The 'Lone' Hero of Vale - Chapter 5
Link's POV
What have i done? I know its sparring but if I didn't hold back that 'power' who knows what could have happened, I could have killed Blake, Weiss, Yang and Ruby. What is wrong with me...
"H-hi Link." I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, it was Velvet. She must have followed me when i left the building after the fight and was just pacing around the Courtyard
"Oh..." I turned my head, quickly releasing the anger i had pent up, my fists were no longer tight and the 'gold eye' vanished. "Hi Velvet."
"A-are you alright?" She asked, then grabbed my arm and looked at me straight in the eyes. "Blake still volunteered to fight so she is facing off with Pyrrha. So i decided to come check on you as fast as I could."
"It took you 20 minutes to sneak out here. Wow Beacon must be very secured." I chuckled
"Mhm." Velvet nods
"And yes, I'm ok. Thank you for coming to check on me." I smiled and patted her head, then processed to walk away
"W-what did you say to Ruby?" She said, running behind me
Oooooh yea, after the fight, I took ruby up to her team's dorm while Yang carried Weiss. Ruby had minor injures that slightly needed my attention, Weiss was ok, just some rest and she'll be back on her feet.
FlashBack
"Thanks." Yang sighed and she carefully placed Weiss on her bed while I trailed behind her, and saw something odd, team RWBY had bunk beds...what? :\
"No problem." I nodded and placed Ruby on her bed before jumping on it and sitting by her, and then...
"Oh shit." My eyes widened when I saw some bruises and a huge mark on her neck, I'm so stupid.
"Umm yeah Ruby's has some injuries that could be easily treatable, just watch me-!"
"Kiss my sister? Noooo sir." Yang waved her finger
"Well ya know..." I chuckled, with sarcasm in his voice
"Easy there buddy..." Yang laughed "You serious?"
"No. Of course not, Ruby is my friend, and besides, she'd be better off without me." I mumbled
"Nope." Yang firmly said "I doubt that. But anyways, how are you going to heal? Actually! Don't tell me, surprise me." Yang gave me a thumbs up and a big grin as she left the room.
"It's just the reserve of how I took Weiss-!"
"W-woah..." Ruby groaned as she opened her eyes "Where am I?" She jumped when she saw me next to her "L-link!"
"Relax." I chuckled and gave her a gentle hug "The fight ended a while ago."
"G-good." Ruby smiled and wrapped her arms around me.
"I'm sorry." I whispered
"Stop that. We're hunters and huntresses, fights and injuries happen." Ruby laughed and turned her head to look at me, which was a mistake for her "Ah!" She cried out when she tried to move her neck
"Even a simple chat can be painful." I smiled and helped her lie back down, and then I placed my hands on her delicate neck
"U-um..." Ruby looked at me with a weird look
"This will only sting a bit." I warned her and slightly had a firm open handed grip on Ruby's neck "The reverse of what I did to Weiss, I can take energy but can easily give it back."
"...!" Ruby revealed a face of pain, it only took 10 seconds before all her injuries, the choke bruise, and the black eye, along with the marks on her face were completely gone. But I was tired...really really tired, it takes so much out of me.
"How do you feel now?" I asked
"Well..." Ruby said, popping her neck "I feel better now." Ruby smiled with joy then sat up instantly "How did you..."
"It's a surprise." I chuckle and start to breath heavily.
3rd Person POV
"Surprise..." Ruby asked
"Uhh..." Link shrugged "Something tells me she didn't even understand my semblance against Weiss" "Maybe I'll explain it to you later."
"Speaking of later...could we perhaps, hang out later, like tonight?" Ruby lightly punched Link's shoulder.
"Sure thing, later though, because Yang will pummel me if she finds out I took you out at this moment." Link grinned, jumped off the bed and then opened the window
"Promise?" Ruby holds out her hand which was now a fist.
"Gladly." Link walked back towards Ruby and balled his hand up "I promise to you Ruby Rose that we will hang out tonight." He then collided his fist with Ruby's
"Cool!" Ruby's went from worry to a smile "Thanks."
"No problem." now rest up." Link smiled again then sprung from the bed, performing a front flip out the window, using his hook shot to grab onto the tree and safely land on his feet.
"..." Ruby smiled and rested her head again.
"Don't store all your focus into him. You have classes, the tournament and your other friends as well." Weiss pointed out
"Weiss you were listening?!" Ruby jumped again, clearly startled.
"Ask him to the dance, he'll have to give you a chance, you know why ruby?"
"Why?"
"Because you're great, despite you're immaturity as a leader, you're OK as a person. And not to mention, you both get along so well, love to go on and on about each others weapons, fighting and goofing off in class." Weiss showed off a smile. "Oh and Yang will punch him into next week if he rejects you."
"Thanks Weiss, you know you really-!"
"Shut it." Weiss demanded "Get some rest, because you, I, blake and yang will be headed to the Vytal festival while its still being prepared, to admire all the hard work and all the beauty."
"Geez, still the same old weiss..." Ruby shrugs and throws a blanket over her head.
"HEY!" Weiss frowns
End of Flashback
"They're both ok. right?" Velvet asked
"Yes. Just a bit of rest and they will be 100%" Link turn and walked away once more
"L-link?" Velvet called out
"Hm?" Link turned to face Velvet
"Well there's this nice spot around the courtyard, east side of beacon that looks really nice, have you been there?"
"Not really no." Link shook his head "I don't tend to look around the campus much."
"Well, I had a picnic set up there, and nobody would come with me..." Velvet smiled and kicked the grass "I asked Coco, Yatsuhashi and Fox, but they were all doing their own thing...and I'm still a bit too shy to speak to team RWBY or team JNPR."
"Shame, somebody sweet like you should never be alone." Link frowned but instantly smiled "Mind if I join you?" Link asked "Why walk around out here along when I can be with a friend."
"Sure." Velvet shyly nodded
"Cool." Link nodded "Lead the way."
"O-ok." Velvet walked in front of Link
10 minutes later
"Here it is." Velvet said, stepping over to the left, allowing Link to get the entire view, a green, gold and brown carpet marked the picnic spot but the real view was all of different flowers in the area that truly marked the spot. Roses, tulips, lily's, sunflowers, etc.
"Wow." Link's eyes lit up when he got a view of the entire area.
"Do you like-!" Velvet was suddenly pulled into a hug by Link
"Velvet's it's amazing, thank you for bringing me here." Link chuckled then grabbed Velvet by her hand and led her to the picnic set up
"Remember what Coco said, get to know him..." Velvet nodded to herself, slowly sitting down while Link looked through the basket and split the food
"Oh Vel..." Link grinned, pretending to take a bite from the packed carrot
"Oh ha ha ha." Velvet giggled and crossed her arms
"Just kidding here you go." Link chuckled and handed the carrot to her.
"Thanks." Velvet said, almost feeling ashamed when she bit into it, but still continued to eat it anyways.
"Hmmm..." Link kept his smile "Grilled cheese, apples and milk, my favorites." Link then realized "That's why it took you longer to sneak out of the building, you were preparing this for me."
"A good friend must show her kindness..." Velvet mumbled
"So for lunch I get a nice view, a nice day out, good food and a sweet friend...man am I lucky." Link smiled
(Sweet friend, awwww...) Coco grinned as she continued to watch them from above a tree
"SO! Is cardin still bothering you?"
"No, he hasn't." Velvet nodded "Thank you once again." Velvet smiled
"No problem. I can't stand seeing my friends getting picked on just because of appearance." Link shrugs "People like Cardin and his friends disgust me, they think all Faunus are the same..."
"You don't have any problems with...'me' right?" Velvet gently touched her rabbit ears.
"Of course not Velvet. I like you." Link smiled
"R-really?" Velvet showed a smile as well, she then blushed, and slowly reached for Link's hand
"Yea we haven't really known each other very long but we're already great friends."
"Crap!" Velvet quickly retracted her hand her hand when Link pulled his hand away to scratch his head
"Y-yes I am very glad we're friends t-too." Velvet nervously chuckled
"Hey vel." Link said "What's your weapon anyway? I mean no offense but you don't look the type to primarily go hand-to-hand."
"Um..." Velvet stalled "Well, it's kind of still..."
"May I take a peek at it?" Link asked
"Coco told me not to use it or show it off to anybody yet." Velvet mumbled
"I get it, I never let anybody touch my crossbow when it wasn't done yet." Link grabbed his bow from behind his back
"You're making more adjustments to it?" Velvet asked
"Yeah. It's got 2 forms right now, the meh state...which is just the regular bow, and then there's the crossbow state where it's mainly for rapid fire since it's small, so I just need to mess around with it a bit, look to see what else I can do."
"Does it only work with you?" Velvet looked closely at the bow
"Nope. And if you don't believe me, then try it." Link extended his hands
"Sure I g-guess..." Velvet nodded and grabbed the bow.
"The reason it turned into the crossbow instantly is because I was very angry. Due to the whole Cardin thing." Link shrugs
"Oh so it requires force and pressure in a certain area." Velvet grinned
"Smart girl." Link nodded "That's right, go on then, try it."
Velvet applied a tight grip on Link's bow "Come on, don't disappoint him, I can do this..."
"Hmph!" Velvet frowned and put all her force into the bow. But got no results
Link chuckled and placed a hand on Velvet's shoulder "You are tense, and aren't putting full force into it. Relax, then try again." Link lightly squeezed her shoulder, but unknowing to her, his left eye was glowing gold just like he did to Ruby.
"Ok." Velvet nodded then calmly began to breath, she 'strangely' went from being tense and nervous to calm and relaxed within seconds
"You got this." Link pats her shoulder and continued to nod
And now, as soon as Velvet put her force into the bow, it only took a few seconds before it turned into a crossbow.
"Nice job." Link complimented as he reach out to grab an apple "Think fast!" Link snapped and tossed the apple in the air
"Got it!" Velvet said, aiming the crossbow perfectly, getting caught a bit off guard when a custom/implanted chamber with dust spun, changing different colors, landing on the light blue one. Velvet regained focus and fired. Then both she and Link observed the ice covered arrow pierce through the apple, directly through the middle, cutting the apple into 3 perfect slices.
"Woah...A p-perfect shot." Link mumbled and caught the 3 pieces, he then began to breath heavily
"You shocked?" Velvet asked as she returned the crossbow
"Not at you, but just that, I can only clip the sides, I can never hit a bulls eye on a moving object or target." Link chuckles
"Noooooo." Velvet grins "I don't believe you."
"Nobody is perfect after all..." Link laughed and began to breath more slowly now
"That guy..." Coco chuckles "He can take energy, give it back AND manipulate it's function...though he can only use it for a short about of time before it drains him completely. So he does have weaknesses after all."
"So anyways my rabbit eared friend, you looking forward to next semester?"
"Mhm." Velvet nodded
"Come on, ask him..." Coco frowns but to no shock got what she expected, Velvet sighed and said nothing
"Man this is really good." Link expressed a look of joy as he finished his food "Thanks a lot for this Velvet I never had a meal that wasn't from a store." Link chuckles.
"Your mother never made food for you?" Velvet raised an eyebrow
Link's left eye flashed gold again but this time Link was able to make it go away "I never knew my mother." He mumbled
"O-oh I-im sorry." Velvet shook her head
"I've been alone for all 16 years of my life, never knew my brother, and I never even knew my mothers name." Link sighed
"And your father?"
"I...Had to defend myself." Link's eyes watered "He tried to kill me...so i had to 'defend' myself...ever since then I could not trust anybody."
"Link..." Velvet shook her head and wrapped her arms around him "Forget those dark times...For you have a new life here, all your friends are here for you."
"Thanks." Link mumbled "I'm glad I came here to Vale, and sure I've met losers like team CRDL, but for every negative person I've seen I've only gained another positive one. I have friends like you, Ruby, Blake, Yang, Weiss, Pyrrha, Jaune, Nora, Ren, Coco, Fox, Yatsuhashi, and hopefully many more..." Link looks up and glanced at Velvet who was still hugging him "You are all my friends and I promise to never let anything get in the way of that." Link firmly nodded and hugged Velvet back.
"That's so sweet." Velvet whispered and slowly broke away from the hug
"Well let me take you back to your dorm before Coco sends Yatsuhashi after me to pummel me into next week." Link laughed as he stood up and extended his hand
Velvet looked up, slowly smiled and took Link's hand "Ok." She whispered again
20 Minutes Later
"Welp here we are." Link said, knocking on the door once before kicking it open "Special delivery, A rabbit girl who can fire a weapon better than the police in Vale."
"Oh stop." Coco laughed and pulled Velvet away from Link "He's got a point you know. Hey wait how do you if the police are bad shots?"
"...Let's move on." Link nods slowly
"I'm not that good." Velvet mumbled
"Well your already better than me so that's a start."
"A-anyways, thanks for walking me here." Velvet smiled
"No problem, can't have Cardin ruining your day again." Link nodded "But still, your friend Yatsuhashi would have had your right back, right?" Link peaked inside the dorm and looked at Yatsuhashi
"Mhm." Yatsuhashi nodded
"Good." Link gave a thumbs up and waved "Bye Velvet, see ya around." He cheerfully said and walked away
"Sooo Vel..." Coco grinned as she shut the door
"V-vel, how do you...y-you were eavesdropping on us!" Velvet frowned and crossed her arms
"Yeah yeah whatever..." Coco laughed and glanced at the open window "Sad life he had...luckily he has us now, and we're his family, his real family." Coco grinned
"Mhm." Velvet nodded
A few hours later
"I wonder where i'll go to hang out with Ruby tonight..." Link said, calmly walking to team RWBY's dorm, which had it's door open...
"Em, hello?" Link knocked on the door and stepped inside
"Leave." Weiss demanded
"S-sorry Link I can't go out tonight." Ruby sighed
"What happened?" Link said, quickly noticing that Yang, Weiss and Ruby we're the only one's there...
"Blake's gone." Ruby said with a worried tone "And we don't know where she went..."