I'm sorry" Ken no longer bothered to speak to the grimm in it's way, he said those last words out loud to the beowolf as the scientist imprisoned it in an empty room with one entrance that can only be opened in the outside while it can be reopened on the other side of the room at a large window with monitors and observers watching the creature. David, Misty went to Ken first before they went on their way towards the observers, "Alright Ken, we've manage to catch a beowolf for you. From the looks of it, you must have spoken to him before he was forced in there...try not to make a mess please" David advised him.

"Try to take it a bit easy unlike last time captain" Misty said placing her hand on her hip, Ken nodded his head while feeling slightly shameful that his father and teammate have to see that side of him again. He remembered the time he showed Misty his transformation for the first time, she felt so shocked that she needed to be absent for weeks and that she hadn't eaten in four days. "Is it really okay for you both to be here?" He asked them.

"Of course, I'm am your father" David responded, Ken turned to Misty who appeared to be thinking hard for her own answer to why she was here. She sighed and placed both her hands on his shoulders, "Ken, I care about you and so does the rest of the squad. We just want to make sure your okay, we don't want you to feel alone"

Ken gave her a weak smile as he nodded his head while letting the two walk towards the observers, he opened the entrance to the empty room with the beowolf as David and Misty watched in concern with the watchers. He slowly approached the creature as it growled at him to stay back, "Stay back human! I'll kill you if come any closer"

David watched attentively as both Ken and the beowolf continued to stare each other down, "Since the beowolf is so young, it's trying it's best to scare Ken away since he can sense the intent around him. The grimm knows what's coming next, if he was probably a bit older then it would probably have attacked him already"

"Your probably right sir, from the looks of it the beowolf looks really scared" Misty responded.

Ken began breathing heavily as his hands began to shake in excitement and fear, his sanity was still in check but the closer he got to the creature the more he could feel himself lose to his grimm like nature. His left eye had already changed into it's grimm form, he unzips his shirt all the way down knowing well that he could lose himself in any moment. He was prepared for the worse as his left side began to change, his left arm, leg and the left side of his chest was now dark grey. Part of his face on the left side of his cheek all the way to his eyes was now grey, his left hand began changing into claws while his hair color was now so white that it matched the season of winter. Ken began to grow small fangs and his other eye had now changed into the same color as his left eye, "Sorry but...I can't control myself anymore, it's just that...you really...smell good!"

What happened next was too horrifying for the observers to watch, what Misty and David saw was Ken quickly jumping towards the beowolf while clawing it's skins and face completely off. He crush and tore the bewolf's mask off and broke it into tiny pieces, he pulled strongly on the creature's head as it separated itself from it's body while the black blood came spraying and drooling down it's neck. Misty couldn't handle the horrendous sight no more, she closed her eyes shut, David kept watching and placed his hand on the girls shoulder to try and calm her down. She kept her eyes shut for quite some time, she tried to peek a quick glance to see if Ken had finished devouring the creature...what a mistake it was to look. She saw Ken ripping the organs and bones out from the beowolf's chest while sadistically smiling eating it in joy, Misty eyes widened in shock and fear. She's seen Ken like this before but never as much as he is now, the entire time she had her eyes closed in fear she may see the worse on what Ken might do to the creature. David patted her on the shoulder telling her it's over as she slowly opened her eyes to see what's exactly left of the beowolf, the window they were watching on was now drench in black blood and the beowolf's corpse was nowhere to be seen. Ken could be seen standing in the middle of the empty room laughing while looking up on the roof, his entire body now completely dark grey and his hands now turned into claws. This was the complete stage one grimm transformation, the floor was covered in the black substance just as Ken was covered in it completely. "My god Ken, just what are you" Misty whispered to herself.

Ken's laughing could not be heard on their side since they disabled the audio, but if they were to turn it back on then they would notice just how evil Ken's laugh was.


Somewhere in darkest corner of Vale, there were a group of people discussing a few certain matters. A young women can be seen standing in front of a group of people, the girl tried her best to keep her composure as she saw every single one in front of her had black eyes with their iris crimson like her own blood. "Fifteen are you sure this girl can handle Thirteen?"

"Of course she can, Thirteen won't be much of a problem..right miss aahh?"

"Call me Jones"

"Right Jones"

The boy they named Fifteen was sitting on a seat in front of the women with three other members behind him, another was sitting beside him sitting on his own throne. The girl they called Jones spoke up about their discussion, "If you're talking about the Apex Predator then yes he won't be a problem, he won't receive mercy from me"

"That's good to hear, now if you don't have anything els to say then go and do your job already"

The girl quickly walks away from the dark eyed people's sight, the person named Fifteen spoke to the man next to him. "Do you think she'll be able to actually beat Thirteen?"

The man was called Seventeen by the others as he responded, "No, she's merely an instrument to deliver our message to Thirteen. Today our return to him will finally happen, those so called Guardians will know our new race we will create know as 'Hybrids'"

Fifteen looks at the distance as he thought about their friend Ken Markes which they called Thirteen, "it's been way too long old friend, now we can finally be together again just like old times...hope you'll be happy to see us...Thirteen"


The women early was looking at the night sky watching the bright fullness of the broken full moon, she had a picture on her hand which seemed to have relatives on it. She looked back at it with a visible weak smile on her face while she stared back at the darkness of the sky, "Apex Predator...I'm coming for you, you'll pay for what you've done to my family. I'll make sure the Jones family will be put to rest, I hope you're ready to die by my hands...me...Crystal Jones"

Crystal pulled out a picture of Ken from her pocket she had taken during his visit to the underground, it was at that time he was looking for Rosa and coincidentally Crystal was there to witness the whole scene. She wanted to take out Ken right there and now but apparently their little escape plan was successful and after that she completely lost sight of him, that is until she met those people which they called themselves Hybrids. "This time you won't escape, this time I won't show mercy...this time...I'm the Predator and your my prey"


It was night, the time was around ten o'clock. Everyone els was already at their dorm ready sleep but Ken was on his way to the front of Beacon, he received a message from David telling him to meet him at the front for important businesses. Ken didn't mind but these days he had been wanting to sleep, the nightmare he kept having were getting worse and worse but thanks to the meal he had not to long ago his nightmares were able to calm down and he was able to take a nice and relaxing small nap. He looked forward to sleeping tonight since his hunger had finally calm down back to it's normal state, but what a awaited him at the front of the academy would most likely bring those nightmares back again.

He finally was able to make it with David already waiting for him with more people standing behind David which appeared to be team RWBY with three other strangers he didn't get a good look yet, "Dad? What's going on? Why is team RWBY here?"

"Well someone kinda wanted to show you something" David pointed at the strangers in front of Team RWBY, all of them Ken was able to recognize. The first was Raven Branwen, the second was Qrow and the third was Taiyang Xiao Long "Raven, Taiyang it's been so long"

"Not really it's only been a year" Raven responded.

"How you been Ken? You've grown these pass days" Taiyang commented.

Raven was wearing her signature outfit while Taiyang wore a wine red colored long sleeve shirt with a black vest and black pants, his long blonde hair was tied in a small pony tail making it almost to his waist at his back. Qrow turned to Ken as he too wore his signature outfit, " So how's the infamous Apex Predator been doing?"

"Tsk, hello to you too Qrow" Ken responded, both of them had always had a rival like bond. Not necessarily hating each other but at the same time not enjoying each other's presents, both were always competitive but from the looks of it these pass months weren't too kind to Qrow since his age had started to show. "Anyway what's going on? What did you guys wanted to show me? And why is Team RWBY here"


(Insert,Tokyo Ghoul Root A Ost: Glassy Sky, Here)


Team RWBY were too distracted at the sight behind Qrow, Raven and Taiyang, Raven held Ken's shoulders and pushed him forward towards a stranger behind them who was currently hugging a crying Ruby Rose. The women wore a snow white colored cloak the same as Ruby, her hair matching Ruby's and her face looked strikingly similar to hers too only more mature and developed. Yang stood not too far with tears streaming down her eyes, she was clearly happy at the sight of her little sister hugging the stranger. The slightly red haired women whispered something to Ruby as she reluctantly nodded and back away a few feet so the women could finally meet Ken's gaze, her smile was calm and heart warming. Ken's eyes widened in shock and confusion, the women he was clearly looking at couldn't possibly be standing in front of him now...not from what happened all those years ago. "Hello Ken...it's been so long since I've seen you" she spoke.

"Su-Summer? Is that?...it can't be" Ken responded softly, he couldn't believe it. The person he was laying eyes on right now was thee Summer Rose, the person who was suppose to be dead. "Ho-How? How did yo-wait I see what's going, this can't be real...your just an illusion just like the rest. Either that or I'm dreaming, all of this can't be possible"

Summer walked closer to Ken as she gently placed her hands on his cheeks while still flashing him with her heart warming smile, "I'm no illusion, I'm the real deal this time...see" she took Ken's hands and connected them with hers.

He still couldn't believe it, he could feel Summer's hands. He could feel her hands on his cheeks, what ever this was it wasn't an illusion, he knew he wasn't dreaming either. So there was only one explanation left, "Summer? Is that really you?" He whispered.

"Yes" she answered.

"I knew it, I'm am going crazy. My illusions are actually talking back to me"

Summer was determined to convince Ken she was real, she takes her hands back from Ken's and lightly slaps them together on his cheek. Ken responded with a flinch as he felt the impact hitting him against his cheeks, he rubbed his hands together on it to relief the slight pain it left. Now he was even more confused and shocked that Summer...thee Summer had actually slapped him, "Convinced yet?" She asks placing her hands on her hip.

Ken began to shake uncontrollably as he reached out for Summer slowly and carefully, "Su-Summer? You're alive?"

"Yes I am, I've been wanting to speak to you for so long Ken"

Suddenly the image of Summer's bloody body began to flash from Ken's sight, the memories from before began to come back and he instinctively backs away in fear. "No, no Ken control yourself. Don't be afraid, I'm here now" Summer tried to calm down the young soldier but it appeared that her pleading and actions were futile as Ken backs away from her feeling a lot more scared.

This causes the half of his face transforming into it's first stage of his grimm, the tension and fear he felt had triggered it's transformation. David had his hands already gripped on his weapon along with Raven, Qrow and Taiyang, Summer continued to try and get close to Ken to calm him but it merely only resulted to him backing much further away from her in fear. "Get away! Get away from me!" He yelled.

Summer stopped her tracks as she saw Ken disappear from everyone's sight, he wanted to leave from there as fast as he can, he couldn't handle and process the information of Summer being alive before him. She tried to go after him but Taiyang stopped her from going after him, "Summer don't bother, let the boy think about this" he instructed her.

Blake and Weiss couldn't exactly even begin to understand from had just occurred, they had never seen Ken so scared before. The same can be said for Ruby and Yang, all of them now concerned for Ken knowing nothing from what just happened. "He's right Summer, Ken's been through a lot since you were gone. You being here was strictly too much for him to handle, we've got to give him time" David advices her.

Summer looked down on her feet with her expression being a bit sad from the young soldier, rubbing the back of her arm as she spoke to the others. "He probably hasn't forgiven himself since then, I can't blame him from what happened all those year ago...it wasn't completely his fault"

"He'll come around eventually, don't worry Summer he'll come back sooner or later" Raven said.

"I hope so" she mumbled.

She felt a pair of arms hugging her from behind, Ruby scooted closer to her mother's arms as she responded by returning the hug. "Mommy what's...going on? How do you know Ken?...and what just happened just now?" Ruby asked.

Summer rubbed to top of Ruby's head as she responded, "It's nothing to worry about, I'm just glad I get to finally see my lovely daughter again"

Blake continued to stare at the spot where Ken previously was, it was clear that everyone saw him transform into his stage one grimm form. What she was puzzling about was what exactly triggered him to fear Summer? She had a few theories in mind but she needed more answers to know exactly what was going on, "Ken Markes...what happened between you and Summer exactly?"


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Common : Well well well, plot twist after plot twist. I think this chapter went quite well.

Ken : I do hoped everyone enjoyed it.

Jason : Hoooooo that was awesome!

Common : Where are the other cast?

Ken : They're currently doing volume 3 right now so they're absent today.

Jason : What a shame, but hey at least we still have our own cast...right Rosa?

Rosa : Shut it dipstick, or do you want me to break your nose again?

Jason : Wanna go then?!

Rosa : Fine by me!

Naomi : Guys let's not fight, at least try to get along.

Jason : Okay.

Rosa : With this idiot, tsk like I'll ever. When ever people talk to him they lose like a thousand brain cells because of stupid he is tsk.

Jason : Alright that's it! I'm gonna!

Naomi : Please don't.

Jason : Okay.

Rosa : *Sighs* Kiss ass.

Common : Can you guys stop fighting already, if you wanna fight then do it outside the studio.

Ken : So what have you been up to since you've been gone Creator?

Common : You know the usual, writing, eating, studying, watching anime and sleeping.

Ken : What are you watching now?

Common : Well I recently finished Guilty Crown but right now I'm starting Monster Musume.

Jason : Never heard of it.

Common : I'm not surprised.

Jason : Wait question, does anyone ever stand up while wiping their ass?

Common : Shut the fuck Jason, I'm ending this cession.

Jason : What? I wanna know.

Common : No, nooooo Ken please start.

Ken : Alright Alright, if you enjoyed this chapter then please leave a review on what you think. Common would appreciate it if you do, it helps him out a lot especially it gives him inspiration to make more content for you guys.

Jason : Love the story? Then hit that like and favorite button, you'll be able to view the updates much sooner.

Rosa : Have a question? Then message Common and he'll answer any question you have, don't be shy.

Naomi : If you have any ideas for an Oc then we'll fill the registration below, all genders and kinds are accepted. You'll never know your Oc might end up in this story.

Common : Of course congrats to my friend TheMAO17 for his female Oc submission. Crystal Jones.

(Entrance suddenly opens)

Crystal : Hello mister Writer, hope you take care of me well for now on. Cause you'll have to deal with this for a long time.

Common : I'm starting to have second thoughts.

Jason : Well anyway see ya la- Wait just a sec! Who the hell are you?!'

Crystal : (Grins)

Jason : What do you mean MAO submitted him?!

Common : How about you ask him yourself.

Crystal : Why not, come with me little guy. We're going to MAO's studio.

(Jason gets dragged away by Crystal)

Jason : Wa-Wait, I don't even know what's going on?! Somebody help me!

Ken : Hope you all enjoy!

Everyone : See Ya Laters.

Jason : MAO!

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