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The Day After Christmas
"Donovan, have you seen Aria around?" Tyrian asked.
"Why should I care? The bitch has been quiet for a long ass time and hey, if that dumb human hasn't bothered me in a while, then that's good enough for me."
"Come to think of it, it has been a lot quieter around here." Watts mused.
"That is because she is out on a self-imposed assignment." Salem said as she approached them.
"Oh, great, so she's grave robbing again. Girl needs a better hobby… like cliff jumping." Donovan smirked. "Hope the water's shallow."
"Self-imposed?" Watts raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. She has been planning this ever since the Phazon disappeared." Salem said. "She said that she wanted to go visit "her beloved"."
"Her beloved? Has she looked into a mirror? I believe she loves herself more than anything else." Donovan snarked.
"That reminds me…" Salem looked to Watts. "How's your little project doing?"
Watts let out a chuckle. "I believe it is going rather well."
Meanwhile, at Toad Town…
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"Hmm…" Whitley sat down on a park bench, looking at the sky. Winter had come over to spend time with her family, but she had also decided to try out the local food with her sister. Willow was next door, chatting with the Belladonnas, and Klein was out getting groceries.
He could go hang with Ling, but he didn't want to interfere with her shift. He then thought about the rest of his squad.
Kokoro was busy with Ms. Focaccia, Chelsea and Cardin are on a supposedly "platonic" date, so he was pretty much bored. He already rehearsed his dancing for the day, so he wasn't sure what to do.
Whitley got up and stretched. Maybe he'll find something to do until either Ling was done with her shift or her siblings came back. He wasn't much of a video gamer, though he was intrigued by Chiaki's mad gamer skills, as Ibuki so eloquently put it.
That said, considering how Yang struggled to keep up with her… it was probably for the best not to challenge Chiaki in anything, whether it be Mario Kart, Tekken or even Killer Instinct.
Maybe he'll come across something to do, even if it meant doing something rather mundane. He walked through Toad Town, his hands in his pockets as he let out a casual whistle. He was completely unaware that he was being watched by a certain girl.
"Oh my gods… that's actually him! Goodness, I hardly recognized him with the scruffy hair and the casual clothing! …And is that a streak on his hair? Oh my my~ He's really changed after Jacques was arrested… time to make my move~"
"Hmhmhmhm…" Whitley hummed as he looked around town. He could go into the arcade, or he could go see what all the big fuss was about regarding comic books… or he could go into the library to see what was new. Either way, he still didn't know what to do.
As he walked past an alleyway, someone bumped into him, causing him to fall. "Wah!" He yelped, but someone caught his hand.
"Sorry about that. We cool?"
"Yeah, just watch where-" Whitley's eyes widened. "You're… going…"
"Hiiiii~!"
"A-Aria?!" Whitley exclaimed in surprise.
"Hey Whitley, long time no see~!"
"U-Uh… h-hey there…" Whitley stammered. "I… I thought you were, like, eaten by a Beowolf or something. Well, that's what my ex-father said anyway."
"Oh puh-leeze, like a Beowolf could strike me down." Aria rolled her eyes. "I have to say, I hardly recognized you with your hairstyle and clothing."
"Well, I'm a rebel." Whitley shrugged. "Well… rebelling against Jacques anyway."
"That's good~!"
Whitley looked down. "I… see you have your shovel. I suppose you're still doing grave robbing."
"Hey, if anything, grave robbing's theraputic. Gets my mind off things, honestly."
Whitley sweatdropped. "That's… an odd way to do therapy, but you do you, I guess." He said. "How, uh… how are your parents?"
"…They died."
"Oh."
"Yeah, a few skin walkers killed them while we were digging up graves. The nerve of them."
"Oooh, that sucks." Wait, did she say skin walkers? …Uh oh.
"Yeah, but hey, at least together, we can destroy these skin walkers together. Make 'em show that we humans are the dominant species and they all need to put on a leash!"
"I see you're still calling the Faunus something horrible."
"Huh? Why are you calling them "Faunus"? I taught you that term when we were kids! You even called one that in front of Jacques and he said, and I quote: "Atta boy"."
"That was the old me. Now I'm more respectful of Faunus. Besides, I'm in a dance squad that fights for the rights of the Faunus. I call it Sea5ons."
"Five Seasons? Well, that can't be right… spring, summer, fall, winter… uh… Harvest Moon?"
"Mid-summer."
Aria sweatdropped. "That's still technically summer but ooookay." She shrugged.
"So… what are you doing here?"
"Oh, just dropped by the neighborhood, spotted you and… well… thought I'd say hello and we can catch up."
"Well, it was nice talkin' to ya. See ya later." Whitley turned around and walked the other way.
End BGM
"Wait!" Aria grabbed his arm. "You didn't catch the "catch up" part, didn't you?"
"Ah… well… I think it'd be one sided since you're still grave robbing."
"Nonsense~!" Aria smiled.
…Something's off about this smile and it's rubbing me the wrong way. He thought.
"Now that we've reunited, we can finally be together just like we planned when we were kids!"
Whitley paled. "N-Now, wait a second! That was us when we were kids!"
"Whitley, you were my beloved when we were little. And I was your beloved too."
"We were just kids, we didn't know the true meaning of crushes back then! Sure, I had a major crush on you and all, but-"
Aria grabbed a hold of him. "Kiss me, you fool~ You still owe me one before my family was kicked out of Atlas~"
Whitley started to sweat nervously. "Y-you… you still remember all that?!"
"Of course~" Aria smiled as she leaned in close.
"WAIT!" Whitley yelled. "I have to tell you that I'm in love with someone else!"
Aria stopped her advances, her eyes widening in surprise. "You… you what?"
"Yeah… in fact, we're dating. Aheheheh… sorry to burst your love bubble there, but-" He would notice a fiery aura burning through Aria. "Uh… you okay?"
"Someone is dating my beloved Whitley…" Aria growled. "WHO IS THIS WOMAN?!" She gripped her shovel. "I'm going to make sure she'll pay for stealing you away from me!"
Whitley paled. Oh Oum… He thought as his scroll buzzed as he quickly answered it. Ibuki? He thought.
FUCKIN' RUN, DUDE! - Ibuki
"Is that her? Is that your beloved?" Aria growled. "I'll make sure none of you have your happily ever after. YOU BELONG TO ME!"
Whitley gulped. "Good heavens, would you look at the time!" He said, quickly putting a gravity glyph between them right as Aria swung her shovel down.
BGM: Rise of the Living Bread (Team Fortress 2)
He now knew what he had to do. Get the hell out of there! He quickly started running as Aria turned her head. "Oho, running to your beloved? Playing hard to get? Oh, it's on~!" Aria took off after him.
Whitley quickly ducked into an alleyway as Aria quickly ran through after him. Geez, what's this girl's deal all of a sudden?! He thought as he ran out the alleyway and turned right, quickly using two gravity glyphs to stop Aria in her tracks as he kept running, but as he turned his head, she vaulted through the glyphs like it was nothing.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! He thought as he kept at it. He would then duck into the housing district as Aria jumped in after him, unaware that he hid behind a garbage can. Once Aria was far away, Whitley made a run for it as he headed straight for his home. Aria had turned her head and spotted him disappearing on the left.
"There you are~"
Whitley quickly ran up the doorstep and closed the door, panting. "Hah… hah…" He panted as he walked away, wiping the sweat from his forehead… but then Aria kicked the door open.
"Nice home!"
"AAAH!"
"A step up from that dumb ol' mansion anyway."
Crap! Whitley thought as he ran up the stairs and opened the first door that was near him, closing it and locking the door behind him… although he realized that he locked himself in the bathroom. "Crud…"
"Nowhere to run, my beloved!"
Whitley pulled out his daggers. Crap, what do I do? Do I defend myself against my childhood crush or… aaagh, think! He thought as he shifted his eyes toward something. Hmm?
"Not responding? Then allow me to recite a following passage from a nursery book."
…Oh no. He thought.
"Little Grimm~ Little Grimm~ Let me come in~!" Aria said in a sing songy voice, but with no response, Aria let out a sinister giggle five seconds later. "Then I'll huff, then I'll puff… and I'll blow your house down!"
CRACK!
The door was suddenly being split open by an axe. Whitley let out a horrified yelp as the axe continued to create a giant hole on the door, then Aria casually leaned in. "Heeeeere's Ari-…a…" She blinked, seeing an open window in front of her.
End BGM
"Oh, gonna be like that, huh?" Aria reached into the door and fished her hand toward the doorknob and unlocked it, then opened the door. "Sheesh, I wasted a perfectly good woodsman for nothing."
"Can I have my axe back now?" Her puppet asked.
"Oh, of course." Aria handed it over and then dismissed him. "Alright, where'd you go?"
With Whitley…
"Hah… hah… that oughta slow her down. Not sure why I hid in the bath-" A hand grabbed a hold of Whitley, covering his mouth. "MMMPH?!" He screamed as he was yanked into an alleyway. "Mmmph! MMMPH!"
"Shhhh!"
Whitley turned his head, realizing his kidnapper was none other than Ibuki. She looked out both ways and then pulled back in. "Okay, we're good." She said and then turned to Whitley. "Now do you believe Ibuki? She tried to warn ya back in space!"
"I still don't know what Yan-whatever it is-means!"
"Ah, allow Ibuki to teach ya a lesson." She grinned. "You see, in Japan, yanderu means insane or sick. Deredere means affectionate or loving. You put those together, and you get someone who's majorly lovesick with someone and will do anything to have their special someone. A Yandere, if you will."
"…Now when you say anything-"
"She means ANYTHING. Their obsession is off the charts."
Whitley paled. "Oh… joy." He whimpered.
"We should consider ourselves lucky. At least it's not Yuno Gasai."
"Yuno… who?"
"Long story." Ibuki waved it off. "Though, she wouldn't mind seeing Minene around here. She's one of the cooler and more awesome characters…" She mumbled to herself.
"Who the hell's Minene? And why the hell are you telling me this now, is this an "Ibuki told ya so" or something?"
"Little bit… but don't worry, Ibuki'll protect ya from that weirdo." She said.
"I can handle myself just fine."
"She's got necromancy for her semblance. She's got a tome that can easily call upon any dead person to her beck and call. They're her puppets and she has a taste for Faunus puppets."
"…You're insane."
"Look, Ibuki knows she's crazy but you gotta believe her!"
"I seriously doubt Aria's gone that fa-"
"There you are!"
"Shit!" Ibuki cursed as they turned around to see Aria at the other side of the alleyway.
"Whitley… is this your beloved?" Aria glared.
"Nope. Ibuki's just a good friend of Whitley-chan!" Ibuki said, readying her guitar.
"No one gets in my way!" Aria growled, pulling out her tome and summoning a Faunus with brass knuckles.
"The hell?!" Whitley yelled in shock. "That-…. That…!"
"That's necromancy!" Ibuki said, strumming her guitar as electricity wrapped around her. "Run! Ibuki'll hold 'em off as long as she can!"
"Right!" Whitley nodded and took off.
Meanwhile, in an arcade…
"Holy wow…" Chiaki said in awe.
"What? I'm a traditional dancer. DDR is child's play!" Chiaki exclaimed, quickly gaining a lot of points.
"New high score!"
"Beat that, gamer girl!" Hiyoko winked, and then they heard the doors opening up as they both would see Whitley coming in, panting like crazy.
"Whitley?" Chiaki wondered. "You okay?"
"Is it a rabid fan from your hip hop group? Paparazzi? Just shove the camera up their ass! No one likes 'em anyway."
"No… it's none of that. It's-"
The door opened up.
"My beloved~!"
"Beloved?" Hiyoko and Chiaki said in unison as Whitley turned around in fear.
"Can't hide forever~" Aria would see the two. "…Are these your friends or is one of them your girlfriend? I'll cut them down so they won't bother you anymore!"
The girls looked at each other with a grimace. "Yandere." They both said.
"Hey!" Hiyoko caught her attention. "How about instead of wanting to get into this boy's pants… I challenge you to a round of Dance Dance Revolution! The winner gets Whitley all to themselves!"
Aria smirked. "I'm no dancer, but I have someone who is." She said, using her tome to summon a dancer.
"Alright, break it down~! You win, I walk away. I win, you die!"
"…I'm sorry, this yandere is a NECROMANCER?!" Hiyoko yelled. "…Chiaki, get him out of here. I've got a dancing duel to do."
"Come on!" Chiaki grabbed his arm and ran off with Whitley, but then Aria vaulted over the arcade cabinets and smirked.
"Nowhere to hide, bitch." Aria smirked.
BGM: We Will Rock You (Queen)
Chiaki immediately went into her gaming powers, as a red jacket appeared on her, as did a white shirt, jeans, tennis shoes and a red hat appeared on her head with "Neo Geo" on the front while even sporting a ponytail. She then got in a stance. "Hey, come on, come on!" She challenged.
Aria chuckled, rushing ahead at Chiaki and swung her shovel, but she ducked and delivered a few swings and swung her leg to knock her back. Aria recovered and then swung her shovel again, but Chiaki jumped up. "POWER DUNK!" She yelled, striking the ground as Aria was knocked back.
"We'll see about that!" She would summon the same woodsmen from before as he swung his axe, but Chiaki would duck and countered with a hard punch to his gut, then she swung her fist to the ground.
"POWER GEYSER!" She yelled, punching the ground as the shockwave knocked the woodsmen away into the prize counter.
"Huh?!" Aria exclaimed in shock as she tured to see Chiaki already up in her face.
"BUSTER WOLF!"
"AAAAGH!" Aria was launched out of the arcade and struck a light pole, where it went down with her.
"Let's go." Chiaki said, taking Whitley away and running off right when Hiyoko finished up her dance off, the dancer on his knees panting.
End BGM
"Winner! Player two!"
"That's impossible. No one could ever beat me in dancing!"
"Oh, piss off." Hiyoko said, kicking him in the neck and then walked off. "Alright, where did those two go?"
As Whitley and Chiaki ran off, the former's scroll went off as Whitley quickly answered. "Hello?"
"Whitley, is everything okay, sweetie? Ibuki just called me about something… said to meet you at the town square?"
"I'll explain everything once we get there, mother!" He looked at Chiaki. "Town square! That's where we're meeting up, supposedly."
"You can always rely on Ibuki!" Chiaki said.
Later, at Town Square…
"Whitley!" Winter waved him over as he came over and nearly fell over as Chiaki immediately turned around to survey the area.
"Are you okay, bro? You look beat!" Weiss said.
"Hah… hah… yandere… my childhood friend…"
Willow knelt down. "Whitley, what is it? Speak slowly… what's wrong?"
"MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND HAS GONE NUTS!" He yelled.
"Whitley!" A voice yelled as they turned to see Ling running over. "Are you okay? Got a text from Ibuki over a "Code Red: Go find Whitley-chan at Toad Town square."
"Ooooooh, my beloveeeed~!"
Winter turned her head. "Wait, I know that voice…" She said as they saw Aria skipping over.
"She's acting like I didn't just threw her outside the arcade…" Chiaki said, completely dumbfounded.
"Is that Miss Aria?" Klein wondered.
"Oh, your whole family is here! That's absolutely wonderful~ Now they get to finally see us fully wed~"
"Wed?!" Weiss exclaimed in surprise.
"…She… what…?" Winter wondered as Hiyoko and Chiaki got in front of Whitley.
"Um, excuse me!" Ling spoke up, catching Aria's attention. "I'm not sure what this "beloved" stuff is about… but I'm Whitley's girlfriend."
"Huh?" Aria looked at her. "…Whitley, who's this girl?" She glared.
"My current girlfriend who's thankfully LESS crazier than you."
"Ling Amarylis, nice to-" A fiery aura surrounded Aria. "…Meet… you?"
"So you're Whitley's beloved… rrrrgh! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS TREACHERY! WHITLEY AND I ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER! WE SEALED OUR FATE BACK WHEN WE WERE KIDS!"
"Okay, maybe you did in your crazy world but we already sealed our love." Ling said. "Heck, we even made out a few times."
"Ooooh, not how I would have worded it…" Chiaki winced.
"Huh?" Ling turned to them.
"She's a yandere!" Hiyoko exclaimed.
"…What's a yandere?" Ling wondered.
BGM: Kinpaku (Akame Ga Kill)
Aria snarled, jumping in and swinging her shovel at Ling, but her instincts kicked in and swiftly sweep kicked her to knock her off her feet. "Ooof!" Aria grunted, swinging back up as she delivered swift swings from her shovel but Ling nimbly avoided these and backflipped, to where Aria could see Ling's deer tail.
"What…" Aria gritted her teeth and glared hard at Whitley. "YOU'RE DATING A DAMNED SKIN WALKER?!"
"Skin walk-" Winter's face immediately darkened where Weiss pulled out Myrtenaster. Gylphs appeared in Willow's hands while Klein's eyes went red.
"I see… this skin walker influenced you! She's the reason why you're fighting for Faunus rights with Sea5ons! Her vixen looks are the reason why you've gone astray!"
Ling sweatdropped. "Vixen looks?"
"You shut your trap, you skin whore!" Aria yelled. "I'll make sure you pay with your blood and then I'll purify my beloved back to the way he was! Faunus hating purity!"
"Geez, and I thought Yuno Gasai was insane…" Chiaki said.
"Ya know, I don't think anyone can outcrazy her." Hiyoko said.
"Good point."
"What the hell is your damage?" Ling wondered as Aria pulled out her tome.
"Fine then! I'll get rid of the toxicity from Whitley's life the hard way then!" Aria exclaimed, as she had summoned a rabbit faunus with a hatchet in her hand.
"What the?!" Ling yelled.
"I've seen enough!" Winter said, rushing in as the faunus would swing her hatchet at Winter, but she slid underneath and then slashed at Aria.
"Rrrgh!" Aria winced. "I've always respected you, Winter… BUT NOT ANYMORE!"
"You lost my respect when it was revealed you were a grave robber, and I have a feeling these summons are from the graves you've robbed!" Winter slashed at her, but Aria jumped back as the rabbit faunus attempted to strike Winter from behind but Weiss came in and froze the faunus up.
"Tch… alright… if you whores get in the way of my beloved, THEN I'LL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!" She yelled as she lunged, but then suddenly a lightning bolt struck her. "GYAAAAAGH!" She yelled, falling on her knees as her aura flickered, then before she could figure out what hit her, a guitar was swung down on her head to knock her down.
"Bitch…" Ibuki said, wiping some blood from her lip and then turned her head. "Alright, she's ready to go!" She said as Aria let out a groan, but then a heavy boot slammed down on her back.
"Mmph!" She grunted as she looked up to see Doom Guy holding her down, and wielding the Sentinel Hammer in his hand. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" She yelled as Doom Guy suddenly turned his Sentinel Hammer around to wield it like a golf club. He readied his swing, giving a few light swings before he swung it up and swung down hard enough to send Aria flying.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
End BGM
"Ooooh, pretty shot!" Ibuki said, watching her disappear from view. "Well, that takes care of that."
"You brought him here?" Whitley asked.
"Texted him when Ibuki was fending off that demon." Ibuki said. "No biggie."
The rabbit faunus looked at Doom Guy, starting to sweat nervously before she ran away. "How did she get out of the ice that fast?" Weiss wondered.
"Geez… thanks guys." Whitley breathed a sigh of relief as Ling would hug him tightly.
"Glad you're okay."
"Okay, if she was your childhood friend… how did she become so yandere-ish?" Hiyoko wondered.
"I have a pretty good feeling." Willow said. "Jacques. Because of how he handled it, Aria probably started missing Whitley to the point where she started become obsessed with reuniting with him."
"Ugh… Jacques again?" Ibuki groaned. "So… when do you wanna smack some sense into that bastard?"
"I've been meaning to have a chat with him anyway." Winter said. "This gives me the opportunity."
"Shall we then?" Klein asked.
"Yes. Let's go have a chat with him." Whitley said in a low voice.
One trip to the Mushroom City jail later…
"Karen Schnee, you have visitors."
"It's JACQUES!" Jacques growled as he would see his ex-family in front of him, though Willow wasn't there. Ling, the Ultimates and Doom Guy were also there, where the prisoners felt completely intimidated by the Slayer's presence. "…What did I do this time?" He asked in exasperation.
"Hello Jacques." Whitley glared.
"Whitley. I'm assuming you got my letters about your band?"
"I'm not here for those hate letters and death threats you sent to Ling and Kokoro."
"Death threats? I wouldn't go that far."
"It had your hand writing." Ling said. "We didn't take them seriously though. You're all bark and no bite anyway."
Jacques glared at Ling. "Did I speak to you, you pathetic-"
"Jacques!" Winter walked over to him.
"Oh, my oldest daughter has come. Lovely. How's Esdeath treating you?"
"This doesn't concern Esdeath. Does the name Aria ring any bells?"
"Aria… Aria… nope, doesn't ring a bell."
"How about grave robbers?"
"Oh! That Aria… I assume she's been eaten alive by hungry Beowolves?"
"No, she's alive… and she's become so obsessed with Whitley that she would kill anyone who's a female friend of his." Winter said.
"I see…"
"Why in the name of Remnant would you punish that girl? I understand the parents but Aria? She didn't have to-"
"Guilty by association." Jacques said. "Hmph… is that what this is all about? Whitley's childhood friend falling in love with him to the point where she'd kill anyone? Why not start with his deer friend… I hear hunting season is still in play."
Whitley glared. "You barbaric-"
Ling grabbed Whitley's hand. "Shhh, it's okay…" Ling told him. "Put your dagger away." She whispered as Whitley looked down, realizing he instintively reached for his dagger. "It'd be a waste of your talent to use these on someone like him."
"Good point… sorry about that." Whitley let go, then turned to look at Jacques. "Your influence will no longer work on me, old man."
That's my bro. Winter thought with a smile before glaring at Jacques. "Jacques… answer this honestly. Did you actually banish them from Atlas because you actually hate grave robbing or was it because it wouldn't benefit for you and you only did what you did to protect your PR?"
"Why in the name of Oum would anyone benefit from grave robbing? It's a disgusting practice." Jacques folded his arms.
Winter smirked. "Thank you for answering my question."
"What? I didn't even answe-" His eyes widened. "You wench."
"I learned from the best, old man."
While the Schnees were talking to Jacques, Hiyoko would look at the windows in the prison. "Hmm…" She looked outside and looked a few tall buildings.
"What's up?" Chiaki asked.
"Thinking of something?" Ibuki wondered.
"Excuse me!" Hiyoko caught a guard's attention. "Are these windows bullet proof by any chance?"
"Yes ma'am. These windows are state of the art, handily crafted in Toad's Factory. It's said that these windows can withstand explosions as big as a King Bill. Why do you ask?"
"Well…" Hiyoko pointed up to a building. "That right there looks like a good sniping point. And considering there's a bench right here, it would only make sense if an assassin was sent to finish the job and assassinate the one they're meant to kill."
"Hmm, that's a good concern… but don't worry, nothing can penetrate these windows. Besides, no assassin would even dare snipe someone in a prison. Heh…"
Ibuki rubbed her chin. "Okay, but what about the walls? You said the windows are pretty sturdy, but the walls are a different story."
"Nah, they're pretty sturdy too. Trust me, if a Monty Mole can't break through the ground, then what is there to worry about breaking through a wall?"
A Monty Mole walked by. "I would know, I tried to dig my way out of here to no success."
Doom Guy walked over to said wall, pulled back his fist and punched the wall hard enough to make a Doom Slayer fist shaped hole in the wall, then Doom Guy tapped the lower part of the wall with his foot, causing it to fall into the courtyard.
He would turn to the shocked security guard. "Upgrade. Now."
The security guard sweated nervously. "Yes sir, right away, sir!" He saluted.
"I love how you have him as a friend now." Hiyoko said.
"Yup! Instant argument wins, just add DOOOOOOOOOM! Heheheh~" Ibuki has a Pinocchio faced grin on her face.
"Regardless, there's nothing I can do about your Aria friend. You might as well deal with it."
"Deal with it?! She's a psycopath!" Whitley exclaimed.
"I would say the same thing about your faunus friend." Jacques said.
Whitley took a deep breath, trying to control his anger. "You should consider yourself lucky that I'm not allowed to use my weapons right now. Otherwise I would cut both of your eyes out."
Jacques smirked. "You're bluffing." He said, but it would immediately disappear when he was met with an ice cold glare from him, causing him to pale and gulp in fear.
"Let's go. He's not worth our oxygen." Weiss said.
"I agree." Winter agreed.
"You finally speak up and that's what you say!" Jacques said to Weiss, but she ignored him as they walked out of the prison. "Rrrgh…" He grumbled as he would hear footsteps and looked up to see Willow approaching. "Ah, there's a friendly face. How are you, my dear?" He asked with a not-so-genuine smile.
"Oh, I've been feeling lots better without you around. I've gone into rehab due to my excessive drinking and I've been vastly improving. You want to know what caused me to drink in the first place?"
"Was it that soap opera that depressed you that one time?"
"Yes. That soap opera was none other than you."
"Me? I'M the soap opera?! I gave you everything!"
"You married into the Schnee family for money and for power. You were once a person that was down on his luck and I met this person as someone who needed help. Little did I realize, you took advantage of my empathy and look where we are now. I didn't see it because we were in love, but when we wed, that's when I saw your true colors."
"I gave you children! I increased your wealth for crying out loud!"
"You didn't give me the love that I desired. You simply abused all of us… and because of that, I took up drinking just to drown out my sorrows. Went from a glass to a bottle just like that."
"Well, it's not my fault you became an alcoholic. That's on you!"
"Just like how Seryu's mentality is on you."
"What does this have to do with that disgusting dog!"
"She required medical attention, and then you decided to meddle in her affairs and tormented her so much that her mentality is now "destroy all humans"."
"She went crazy! She's lucky that branding was all that I did to her! I could have euthanized her!"
"Say it louder, Jacques. I'm sure a few Faunus would love to hear you say how you could have euthanized one of their kind."
Jacques glared. "Well, she cannot be treated under her condition. She's rabid and needs to be put down."
"Because you decided to play politics." Willow said. "Oh yeah, don't think I didn't know about how you hold the key to Seryu's mental health. The Atlesian military can't bring her proper treatment because you decided to politicize this, and here you are, still playing politics on an innocent girl's health."
"Pffft, faunus? Innocent? All of them are beasts. None of them are innocent, not even the children!"
"Speak up, I don't think some Faunus heard you loud enough."
Jacques growled. "You know… you're being a real bitch."
Willow smirked. "It takes one to know one."
"Hmph! Well, Seryu is a dangerous criminal and I'm not going to lay a finger on all of this."
"Do you have any files on her?"
"Yes. They're all in my scroll. I'm lucky that this is the only thing I have… yet I can't make any phone calls. I'm only allowed one text."
"Is that a fact?" Willow asked. "Can you show me the most dangerous faunus that you have filed up?"
"Good luck knowing the password. I have it all locked up… and I'm not texting you that."
"Okay, email me then. I'm sure you have plenty of email privileges."
"Hmm… I never gave that much thought." Jacques mused, looking into his files and smugly looked at her, not noticing who he was sending to her email. "There we go. It has been-… what do you mean that was my only email?!" He said.
"You might want to look what you're pulling off of your files." Willow pulled up her scroll, showing Seryu. "Because now I have her files."
Jacques' eyes widened. "WHAT?!" He stood up in shock.
"Too bad I can't access those files. You probably have it under lock and key." Willow put it away, and stood up. "Perhaps it will be unlocked at a certain time."
"You can't do that! I am the owner of the SDC!"
"You're the owner of nothing." Willow said. "I'm the rightful owner of the SDC and I will not allow such tomfoolery from you again." She turned her back to Jacques.
"At least have the decency to get me out of here! I can treat you well! You have my back at least, right?"
Willow walked away, ignoring him. "Come on, Klein, let's go."
"Willow! WILLOW! DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME, YOU BITCH! WILLOOOOOOW!"
Willow stood at the door, shooting Jacques a look. "I'd be more concerned about your cellmate." She said and then walked off.
"Cellmate…"
"So!" A knuckle crack was heard as Jacques turned to see the leopard faunus. "Euthanization, huh? Put down?"
Jacques paled. "…Oh dear."
"She's right. It takes a bitch to know a bitch." He then grabbed him by the shoulders. "Come on, let's hed back to our cell, roommate."
"U-uh… security!" He yelped as the leopard faunus dragged him away. "SECURIIIITYYYYY!"
"I'm surprised you didn't say anything to him." Willow said.
"Well, it's like the young miss said. He's a waste of oxygen."
Willow chuckled. "Good point."
Meanwhile, with Aria…
"Nnngh…" Aria groaned, rubbing her head before letting out a sadistic chuckle. "So… my beloved Whitley wants to play hard to get with his new skin walking girlfriend?" She smirked sadistically with a sadistic look in her eye. "Fine. Let's play ball~"
Ibuki: Woo! Go Willow-chan!
His comeuppance is coming soon... mwahahahaha.