The Apex Predator
Common : (Sipping tea)
Ken : (Sips tea with Common)
Common : Are the others coming yet?
Ken : They'll be here, besides both of us are early today.
Common : Yeah,...by the way have you seen Jason?
Ken : Now that you think about it, he's been out since last wee-
(Door suddenly bust open)
Jason : Common!
(Crystal appears)
Crystal : Common!
Common : What?
Jason : What did Ken do in the story that involved me?! I'm sure you've read MAO's review.
Common : Oh that...aahhhh sorry no spoilers.
Jason : What?! Why you little!
Crystal : Calm down little bro, let me handle this.
Common : Thank you Crysta-
Crystal : (Grabs Common by the collar) Who's this Rosa and Naomi that's been speaking to my brother disrespectfully?! Ha?!
Common : Wow wow wow calm down Crystal.
Crystal : Don't ask me to calm down!
(Ken saves Common using his speed)
Ken : What's going with the two of you? What did MAO say to piss these Jones off anyway?
Common : Something he couldn't control, damn it MAO leaving me to deal with these two.
Jason : That reminds me (Runs towards Ken)
Ken : What?!
Jason : This, (punches Ken)
Ken :...
Jason : How's that!
Ken :...
Jason : Ken?
Ken :...
Jason : Guess my punch was so strong it knocked him out.
Ken : (Grabs Jason's fist while in his stage one grimm transformation) That wasn't very nice Jason.
Jason : Ah oh.
Common : Ah oh indeed.
Ken : I've always wondered what you taste like under all this skin.
Jason : Le-let me go!
Ken : How about a little sample ha? (Goes to bite Jason)
Crystal : Let go of my brother Apex Predator.
(Door suddenly opens again)
Rosa : We're here!
Naomi : What's going on here? Mister Writer?
Common : Rosa! Naomi!'
Crystal : (Slowly turns around) Rosa? Naomi?
Rosa : That's our name.
Crystal : (Pulls out two revolvers) Perfect! Let's have a little chat will ya!
Common : Oh no.
Rosa : Dafuq?!'
Naomi : What's going on?
Crystal : Come here!
Common/Disclaimer : (Sigh) I own noting but my characters, enjoy the chapte-
(Explosion in the background)
Common : OH FOR FUCK SAKE, DAMMIT MAO! LEAVE YOUR OWN PROBLEMS BACK AT YOUR STUDIO.
(Bigger Explosions)
Conmon : DA FUQ WAS THA-
*Studio Writer is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please come again when we have fixed and rebooted our system*
For our Opening/Intro this arc will be :
(Insert,Guilty Crown Opening 2: EGOIST - The Everlasting Guilty Crown, Here)
Chapter 20 : A Rose With Thorns
It was late in the night, the wind was calm and the sky was clear. The broken moon's brightness illuminated the whole academy, everyone els was asleep except for our little young soldier who was admiring the peace this late at night. After his little encounter with Summer Rose, he needed a quiet place to think and what other location could provide such a breeze then he's usual balcony. It was the only place he could think of to be alone, he's own dorm was no exception since his teammates would be in the way and other locations were just too crowded. Even now he couldn't believe Summer was still alive, he was deep in thought about how to approach Ruby's mother. Back then he thought he could forget and ran away from his past wrongs, but Summer showing up before him proved that running away was impossible. His past will always be haunting him, probably till his time of ending. "Is that you Blake?" Ken called out while still gazing at the horizon.
"How did you know?" Blake entered the territory of his balcony in her usual sleeping kimono towards Ken's side, she had to admit the view was remarkable but the view wasn't the reason why she was here. "Ken? I-"
"I know what you're gonna ask, you feel troubled. And to answer your question, No I can't answer it cause right not I myself feel troubled" Ken interrupted, Blake turned to him with a questioned look. How Blake currently was now, Ken could easily read her like a book. He knows what's been bothering her, and he intends to not answer her until the time is right. "Can you at least tell me if there really was something that happened between you and Summer? I've never seen you freak out like that before, let alone lose your composure. You haven't been acting yourself, at least tell me what's been bothering you I want to help." Blake said offering him her support.
"Blake as much as I'd love your help, this is something I have to do on my own. Yes I haven't been acting myself for awhile, ever since the incident back at the Vytal Stadium I've been getting nightmares. I saw them Blake, there are people out there like me. Cinder apparently knows those people, that's why I've decided to go to Forever Fall to meet her...alone" He informs.
Already was Blake not agreeing with this, who knows what this Cinder had other her sleeve. She is one of the white fang's agents, or she could be most likely be behind all this mess. "Ah ah, I'm not letting you go there alone. You've fought her before, she had no problem keeping up with you it's too dangerous." She argued.
Already Ken's left eye had changed into it's first grimm stage, he turned to Blake with his mind made up. "I need to Blake, there are many things I can't remember during my childhood. This could answer the questions I've been longing to ask, maybe...this may give me a reason to keep moving forward."
"Ken...what happened?" She quietly asks him.
Ken remained silent for a moment until he sighed taking his time to think about Blake's question, "Back when I was ten years old, before I became a soldier. I was part of a pack of Beowolves, I was raised by them. They taught me how to survive when I had no one els, to me they were family...until one day I was out hunting food with other Beowolves by my side. That's when I met them...David and Summer, if I remember correctly they were on a mission to exterminate the grimm infestation that surrounded the forrest I was raised at. By instinct they were a threat to me and so was the Beowolves, but...nothing ever goes as planned. Both of them wiped them out in a blink of an eye, they were merciless. I was enraged, after that...what I did was something I would regret for the rest of my life"
"What did you do?" Blake asked listening very attentively.
"I-" Ken cut himself off as he sensed the presents of more individuals standing near the entrance of the balcony...hiding, who ever they were Ken did not welcomed them. He used his grimm senses to listen to how many heartbeats he could hear, "Three? Who are the-" after getting a closer look Ken could slightly see a certain silver eyes eyeing him and Blake.
He knew who it was after that point, three individuals in the middle of the night coincidentally finding him and Blake and one of then being silver eyed. It has to be none other the team RWBY, "Come out already, I know you're there. Ruby, Yang, Weiss, come on I know you're there" Ken said.
"What?! What gave us away?"
"Yang you leaned in too much"
"How is this my fault?"
"I said come out!" Ken furiously said, the three girls did as they were told. Ruby rubbed the back of her arm while Yang rubbed the back of her head both being embarrassed getting caught and ashamed that they were eavesdropping on him, Weiss had her arms crossed as Ken turned to the now team RWBY. "Is this some kind of joke, I thought I could trust you Blake but I guess you're just like the others who rad out people's secrets by telling your own friends"
Blake immediately denied the misunderstood situation, "No Ken, I swear they just found us by coincidence. I didn't tell them anything, believe me"
Yang stepped in between their conversation asking her own questions she'd be wanting to ask, "That's not the point here, Ken I wanna know what's between you and Summer. What exactly is going on between you two?"
Ken knew she was gonna ask this, Ruby herself was eyeing her with the same question that was obvious. Both sister's wanted to know what happened that involved their mother, Weiss was there simply because she had gotten worried where her teammate had run off to. "I-I'm sorry Yang, I can't answer that now"
"Really?! Cause it looked like you were gonna tell Blake earlier, what...are we different to tell first because we're actual Summer's daughters. Answer me now! What's going on?!" Yang argued.
Ken turned around as he was ready to leave not wanting to deal with the four of them, "Ken please" Ruby pleaded.
Ken didn't want this anymore, he turned for a brief moment to look at Ruby in the eye before disappearing saying "I'm sorry Ruby, I can't"
"No wait...dang it guys. What do you have to eavesdrop us" Blake abruptly tells them.
"We were worried where you went this late at night, guess this good timing since apparently you know something we don't. Care to tell us Blake?" Yang threateningly asks.
"Ask Ken not me, it's wrong to learn someone's secret without the person's knowledge" Blake stubbornly answers not wanting to meet Yang's eyes.
"You're going to answer them whether you like it or not" Yang persisted.
"No! Just like I said before, ask him yourself. Don't you feel bad for the guy? Can't you see he's been through a lot and we're making things worse for him."
Ruby finally steps between them, trying her best to calm the two down with reason. "Yang wait, Blake is right. It's better that he tell us himself, let's just give him some time to think"
"Wow you girls are really making a big fuss out of this"
Team RWBY turns towards the entrance to find who the source of the voice was finding the sister's mother standing and watching the whole thing, "Mommyyyyyyyy" Ruby squeals running towards Summer into a heartwarming hug.
"Hello my little Ruby, and why exactly are you up so late?" She asks raising a brow.
Ruby freezes for a moment as cold sweat dripped down her temples, Yang waves joyfully at Summer while she returned the gesture. "Better question why are all of you girls still awake?"
"Umm-ahhhh" Ruby hesitatingly says before Yang answers her question, "We were here wanting answers from Ken but he ran away again, just what happen between the two of you mom? What's making Ken so scared and anxious?" Yang asked.
Even Summer changed her expression from being joyous to worried, Yang could tell even she was reluctant about telling them about what happened that day. She felt very bad about it, she wanted to tell them. She wanted to at least give an explanation for her years of absence, but that would mean telling them about Ken which was not the right thing to do. If they wanted to know, they needed to hear it from Ken himself. But right now Ken doesn't seem like speaking to anyone, she wanted to help the boy break from his shell of despair. But the others persist her that he needed to overcome this guilt alone, he alone must find his own path. "Look girls, Ken will tell you all. Just give him time, he needs it more then ever especially now. So starting tommorow around afternoon, Qrow's gonna bring him to professor Ozpin's office. And I want everyone to be there including you guys, we'll explain everything there" Summer informs them.
"What happen to giving him time?" Weiss questions her.
"It'll be alright, we'll get him to talk...trust me."
The girls nodded their heads while Summer instructed them to finally march towards their dorm, "Now then, it's getting late so everyone start walking towards your dorm. Tommorow's gonna be a big day, kinda maybe I don't know"
"Wha?" Team RWBY said in unison.
"Ignore the last part, just start marching ladies!"
It was about around twelve early afternoon, Ken Markes was walking at the hallway with a note on his hand. Ken had absolutely no sleep since yesterday night, his mind was too crowded with questions and thoughts he had been trying to shoo off. Yang was rather persistent yesterday, he planned to try and avoid team RWBY but the note on his hand got him a bit suspicious. The note said to meet professor Ozpin in his office but his instincts said that there was more to this note then just a simple meeting with the silver haired headmaster, he was quite reluctant about going to the office but judging from the handwriting and the mention of professor Ozpin it must have been important. He still suspected the note to be quite strange, especially the act of sending Ken a note. If the headmaster really wanted something from him then he would have most likely contact him through his scroll, either way he had to find whatever was behind this note. Only thing is that he had a really bad feeling about it, what made things slightly worse is that he was extremely tired since he hadn't had any proper sleep these pass days due to nightmares waking him up. "This note better not be some kind of joke" Ken said to himself out loud.
Out in the distance, Qrow was peeking behind a wall with his own communication scroll in hand. He peeked around the wall checking if Ken was walking towards the office as planned, Summer in trusted him to make sure that he'd take him towards the office no matter what. The ice between the Rose mother and the young soldier had to be broken, and soon. And in Summer's mind, what better time was there to break that ice then now? "Looks like everything is going as planned, all though I have to admit the note thing was kinda stupid. Ken's not that stupid to fall for a simple trick like that, next time I'm doing the diversion" said Qrow through his scroll.
Summer was on the line checking to see if things were going as planned, she had planned this ahead already before she arrived here at Beacon. She just had the feeling that Ken would react this way, so she molded a plan in her head to make sure things between theme were settled. "Do you have any better ideas?! Stop whining and follow him before you lose him"
Qrow leans a bit more to see a closer look to where Ken walked towards, "Yeah yeah, don't worry. He ain't gonna leave my eyes. Besides no one has ever fled from me-wait he's gone" Qrow stops and says.
"He's gone?! How did you lose him?!"
"I don't know, he just vanished? Let me take a closer look" Qrow replies.
"Hurry up and find him, everyone is waiting!" Summer bursted through the scroll.
"Yeah yeah"
Qrow strolled fast towards where Ken previously stood and suddenly stops his tracks to observe where exactly he went towards, he didn't left any clues or feet tracks but just as Qrow was about to walk towards the other side of the hallway. He quickly backs away and hides back behind his side seeing Ken standing by himself and watching his corners carefully attentively and carefully, Qrow thought he was caught read handed by him but he strangely hears a voice amongst the halls of where Ken stood as he replies. "Where are you?' Show yourself!"
"Guess the Hybrids are right, you can sense people's presents"
"Where are you! Identify yourself!" Ken yelled.
"I don't think so Apex Predator"
Out of nowhere Ken receives a cut on his cheek as he felt a sharp projectile thrown at him in such velocity, he looks at the ground to find a throwing knife struck to the ground while he quickly looked back seeing more knives being thrown at him at his front.
Ken quickly pulls out Phantom Eagle from his sleeve while precisely blocking most of the knives hurling towards him, he switches Phantom Eagle in it's desert eagle pistol form and aimed directly where the knives where thrown previously. "Not bad, but I've seen better"
"Come out already!" Ken ordered while aiming his weapon at a corner.
"Oh well" moments later an image of a person began to reveal clearly before Ken's eyes, it appeared like a girl or more specifically a women. Her hair was brown and tied in a small ponytail. She wore a black full-body unitard and a cloak with head wraps, as well as a cowboy hat on top. Ken didn't exactly recognized the women seeing as he never saw her before, but from the looks of it the women appear to know him rather well. "It's been three years, you've changes since then" the women said.
"I'm sorry but I don't know you, identify yourself. Why did you attack me?" Ken demanded, the women appeared to be seeking something. The only question was, what was it? He had notice a device she held on her hand that appeared to be one of the guardians technology, "She has a camonader, no wonder I couldn't see her. But how did she get her hands on those? That's Royal Guardians's technology, no way she can break in the Guardian temple and steal our equipment. It's impossible, no one can do it"
"I can't blame you, after I ran away you stayed behind and devoured my family like food. It's not surprising you can't remember my face" She says threateningly while holding up a revolver at Ken.
Ken's eyes had widened in shock as more of his past memories began flooding his thoughts, images of bloody corpses and cries kept replaying as he held his head feeling intense pain. "Wh-who are you?" Ken asked.
"Who am I?"
"..."
"I'm Crystal Jones, the last of the Jones family you slaughtered."
That's where Ken remembered, all though he didn't remember her but he did remember breaking down on the graves of the Jones family. Yes he remembered it clearly, it was a day he went on a blind berserk and in the process it killed an innocent family until he was finally immobilized by David. "From the look on your face you must be remembering, finally I'll settle things here"
"..."
"Prepare yourself Apex Predator!"
"..."
"Your head is mine!"
Qrow wasted no time quickly contacting Summer and the others, clearly the plan was a failure due to a certain someone appearing out of nowhere. "Qrow?! What's going on?!"
"It's Ken, someone somehow found him and started attacking him. Right now seem kinda...off, he might need back up. Meet us at the Beacon Garden"
"On it"
On the corner of Crystal's eyes, she could see Qrow quickly running towards them with his weapon ready to equipment at hand. She quickly shots Ken with her revolver making him back up towards the exit of the hall and enter the Beacon Garden. He didn't have his aura up yet due to him still trying to process the fact that a surviving Jones family member was battling him right now which made the bullets that hit him make clear wounds on his body, but due to his healing factor the bullet had already began pushing out of his skin and heal his wounds. Crystal quickly enters the Garden with Ken while pushing another button putting a large protective aura forcefield around them making sure no one gets in or out, Qrow stops his tracks being fully aware of what surrounded them and cursed himself for being not fast enough to stop the stranger from harming Ken. "Now that we won't be getting any interruptions, let us begin the torture...shall we?"
"..."
Ken remained silent the whole time being still shocked of the whole situation, seeing Summer was hard enough for him and now a Jones coming to kill him. Guess the past was eventually gonna catch up to him, it was what he deserved.
Crystal summons a staff with knives on both ends while electricity streamed through the sharp edges , her smile being sadistic and the way she flipped her staff around deviously. She was ready and excited, the murderer of her family was right in front of her. And what better opportunity to make him feel her pain then now, especially when he's all frozen and stiff. "Now taste despair! You monster!" She yelled.
"Damn it move!" Ken thought, he quickly backs away as Crystal swings her staff at him. She misses by an inch at Ken's chest, but she didn't leave the Predator with no mark. Ken felt a slight shock on his chest as he saw Crystal's weapon miss him, through observation and close attention he noticed that the electrical stream around her staff had shocked him slightly just by simply being near him. He needed to pay close attention if he didn't want to feel the full might of it's shock, Crystal flips the knives of her staff into gun barrels and began shooting electrical pulses at Ken. He pulls out Bon Fortuna from his sleeve and quickly switches it into it's second form and shoot lightning bolts at Crystal, pulses versus bolts. Which was superior? Both kept firing and firing but the electrical current between the two weapons evenly matched, Ken switches his tactic and uses the lightning around Bon Fortuna and swings it in a concentrated wave of energy similar to David's attack. "Aura slash!" He yelled.
The wave of lightning energy hurled towards Crystal as she quickly tries to evade it moving to the side, Ken anticipates this and sends another wave of lightning energy towards her direction behind his previous attack. Crystal sees his attempt and leaves no choice but to use her semblance, an explosion was the next thing Ken saw as he waited for the smoke to die down to see if he got her with his attack. The smoke slowly began to fade as his vision finally cleared of what he could see of Crystal, just as the smoke dies down all Ken saw was a large boulder at the center of the blast radius. He was confused and dumbfounded wondering why a boulder had mysterious appeared out of nowhere, suddenly Crystal quickly runs from behind the boulder with impressive speed and went straight towards Ken with her Electrostaff ready to stab him. Ken was about to block her but the image of her younger self had appeared before he's vision, he stops and freezes for a moment as Crystal closes in on him. Ken's expression was now saddened and his eyes was closed, he accepted her punishment for him and welcomed it. He felt a sharp pain though his stomach as he saw Crystal's weapon penetrate all the way though his stomach towards the other end, her smile was visible and all Ken could hear was a scream. It was someone screaming his name if he remembered correctly, but right now that wasn't what he cared about. All he cared about was for Crystal to find peace, and if this is what it takes for her to cease her ambition for revenge then so be it.
Summer and the others quickly ran on the hallway as they got Qrow's message of Ken's situation, team RWBY was just behind them. What made Summer worry so much for the young soldier was him already fighting an individual and still not recovering from his shock, she quickly fastens her pace while Taiyang and Raven tries to keep up with her. "Summer...would you slow down for a bit, Ken can handle himself I'm sure he'd already got the job done before we could even arrive" Taiyang reminded her.
"I know that but,...anyone bold enough to pick a fight with him especially here on Beacon property is probably strong" She stated
Raven agrees with her statement as she follows behind her, "She's right, since the Vytal stadium incident everyone pretty much knows the identity of the Apex Predator. It's not surprising someone tracked him down and found him here, this could mean three things. One they would want him dead for reasons, two they would want him dead for his bounty or three they would want him dead for revenge."
"What exactly do you think Summer?" Taiyang asked.
Summer hesitated for moment as she focuses back on heading towards the Beacon Garden, "I don't know, but I might have a gut feeling about the third one"
Ruby whispers to Yang as they ran behind them not letting their voices know, "Pssst Yang, do you think Ken will be alright?"
Yang looks at her and shoots her with one of her signature convincing smirks, "Pffff of course, when has that guy ever lost a fight. He'll pull trough, don't you worry sis."
Weiss interjects this reminding them not to go in over their heads, "Let's not underestimate the enemy here, Ken may be strong but he's still human. He clearly has limits, don't get too confident in his abilities"
Yang agrees but told her opinion about Ken being human, "Hmph, after seeing yesterday...I'm starting to think he's not. Didn't you see how his skin and eyes change, and that wasn't the only time I saw his eyes like that. When we first fought, during our battle his eyes changed into those scary eyes for a brief moment."
Ruby continued her side, "You're right Yang, but that doesn't mean he still isn't human. He has a beating heart and an aura like the rest of us, what els can he be Yang?"
Yang continues "Look I know this might sound crazy but, I'm starting to think that Ken...might actually be a Grimm"
Hearing that from Yang, Blake cringed for a moment before Weiss was in with the blonde brawler. "Maybe...I mean he didn't eat a lot...his transformation seemed like it too...and there was even a time that he smelled kinda like blood...you might be on to something Yang"
Blake couldn't handle it anymore, she didn't want to hear her friend being spoken like that anymore. She intercepts their conversation and bursted out in anger, "Stop it! Stop talking about him like that behind his back, have you guys seriously lost that much trust in him?! After all he's done, I can't believe you guys!"
Yang intervenes, "Coming from our teammate who apparently knows something about him that we don't! He's hiding something Blake, and I intend to find out!"
"You'll know when he tells you! Can't you just give him a break!"
"Something happened between him and Summer! How could I possibly not give him a break, he could probably be the reason why she was gone for a long time!" Yang bursted out.
"Yang that's enough" Weiss tries to tell her.
Yang turned to look at Weiss and turns to look back at Ruby, she had been yelling this entire time that she didn't notice the tears streaming down on Ruby's eyes while the rest could clearly hear her. "Ruby, I'm so sorry I didn't mean too"
"It's...it's fine...let's just keep moving" she silently replies, but loud enough for her to hear. Yang felt deeply sorry for bursting out like that in front of everyone, especially to her little lovely sister. The guilt she felt made her chest tightened as she tries to focus back on going towards the Garden, for a moment or two Ruby's crying had calmed down and she had resumed back to running. Yang was glad but her gladness had last only for a brief second as she felt a tear of water hit her cheek, she wondered where the water came from until she realized where it was from. At the front Summer was tearing up on her own, her tears leaving her cheeks and leaving a trail that apparently hit Yang's direction. She never thought that she'd hurt Summer too, it only made the guilt she felt feel much heavier. She decided that she would take Blake's words and listen to what Ken had to say, to take his time and tell her when he was ready. If she continued her path like this, she would only hurt more of her people that are precious to her.
Finally as they arrive at Garden, they stopped to where Qrow stood as he observed the fight between Ken and Crystal. "We're here, what's going on?" Summer tells Qrow gives them a briefing on what happened earlier while everyone listened attentively, "Well this girl somehow showed up out of nowhere and started attacking Ken, she's most likely here for revenge since she mentioned Ken killing her family. They moved their battle at the Garden but we can't pass through the forcefield she set up, it's energy that repels aura so we can't pass through."
"Ken? Killing a family? That can't be true" Raven tells him.
"It might not be Ken...but probably when he was...you know"
"Damn, so we're just gonna sit here and watch him then?" Taiyang didn't agree with the method of just sitting and watching. It was where Yang got her impatient from, he wanted to help.
"I'm afraid so"
Team RWBY didn't know if they heard Qrow correctly or not, Ken killing a family? That couldn't be right? He was a nice a guy...right? That just couldn't be true, Ruby denied it just like the rest. They watched carefully as they saw a women quickly running from behind a boulder and towards Ken with impressive speed, she positions her staff in a trusting motion while Ken simply stood there what appeared to be just him letting the weapon stab through him. "Ken Markes move!" Qrow yelled.
"Ken!" Raven yells with him.
What they saw next was something they never thought they would see, the staff the women held had penetrated through the young soldiers stomach and right towards the other end. She continues to push through as Ken was overpowered and pushed towards the others closer to the exit, she stops her trust as Crystal watched the horrified expressions of Summer, Team RWBY and the others. Her smile became visible as she began to pull her Electrostaff out of Ken's insides, she felt so happy until she felt resistance of her weapon. She saw Ken holding onto her weapon while slowly walking closer towards her, making her weapon stab deeper into him as blood dripped down his mouth and his left eye changed into it's grimm form. He quietly asks her a question but at this point he was closed enough for the others to hear, "Are you...satisfied?"
Crystal's face too became horrified and quickly pulls out her revolver and shoots Ken straight on the head, he falls down hard while she pulls her from him. Summer was about to intervene but David had appeared behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder, stopping her attempt. Crystal still aimed the gun at the fallen soldier, but moments later he slowly gets back up with his wound being healed. The headshot he received was not fatal since the bones of his skeleton was much harder from normal human beings, due to him being a half Sentinel and their power over bone manipulation and control. The bullet on his head came falling down as the bone around his head didn't make a slight dense to her shot, she pointed her gun straight at Ken's head ones more as he held his arms up protecting his friends. "Why won't you die?!" She yelled.
"Simple...it's cause I can't"
"What?!"
Ken continues "I can't due to my healing factor regenerating any damaged organ or bone around my body, in short...the only way I can die is of old age."
"No way, bullshit!" Crystal denied.
"Believe me I've tried...I've tried, countless times. It always ended in failure, believe me it won't work."
"Then I'll just have to keep shooting and swing harder!" Crystal then pulls the trigger as more bullets came flying towards Ken, after her ammo ran out she swings her Electrostaff at every direction cutting Ken from every sides still holding his arms up. More of his blood came splashing down the ground losing over majority of it, where they stood was completely drenched in the color red. the others tried their best not to stare but some can't help but witness such a unbearable barrage of swings, it was pretty surprising he was even still standing even after losing that much blood.
"Die! Die! Die! Die! Just fucking die!"
"..."
"Why?"
"..."
"Why won't you die?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"I said DIE!" She aims her second revolver at Ken's head and pulls the trigger once again, the bullet this time ricochet off from Ken's head and towards to Monty knows where. Ken this time didn't fall down from the shot, he stood firmly on his place not moving more then an inch. Crystal was breathing heavily from her frustration as she lowered her gun and stared down Ken with angered eyes, "Crystal Jones...listen to me, I know you want revenge but..do you think killing me will bring them back?"
"No it won't, even when I really want it too" she immediately answers.
"Then what do you expect from this?" He asked.
"Satisfaction, until you die by my hands then I won't ever be satisfied. I'll chase you down even if I have to wait till you die of old age, you're not getting away"
"Hmph,...guess I can't convince you...can I?"
"No you can't"
Ken holds up his hand to her as his wounds were healing and his shirt completely shredded, he give her a smile as he offered her a chance to start over. "I know you'll never forgive me but...I still wanna be friends with you, I don't mind dying by your hands. Maybe if I wasn't cursed with this...thing, I would have a let you struck me anyway"
Crystal didn't want to lie to herself, his words were gentle and true. No hidden motives behind his voice only truth, she felt something as he said those words. She may be slightly swayed by those words but that didn't mean she wasn't done with him, "Do you really think I can be easily convinced with sweet talks and kind words?" She said threateningly while holding her staff dangerously close to his neck.
"I wish you would, cause words alone is all I can do to convince you to that the path you chose to walk will only leave you grieving. Please Crystal, let me help you"
"And why should the murderer of my family help me?! Why should I even let you help me?!"
She was right, why should she let him help her. He took everyone she loved away from her, the last thing she would be accepting was HIS help. Ken went on his knees as he lowered his head, "For redemption, I've taken many lives from people like you. They probably seek revenge just as you do, I just want to redeem myself from the wrongness I've done to you"
Crystal reluctantly lowers her weapon as she crosses her arms together, "Hmph...anything?"
"Anything" Ken stated.
As much as she might regret it, she did have a few errands she wanted done. Taking up on his offer probably wouldn't be all that bad, but Crystal had plans for him. "Hmph,...fine I guess I'll take your offer, that doesn't mean I won't stop chasing you down. Mark these words Apex Predator, you will die by my hands." Crystal says as she pointed her staff back at Ken.
"I won't forget"
"Well then I guess I'll be on my wa-"
Out of nowhere Crystal suddenly felt a sharp pain on her own stomach, she slowly looks down to see a energy like blue lightning penetrating through her abdomen. It was sharp and it was painful, Ken watched horrifyingly as the figure behind her about ten meters away had his arms up as the lightning through Crystal's stomach was connected to his hand. "We don't negotiate with our objective, isn't that what you mercenaries are taught? Guess not"
The lightning that struck Crystal now depletes back to the stranger's hand as Ken catches Crystal while she spurt blood from her mouth. She desperately tries to cover her stomach feeling intense pain, even if this women wanted to kill him that badly. He still wanted to save her, no matter what. All she wanted was to avenge her family, so Ken holds her tighter against him. "Who are you and what do you want!" Ken demanded.
"Who am I? Don't you remember me Thirteen? It's me, Fifteen"
"Fifteen?"
"It's been so long, we've been looking for you ever since"
"Wait, what do you mean we?" Ken asked.
"What? Don't tell me you forgot the others, Twelve, Fourteen, Sixteen and Seventeen" the stranger replied.
"Who are you?"
"I already told you" the stranger took a few steps closer as Ken finally had a good look on him, the stranger was about the same age as him in appearance. He wore a white long sleeved shirt that held itself together with one single button at his chest, his shirt was very similar to Ken's with the sleeves being just as long and oversized as his (not to oversized though). He wore black pants with black sandals like Ken, two large grey cloth covered his legs on both sides while a sheath of a chokuto was strapped behind his waist. What made Ken lost with words was his eyes, his eyes was the same as his when in his grimm form. Black eyes with crimson iris, that was what he saw. "It's me...Fifteen"
In a blink of an eye Fifteen appeared in front of Ken holding the front of his shoulder, he whispered in his ear while watching puzzled look on the others. "Why do you bother hanging out with these humans? Don't tell me you forgotten that we're special, come back to us"
Ken couldn't help but swallow one of his saliva, he looks at Fifteen closer in his eyes as he replied. "I don't know who you are and what you want, but no one hurts my friends and gets away with it. I'll kill you if you do"
Fifteen chuckles as he slowly began to unsheathe his chokuto, "Well...we can't have that can we? Even if you don't remember me Thirteen, I still have no choice but to kill you. But you see I don't want that, cause back in the day we were best friends during our time inside that laboratory till our separation. I still see us as best friends, don't you want this reunion to be a little more...peaceful?"
"I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to lower your weapon"
Fifteen sighs as he looks away from him, "Is that your answer?"
"..."
"Very Well"
Fifteen quickly switches his chokuto into a reverse grip and goes for a stab at Ken's back, his chokuto was nothing special. Only the weapon being normal and plain, to the others time seemed like it slowed down. The blade came dangerously close to Ken as they both kept staring down each other, the last thing Ruby heard as Yang covered her eyes once more was the sound of a blade penetrating a bone.
Common : Yes finally it is done, hope you all enjoyed that caused it was one hell of a chapter, I personally enjoyed and I hoped you liked it too.
Common : Now that that is done, back to business. (Turns back to the cast)
(Everyone of Fanfic's cast tied down while Summer and the rest of RWBY cast are standing with crossed arms)
Summer : I come here to greet the wonderful author that brought me to his story and what do I find? Five idiots starting a riot while You simply sit there and sip tea!
Common : Ehehehe.
Summer : What do you have to say for yourself.
Common : Ummm nice to finally meet you?
Summer : (Glares)
Common : Okay okay, I'm sorry I'm sorry. Can you please untie us now.
Summer : Hmph fine.
(Gets untied)
Common : Thank you.
Jason : (Stumps towards Common)
Ken : (Intervenes) And where do you think you're going?
Jason : I'm going to have a word with Common.
Ken : You're gonna have to go through me.
Jason : Bring it.
Naomi : (Grabs Jason's shoulders) please don't fight, miss Summer told us to behave.
Jason : Grrrrrrr fine.
Crystal : Hey don't go lovey dovey with my brother.
Rosa : (Intervenes) Got a problem with that old lady.
Crystal : Ya I do.
Rosa : Geez what's up with you and you're brother, do you have some kind of brother complex or something?
Crystal : (Blushes while holds a revolver at Rosa's head) repeat that sentence again, I dare you. I DOUBLE dare you motherfucker, I dare you to repeat that one more Oum damn time.
Summer : (Gets irritated) ALRIGHT COME WITH ME YOU TWO!
(Grabs both Jason and Crystal)
Crystal : Where are we going?
Summer : To your master's studio, clearly he hasn't taught any of you manners.
Jason : Hey he taught me lots of things like...ummmm...ahhhhh...gee I don't know.
Rosa : Exactly!
Jason : Shut up!
(Leaves Studio Writer)
Taiyang : That's a lesson to be taught to you guys, DO not mess with my wife.
Common : Agreed.
Ken : Should we start the outro?
Common : Oh no, I've got other plans for you (Drags Ken)
Ken : What did I do?
Common : You're a soldier, you're suppose to be disciplined and well mannered. Guess I'll have to remind you once again.
Ken : No no no no no no, please...not the THAT. No Noooooooooooooo.
Common : Start the outro for me will ya guys, Thanks. (Closes door)
Yang : Well we'll have to start the outro.
Weiss : I have a better idea, let the guys do it so they can have experience.
(Team RWBY grins)
Ruby : Well that was a fun chapter, see ya guys next week.
Yang : Yeah see ya guys,
Blake : Have a nice weekend everyone.
Weiss : I'll let them handle the rest here.
...
Taiyang : Guess we're all that left.
Qrow : Yup.
Raven : Aha.
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Common : (Behind the door) OUTRO!
In unison : (Sigh) Fine!
Taiyang : Well hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, leave a review for Common. He'll appreciate it, and it'll help him bring more content to you guys so how about lend him your support.
Qrow : Any questions? Then go ahead and leave a message to us and Common will happily answer them.
Raven : Any ideas for an Oc? Then go ahead and fill the registration below to see if your Oc might actually be in the story, all genders and kind are accepted. Hey you'll never know you're Oc might actually be in the story.
Common : (Opens door) Who do you think should end up with Ken? Leave your votes on the reviews, the votes can be visible on my profile for everyone to check. (Closes door)
Taiyang : Until then.
Unison : See ya laters.
Qrow : That wasn't too bad
Raven : Yeah not bad at all.
Taiyang : I wondered what made the girls leave so fast?
(Common walks towards the exit)
Common : Lock up for me will ya.
Them : (Everyone glares at him)
Unison : Oh...now I know why.
(Next Chapter Below)
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Chapter 21 : Bonds From The Past.
