AN- First, reviewers before the story
WeirdGuyOne- Thank you! I wanted to be original and I am glad to see that the readers are loving this story! Thank you for the review.
Nico2411- It will only get better, that much I can promise. I decided not to make the whole blind thing a big secret, since if you saw a guy walking around with a blindfold on you can make a lot of assumptions from there, also it ties in well with what I have planned for Kai before he gets to Beacon. Thank you for the review!
Hades- Yes, I plan on going all the way with this story. And thank you for thinking that!
HaFschu- Im still learning new words to use for creative story writing, as the story continues the quality will get better and better. Thank you for the advice.
Astra- Dude, just gotta say this now, easily the longest review I've ever gotten, same goes for the one you did for HAMR, not that it is bad at all, I can tell you took what I said before (I like long reviews) to heart. So let's see what we have here… Orchid so far is my favorite to write for obvious reasons, and her semblance is actually pretty close to the ones you described. The Violet brothers are going to have names for all of their moves, some intentionally named horribly and bland, but others might be better, who knows I might change my mind, you gave a valid point so I probably am going to change up the names a bit to make them more flashy and memorable. As for Ricks name, I was going for Royal blue, therefore Rick, and then Brick is just self explanatory, I wanted them to rhyme like that. But Crick is creative so good job on that one. Poor Cyan… he is hated just because of his name. Well sorry to tell ya but he is going to be in this story for a good while, and his semblance is going to be explained more in depth in the future, maybe this chapter or the next who knows. Am I writing the entire school you ask? Well...Metric fuck ton was the plan, and well that plan hasn't changed, there are plenty more Oc's to come, and the writing part of my brain must be swelling to the maximum. I try to make them all unique in their own way, each and every one of them. I hope you enjoy reading the interactions and characters as much as I enjoy coming up with them in the future though. Your Oc rating list will only grow longer with each chapter, maybe… Okay back to Orchid, since she is basically going to be a second main character, or if this makes sense, a side main character, I put more effort into her then I did for the others. I also wanted her to be unique, and a character that would put a smile on your face with hopefully every appearance. Her personality condition is something I came up with on the spot simply because I want to be as original as I can, and I haven't seen a character like Orchid out there before, at least personally, so I'm glad I am getting positive reactions out of her. Now for Kai, I don't want him to be OP, I didn't have that planned, which is why his most powerful move drains him pretty much empty, or at least I made it that way the last time he used it. As for his good guy personality and the way he interacts with people, that is just how he does things, he was raised like that, not every OC needs to have some kind of tragic past. He and pretty much every other character will develop in their own ways, but since Kai is the main character, he's probably going to get more spotlight. Hopefully I do good. Thanks for the reviews! See ya in the next one.
Now that that's all out of the way, I am putting on a Poll for this story regarding the pairing, I think it would be easier for me to know what you guys all want to see. So please, if you want a specific character, go over there and let me know which, it's a pretty decent list of every character I have in mind, and have plans for if I decide to go through with them. If not you could always just PM me or leave it in a review what character you want paired with Kai. I'll leave it up for… geez a long ass time.
So far the most popular pick is Ruby, don't worry, I have been keeping track so far. But I have a feeling that is going to change the more I get into this story, maybe.
Now let's get right on to the story!
RWBY: The Blind Huntsman
Chapter 7- Volume 0, episode 5
First Day
It is the morning after the entrance exam, and today is Kai's first day officially being a huntsman in training. Yang was about to go wake him up as she usually does, since Kai loves to do his own workouts on his own in the middle of the night most nights. But to her surprise he is the one coming to her this time. Kai knocks on the door, three quick little knocks until the room gets opened up by a very excited Ruby Rose.
"Today's your first day! Are you excited Matsu!?" Ruby asked with a giddy expression on her face.
Kai is more surprised then anything, but his own excitement hides it. He isn't showing it, but if he were he'd be just as giddy as Ruby is being. Might even be bouncing all over the place.
"Of course! I woke up early and was too anxious to go back to sleep." Kai said as he reached up and patted the top of his Rubaby's head. Who tries to push his arm off futilely despite knowing that it is already much too late.
"You must have been, usually I have to kick you off the bed to wake you up." Yang said as she joined in on the conversation.
"I actually didn't train during the night last night. I had to have energy for today anyway." Kai pointed out with a shrug of one shoulder. "Did I get that thing I am supposed to use for lessons?"
Yang laughs. "You mean your scroll? The one that you haven't even touched since you put it on the dining table a week ago? It's still there you know."
"I don't have much use for it if I can't see Yang." Kai retorts calmly.
"That's why it was specifically modified to be used by people like you. It has buttons. Wooooah." Yang sarcastically adds. "C'mon, we got a whole breakfast and a walk for me to show you how to use it." Yang said as grabbed Kai's wrist and pulled him along with her.
"Woah!" Kai almost tripped over himself since he was not ready for this sudden action to happen. "Let me know when you are going to do that please, I wasn't expecting that." Kai said as he quickly regained his footing and allows Yang to lead him down the stairs.
Ruby already used her speed to dash past them, too excited to wait for them to eat breakfast. Which is her favorite of course.
"Awe, Im hurt Kai." Yang said with fake sadness. "How could you not know me that well yet?" She then brings her hand that was wrapped around his wrist and brings it up to in front of her heart purely for dramatic effect.
"You're right, I should have known. It's not like I live with you or anything." Kai joked with a chuckle.
"Haha, there you go! Making jokes already, I can tell that people are just going to love you." Yang said as she nudged him with her elbow.
Kai's laughter trails off into something more sad at the mention of what people are going to think of him. "I don't know about that." He says as he remembers what happened just the day before. While some were supportive of him after the Headmaster revealed to everyone that he was blind, more were taunting, and had very little faith in him. "With my hearing I could tell that some people don't feel that same way as you."
"Psh, that's just because they're jealous that a blind kid is probably better than them at fighting." Yang's tone seems to get angrier as she thinks about other kids bullying Kai because of his condition. "If anybody gives you shit for it, just stick a rock up there ass and tell them to shove it deeper."
Kai chuckled at that, and shook his head as he took a seat at the table. "I don't know if I'd go that far. But thank you for the concern," Kai paused for a second as he felt for his scroll. "if anybody does try to give me any trouble. I'll deal with it my own way, and that means if someone does, please don't punch them through a wall or anything." He quickly adds as he realizes just who he is talking to.
"Meh, no promises."
Yang went on to show Kai how to use his modified scroll, this one is much different then any other scroll, and if she is being honest with herself, she had a bit of trouble trying to find out how to use it, and she can actually use her eyes. But to her surprise, Kai caught on relatively quickly, memorizing the buttons due to their brailes and engraved words. Yang gave him her scroll number, along with Ruby's, Qrow's, and her father's. She can trust him enough not to take advantage of it, even if she had no idea how he could. The scroll has no screen, looking more like a plate of metal in the shape of a phone with buttons on it. To Kai, all he's gotta do is push buttons in different orders in order to contact different people, then if they pick up he's gotta put the device up to his ear and speak into it.
"That was easier than I thought it was gonna be." Kai said with a pleased smile.
"Yeah, for you maybe, I couldn't read the markings on it." Yang sighed tiredly.
"It's called braille, its how I can read since I can't see words. I can feel out words to but they have to be in at least decent shape in order for me to read it properly." Kai explained as he finished his meal.
"Hey… about that." Yang sounded a bit apprehensive there, but a request has been on her mind for a decent amount of time. "Would you mind if… one of these days…"
"Hm?" Kai hummed, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand as he gives Yang his full attention.
"I know we haven't really known each other for a long time, hell it's been barely over a week. But do you think one of these days you'll show me your eyes?" Yang finally asks, wanting to get it out there that she has been curious about it.
She can't tell what Kai is thinking, he just leaned back in his seat while keeping his blind gaze in her direction. He's not frowning, so that must be a good thing right?
"Maybe one of these days, forgive me but very few people know what I look like without this on," Kai pointed to his blindfold. "And I'd like to keep it that way. At least for now." He adds that last part as an afterthought.
Yang feels a bit sad at the lack of trust, but she understands. She'd probably feel the same way if she were in Kai's shoes- or rather skin since he doesn't wear any shoes.
"I get it, sorry for asking I was just curious." Yang half lies.
"You know I can tell it was more than just that right?" Kai points out right away.
Yang mentally curses herself for forgetting that he can detect lies. "Shit, I forgot you could do that."
Kai, to her surprise, laughs at this. "It's fine, whatever reason you have for wanting to see me with the band off my face, you can keep it to yourself, I won't give you any trouble. But if it means anything you are already one of my favorite friends."
"Kai, I'm one of your only friends, besides the Flamingo girl of course," Yang points out with a giggle. "But yeah, you are to I guess, lucky you."
"Would you two stop flirting and get out here already!?" Tai calls out to them from outside. Kai flushes lightly at this, but Yang's grin just grows across her face as she watches the blind boy squirm out of his chair.
"But dad! I was having fun with him!" Yang playfully whines back.
"Well I guess I'm the ruiner of fun." Tai called back, Kai was already by the door by the time Yang was able to get something out of her mouth.
"Hmph."
"So what are we going to be doing today? And why is Ruby with us? Not that I'm complaining or anything." Kai quickly added as he felt Ruby stomp the ground beside him
"Ruby is here so she doesn't end up burning the house down by herself." Tai answered the latter question.
"Hey!"
"And for the first question, I can't tell you even If I wanted to, which I don't. You'll see what Qrow and I have in store for you first year kids." Tai said as he rolled his shoulders, and had a grin on his face.
"Should I be worried that you heart rate increased a little as you said that?" Kai asked with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Possibly, it's up to you if you want to or not." Tai answered with a shrug.
"I'm going to go with yes then."
Qrow chuckles from behind them, muttering something about nobody being prepared about what's to come. If Kai didn't have near superhuman hearing then he wouldn't have heard him, but now has a general idea about what they are about to go through.
"Hey! Kai! Over here!" A familiar voice calls out to the group from behind them.
"Hm?" Kai recognizes the voice nearly instantly, the voice belonging to his partner and teammate. He feels light jogging footsteps coming his way, along with the sound of a skirt whipping through the air with each step, and of course the breaths she takes as she runs. Luckily she seems to be in her normal mood, or at least the mood that he has become most accustomed with. After the pairs were made the day before, he and Orchid hung out for a few hours, getting to know each other better, he even asked her if she wanted to know what she looked like by touching her face, and he never got someone so excited for their face to be touched before. Her face was warm to the touch, probably because of the heat or the fact that she was letting a boy rub their hands on her face. She was definitely pretty, and cute on top of that, her skin was soft, and the shape of her face was actually pretty unique to him in a way he can't really describe, but he noticed that she keeps a bang of her magenta colored shoulder length hair over one of her eyes. There's nothing wrong with that eye she told him, she just likes it that way, and Kai wasn't really in a position to tell her to let the world see both her eyes.
Yang waves back to the young girl, a bright smile on her face, as does Ruby, who is hiding behind her fathers legs but with a small smile on her face nonetheless, she has been getting shy recently around new people, the signs were seen when they were waiting for Kai and Yang to be done with their practical exam.
Orchid wears mostly pink, magenta, and black. Matching almost perfectly with the rest of her features. She has a slim build, but don't let that fool you because she can get unnaturally strong if she puts her mind to it. More specifically, starting from her feet, she wears a pair of black, and magenta sneakers meant for hunters in training, customized to fit every one of her personalities desires. Covering most of her legs are two black stockings going up to just above her knees. Her just-above-the-knee length frilled skirt, has all three colors in a swirl as it wraps around her body, leaving much to the imagination, which is more than can be said about Yang's outfit. Finally, she wears a cute looking short sleeved top that correlates with the rest of her clothing. Black on one shoulder, magenta on the other, and buttoned up almost all the way to the top with pink buttons. A mix of black and magenta for the main parts of the dress top.
Kai's POV
"Orchid!" I call out to my partner as I sense her get within arms reach of me. "You live around here?"
I can feel her relatively fast heartbeat, and can smell the sweat on her body, so my guess is that she must have been running for a decent amount of time in order to catch up with us. I feel bad that I didn't notice her feet hitting the ground since I was distracted by the conversation between myself and my mentors. But with the vibe she is giving off I know she didn't mind the extra exercise.
"Yeah! I actually saw you all earlier, but wasn't ready to leave the house yet," Orchid explained with a heave. "I told my mom about you! She already loves you and wants to meet you, she said that it is amazing that you are going this far for your dream." She added with a giggle.
"Heheh." I laughed nervously as I scratched the back of my head. I didn't really expect much praise for this, and I know that Orchid's mother must be trying to be polite to me, but that doesn't make the praise any less heartwarming.
"So, gonna introduce us anytime soon?" Qrow inquired as he clapped a hand on my shoulder.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that. Orchid, this is the family that I have been staying with for the past few weeks, the one with the really deep voice is Qrow." I heard said Qrow let out an amused chuckle as I said that. "You've already met Yang already."
"Yo." Yang greeted, I felt her move one of her arms but wasn't able to sense what she did with it, I assumed it was some kind of wave.
"Wait, you're living with our teachers?" Orchid asked before I could introduce Tai and Ruby. "Isn't that like, against the rules?" She whispered, leaning in far enough so that I could feel her breath against the side of my face.
"I… never really thought of it that way." I played along, whispering back at a volume of which I know the others will here me.
"Thats hot." Flirty Orchid whispered back seductively into my ear.
"What?" I heard Tai say suddenly.
"Ignore that," I said quickly. "She likes to joke around a lot." Yesterday Orchid told me that she'd rather not have her multi-personality problem become public knowledge, despite that about five other students already know, but I intend to honor her request by not revealing the truth and covering it up with a half-truth.
"I think I noticed that." Tai pointed out with a chuckle, I heard him shuffle around and the next thing I know I sense what can only be Ruby being ushered out toward Orchid, no doubt feeling a little awkward about meeting someone new by the way her body is reacting to the sudden attention. Which is weird to me, because when we first met she was anything but awkward around me, we actually hit it off quite well. Yang brought it up to me a couple times, but we always brushed it off as her just growing a liking to me early on. I wonder how that happened.
"C'mon Ruby, say hello to Kai's partner." Tai's voice cuts me out of my stupor.
"H-Hi." Ruby stutters as I sense her arm wave extend out in front of her through the air. "I-I'm Ruby."
"Aw~ she's adorable!" One of Orchids personalities compliment as she happily shakes the younger girl's hand. It could have been any of them, but I can tell by the slight change in her accent that it wasn't the one I have become accustomed to the most.
"Mmmmm." I hear Ruby mumble her thanks as I can only imagine what the younger girls must be thinking right now.
"So Kai, didja miss me? Huh? Didja?" I don't even know how to describe this one, and I can hear Yang barely holding in her laughter just to my side, I love the amount of support she is giving me.
"Orchid we talked for hours just yesterday, I don't even think it's been a full day since then." I ended up replying.
"Ouch! The cold sting of rejection!" Orchid exclaimed, I can make the assumption that she also placed a hand on her heart dramatically. If the amused chuckles of Tai, Qrow, and Yang are of any indication.
"Wow, not even the official first day of school and you're already breaking hearts." Yang said between her laughter.
"I apologize for my actions." I say as I bow my head slightly.
"The Flamingo forgives you." My partner said as she clapped a hand on my back.
"I am honored… I think. How much longer until we get there?" I ask the huntsman to my side.
"About a few more minutes." Qrow answered. "But don't let that stop you from talking with your partner, Im enjoying this little interaction."
"For once, we can agree on something Qrow." Tai thought out loud.
"Whats this? Dad, and Uncle Qrow actually agreeing on something?" Yang questioned. "It must be harder than I thought."
"Shut up Yang." Both Qrow and Tai say at the same time.
"That's what she said." Orchid said just a bit too late.
"How did you two even find me?" A drowsy Cyan asked the twins as they walked the halls of Signal.
"Dude, your hair is pretty much a beacon telling everyone your name is Cyan." Brick answered, walking beside the taller boy with his hands behind his head.
"Yeah it wasn't hard at all." Rick echoed from his other side, walking with his hands in his pockets. "I mean, besides that you also wear so much blue, like me!"
"This isn't blue, this is cyan, my namesake color." Cyan corrected.
"Still looks blue to me, but whatever." Rick shrugged.
"So what is your partner like? I noticed you got paired up with quite the hottie." Brick nudge him with his elbow, wiggling his eyebrows a bit as he awaits an answer.
"She's a nightmare, and before you ask, no, I'm not going to try anything with her." Cyan added quickly after Brick nudged him a few more times and winked at him. "Please stop doing that."
"Nah,"
"You're stuck with us now,"
"You live right next door to us dude, you're not getting rid of us anytime soon. I don't think you'd want to anyway."
"Yeah! I forgot about that, why did you act like you didn't know us bro?"
"For this exact reason, now shut up!" Cyan barked, rubbing his headache in order to soothe the headache.
"I think our big brother is annoyed at us Brick," Rick whispered loudly to his twin.
"We're not related." Cyan points out. "We just live next door to each other."
"I think you're right Rick." Brick whispers back.
"Ugh… Don't you two have anyone else you can bother?" Cyan asked, looking down to the blue-black haired twin for the first time that morning.
"You know you love us." Rick cooed. "But not really," He added with a shrug.
"Oh! What about that blind guy with the blindfold?" Brick questioned, pointing to his own eyes as he does so.
"You mean Kai?" Cyan asked. "He's a good guy, i'm glad I made friends with him."
The Violet twins gasp in unison at this.
"You mean you can actually like someone!?" Brick spoke up.
"This is unreal, are you sure you're the same Cyan Iris we have come to know and adore?" Rick asked as the three come to a stop in front of their destination.
Cyan sighs exasperatedly. While he does act more mature than most his age, that doesn't mean he can't become fond of people and make friends. The Violet twins are a prime example of this. "Come on you two, let's just make it through the day." He said as he put his hand on the handle.
"Awe, he does care!" Brick exclaims.
Cyan says nothing back and opens the door, every head in the room swivels to look at them, including the red and blue eyes of the teachers of the first year class. Cyan almost shrinks in place, but pushes through the sudden awkwardness and steps into the room, with the Violet twins close behind.
"Glad you two came in just in time for this little demonstration." Mr Branwen calls out to them. "You there, blue haired chick, get down here."
Cyan looks around the room to see where said 'blue haired chick' could be, but instead sees almost every set of eyes on him, including his partners who he sat next to wearing an apologetic smile on her face. Kai is beside her just looking straight forward, not really looking around for anyone like the majority of the students are.
"Wait are you talking about me?" Cyan points to himself. "I'm not a chick..."
"You are whatever I say you are. So here on out you shall be known as Blue Haired chick." Qrow said as he swung around his flask in one of his hands.
"Qrow what did I say about drinking while teaching? Can't you go half a day without that thing?" Taiyang Xiao-Long questions his colleague.
"Tai, thish ish how I teash." Qrow slurred on purpose, much to Tai's irritation.
"Just go." Yang whispered to her partner. "It's better you get it over with instead of going against them, trust me, the blonde one is my dad and the other is my uncle."
"What!?" Cyan stood up.
"Great! A volunteer, get down here you." Tai said as he pointed a finger at Cyan, knowing very well that he was already called down.
Cyan sighed and stood up, following their orders. "What did I do to deserve this…"
Earlier
"I'm so hungryyy." Whiny Orchid says for the third time as the group walk into the school. "Where's. The. Food." Scary Orchid demands to know.
"Why didn't you eat beforehand?" Kai asked his partner.
"Because I put on my clothes too fast." Whiny Orchid answered.
"What does that have to do with anything…" Kai said to himself quietly. "Okay then, Do we have enough time to eat Yang?"
"If we're fast sure, only I wish I knew where the cafeteria is." Yang answered with a sigh. As soon as they all walked into the school, Qrow and Tai ran off with Ruby to go somewhere, probably teacher stuff, or to show Ruby around since she is probably going to be going to Signal when she is old enough.
"The Flamingo craves sustenance!" Angry Orchid shouts, drawing the attention of some of the other students none of them have met yet. They are more surprised that such a sweet looking girl can make a sound like that then anything however.
"Would my scroll number be okay enough?" Kai asked as he took out his modified scroll and presented it to his partner.
"... The Flamingo approves of this." Orchid said as she took his scroll, she didn't know what to do with it until she saw the number of the scroll on the back of it, so she just typed in his number into her own scroll. "Yes! My first boy number!" Bubbly Orchid exclaims happily, all but forgetting her previous hunger.
"You're welcome Orchid." Kai said with an amused chuckle. "So Yang, what do you think we're going to do today?"
"Knowing my dad and Uncle Qrow… everyone else is going to be very unprepared for what's coming." Yang said honestly. "But we shouldn't have too much trouble."
"I'll do whatever it takes to get stronger." Kai said as he clenched his left fist. "Whatever punishment I must put my body through, I'll do it."
"I know you will, but don't push yourself too hard. I'm pretty sure you're already stronger than most here." Yang commented.
"What do you mean?" Kai asked with an arched eyebrow.
"What I means, that you already have more than enough strength for our age. What I personally think you need, are more techniques." Yang stated.
"Yeah! Your semblance is super strong! You're lucky to have it, but I also think you should work on your own movements and that sensing thing you do rather getting physically stronger." Smart Orchid said in an accent that is unrecognizable but easy to understand.
"Hmm." Kai hummed as he thought to himself. They are right on multiple accounts, he is strong, his semblance is strong, and his abilities are strong. But his own movements are slow, his reaction timing could be much better, and his sensing, while he thought it was mastered, could be improved even further, he knows this by how he focuses his hearing, being able to hear people breathing, the soft sounds of their clothes shifting against their body. Also being able to sense the vibrations well enough to feel their heart beat across their whole body rather than just the core of the body at times. It would make his life easier since he would know when someone is making a gesture toward him, such as a wave or an offering handshake. If someone trying to attack him at close range, as well as long range if they are holding a hand held firearm or any weapon of the such. That's not even including the potential of his semblance, he trained for just two weeks and he already has a new ability for his water manipulation, that being draining plants of their water. So much improvement, so much potential that only just now he had realized he had. Kai smiles to himself and nods his head. "You're both right, I think I'll do just that."
"You'll do what exactly?" Flirty Orchid asks, leaning in and resting her arm on Kai's shoulder.
"Orchid… we're like fourteen." Kai points out. "Unless you're referring to the training, then yeah I'm going to do that."
"Sounds like fun!" Bubbly Orchid exclaims. "Can I train with you!?" The same Orchid asked.
"Sure, I don't see why not." Kai said with a smile and a small shrug.
"Yay! Thanks Kaizy!" Bubbly Orchid shouted. "I-it is greatly appreciated… thank you." Shy Orchid spoke up. "Perfect opportunity to get close to you." Yandere or flirty Orchid said next, Kai honestly can't tell which is which anymore.
"Of course partner." Kai said with a shake of his head.
"So uh… by any chance can you sense where specific people are?" Yang asked nervously, as if shy to admit something that she'd rather hide for as long as possible.
"Uh… sometimes. It depends on how long the person is around me, so I can get accustomed to the way their feet are shaped and the weight of the person, sometimes smell can be a factor but the rest of the things are complicated. Why do you ask?" Kai asked the dreaded question that Yang really hoped he would ask.
"Well, I sort of… kinda… don't know where i'm going." Yang reveals reluctantly.
"Really? I was following you the whole time." Kai laughed. "What time are we supposed to be there anyway?"
"Five minutes ago." Orchid answers calmly as she quickly glances to her scroll.
"What!?" All three break into a sprint, with Kai slightly behind since he can't take the time to run his fingers across the room names.
"Why are we running?" Orchid asked as they ran.
Two minutes later...
Yang, Orchid, and lastly Kai ran through the door just as Tai was about to open his mouth to speak to the class. Yang pulls Kai along by the wrist since she doesn't feel like waiting for him to scan the room for an empty seat. With Orchid close behind. Luckily somewhere near the back of the room is an empty row. Before her father can say anything about their tardiness, they take those empty seats, with Kai between Orchid and Yang in the middle of the row, with smiles on their faces that scream out innocence.
"Okay, the next one who is late is going to be our vict- I mean volunteer for a class demonstration." Qrow bellowed groggily. "After that we are going to put you through the toughest physical training you've ever been through. Because I am curious to see how long you'll last."
"Psst." Kai hissed to get his blondes friends attention.
"Hmm?" Yang hummed back.
"Where's your partner? I've noticed he hasn't said hi yet."
"Who knows? Maybe he's late to." Yang whispered.
Cyan never wished death upon himself more than he did today.
"What's your semblance kid?" Qrow asked as he stabbed his sword in the ground.
Cyan was laid face down, absolutely defeated with no contest. He cursed himself for covering for the violet brothers when they walked into the classroom late, almost as soon as Tai called them out. Damn him and his fondness of the two brothers, and damn the two brothers for becoming fond of him in return.
"Show… stopper." Cyan replies between raspy breaths.
"Eh? The hell is that supposed to mean? Give me the specifics kid, not some flashy name you made up for it." Qrow said as he picked his ear.
"I can… negate any physical strike… every few seconds…" Cyan manages to push himself onto one knee as he explains this. "All momentum and kinetic energy is completely nullified against my aura the moment it contacts my body, thus giving me an opportunity to counter them as they are confused by the spectacle." Cyan explained fully in one breath before beginning to gasp for air a second time.
"Heh, so that's what that was." Qrow remembered his short moment of confusion when his blade stopped in its tracks and did zero damage when he attacked the kid. But he quickly used his free hand to punch him in the face before he can get any sort of counter off. The sound of every one of his students wince still present in his mind. "Alright, I think you learned your lesson, go drag yourself back to your partner."
Cyan nodded and headed back up the steps until he ended up next to his partners row, and then proceeded to take his seat back. The Violet twins found a pair of seats down in the row in front of him, and they whisper their thanks and apologies as soon as his bottom touched the chair.
"So how was the lesson?" Yang teased.
"I hate your family, I can see where you got it from." Cyan said as he leaned back in his chair.
"Awe don't be like that!" Yang clapped a hand on his shoulder. "That's just how they are in the beginning, just ask Kai over here he'll agree with me."
"Mister Branwen tied a cookie around my neck and let a sugar addicted girl with a speed semblance chase me around and called it training if memory serves." Kai remarked with a smile on his face that only unsettles his new friend.
"Point proven." Cyan sighed. "What's that in your hand?" He asked Kai as he noticed the strange looking scroll - if it could be called on - in his hand.
"Since I can't see, I am going to be recording everything that the teachers say with this modified scroll. Then i'm going to study by listening to the recordings." Kai explained simply.
"Oh, wow, that's a pretty creative way to do things." Cyan complimented, letting his admiration for the blind boy he met just yesterday show already.
"Thanks, but I wasn't the one who-"
"Oi! Since you feel like talking during class time blind boy, get down here, you're going to get some early exercise." Qrow yelled as he kicked open the door that led to the outdoor track and training area.
Kai didn't hesitate to jump from his seat and run down the stairs. Surprising most of the other students with how precise his movements were for a blind person. He stops in front of his red eyed mentor and stiffly stands in place. Embarrassed since he knows pretty much every eye is on him.
"Good luck Kaizy!" His partner cheered from her seat. Making Kai even redder then he was now because of the amused laughter coming from the other kids.
"Yeah! Go Matsu!" An all too familiar young voice cheers along with her from his own seat.
"Ruby's here?" Kai asked out loud.
"Yeah, didn't want to leave her at the house alone, so I figured why not let her sit in on my classes." Tai explains simply like it isn't a problem. "This isn't going to be a problem right?" He somehow manages to glare at the entire classroom all at once, making them all except Yang gulp nervously in unison. He doesn't bother trying to scare Kai with his glare, since you know, the whole not being able to see thing.
"I think it's cool that she's here." Kai said with a small nod.
"I know you do Kai, but buttering me up isn't going to get you out of your punishment." Tai said with a stifled chuckle.
"Yeah, not start running." Qrow ordered.
"For how long?"
"Good response kid." Qrow said with a nod. "Run, run as fast as you can until we say stop, then after that I'll come up with something just for you."
Kai sighed, but didn't think about arguing, without another word, he runs out the now broken doors and proceeds with his "Punishment."
"Oh, and by the way, all of you are going to run to, I just chose him to go first." Qrow pointed out to the rest of the class with laugh he didn't even bother to hide.
Unlike Kai, most of the class grumble and complain about this amongst themselves. While some remain indifferent and few don't mind. One of the not-so-happy ones is a girl named Shae Cider. Ever since the reveal of Kai being blind, she has been a bit suspicious of him, and it only grew and festered the more she observed him being able to move around, don't get her wrong, it's not that she doesn't like the boy, she has never even spoken to him. She just has her own suspicions. She aims to catch up to him and question him herself on the matter, maybe test to see if he is really blind while she is at it.
On Kai's side of things, he has been given a few seconds head start, and he already feels the other two and half dozen students running after him. This only encourages him to run faster, to test himself and his sensing ability, narrowly dodging obstacles that he now knows are part of the track. He barely has enough time to sense and react to the objects in his way, while also sensing the path ahead of him for any turns or bumps that could trip him over, but this is exactly what he needs.
Maybe this isn't as much of a punishment as I originally thought it was going to be… this kind of training is pushing my sensing as well as my stamina. He has to think and react at high speeds, and is doing really well so far.
Until he isn't.
"AGH!" He fails to sense a log on the track after about ten minutes of continuous running, and he kicks his foot right into the hardwood. Causing himself to trip over himself and involuntarily somersault over the obstacle and land on his shoulder. His aura was barely able to save his toe from shattering, and the bones in in shoulder from being damaged as he landed on the hard ground. But despite the pain, he pushed himself up from the ground, dusts himself off, and tests the foot he just slammed into the wood. It stings a little, but he focuses his aura into repairing whatever muscle damaged might have been caused by the stubbing and continues his run, albeit slower and more relaxed then before.
"You!" A husky girls voice calls to him before he can up his speed.
"Hm?" Kai sensed someone catching up to him, but didn't think they were going to call out to him right away, and the voice is unrecognizable to him.
Kai's POV
"Are you calling me?" I ask the girl I sense quickly catching up to me, judging by the tone of her voice she doesn't seem very happy at the moment.
"Yes you." The girl confirms. "You're Kai right? The blind kid?"
"What gave it away?" I sarcastically question, it's not like I have a headband tied around my eyes or anything… I tighten my tail around my waist just in case it is one of the racists mother has warned me about.
"So are you really blind?" The girl asks, ignoring my sarcasm without pause. I feel her catch up to me and we slow to a jog so we could have a conversation easier. "'Cause you don't look like you can't see with the way your moving."
Well, she had a point there. I'm sure if I walked around with this headband off and moved the way I did, the only way you could tell if I was blind would be to look in my eyes. As much as I didn't want to reveal my condition so early, the knowledge is out there already, and I've never really been good at lying myself, even then I wouldn't lie about it if someone asked me, denying it would only rouse suspicion on why I wear the headband.
"Yeah, I was born this way." I say honestly.
"Then how are you moving like this." Ugh, back to that dreaded question.
I went on to explain how I see with my feet, the seismic sensing and all that, and briefly explained how good my hearing and sense of smell is, all to the point that I can sense what is around me as I move around, so as a result even if I could use my eyes I wouldn't have to at certain times. After I finish explaining the short and simply part of my way of seeing, I sense her calm down just a bit, so I think I got through to her at least a little.
"That is so complicated I don't even want to begin to try and understand it." The girl I now know as Shae said with a huff. Well I thought I did pretty well…
"That's not even the half of it, I don't blame you either. You have to know the technique to understand it fully."
"Can you explain it in fifteen words or less?" Shae asked impatiently.
"Sure," I say politely. "I use my body to see, so I don't have to use my eyes."
"See, now why didn't you say that the first time?" Shae said with one of those gasps of sudden understanding.
"Because that is how I usually explain it, and usually people understand." I answered calmly.
"You'll quickly learn that I am not a usual person." Shae said with a bit of fire in her voice, like she is proud of being different. Obviously I can't tell, but I can understand what she means in a way.
"Honestly I don't even know what the usual is even supposed to be anymore." I end up chuckling, amused at my own choice of words. In truth I was expecting something far different then what I have right now. I have a partner with a multi-personality problem resulting from something involved with her semblance I am assuming from previous implications. Two other kids that kept yelling out their intentions. There's Yang, she's just in her own variety, hardly can be considered normal despite the fact that she is one of the only girls I actually speak to on a daily basis, but I have a feeling that is going to change if people are going to keep running up to me and ask me questions like this, and that's not even considering all of Orchid's personalities if you count them as individual people, they're all cool in there own way, I just wish that two of them would stop flirting with me. Then there's that Cyan guy, who seems like a nice guy so far, and he's Yang's partner so there's no doubt in my mind we are going to be around each other more and more because of our mutual friend. Now there's Shae, my newest maybe friend, literally just met her about five minutes ago so I don't know much about her. But she strikes me as a independent and confident girl so far.
We continued having a bit of small talk, mostly one sided since Shae was the one asking all the questions and I sort of kept answering, but I didn't mind. I told her where I was from, how my dad was the one who taught me how to fight, bits and pieces about my semblance. She even told me that she herself was a Faunus, which surprised me and intrigued me heavily since I've never met another Faunus before, or at least not one that I knew was a Faunus. When I sense I can't tell if they have animal parts or not, so everyone looks the same to me with the way I see things.
"What kind of Faunus are you?" I ask straight after Mister Branwen allowed the lass to take a break.
"I, am a Tiger Faunus." Shae answered happily, her voice sounding feisty as she speaks. "Us Tiger Faunus are pretty rare." She continued. "Faunus on Patch are pretty rare in general, which is part of the reason I wanted to talk to you. Besides the whole blind thing you got going on."
"Wow." I almost hang my jaw open at the revelation, this is one of the many times that I curse my blindness, this time for not being able to see the beauty that Faunus must have. I uncoil my tail and let it hang behind me, now more comfortable to have it out then before because of a fellow Faunus being around. "I'm only half Faunus, but it's nice to have another around."
"You're a half Faunus?" Shae asked with a bit of surprise in her voice, she surprises me by grabbing my tail and pulls me by it. I can feel her claws slightly dig into the tail as she for some reason looks into it.
"P-please let go." I plead as I felt blood rush up to my face.
"Your hair color and tail hair color are different now that I think about it." Shae said as she let go of my tail, I wrap it around my waist once more, and rub the spot where her sharp nails scraped against my tail.
"Sorry, I know you monkeys always have really sensitive tails, but I just wanted to make sure of something." Shae didn't really sound sorry as she said this… but I accept it anyway, and still keep my tail around my waist just in case.
"Are your parts sensitive?" I ask out of curiosity.
"Heh, do you want to find out?" Oh god, not another one…
"On second thought, maybe I'll be more respectful." I wisely surrender, even taking a step away from her just for good measure.
"Good, becaused if you touched my ears I would have killed you." Shae snickered.
"... Then why did you offer me to touch them?"
"Just to see if you were an idiot or not." At least she was honest about it. "But I do have one more question, last one I promise." I can sense her point one finger up, I surprise myself for being able to tell but I don't show it.
I shrug, not really having a problem with it. "Go ahead."
"It might be a dumb one, but im going to ask it anyway." Shae felt the need to let me know.
"I know you're blind, but what can you see? With your eyes I mean, try to describe it the best you can."
I am caught off guard by the deep question, I mean, I never really thought about it, I never saw color before so I don't know how to point out the obvious part, sometimes it's lighter, sometimes darker, even when I let my naked eyes open up I can't see anything. It's just… a void. That's the only way I can describe it as.
"It's… hard to answer that question. I have never seen colors so I don't know how to describe it, so the best answer I can give you is that I just see a continuous void that never ends. Sometimes there's light, sometimes complete darkness. But never anything else." I explain the best I can, reaching a hand up to my face unconsciously as I spoke.
Shae seemed to be okay with the answer, and didn't question be further on it. "I'll take what I can get. Thanks for answering." She smacked me on the back as she said that, but for some reason I think I felt that she had to reach up to do that.
"Of course." I say with a shrug, honestly i'm just surprised she didn't get started on asking me about my semblance, it's not like I can hide it from anyone anyway though. Since that is what I use as my main weapons besides the sword I made a note to return to one of these days.
"Hey! You two!" Taiyang's voice called out to us. "Get over here! It's time for a few sets of whatever I tell you to do, and then a lecture."
"Yes sir!" We both say at the same time.
"What did I say about calling me sir Kai?"
"Ergh! Sorry!"
"You too stripes!"
"The fuck did you just call me!?" Oh no… this can't be good.
Neutral POV
"And that is every type of Grimm we know about so far." Tai finally finished the lecture about every kind of Grimm. It was interesting at first to all of the students, but he went in depth on every little detail. Kai did not expect the man he has to know and lived with for the past two weeks could make something sound so interesting so boring…
Even Qrow, and Ruby fell asleep! Ruby is understandable, but Qrow is a little much. To make things worse Tai didn't even bother to try and wake his old partner up.
But at least Kai learned what Grimm he'd be good against, and what Grimm he would be weakest against, Beowolves were the most common Grimm, and while they are dangerous to anyone without aura or any training, if you have aura and a weapon there's a good chance you can come out on top if you don't get overwhelmed. The alphas however should be dealt with by someone with extensive training and strength, Kai counts himself lucky that he was able to use his most powerful ability, or else a hunter would have had to save him and his partner, and that wouldn't have made anyone happy. Ursai, both Minor and Major, seem to be just larger, stronger, but much slower then their faster more agile cousins, but can be dealt with all the same. Same goes for Boarbatusks, creeps, and many other Grimm creatures that travel along the ground. The one that freaked Kai out the most was the Taijitu, and King Taijitu, he's learned he is not a fan of snakes. But by far the most dangerous Grimm for Kai to have to face, would be a Nevermore, for the obvious reason that they can fly, and can grow up to fifty feet in wing span, and their bodies being as long as a bus at times. Tai warned that the Nevermore were one of the most dangerous Grimm when they get old and big enough, and are the top Grimm when it comes to slaying Hunters. That information alone was able to shake the entire class. Of course Tai didn't actually talk about every single creature of Grimm, but only the most common ones since if any of the serious ones came around the school, the teachers would deal with it themselves. The whole time Kai had his scroll on record, holding it in his hand as he was in deep thought, absorbing all the information like a sponge.
"I hope you all took notes, the only one who has an excuse for that is Kai." Tai pointed out. "But that doesn't mean you can't record them.
"I already did so si- Mr Xiao." Kai corrects himself quickly. Using the teacher name Tai gave himself on the spot since all the kids insisted on calling him Mr Tai or Mr Xiao Long. This way everyone wins, but he hides the fact that it bother him that only a brave/ foolish few call Qrow not by his name but Mr Branwen, in which he gives dirty looks that just dares them to do it again.
"Good, now this concludes the rest of the class. I want you all the study with your partners and get to know each other better, because next class we are going to start with the sparring." The class seems to get more excited at this, and are actually looking forward to show what they got, especially Yang, Shae, and a couple of Orchids. "Your homework is just to study what I talked about today, class dismissed." Tai said with a yawn, It is only 11 am, but even he is a little sleepy with everything that has happened today.
Shae Cider bit off more than she could chew when she challenged Tai to a fight after he called her stripes, and Tai didn't even bother to hold back, at least not as much as he let on. It ended up with a barely conscious Tiger Faunus that Kai had to help back into the room. Fortunately her orange aura kicked in and fixed her right back up with just superficial bruise and marks scattered on different parts of her body. Conveniently, she sat a row above Kai's and three seats to the left, so he didn't have far to go after he gently placed her back in her seat with the guidance of Shae and the other students who recognized her.
A few minutes later...
"Well that was a thing," Orchid said as she put away her things. "How did it go for you Kaizy?"
"It was alright, met someone new today." Kai said with a nod, ignoring the nickname he gave up on changing and hit stop on his scroll to stop it from recording anything unnecessary.
"I saw." Yang spoke up. "The one with the stripes right? Didn't know you were into that." She teased with a grin that matched her mood to the tee.
Kai flushed ever so slightly, but didn't let it get to him as much as it would have done before. "Her name is Shae, and she is the first other Faunus I've actually held a conversation with."
"Huh, good for you bud."
"Everything hurts." Cyan complained as he stood up, still favoring the part of his face that Qrow punched over and over.
"Y-yeah, sorry about my uncle, he did kinda tell me he was going to test you to see if you're decent enough to keep around." Yang said as she patted her partners back, who just grumbled something incomprehensive in response.
"Replacing me already Kaizy?" A new threatening Orchid personality asked her partner. "Here I thought we had something!" Overdramatic bubble Orchid said next.
"There's no one who could replace you Orchid." Kai said kindly as he nudged her with the tip of his tail.
"Awe shucks." Kai stopped counting after the eighth personality. "I mean… you don't have to spoil me so much Kaizy." Shy Orchid stammered.
"It was just a compliment." Kai shrugged. "But at least I know how to make you quiet if I want to."
All Orchids gasped dramatically, as if they had all been betrayed. She put on her best pouty face, before remembering that Kai can't see, and letting her facial expression look exactly like her current emotions. Which is a mixture of so many different emotions that it can't actually be described with words.
"How… dare you." Orchid said with a hint of sadness in her voice. "We'll get our revenge." Scary Orchid whispered amongst herself. "We'll cut off his tail…"
"No!" Shy/normal Orchid protested right away. "He was joking, right Kai?"
"..." Kai is still trying to figure out what is going.
"See what you did?" Angry bubbly Orchid asked herself. "You've paralyzed him with fear!"
"Perfect opportunity! Quick! Take out your weapons!"
"No! We like him remember!?"
"We're all the same person!" Normal Orchid finally regains control. "Now shut up, and let me have the rest of the day to myself." She demanded, all the other Orchids seem to calm down at this, and surrender to the dominant Orchid that Kai now knows for sure is the dominant personality, maybe-probably the original. "Sorry, about that Kaizy." Orchid apologized with a huff. "I get like that sometimes when Im excited."
"It's no problem." Kai said right away. "It just surprised me at first, is there anything I could do to help out when this starts?" He didn't say it, but slowly he started sensing her body vibrate as the inner conversation increased in speed and intensity, he was about to do something before the dominant Orchid showed herself once again. But they are all his partner, no, she is his partner, no matter the imperfections, so he is willing to help however he can.
"Yes actually…" Orchid seemed to get a little more shy after saying that. "If I start talking to myself like that again, just shake me and call my name and I'll come out."
"Sure, sounds easy enough." Kai shrugged, not seeing any issue for such an easy task that could mean the world to his partner.
"Thanks Kai." Orchid said with a bright smile.
"You guys coming to eat with us or what?" Yang asked the two from up ahead of them. "We got lunch right now and then we have our second subject," Yang shuddered as she thought of it. "History…"
"Oh, please, i'm starving." Kai said as he wrapped his tail around his waist and rubbed his stomach with one hand.
"I agree!" Bubbly Orchid shouts suddenly. Looks like she hasn't gotten the control part down all the way yet…
The rest of the day went on as any normal school day would, after lunch, where Kai's table consisted of his partner, Yang, Ruby dropped in briefly before Qrow caught her and took her back, her partner, the Violet twins, and then Shae. The twins tried to do their little dance to Shae, but Cyan put a stop to it before they could even start it. The history class was taught by someone no one expected, Qrow. He started the day off with just an introduction to the subject, and was surprisingly really good at explaining everything, and Kai recorded every word of it.
The class was taken in silence, the only sound in the room would be Qrow's voice, and his burps. But one particular subject caught Kai's attention. The White Fang.
Once Qrow mentioned the White Fang, Kai perked up, and paid even more attention. The beginnings didn't sound so bad. They started off as a peaceful protest group for equal rights for Faunus. Only for the leader to step down after massive amounts of backlash for not getting results fast enough, and they were replaced with someone more willing to spill some blood. Sienna Khan, the mere mention of her name sent some shivers down some of the human students spines. But to Kai's, the name only intrigued him, she was also a Tiger Faunus, like his most recent friend, speaking of whom, he hasn't spoken to her since their run together, he wondered how she was doing. But back to the topic at hand, he started off admiring the White Fang, how they pushed through their discrimination with peaceful protests and rallies. But became increasingly disappointed in there fast shift to more violent methods, killing off members of the Schnee family just for them having the name, attacking and robbing faunus discriminating facilities. More and more he started to despise them, he wouldn't join them, even if the high leader herself demanded him to, he wouldn't kill someone just because they thought his tail was gross or something.
As for other topics, Kai found them interesting, such as The Great War, Faunus rights revolution which lead to the creation of the White Fang. Colour wars, and so on. But none quite caught his eye as the White Fang did. He made a note to watch out for them.
As the class was nearing its end, Kai begun to think to himself on the day so far. Smiling at the memories, he sure was able to make friends fast, must be because of his easy-going nature and overall kind personality. Also the fact that he is blind may have gotten him to gain some respect from his peers. But he can still sense some negative energy coming from some of them. He got on with Orchid really well, and it seems that she has become quite fond of him quickly, most likely because of how he didn't seem to mind the sudden change in personalities, and her unpredictability. It is very rare when every Orchid likes the same person, be it platonically or in a different way, and yes, that means every Orchid… even the one that wanted to take his tail. It worries even her in all honesty.
Then his thoughts came to his parents. What would they think of this? No doubt they would be excited, very happy for him that he is making friends with people his own age for once. He misses the dearly, and makes a note to let them know as soon as he sees them again.
I wonder how they are doing…
Malikai has just returned from a mission, but this mission ended up being not one to come back from unscathed. He is bloodied, his headband is missing, and he is forced to keep one of his silver eyes shut. He barges through the door of his own home, and barricades it with one of the nearby dressers.
"Malikai!? What's wrong?!" Marron asked as she ran up to her husband, worry and concern itched into every inch of her face.
Malikai shoved his scroll into his wife's chest, while also roughly pushing her away. Marron has never seen her husband in such a desperate state before, for how powerful he is, she's even heard Grimm running away from him.
"Whats going on?"
"Get out, get to Vale and find Kai, give him my scroll, I left a voice message in it for him." Malikai said as he looked outside the windows, before closing them to offer them what little protection they can provide. "I have no time to explain, get out of here!" He shouts at her desperately.
"Not until you tell me what's going on!" Marron shouts back.
"I'm being hunted." Malika answered simply.
"By what?"
"Not by what, but by who. There's a reason why I told trained Kai so roughly and so early on in his life, one beyond that of just me wanting him to become a strong huntsman." Malikai sighed heavily and ran a hand through his black hair, and unsheathed his sword, which is dripping with blood still. "And why I restricted any Vacuan training schools from accepting him myself."
"W-what?" Marron stammers, in raw disbelief of what her husband had just informed her of. "Why would you do that!?"
"Every reason for the things I did are in that scroll, now get out before you get caught in this mess." Malikai said as he lifted the barricade in front of the door and prepared to charge out. "I'll distract them for as long as I can."
"I-I don't understand."
"You don't have to, all will come in time." Malikai stated, turning his head just enough for him to open his bad eye and look into his wife's eyes. "I'll come back to you, I promise. You know I always keep my promises." He said with the best smile he could muster up.
"Malika-"
She wasn't able to say anything else, for her husband ran out and slammed the door shut before she can get any more words out of her mouth. Sounds of fighting and metal clashing against metal rings through her ears, along with psychotic cackles and grunts coming from a man with a very deep voice. Marron sucks up whatever emotions going through her head, and thinks logically, there's no way she can stand up to these guys hunting her husband, she has her semblance but it is nowhere near the level of even her sons, and her human on human combat is even worse. If she rushes out to help her husband, she'll only end up being a detriment to his fight. Probably would be killed off pretty quickly to if she tried to help. Only making her husbands and sons life worse.
"You shouldn't make your family a promise you don't know you can keep." Marron whispers to herself before reluctantly following his instructions. She grabbed her sons heavy sword before heading out, just in case she needed to defend herself from any Grimm while retreating… and to return it to its rightful owner after so long of it being unused.
On the outside, Malikai has locked blades with the crazed Tyrian Callows, who has a sickening grin on his face, and with a new scar soon to be added once it healed next to the one given to him by the first silver eyed warrior he faced.
"Aha! Finally caught up with you! Are you going to stick around this time?" Tyrian questioned as he pushed harder against Malikais blade.
"No, i'm going to kill you." Malikai said as he pushed with all his might and broke Tyrian's guard, then spin kicking him away and back into the dry forest that surrounded his house. "I'm done running from this war."
"There's no need for such destruction." Hazel Rainhart said as he favored his left arm, which feels only a bit tingly to him since he cannot feel pain. "Come with us, and we won't have to kill anyone else."
Malikai laughed bitterly at this, and pointed his sword toward the burly man. "Is that so? Then why did you killed the huntsman that was with me? He was a good man Hazel, my partner, and teammate" Malikai seethed. "He was a good man, with a good family, and now I have to be the one to tell them that he was murdered saving me from an ambush." He said through gritted teeth.
Hazel grunted and tore off his green jacket, leaving him in a tight black t-shirt that shows his scarred arms resulting from the all the times he stabbed himself with dust crystals. "You're fighting a losing battle Malikai. Don't make the same mistake Summer Rose did, and come with us." Hazel warned as he rolled his shoulders. "At least then you may be do some good in the world."
"I refuse to work with Salem, how did you find me anyway? Much less find out about my eyes." Malikai said as he entered an adept fighting stance with little to no openings. "One more thing, why does she even want the aid of someone with silver eyes?"
"We have our ways. That last question is something that will only be answered by the Queen herself." Is all Hazel responded with as he prepared to stab himself with his pale orange electrical dust crystals.
"Yes, yes! This is all so astounding!" Tyrian cheered as he sauntered back into the opening, his scorpion tail whipping the ground behind him as he walks. With the way he speaks it's like he doesn't even have a gash across his chest. "Please do fight us! Give me a reason to have a second silver eyed warrior death under my belt." Tyrian said as he crouched down on all fours, ready to launch himself toward his prey.
"Tch." Malikai grits his teeth, the death of his best friend still prominent in his mind. "I am going to make you pay for what you did to her…" Malikai remembers all the times Summer was there for him and his team, and vise versa, he was never able to tell her about his eyes. His own father told him what they mean, and how they put a target on all silvered eye persons backs. That's the reason he's kept them hidden and mastered a way of seeing without the use of his eyes, and why he taught the same thing to his son. "Even if I fall today, someone will rise to put you in your place, and will avenge all those you've murdered!" Malikai screamed as he charged toward his enemies with the intent to kill, eyes shimmering and leaving a trail behind him as he does so, increasing his strength and speed even further beyond his body's limits.
Tyrian giggled as he pounced, springing off his feet like coils, and locking into another flurry of clashing blades and sparks with the silver eyed warrior. Each clash resulted in a shockwave that shook the ground around them in a five foot radius. Hazel runs in to join the fight, but in his mind he doesn't know if they can bring him down, while Tyrian doesn't show it, he is injured and it is hindering his ability to fight. While Hazel just doesn't have the speed in his large and bulky body to be able to keep up with a fast hunter like Malikai, who at this point has given them more trouble than Summer could have hoped to dish out even without using his semblance, they are lucky they haven't caused any fires yet. That is why he and Tyrian always fight with each other most of the time, they compliment each other wonderfully. Despite only one of them being sane.
This fight has gone on long enough however, and it is time for one side to become victorious. With a roar, Hazel speeds up to join the fight for one last death battle against the most dangerous Silver eyed warrior alive.
AN- Ooo, tensions rise. Malikai has a fight on his hands, his son has school to deal with. The first day is always important. I was planning to have it happen a bit later, but I decided to spice things up a little.
So, this is something I wanna try real quick. Maybe a one time thing, maybe not.
I'll just type it here and hope for the best
Extra 1: Silver eyed warriors meet
Summer Rose has just arrived to Beacon for the first time, and she is oh so nervous. After a crazy run-in with two black haired red eyed twins, that somehow ended up in a shouting match between the two, the young girl is left on her own, sitting on the rim of the fountain as she awkwardly looks down to her scroll, desperate to find a map of Beacon. She pulled her snow white hood up as she does this, closing herself off from others.
That is until, a brave soul manages to break through that defense.
"Hey, couldn't help but notice you're sitting her by yourself sulking, so I thought I'd join you." A young man's voice said as he sat down next to her.
Summer perks up, and looks toward her fellow student in the eyes. Or rather the black headband wrapped around his eyes.
"Who… are you?" She asks awkwardly.
"Name's Malikai Matsuoka. And I have no idea where i'm going." He said with a laugh.
In truth the young man was going to walk past the sulking white hooded girl. But something within himself drew him toward her. Something he understood right away as soon as he looked her in the eyes through his headband.
"You… have silver eyes." He points out, much to Summers confusion.
"... Yes? I do?"
"Heh," Malikai undid his headband, knowing that he isn't going to need it while around one of his own. He reveals his own pair of silver eyes, and stares right into another pair, whose face seemed to light up as she stared into eyes exactly the same color as her own.
"So do I."
A really short Extra, but it is meant to be that way. I just felt like doing this as I thought about Malikai's mentioning of Summer being his best friend. And the pain of loss that still stings him to this day. More will come in time, I thought it would be cool of me to do this.
Of course let me know what you think about this.
I wanted to make this chapter a long one, since I haven't updated in a while, sorry about that. I just have a lot of school and work all of a sudden, and the time I have for writing has effectively been cut down by approximately 80%. Sorry, but life sucks at the moment. I should have a grace period around December through February. So maybe then I can get back to three chapters a week… Those were dark times.
Please review and let me know what you think! What do you think of the new OC's so far? The story, character interactions etc. All the juicy details!
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