-Kai-
Kai woke up from his comfortable dream land. 'way to early' he thought as he looked up into the earlymorning sky slowly blossoming into a pink color. Kai tried to go back to sleep but couldn't seem to keep his eyes closed. 'well I might as well get up' Kai decided. As he got up he felt something stir next to him. 'Oh right. That happened.' He thought as he got up very very slowly. Finally free of his warm prison he covered Yang back up and went over to the firepit. Kai started a small fire and started his usual brewing ritual as he always did in the morning. First he put water in his tea pot, added a different kind of tea leaves that would create a wonderful energy boost for the morning without the bitterness of coffee or other teas. He called the leaf "sun leaf" due to its bright yellow color. Finally he set it on the fire and waited for it to come to a light boil. Pouring a cup for himself he placed some smooth stones in the fire to reheat the tea later, straight reheating took away from the taste to him. Sipping the liquid he felt himself slowly wake up. Finishing the last bit with a mighty gulp he decided to go for a walk.
Walking to the hill he recently meditated on he stood at the top. A beautiful sunrise greated him as if it was waiting for someone to witness it before it rises. An hour passed as kai watched the sun rise, savoring the moment. And that's when everything went down hill. Literally.
-Weiss-
Weiss woke up to the sound of battle cries emmiting from a singular soul. She heard growling, clunks, thunks, whimpers, and then a howl of pain. She grabbed her rapier and flew out her tents entrance flap. Quickly overcoming her sleepyness as adrenaline seized her body she quickly assessed the situation. Kai was at the entrance fending off 4 Ursa at once, he had a dark red patch on his cloak that was getting darker by the second. Ruby was peaking out of her tent rubing sleep from her eyes and no one else seemed to be up, only stiring from their deep slumber. Looks like its up to her to save kai from dieing. Weiss quickly dashed forward to Kai's aid. She first engaged after kai withdrawed from a previous strike and In turn slashed at the lead ursa with amazing precision. Kai, reallizing help had arrived pressed a button on his staff and the It compacted into a short sword, a one-handed katana and cut the lead Ursa's arm clean off as it focused on her, the Ursa quickly retaliated with a missed hit from its remaining left arm. It was it's last mistake as weiss's rapier burried itself into its neck. The Ursa made a qurgaling sound as blood pooled in its mouth as it fell and died. The remaining three quickly advanced, no longer listening to its dead alpha leader. They slashed at the pair but were matched with a just amount of force, finally seeing that they would not win after the 2nd Ursa fell to the ground, head rolling around the floor the remaining two ran back over the hill and into the forest. Thinking her troubles were over Weiss let her guard down... then kai hit the floor, his cloak covered in a dark red.
-1 Hour Later-
The entire group of 8 had made a circle around Kai, Ren and Jaune the members with the most medical experience, or any medical potential at all had healed Kai of his wounds as well as they could, the largest was an inch deep gash on his back. Now they looked exhausted even though they had only just woken up. Yang now wouldn't leave Kai's side almost like how she didn't budge from Ruby's yesterday. Weiss saw the whole process but didn't say a word because she felt she had no place to but knew Kai was stable enough that they could give him some space, or atleast redress him, it was disturbing to see him in just his undergarments, not because he had a bad body but because of the topic, besides he should have clothes and blankets to keep him warm and help him recover. But no one wanted to hear the princess's criteria which infuriated her ' why does everyone think I'm so mean? I try my best to be... nice...' she thought as her anger turned to sorrow 'no one likes a bossy princess...if only they knew the troubles of never having someone to lean on, with no advice or guidence, always having to follow the rules. All I want is to get rid of the empty black hole in my heart and I can't do that alone...' she then realized that tears began to water up in her eyes. She looked away.
-Ruby-
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As Ruby watched the man who saved her leg, her career, her life really, she watched him as his breathing steadied and her sisters traumatized face relax a little to a state of worry. Ruby watched as the teams walked away to keep building up the camp or to gather supplies. All except her and Yang left his side.
"Yang?" Ruby said worryingly
Yang didn't answer.
"Yang are you ok?" Ruby said nerviously
Again no answer.
"Yang!" Ruby screamed
"No I'm not Ruby, im not OK... we almost lost someone again... I almost lost someone again... someone I care for just as much as you." Yang snapped eyes begining turning red.
"I'm not saying that he's better than you but atleast he knows when to stop ANNOYING me!" Yang nearly screamed
Ruby leaned back in shock, putting her hands up to her chest and backed up with a small 'eep' at Yangs outburst, eyes wide with a trace of fear and hurt.
"Ruby...I'm sorry... I just can't lose either of you..." Yang said with regret hinged to the statment.
"So you two are..." Ruby began.
"Yeah" Yang interupted.
"Well... ill leave you to him" Ruby said standing up to leave.
"Thanks sis" Yang replied still regreting her actions.
Ruby walked to the middle of the campsite. Wood was gathered, tents repitched and organized, and Ren watched the perimeter from a large log, paying extra attention to the forest. She walked over to Weiss and sat next to her. She noticed her eyes were slightly puffy but decided it was lack of sleep.
"So Weiss" Ruby began
"Yes Ruby" Weiss said a small quiver in her voice.
"What happened earlier today, ya know with all the Kai nearly dieing?" Ruby asked
"Well if you must know I began the day to a howl of pain just outside my tent so obviously I grabbed myrtaniser and dashed out of my tent to see what was going on and mister tough guy over there was being attacked by 4 Ursa! 4! I mean how do you even find that many Ursa in one area! He was covered in blood and was obviously losing so I ran over to him and we killed two of them and the rest ran back into the forest." Weiss told the story as if Kai chose to take on the Ursa.
"Oh... well did he say anything before he passed out?" Ruby questioned
"No he just collapsed in front of me." Weiss explained obvioudly annoyed.
"Uhm Weiss... why are you so mad at Kai" Ruby asked
"Because he led 4 Ursa to our camp! I mean we don't even know if he was really being chased by them or just wanted us dead!" Weiss yelled
"Ok ok we'll see what he says happened when he wakes up...hopefully" Ruby said
"Ha...yeah...hopefully" Weiss replied pissily as she walked off.
Ruby looked up to the sky it was still early morning. "Well better go find something to do" Ruby thought as she walked around the campsite. Finally walking past Ren she had an idea.
-Pyrrha-
Pyrrha walked with Jaune and Nora in the forest. They were trying to find some sort of food or some water for dinner. The trees were beautiful, leaves the color of yellow and red because it was autumn. Leaves danced before their eyes, swirling in the slight breeze, Nora skipped alongside her and Jaune as they stared at the colorful canopy of trees.
"Its so pretty here" Jaune said breaking the silence.
"It is quite nice" Pyrrha replied
"Ya but it would be nicer with Ren here..." Nora said drifting of.
"Hey I hear water!" Jaune shouted from ahead
Pyrrha saw Jaune dash ahead forcing her and Nora to jog after him.
After near 5 minutes of constant running the two girls finally found Jaune. He was looking down at the edge of a...
"Wow..." Pyrrha said in awe.
Pyrrha, Nora, and Jaune looked over a amazing view. A high cliff stood as a side to an enormous gap, the other side higher than the cliff they stood on. The opposing cliffside swept back at its peak connecting to a mountain with a cap of snow at its tip. Water formed a river slowly widening out as the water trickled down the mountain, then rushing over a sheer drop. A waterfall stood tall and proud, as wide as beacon's bell tower itself, water cascaded over the cliff creating a rainbow at the end of the fall. Lush vines, trees and bushes covered the surroundings. True beauty.
"Its so...wonderful" Pyrrha said, tears forming in her eyes.
"I could stay here forever..." Nora said, whispering as if not to disturb the sheer Beauty.
The group stood their for what seemed like hours. The sun was now directly above them.
"Hey guys...not to be a buzz kill but we should get back to camp. It's going to be almost dark when we get back." Jaune suggested regretingly.
"Awww but its nice here." Nora pouted
"It would be unwise to stay here any longer. We still havn't found a reliable water source." Pyrrha agreed.
"Bye waterfall" Nora said to the mountain waving a hand.
"Lets move" Pyrrha said leading them back through the trail of broken branches she had made to mark their way back to camp.
Now almost back to camp the group slowed down.
"Uhhg...how...long...have we...been...*gasp*...running." Jaune said exhausted.
"Only a few hours" Pyrrha said only slightly fatigued.a smirk on her face.
Nora just hopped up and down impatently.
"Only a few hours? You say that like we do it every other day." Jaune replied chest heaving.
"We're almost back to camp. Maybe a 10 minute jog." Pyrrha informed
"Then why don't we make it 30 and walk it, we missed a lot of red trees on the way here." Jaune asked adding sarcasm to the end of the sentance.
"Fine, for you" Pyrrha replied grinning.
Nora gave a audible sigh signaling that things were getting awkward.
"Alright well lets take a lovly stroll through the woods like little red ridding hood " Jaune said jokingly.
"Didn't she get eaten by a beowolf in the end?" Nora quetioned.
"Yeah but that's the grimm version..." Jaune replied but was interrupted...
Two Ursa burst through the brush right at Pyrrha.
"NO!" Jaune shouted, springing his shield open and drawing his sword as he jumped to Pyrrhas aid. Pyrrha drew her spear and shield to block the closest Ursa's attack. Together they blocked.
"Nora they could use a grenade to the face!" Jaune ordered.
"On it!" Nora said drawing her weapon."BLAST HAHAHA" Nora taunted to the Ursi. Grenades blasted from the barrel of Noras launcher hitting the bear like grimm between the eyes.
"Pyrrha now!" Jaune exclaimed as he lunged at the stunned Ursa. The two shield weilders rammed the Ursi, knocking them to the ground. They stabbed their sword and spear into the neck and chest of the Ursi. No pleads for mercy were heard as the monsters evaporated into the forest.
"Good work guys" Jaune commented
"Thanks" Pyrrha and Nora replied.
After a slight resting period Jaune spoke again.
"I suppose we should get moving, see how everyone else is doing." He advised.
"Alright lets go" Pyrrha agreed.
"Yay home!" Nora said.
The 3 Moved on.
-Yang-
"They're back!" Ren yelled to the other team members.
Yang looked up and saw Jaune, Pyrrha, and Nora emerge from the red forest. Standing she awaited their arival. The group gathered around the entrance as the 3 walked through the oppening in the tents.
"Welcome back to the Kingdom guys!" Ruby greated.
"Uhh the Kingdom? Is that its name now?" Jaune asked
"Well yeah I thought it sounded cool" Ruby explained
"Well atleast it fits" Pyrrha said
"I'm supprised you didn't name it after yourself again even though red is very close to it" Weiss chimed in
"Hey I'm not that high held am I" Ruby retaliated
"Oh I suppose not." Weiss said dismissively
"Sooo anyway did you guys find anything?" Ruby asked.
"N...not really." Jaune said " we found a really nice waterfall but it's miles away. It would have to be a last resort." He explained.
Yang looked on at the conversation blankly. She had no reason to listen, whatever happened this is where they needed to be. The conversation went on for a long time as the group got invovled in making a map. Finally the process was broken when Kai sprung up into a sitting position. Wincing he laid back down.
"He's awake!" She said eagerly, running over to his side.
"Hey beautiful" Kai said tiredly.
The others gathered near him to see how he was doing just in time to hear him say that to her. Several questioning glances were shared between the group.
"Oh they dont know? gotcha." Kai said to Yang "Anyway how long have I been out?" Now addressing the whole group.
"Only a few hours" Ren replied.
"Wounds?" Kai asked to Ren
"A deep gash on your back, a few scratches on your chest and a whole ton of bruising, you passed out because of Blood loss" Ren replied, Jaune nodding In approval
"Alright, and has anyone put up a watch?" He asked expecting a no.
"Actually yes, and by yours truly" Ruby said puffing her chest with pride.
"Ok what's the schedule?" He asked
"What" Ruby replied
"The rotation of people so not one person is sitting up there all day." Kai explained. Pointing at Ren who looked tanner, bored, and exhausted
"Not yet but we can..." Ruby said with a not so much of a proud voice.
"We'll do that then." Kai advised. "Now what exactly has my cloak become? Stained, ripped, destroyed, Burned, maybe fed to a ursa?" He asked eagerly
"How about dry cleaned!" Yang said excitedly.
"Well I don't really see a dry cleaning store around here" Kai said jokingly
Everyone grinned slightly as Yang threatened to punch Kai but didn't because of his condition.
"Ta da!" Yang joyfully presenting the dark colored fabric. A rough stitching through the ripped parts.
Wonderful, I appreciate it." Kai said "I also appreciate the healing Jaune and
Ren, I owe you two." He stated.
"You'd do the same" Jaune said, Ren just nodded.
"Now anyone up for dinner? I have just enough greens for it" Kai asked rubbing his hands together.
"Arn't you in pain? I mean atleast take a days rest." Yang advised
"I agree, it is too early for you to be active again." Pyrrja second
"Yeah that wouldn't be wise." Ren said.
"Well if that's the case ill have to tell someone how to make it then!" Kai said jumping through the loophole. Everyone saw that there was no stopping him from somehow cooking.
"No opposed? Very well, Now who gets to be my little helper." Kai questioned looking over the few people who would accept his instructions.
"Weiss how 'bout you help me out?" Kai asked
"I'd rather not" Weiss replied
Yang just stared indifferently, she was admittingly a bit jealous but Kai was probably trying to gain her trust to a extent of atleast acceptance.
"Come on you afraid to get your nails dirty?" Kai teased
"Of course not, why would I be a huntress if I'm afraid to get dirty now and then." Weiss said pissily.
"Well then you can cook a simple rice dish can't you?" Kai said
"Uhg...fine" Weiss submitted with her hand on her forehead.
Now the group was dispersing. Yang saw Kai slowly rise, careful not to strike any painful muscle. He told weiss to go over and start a fire.
"Ill be back right after the meal is done ok?" Kai asked. Under his breath.
"Sure" She replied.
It was almost dark and everyone was calming down for the evening. Pyrrha was on watch and Jaune was sitting close to her conversing. Ren and Nora were playing a board game that they had managed to find room for, ren looked like he was easily winning. Ruby and Weiss had become quite the friends and were now talking about a topic she couldn't decifer as Weiss was finishing up what Kai must have told her too. Blake sat reading a book, Yang felt a pang of guilt, she had always used to talk to her. She resolved to do so tomarrow after the "scheduled" or most likely day for a horde to come and confront them.
'Wait why isn't kai making sure Weiss was cooking correctly...' Yang thought.
"Hey" Kai said behind her.
"AHHH" Yang yelled quietly falling forward. "Don't do that! And more importantly how'd to do that!" Yang said playfully.
"A wise magician doesnt reveal his tricks." He replied sitting down next to her.
"Whatever Mr. I'm not a shady character" Yang joked
"Hey that hurt deep" Kai mocked deeply.
"Oh BOOHOO" Yang said sarcasticly
"So tomarrow a..." Kai began
Yang tackled Kai as well as she could from their sitting condition, pulling him into a hug. She ended up laying on top of him, her legs to his left. Even though he tried to hide it she knew she had hurt him a little.
"Oh stop worrying we'll be fine." Yang assured her face just a inch from Kai's
"You know you truly are stunning" Kai complimented stroking Yangs face with the back of his hand.
"Never been called that before, I like it." Yang whispered
"Well you are, and I think you're perfect" Kai said back
"I'm glad you think so but I'm far from it" She replied
"Thats not true. Your're smart funny caring beautiful thoughtful and a billion other things that I could name."
"You know I didn't know you were so smooth Kai." Yang smiled
"I didn't either, and I can attest that I'm not." Kai smiled back.
"Sure I beli..." Yang was interupted.
Their lips touched softly as Kai advanced. Overcoming her shock Yang began to kiss back, closing her eyes. They continued until Yang oppened her mouth a bit to deepen the moment. Slowly they opened more and more until their tounges battled and invaded eachothers mouths, feeling around eachothers cheeks and memorizing every feature only seperating for air. They continued to let their tounges battle for an untold amount of time. Finally seperating mouths Yang buried her head into the crook in between Kai's shoulderblade kissing his neck and leaving red marks all over. Kai repayed her with a nipping at her ear and then massaging it with his tounge.
"I love you Yang" Kai whispered as someone put logs on the fire.
"I love you too Kai" Yang whispered back, sleepyness in her voice.
They layed together until someone called for dinner which was quite good.
'Weiss must have swallowed some pride to actually follow some instructions that wasn't from a teacher.' Yang thought.
The chatter was kept at a minimum, a battle was nearing and they knew it.
The children had found the sacred waterfal, or rather the damned hell gate of a waterfall, this was unthought of. Ozpin wished the children the best of luck.
Hey readers! New chapter showing a bit of that lovey dovey stuff and some action, hopefully you guys enjoyed it! Next chapter coming in a few days, favorite, review, tell me what you people think.