Per the vote on my twitter account, you guys wanted Blind Huntsman to come out next. So here we are, this story is back at it and now we get to see what's going to happen with the whole assassin thing.

Oblivious IJ: Since you're the only one who reviewed, probably Lol. And I don't think I've ever heard Mercury being described as a Sasuke voice metal ass. So that's a first.

And now we get back into it.

Beta- CrowSkull

The Blind Huntsman

Chapter 48- Volume 1, Episode 15

Big Metal Shoe

Marron kicked up the wooden floor with her toe, activating her semblance into the concrete foundation below. A crack formed in the floor and moved its way toward the assassin, who was taking cover around the corner. She heard him curse and roll out of the way, her eyes went wide as a knife was thrown at her mid roll, she leaned back just in time to avoid getting stabbed in the eye, losing a few strands of her hair as a result. When she heard him land, she spun around and scooped up Malienna with one of her hands, and used her tail to help the frantic young girl holding on to her back.

She knew what reason Mercury was here for. He might as well have flat out said it. The assassin wanted to take her daughter away from her, and most likely bring her to Cinder, which would be the least safest place in the world for her daughter to be right now. The hatred she must have for Kai, and the hatred her son had for Cinder was palpable to say the least. Marron was not going to let her daughter be succumbed to such a fate. Unluckily for Mercury, between him and his target was a Huntsman trained mother. Even if she wasn't nearly as good as Qrow or even her son, the only way he was going to get to Malienna was through killing her first.

"You know, this could go a lot smoother if you just pretended to go to sleep!" Mercury exclaimed, his voice echoing through her home that she had just moved in to weeks ago. "I promise Uncle Mercury will take your daughter back home safely after a little field trip."

"You are not touching my daughter!" Marron shouted back, running to a different part of the apartment. She needed to get outside, if she did then Mercury wouldn't be able to chase her without having bystanders and authorities to weave his way through. She could call for help and his mission would be a failure.

She sprinted through her home and drove the door open with her shoulder. She was only able to take one step out before two arms wrapped around her body and through her back. Malienna screeched as she flew off of her back, and hit the floor some feet away from her. Marrons heart skipped a beat in fear as she heard stomping footsteps make their way toward her. Without looking, she thrust her fist through the air, using her semblance to create a bullet of wind that Mercury couldn't see coming. It slammed into his ribs and his aura flared, giving enough time for Malienna to scramble away from him and hide behind her mother.

He recovered faster than she thought he would, he was running at her by the time Malienna was able to get behind her. With one hand she swung her staff at him, which the silver haired man simply blocked with his forearm. She recoiled back and caught herself on her back foot, she wasn't fast enough to stop Mercury from getting in close to her guard however. She felt a piercing pain in her stomach, and looked down to see her brown aura flaring to prevent the tip of a knife from stabbing into her gut. She punched at his elbow to force it to bend and lessen the force of the knife against her stomach, and then used her semblance to blast him away again. Mercury had strong legs however, and so when he was blasted with air he dug his feet into the wooden floor, traveling backward just a few feet while slowing himself down immensely.

Once he came to a stop he pushed strength into his legs and launched himself right back toward Marron, who barely blocked his flying kick with the base of her staff. Watching as it bent to acclimate to the force behind his attack. It nearly broke when he brought his other leg up to kick it in the same spot, she staggered back and tripped over Malienna. Her back slammed against the floor and she felt the air in her lungs burst out through her mouth and nose. Despite that, her instincts screamed for her to defend her neck, she earned a cut in her clothes and upper layer of skin on her forearm instead of a throat cut open for listening to them. She heard Mercury growl in frustration as he mounted her, pushing a knee into her stomach while his other foot pinned down one of her hands, only allowing her the ability to bat away at him with one hand.

She saw her life flash before her eyes as she caught the knife between her fingers, holding back his fist desperately with one hand and straining under his strength and weight behind the attack. Marron gritted her teeth, breaths coming in and out as if she had just finished running a marathon. Her brown eyes shrunk as the knife slowly inched its way down to her body. Desperately, she thrust her knee up into his back. It did little except bounce off of his aura, but she pushed what aura she had into the next three strikes. Mercury's light gray aura was able to be seen as she drove the point of her knee into his back a fourth time. Finally, on the fifth strike the foot on her arm faltered, and she was able to wiggle it out and slap Mercury across the cheek as hard as she could. The loud audible smacking sound it made was enough to make even her wince.

Once Marron felt his weight shift off of her body, she twisted to the side and pulled one leg up and placed it in the center of Mercury's chest. She pushed her leg forward as more of a powerful shove rather than a strike, and sent the assassin barreling through the furniture that she had spent meticulous time setting up. Ignoring that, Malienna crawled up to her.

"Mommy, I'm scared. I'm sorry." The young girl sobbed.

"Sh, sh, everything will be okay." Marron said, hugging and then hiding her daughter behind her once more. "Mommy will protect you, don't worry. That's a Matsuoka promise." Saying that seemed to have calmed down Malienna a decent amount, her sobs were more quiet and she snuggled her face into the back of her shoulder. Marron lightly pushed her back as she pushed herself up to one leg, wincing when a bolt of pain ran up her left leg. The one she put weight on.

She looked down to see what was wrong with it, and felt her heart drop at the long gash in her clothing and skin that went from just below her knee all the way down to her ankle. When did he manage to cut her like that? She must have been so fueled with adrenaline that she hardly felt it at the time, but now she was feeling it. All the pain was making itself known to her now as she struggled to stand on her other leg mainly.

Looking back to where she had thrown Mercury, she grimaced as she saw that he was once again hidden. The furniture was scattered about, and her home was a mess. She was bleeding from a gash in one leg, which put her at a huge disadvantage against the assassin unassumingly paid to kidnap her daughter she was locked in a room with. Things were not looking good, and it was only thanks to her natural night vision that she didn't have a panic attack when the lights suddenly went off. Not because of an outage, but because Mercury flipped off the light in the living room. Why, she didn't know. It was common knowledge that faunus had natural night vision across the world.

She didn't have to think on it long, since Mercury seemed to be able to see just as well as she was when he spun around the corner and threw another knife at her, this one being one of the kitchen knives she bought to help her make food for herself and her daughter. Marron took careful note of that, the knife that had almost killed her was much more fitted for killing someone than that measly kitchen knife.

The next time he appeared however, he threw a kick at her. But he was too far, Marron prepared herself and put all of her weight on her one good leg and prepared to counter, her staff already getting in position. She had the advantage of reach with her weapon, she had to use it to its fullest now or else she would die.

Something burst out the heel of his boot instead, Marron's eyes went wide just before trying to shut in order to protect her eyes from damage instinctively. The projectile didn't come alone either, when she cracked one of her eyes open another one struck her in the collarbone. She cried out in pain as she felt it crack even with aura. She didn't want to imagine the damage it would do if it hit her when she didn't have aura to protect her body.

When she fell down to one knee her right arm shot straight up to the ceiling in a clenched fist, a wall of concrete rose along with it. The next two projectiles were blocked, and took chunks of the walls with them as they dispersed. Mercury only shot one more before halting his assault after realizing there was something in the way of his target, blocking his shots. After cracking his neck, he jumped up and flew into the wall with a kick, shattering it. When he landed on the other side, Marron was nowhere to be seen, which made him raise an eyebrow.

An enraged female monkey faunus mother drove her shoulder into his right side, Mercury's aura held strong as he was thrown to the ground once again. Marron, still down on one knee decided to take a page out of her sons book of combat moves. It was something Qrow had drilled into her as well. She had a semblance, a powerful one at that as well. She needed to use it now more than ever.

Her body and aura failed her. The pain in her leg grew even worse as she fell down to her other knee, holding herself up on all fours. Malienna ran up to her, and tried to support her weight with her body, but to no avail.

"Are you done?" Mercury asked. The bastard wasn't even breathing heavily. He was toying with her, he had to be. "Smart move shutting off the lights, but someone like me doesn't get by without learning how to use more than one of his senses.

What? He wasn't the one to shut the lights? Marron tried to stand back up to continue fighting for her daughter, but she cried out in pain the moment she tried to put weight on her injured leg, falling onto her back in a heap of blood, sweat, and tears. She was going to lose her daughter…

"Stay back!" Marron shouted as she propped herself up on her elbows.

"Stay away from Mommy, stop hurting her!" Malienna shouted as well, standing in front of her mother with her arms stretched out to her sides defensively. Mercury was well over twice her size, but she showed her Matsuoka genes by standing up against him anyway.

"I didn't want to have to hurt you mommy." Mercury said, leaning forward with his hands on his knees to get down to the little girl's level. "But your mommy was being a mean and naughty girl, so Uncle Mercury had to teach your mommy a lesson. If you come with me though, then no one will have to get hurt anymore." He said, putting up the most bullshit of a friendly smile that he could in the face of an innocent child.

"Stay away, I don't want to go with you!" Malienna replied, her face red and eyes leaking tears.

"Oh yeah?" Mercury snickered. "And how exactly are you going to stop me?"

"Grrrrr." Malienna growled with narrowed eyes. Marron and even Mercury was surprised at the show of silver aura flowing around her body, for a little two year old girl with no experience in combat to be able to bring forth her aura was unheard of, but not impossible. But what shocked Mercury even more with the tiniest flicker of white light in her silver eyes as she glared at him. Just before it was snuffed out by exhaustion. Malienna fell forward and onto her front. She knocked herself out after exerting her aura, not having the training to handle its power properly.

Mercury sighed through his nose and shook his head, rising up as he did so. "Man, Cinder is going to have a field day with you." He said, taking a step toward the unconscious girl.

Marron used what remained of her strength to throw herself forward and cover Malienna with her body. Glaring up at Mercury as she did so. The message was clear, Marron was going to protect her daughter to the bitter end, even if it killed her. Mercury didn't say anything as he took out the knife he used against her earlier, and flourish it into his other hand.

As he moved closer, Marron kept staring on, unafraid on the outside, but terrified on the inside. She doesn't want to die, but she could not allow her daughter to be taken while she still had strength to try and stop it. She wouldn't be able to live with herself. She already lost Malikai, she couldn't lose anyone else.

As Mercury got closer to her with the knife, Marron shut her eyes and whispered an apology to her son. I'm sorry Kai… I'm so sorry… please be strong.

The knife never got close enough.

She felt a sudden coldness around her body, she cracked her eyes open to see that the room they were in was now in a mirage of black and white colors, with a red glow coming from behind Mercury. He sensed the danger just as much as she did, and threw himself to the side without even turning around to see what it was. Marron ducked, and after a silent swoosh of some kind of sharp weapon, she heard everything above her get cut in half. Debris from the ceiling fell on top and around her, with no aura each and every piece hurt as it pelted her body.

Forcing herself to look up at the sound of fighting, she saw a red blade cut through the air that came very near to cutting Mercury's head off. She couldn't make out who the figure was, the person having a black trench coat on and a head of red hair. She couldn't make anything else out, besides a strange mask on his face.

White Fang… She would recognize those markings anywhere, being a faunus she was met by many White Fang recruiters trying to get her to join up. After finding out about her relationship with Malikai, she was deemed just as bad as the humans, if not worse. So why was one of them here defending her now? From what she knows, they were working with Cinder anyway, if anything he should be helping the assassin kill her and take Malienna away.

Mercury was struggling now, that much was obvious. He could barely keep up with the strange White Fang member that had just come to defend her. He didn't even try and block the crimson blade, he instead kept dodging and trying to get away from the man.

Marron saw this as an opportunity. With the assassin being distracted by the other faunus, she scooped up her daughter and crawled around a corner. Sitting back against it and cradling Malienna in her lap. She reached into her pocket and took out her scroll, and immediately knew who to call first.

"Hello- Marron? Holy hell what's wrong!?" Qrow asked her, red eyes wide with concern.

"Help," Marron choked out, her face was pale in the scrolls camera, she has been losing blood ever since her leg was cut open as it is now. She could barely keep her eyes open as it is. "Assassin… my daughter…" Her eyes shut completely, and her world began to turn to black.

"Marron!? Shit, I'm on my way! Just hang tight or try to get out of there!"

"Help…" Was all Marron could reply with. Losing consciousness and dropping her scroll to the ground. The scroll was still on, and Qrow watched on in fear as her chin went to slump against the top of her chest.

Qrow cursed and stuffed his scroll back into his pocket, the last thing Marron was able to hear before she went out was fighting, and frantic footsteps. Then everything faded to darkness.

Mercury grunted as jumped back to dodge another attack, only to have to duck through another. He attempted to counter with a kick, but his foot was caught and twisted. He fell to the ground and had to fire the weapons on his boots to get away from the red and black flames that threatened to cleave him in half. The floor was set aflame and destroyed where he once laid. He scrambled back up to his feet, and faced his enemy.

Adam Taurus. He'd recognize that red hair and mask anywhere. No one else in the White Fang had a mask like that. There was a reason Cinder backed off from him when she didn't have the powers of the Fall Maiden. Adam Taurus was a very dangerous man, capable of killing even the most skilled Huntsman with his Moon slice semblance in a single blow. Cinder would never admit it, but she was afraid of that skill way back then. Now, she could kill him if they fought, but the fact remained still, she was once afraid of Adam.

He thought they'd never have to fight as long as Adam was on their side, but he was so very wrong. Here he was now, fighting him and stopping him from taking the little silver eyed girl. He wasn't even going to hurt her, just take her to Cinder and move on with his life from there. But if Adam was here now, then he might as well be screaming at him that the White Fang were plotting against them. Which put him in a tough spot. If he ran, he wouldn't be able to get Malienna, and return to Cinder in failure, something that he was very much against the thought of. But if he stayed, Adam would surely kill him. Mercury thought himself better than most, he killed his father who was renowned for his skill as an assassin, but Adam was in a different league. Damned if he did, and damned if he didn't. It truly was a shitty predicament to find himself in.

Adam leapt forward and lanced his sword toward his stomach, Mercury kicked it away and ignored the red shine that came from the blade as a result. Next, he jumped back again and kicked a projectile toward him, which Adam cut in half with ease, each of the pieces crashing into the walls and floor behind him respectively.

"This is not a battle you can win, Black." Adam said, his voice was ever deep and menacing. Mercury found himself wondering why the guy even started talking to him, but was more than willing to stall.

"Probably, why haven't you killed me yet though?" He asked, putting on that same cocky smirk that he always wore.

"Allow me to answer that question with another question." Adam said, moving forward faster than before and pinning Mercury against the wall with his forearm. "Why didn't you kill the mother when you many chances to do so?"

Mercury gritted his teeth and struck his chest with his knee, weakening Adam's grip. He then threw one leg over his arm and twisted his whole body. Adam was stronger however, and tensed his arm to the point where Mercury was forced to let go and fall to the ground awkwardly. As he propped himself up on his shoulders, he found himself at the point of Adam's crimson blade pressed up against the base of his neck.

"Cinder is going to be pissed once she finds out I was killed." Mercury said, spitting blood out of his mouth to the side.

"Perhaps." Adam said, pushing the blade further into Mercury's weakened aura, now brushing against his skin.

"We both know monkey girl over there isn't enough to beat me, much less kill me. I'm the assassin, remember? She'll wonder how, and as bitchy as she may be, she's pretty damn smart. She'll find out it was you."

"You are right." Adam said, shocking Mercury as he drew his sword back, and slid it back into his sheathe. "Which is why I have no intention of killing you."

Mercury narrowed his eyes at him. "What are you playing at?"

"Cinder is an evil, spiteful, hateful wench with no empathy for others, even for her own humankind. She will be the end of the White Fang if I continue to allow her to control us with her power. You must know this, do you not?"

Mercury didn't respond, which was as much an answer as Adam needed.

"What do you think she will do when your task has been completed?" Still no response. "Even a kinslayer such as yourself must be smart enough to know what will happen. Attacking Beacon is foolish… and will send a very wrong message to the world. The White Fang are a force of revolution, not terrorists." He shook his head, and sighed. "I digress. You must give me your answer now Black, will you keep our little secret, or will you force me to kill you now?"

"... You're pretty much asking if I'd rather be killed now, or later." Mercury chuckled, and nodded his head. "Later is my choice."

Adam let a tiny smile creep up from the corner of his lips, and extended a hand to help the assassin up to his feet. Mercury grabbed his hand, and groaned loudly in pain as something slashed across his side, cutting a large gash across his hip and up to his chest.

"I apologize for the pain you will feel," Adam said, sheathing his sword once more. "But Cinder will need a good excuse from you." Mercury staggered back, holding on to his side in an attempt to stem the bleeding. "Tell them that it was Stone Face who did this to you, I am sure you have heard of him. Do that, and I will know that you are with us." The White Fang leader said as he slowly backed away into darkness. "Make the right decision, Mercury. This is your final chance." Final chance for what, Mercury didn't know. It was like watching a ghost fade away from existence as Adam left the apartment.

He looked down to his wound and grimaced. Blood was leaking out of his body, and fast. He needed to get back to Cinder, and Emerald. He would get treatment there. Sparing one final look to Marron and her unconscious daughter, he shook his head and ran to the back of the apartment, jumping out the same window he entered the home through. He landed on the ground and winced as the pain flared considerably. He made his escape not a moment too soon, because he could hear someone kick open the door into the apartment and enter, screaming Marron's name as he ran up to her.

He ran out into the darkness, and didn't stop until he ran out of energy.

Kai sprinted through Beacons hospital wing. He received news of an attack on his mother and sister just as he was about to lay in bed and fall asleep. He didn't even bother to put clothes on the upper half of his body, including his blindfold. He simply wore pajama pants, and that's it.

Nurses and doctors alike were shoved out of his way, he only stopped every once in a while to ask one of them where Marron Matsuoka was being held. He kept getting directions and he kept following them. His senses were muffled and his mind was frantic, which was why he tried to strike the person who dared to put a hand on his shoulder, only to have his wrist caught.

"Mister Matsuoka," Ozpin greeted him.

"Where's my mother!?" Kai asked him, not even thinking of apologizing for his attempted attack on the headmaster of Beacon.

"I shall take you to her." Ozpin replied. "Come with me."

Kai did just that, and followed him for what felt like half an hour when in reality it was just a single minute. When they finally made it to his mothers room, he sensed someone sitting in the corner. Qrow, it had to be, he was the one who called him in the first place to let him know what happened.

"Mom!" Kai already knew who it was laying in the bed. "Malienna!" And also the one who was snuggled up to her side. He ran toward them and fell to his knees beside the bed, tears stinging his blind eyes as he placed his hands on each of them respectively. Their hearts were beating, if the heart monitor didn't already confirm it for him. He just needed to know for himself with his sensing.

"Big brother?" Malienna muttered, stirring awake. Her tail wrapped around his shoulder, and he felt a comfortable warmth he didn't know he needed.

"Yes Malienna, it's me." Kai said brokenly. Tears flowing freely because of the sheer amount of joy and relief he was feeling.

"Yaaay…" Malienna said tiredly, and drifted back to sleep. This time with a smile on her face.

Kai's relief and joy was slowly faded away as he sensed the other two men in the room with him. Ozpin and Qrow.

"How did this happen?" He asked, his voice deep.

It reminded Ozpin of Malikai. "The assassin, Mercury Black attacked them. He was fought off by an unknown individual, Qrow found them leaning against a wall… and brought them here. Where she can get the best possible treatment, and the most security." The headmaster made sure to add, answering Kai's followup questions that he was about to shout at him.

"Damn him… Damn her." Kai growled, his voice full of hatred.

"I'm sorry kid… If only I got there faster… I should have been there to protect them." Qrow said, just as distressed as he was.

Kai couldn't be mad at Qrow, in the end his mother and younger sister were still alive and breathing. Injured, but alive. That was all he needed. He nodded toward Qrow to show him that he held no grudge against him. To which he sensed a nod in return.

"Mister Matsuoka…" Ozpin said slowly, he knew Kai was in a rough state of mind, and had to be gentle with him. "For fear of losing Marron and young Malienna to our enemies, I would propose that they stay here to live at Beacon for the time being. We know that if they were attacked once… it is likely that they will strike once more to finish the job." When Kai didn't reply right away, he continued. "As the only conscious member of the Matsuoka family, I request your permission to set them up in a room at Beacon. It is not uncommon for members of my staff to have family they want to keep close, there are many safe and secure apartments for your family to stay in, and if you'd like, I'll have them set up in the same building as where you stay in." If he was trying to butter him up, he was doing a pretty damn good job of it. It was an offer Kai didn't think he could or even should refuse. Trying to win him over to his side is one thing, protecting his family is another, sacrifices would have to be made for their benefit. Even if it gave Ozpin a leg up on him from now on.

Kai nodded his head, and sighed through his nose. That was all Ozpin needed.

"Qrow, would you mind staying the night? Call me paranoid, but even Beacon could have security leaks I may have overlooked."

"Of course." Qrow said, determined to make things right.

Kai stood up, and moved over to a chair he sensed on the other side of his mothers hospital bed, and sat in it. One of the nurses came in a few minutes later, and gave him a blanket to keep himself warm. He didn't yet realize it, but he was still shirtless and without his blindfold, which left his entire upper body bare to the world around them. He thanked the nurse and let her leave. Ozpin left shortly after and went to go make the arrangements to set up a room for Malienna and Marron, leaving Kai and Qrow alone with the two unconscious women.

Qrow didn't know what to say, he felt terrible about all of this. He was on the far side of Vale when he got Marrons call, and flew as fast and hard as he could in his bird form in order to get there to save her from whoever was attacking her and her daughter. Only to find her in a pool of her own blood with her daughter cradled in her arms, unconscious. Her heart was barely beating at that time, and seeing such a young girl like Malienna knocked out like she broke his heart. He called a Bullhead to pick them up on the room of that apartment complex, and went with them back to Beacon at speeds that nearly got them shot down by the Vale Defence Force (VDF), who almost considered them hostile if it weren't for the pilot and Qrows frantic radio calls. They were rushed to the hospital quickly, and Qrow felt compelled to tell Kai of what happened.

He could hardly stand to look at the poor kid. Seventeen years old, with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Knows about Salem, the Maidens, has a list of people he wants to kill. It reminded Qrow of his and Raven's childhood. Which was spent learning how to kill people and stealing from others. No kid should have to go through all of that, he feels terrible that it's Malikai's kid going through it too, one of his best friends.

Kai for his part didn't speak, he just stared on with scrunched eyes and thought. Qrow assumed that it was nothing happy or teenage like some girl he had a crush on. No, without even thinking for more than a second on it he knew that the kid was thinking about what he was going to do to Cinder and all who work for her. They pushed him far already after the death of his father, and now he was near the edge of going berserk after the attack on his mother and sister. Qrow didn't want to imagine what Kai would be like right now if he was just a few minutes later. Marron would be dead, and Kai and his younger sister would be orphans.

"K-l -em" Kai muttered under his breath, Qrow strained to hear him.

"What was that?"

"I'll kill them." Kai repeated, louder and more cohesive this time. Qrow didn't know how to respond to that. "I'll kill them all… Salem, Cinder, Mercury, Emerald, Sienna Khan and all who works for them… I'm going to kill them all." He clenched his fists so hard that he cut through his own skin with his nails, failing to even use his aura to protect himself. "Only then will me and my family finally be free…"

"Kai…" Qrow reached out to him, worried for his mental state.

"All of them…" Kai repeated, not hearing nor accepting his comfort. Qrow watched on in dismay, helpless to do anything to help. All he can offer is staying here to protect Marron and Malienna, and perhaps informing Ozpin of what he had just heard from the once so polite and kind Kai Matsuoka. He never thought he'd see the look of murderous intent in those blind eyes of his, but as Kai held on to his mothers hand, it was there.

He wanted revenge.

Mercury passed out on a rough looking bed while being patched up by Emerald, his skin was pale as snow and his clothes were soaked with his own blood. But he still managed to tell Cinder about what happened on his mission. She was less than enthused at his failure, but didn't go ahead and punish him for it. The wound he had was deemed punishment enough. Any more and she may have accidentally killed him, and she'd be down a valuable apprentice.

"This Stone Face is becoming an issue." Cinder said, her face carved out of stone with barely restrained anger. "Catching Mercury off guard of all people, he is more skilled and dangerous than any of us previously thought." Under her hair, her left eye shone with an angry red color. Emerald forced herself to keep staring into her right, which was still just as human as she first seen it years ago when she was first picked up by Cinder in that alley.

"Mam, if I may," Emerald said, asking for permission to speak.

"Go on." Cinder waved a hand in her direction.

"If Stone Face is becoming and issue, why don't we take care of him ourselves and be done with it?" Emerald asked.

"Because we have bigger things to worry about." Cinder looked toward the unconscious Mercury. "We may have not gotten the little girl, but you have still brought to my attention something much more concerning in the present. All in all, a job well done Mercury." If he could hear her, he hid it well behind a pained expression.

"Bring Roman and his little pet to me at once," Cinder said, looking back to Emerald. "I shall have them focus on this threat, and if they shall fail, I will do it myself…"

I liked this chapter. I must say though, I apologize for the most recent chapters. I don't feel like I gave it my all like I usually do, and for that I am sorry. I'm back again however with this chapter that I am pretty proud of. It's a little shorter than the others, but hey, way back then at the beginning of this story I said that chapters from this story would be 6-8k words each, and boy was I very wrong not even long after I said that.

And now, for the Omake I promised you all.

Omake: The Babysitting of Baby Kai: Part II

Summer sighed heavily as she looked at herself in the mirror. Her black and red hair sticking up in places and beads of sweat trailing down her forehead at midnight. Only a few minutes ago she was finally able to put Baby Kai to sleep. It took much longer than it should have. Even with the recognition the babe sensed when he called her 'Sahmur'. Kai just refused to fall asleep.

"What a day…" She said, picking up her toothbrush to brush her teeth before she went to sleep herself. She didn't want to risk waking up Baby Kai by walking into her own room, so she would settle for the couch tonight. If she was needed, Baby Kai would surely let her know.

After spitting out the last of the paste mixed with spit. She sighed once more and felt satisfied with the freshness she felt in her mouth. She then tiptoed out of the bathroom, and even pulled up her white hood to hide her face just in case Baby Kai sensed that and deemed her an intruder. When she walked past her room and past Kai's crib, she saw nothing, and moved on.

When she was halfway down the stairs, she realized something.

She saw nothing.

Nothing.

She went sprinting back to her room and almost dove into the crib.

Baby Kai wasn't there.

Summer screamed as she saw the window to that room open.

Raven held the baby by his leg as she dangled it over her daughter, which was just in the next room where she heard Summer screaming. She ignored her fears as her daughter Yang reached up and tried to play with Kai's tail, who was hissing at her and looking in the wrong direction, trying to be intimidating. Raven dared to call it cute, but she wasn't the kind of person to resign herself to say such a juvenile word.

Something might be said about a mother abandoning her daughter, only to return and dangle someone else's baby over said daughter. But she felt a certain desire to test something out.

"Go. Play." Raven demanded, dropping Kai in Yang's crib.

Raven was a very skilled and dangerous fighter, but a good mother she was not. Even she would admit that fault of hers as she did nothing as the two babies wrestled each other for dominance over the crib but watch. Yang kept grabbing at his tail, Kai kept slapping her on the forehead, and it went on for what felt like an eternity until the two babies seemed to have gotten exhausted and fell asleep, tangled up in their own limbs.

Raven smiled on, satisfied in her achievement.

"Now you two will breed when you come of age. Little Kai, you have my blessing." She said, crossing her arms and moving back toward the window. She jumped out and turned into a bird, flying away in the moonlit night.

Summer burst into the room a moment later.

Window open? Check

Baby Kai found? Double check.

Adorable cuddling between two babies? Check check check, with a scroll picture to tease them with in the future.

The way Summer saw it, Baby Kai crawled out the open window, somehow opened Yang's window, and crawled through that window and then into her crib, which they now shared. It may have been impossible for most babies she has seen and heard of, but with the speed of which Baby Kai crawled at the other day? She could believe it.

"I love you two." Summer said as she kissed each of them on the forehead, and then took another picture. "And I can't wait to show you this picture when you're older…"

Kai and Yang covered their faces with their hands, now fifteen years old and sat down by the smug Taiyang Xiao Long. "Look at you two, holding hands as babies. That's so adorable!" He gushed, looking at the framed picture.

"I don't even remember doing that…" Kai groaned, embarrassed.

"Why did a baby have aura anyway?" Yang asked, equally as embarrassed.

"Dunno, but I promised Summer that when you two were old enough to understand, that I'd show it to you if she couldn't." Tai nodded his head. "Mission accomplished."

"I can't even see the picture and I can't stand this." Kai said.

"Yeah? Consider yourself lucky. I have to look at that picture every day now." Yang told him.

Though… as she looked at it longer, she supposed that the two of them did look pretty cute together…

No! Too early! Bad thoughts! Bad! Yang thought as her blush became even redder.

And there we go, I hope you all enjoyed that.

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