In the previous chapter we learned some of zanes hobbies he had but hearing those comments might have affected him. While we now return to menagerie as a certain mute will confront someone from her past.RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 45:Abandoned Child
As they were being guided through the house by kali right now alot of them were very curious what exactly this women was planning right now. As their gorup mainly consisted of blake, jazmine, onxyia, ilia and aruna. Along with katherine and nadia joining them along with zoey, akata, yahto, colt, sun and lastly nix. As the group followed the women through the halls curious now.
"Okay right now i'm very curious what exactly this little tour of your new home is leading us too"nix asked whats on their minds
"Yeah because uh…you've been smirking like crazy the entire time"zoey pointed out as her boss was smiling like no tomorrow because she hoped junior pulled through on a request she made when they started repairs.
"Because thats just plain creepy and right now i'm starting to get very nerovus right now. Because who knows where shes taking us"yahto voiced his objection as well as kali smirked before they turned a corner like all the other hallways in the house except it had a small lounge like area it seems since it was the gameroom in the house. Mainly having some shelf with a line of books for a light read along with a fireplace to get cozy by to stave the cold off.
"Oh because i'm sure pulled through on my request"kali said before walking over to a panther statue. As she surpsignyl twisted the head then the wall next to a bookshelf started to move to their surprise revealing a secret passage. This was a surprise
'Your surprise is that you built secret passageways into your home? Let me guess for an eemrgnecy exit incase were attack again"sun asked as she shummed
"You can say that follow me then to something that took some extra convincing. Nadia knows what i'm talking about since she asked to help"kali said ratting nadia out as she chuckled walking with her.
"Great their gonna bug me kath though oh well because they'll be quite shock when they see it"nadia added as the teens were hesianted but reculentanly followed. After walking down the stairs for maybe ten minutes they soon arrived at a small little desk like area along with a small table with mats for someone to sit down. Though their were two doorways with one being a women and the other a men side. Before some started to ask even more questions
"Uhhhh what the heck is this….some sort of panic room you installed in the house mom?"jazmine asked her mother
"This doesn't look like a panic room more like…wait a minute those sign say men and women. Kali what did you do?"katherine asked itnrigued before the women smirked revealing it.
"I had junior build a small onsen underneath the house since i always wanted one for the house. Since everyone been so stressed out lately i thought it might be a great way for everyone to destress today"kali revealed to their surprise as they all immediately decided to get changed heading to their respective changing rooms.
On the girls side as they all got changed in their respective changing rooms as they were all in robes with towels wrapped around them. But they walked through the hallway excited actually right now.
"Man i can not wait to take a dip in this thing. Seriously my back is killing me right now believe it or not. A dam berignal threw me into a rock"nyx said
Onxyia laughed slightly"try surviving a burning house along with that being stabbed. Though i just hope that tours fine maybe after its done we can invite sombra"She suggested
"I'd like the sound of that though i think were here now"blake said as they stepped into a large open space that had a giant pool of water that had steam coming off of it right now. Along with that one large rock on the far end of the room. Their were also several lanw chairs on the sides for someone to aly down and relax as they all were awestruck.
"Whoa! Now this is a rich person house because you have your own hotsrping"aruna cheered as her tail swayed
Zoey laughed slightly"yeah though…is it me or is it a little too big. Because the boys side wouldn't be this big what you decided to give the ladies special treatment"zoey said though soon enough onxyia glanced to her right but went flush immediately at what she was seeing. That being colt, yahto along with sun standing their in towels right now.
As colt had one wrapped around his waist that barely fit as he seemed to be wearing some shorts on underneath them. Along with showing off his musuclary build to the group that was heavily toned with his abes.
While sun had his body on displace showing off his toned body along with his abes. As yahto had a towel on his waist as he had an athletic build. Then the girl screeched at the top of her lungs.
"What are you three doing over here?!"sche screeched blushing before the rest of them of them noticed them as most of the teens went flush. Along with covering themselves up at that moment.
"What the heck are you perverts doing over here?!"ilia screeched covering herself as sun and yahto both covered their eyes.
"Us! We went through the mens side why are you on our side?!"yahto asked madly blushing right now as they didn't buy it
"Liars! Seriously sun if this is one of your dam pranks i'm not laughing. I'll tear that dam tail of yours off and shove it down your throats"blake growled in rage but her mother began laughing with nadia as they looked at the two peiicng it together they did this on purpose.
"Oh man…oh you kids are priceless every hear of something known as a mixed onsen. A little thing where both genders are in the same bath"nadia said teasignly as they glared at her and kali.
"I…i..mom! What the heck is wrong with you? Why would you make something like this because now we can't use it!"jazmine shouted in disappointed but her mother sighed
"Just get in its nothing any of you have seen before your all young adults. Seriously because from what i heard one of those boys already have someone i'm sure"kali said disrobing revealing herself in a towel covering her waist along with showing off her slender body with her modest bust size. As nadia did as well revealing a towel wrapped around her waist but showed off her toned arms and legs on full display to the group. Along with a few scars on her body from her many adventures. As she slipped in giving a relaxing sigh as steam came off her.
"She right seriously just get in we got a few hours till we do the tour"nadia said as most of them reluctantly got in. but as they did they made sun and yahto turn around as colt didn't even bother just giving a relaxing sigh.
While for jazmine she was blsuhgin embraced right now but thanfkully her metal leg was waterproof. As she could feel the stress slip away with a towel covering most of her upper body and lower thigh. But showed off her curves and slender frame.
For ilia her body was mainly covering her upper body and lower thigh as it showedoff her tones legs and arms. Along with showing a bit a of modest cleaverage as well. But for akata she gave a sigh of relief letting her long white hair out with her tail subrmerged. As it showed off her curves along with her modest bust as the towel covered her upper body and thigh.
While for zoey she had an athletic build to her as her fox tail was subrmerged as well. Along with it covering most of her body until half way down her thigh but it showed a bit of her cleavage. While for nix she had quite a toned body with a long scar on her right leg along with one on her shoulder. Though she had some curves to her as it showed some of her rather small bust.
Katherine ears flopped over relaxed right now as the towel did cover her upper body along with reaching to her thighs. Though it did show off her curves along with some of her clevage at that moment.
"Oh my god i needed this right now….my back feels like its in heaven"nix said in relief
"You said it seriously i needed this after training all those recruits. My back is killing me from the daycare…kids love having piggyback rides"colt said stretching his arms out to himself
"Well it gives us a chance to relax our muscles. Because seriously when you get older this will be like a full body massage"nadia said relieved as some were very embarrassed
Jazmine sighed blushing bright red right now"why did you have to build it like this mom…because this feels so embarrassing right now"she whined as her mother chuckled swimming over
"Well i thought it be funny although…'she stopped before sneaking up behind her youngest for a moment gentle touching her by the hips making her squeak from the touch as she wnet flush.
"But I thought you all would like this. Because i'm sure your sore from cuddling miss poltian over here all night"kali cooed to her daughter and neo embarrassment as she dunked her head mad blushing right now. As sun and yahto averted their gazes blushing covering their ears. But ilia noticed colt not even bothering with it.
"Why are you just watching? Are you actually some pervet"she asked as he had a good reason
"Kid i swing for the other team. Seriously why do you think i'm unfazed by walkers teasing antics most of the time."colt answered which surprised them he swung for dudes.
"Wait…you swing for guys?!"aruna asked surprised as she eyed sun and yahto as the monkey noticed her glaring a little
"I swear to god khan if you say if he fancies me and ingram over here. I'm going to tear your dam tail off and pin it to a wall"sun warned mad blushing as she stopped closing her mouth shut. Though kali pinched her daughter on her hips again.
"But i wonder when you two will give me grandkids? Because you just started dating but…i'm curious because i wonder if your sister will let me meet that girlfriend of hers"kali commented making blake slowly swim away blushing a little at that. Until eventually jazmine broke free swimming over retreating to the nearest person that being neo who went mad red as was she.
"S-s-shut up…seriously i don't wanna be teased again right now…please"jazmine begged as she backed off for now. Though akata leaned toward her girlfriend dangoerusly close now as the two tails coiled underwater.
"Though i still don't mind seeing my foxy over here dispalying her goods. Maybe i should tease you for a bit"akata said with a toothy grin
Zoey visible blushed groaning"Do that right now and your sleeping outside. Mom i know your behind me"she siad as nadia reatreated because she was going to jump her but then eyed a certain wolf in the mix as katherine and her shared a look.
"Although….sweetie i'm sure you wouldn't mind when your girlfriend comes over here at some point. You two could spend time here…alone"katherine teased making the wolf tail wag underwater as she visible blushed
"Heh…heh…heh…funny…your going to sneak up on me right now aren't you"onxyia said
'Heaven no…well not me"katherine said as onxyia ears flicked as she turned just in time to avoid nadia who tried to grab her but dove in the water as she reemerged as her hair flopped over as she spit water out of her mouth.
"Dang it….i missed thought i see if i could squeeze out of you if my kid and that rabbit did anything with you"nadia teased as onxyia went quiet for a moment looking away.
"Oh right…him…forgot that if he was here and bun. You'd probably be teasing us like crazy…"onxyia paused slowly looking down as the tiger realized she ruined the mood as she swam over instead of pinching her she just gently petted the top of her head.
"Come on kid it'll be fine…i miss my dumb kid too. Would have loved to mess with him and that girlfriend of yours if they were here. But hey…gotta look toward the positives"nadia said resuaring the wolf slightly as soon enough they decided to leave the onsen and get dried off changing into their clothes. Then they all began to go their separate ways for now as some went to do other things. As mainly nadia, kali, colt, sun, onxyia, blake, jazmine, neo and aruna went to give the tour.
It wasn;t long as they soon arrived at the location mainyl being the docks right now. As waiting for them was beatrix along with carmel by her side along with the academy girls. With sombra and mavis their as the headmsitress noticed them walking over as lisa joined them along the way.
"Ah their you all are i was wondering if you were going to be late. But your actually very early"beatirx said
"Well we wanted to get a headstart on the tour today. Because we'll be just visiting specific areas on the island. Since some of it is in the midst of construction. Is everyone here?"kali asked as carmel nodded
"Yes everyone is accounted for dear. Now lets get this tour on the road because we'll need to wait till the repairs on the ship are done. Then we'll sail back to mistral for some of the girls to visit their families"carmel sweetly said but neo glared her down slightly as someone noticed that being sun.
"Why is she glaring at that chick…kinda looks her now that i see it"he thought to hismelf though soon enough they began to give the tour of the island right now. As kali led the way through the place as the faunus their were hard at work preparing for the fight on havan. But some of the guards were on patrol along the place though the cheifitan wife was giving a small description of their island
"As some of you may know from the history books. This is the home of the faunus people who claimed it after reaching an agreement with the four kingdoms. But in some cases we didn't see through it that most of the island is filled with grimm"kali said as mavis simply scoffed
"Serves you right you dam animals. God i do not wanna be here anymore i just wanna get away from this filth hole"she muttered as onxyia heard her glaring a little but guessed she hated faunus unlike her brother, which she'll ask later.
As they kept walking carmel was taking picture of the place right now mainly being the building. But for some reason the faunus working here and even a few of the guards sneakily in as colt noticed it as him and naida were far enough away from the group but mainly kept an eye on someone.
"So thats our little ice creamed hairs girls mom. Seriously i can't believe we have to run into her right now"colt whispered as she growled
"I know because right now i'm fighting the urge on shocking that women in the jaw right now. Because she left a a poor girl to freeze. Seriously and shes just smiling while her daughter right here"she whispered back
Colt sighed nodding"we need to keep an eye on her already asked yahto to keep an eye following us close behind. "He whispered back until someone spoke close by.
"You two don't trust that carmel women either i take it"summer siad startling the two as colt held his chest as nadia jumped back as her hair stood up a little.
"Summer! What are you doing don't sneak up on people like that"she nearly shouted as summer chuckled
"I'm sorry i just couldn't help but overhear what your discussing. Because for starters…i know that womens reputation. And from what i just heard that neo girl is her daughter…triva vanilla. Am i correct"she whispered to the two to their surprise she figured it out that quickly as nadia eyed the group seeing they were ahead of them leaning down as they kept walking
"I uh…yes that bitch is her mother. She very lucky i don't want to start something right now"nadia replied making summer a little curious what she meant because the news declared her to be dead years ago from a disease resulting in that women and her husband to adopt another child.
"What exactly did that women do? Because if roman adopted her….how did she end up in his care?"summer asked as colt growled cracking his kncukles
"He found her freezing in the middle of a blizzard near his old place at six years old. She almost died from hyptohermia before we treated her in time"colt answerqed quietly to the silver eyed women shock as it made her think about her daughter but eyed neo who looked visible unformatble in the crowd right now.
"I'll keept an eye on her with you…keep this on the down low. Because….i know shes an assassin for hire. They aren't here for a simple field trip"summer said as the two nodded as the tour kept going on until eventually after a bit of time onxyia eyed sombra for a moment seeing a very red mark on her face.
"Som…what happened to your face. Why is their a red mark their"onxyia said making her flinch drawing the girl mother attention
"Sweetie who did that to you. Because if one of these brats did it i'll…"She was stopped
"No! It…it was seth and his cronies…ran into them last night. Got in a small spat with them because they were talking smack about wolf ears over here"sombra said pointing to her cousin who smiled hearing that as beatrix was eavesdropping as kali continued the tour.
"Oh i forgot to mention that dear. I'm terrible sorry last night i got worried and we searched for her. Though we found that she was in the middle of fighting off some atackers of her. "Beatrix said eyeing sombra for a moment smiling a little
"Isn't thar right dear?"she added as the faunus nodded
"I..uh..y-yes…though uh shoudln't really get in fights if i don't have to. Ava that dumb mouse did slap me for talking back"Sombra meekly said as lisa was relived a little
"Thats a relief. The only reason i sent you to that school was because i wanted you to be prepared to run the company someday. I know you always wished to be a huntresses ike your father was a huntsman. But its too dangerous for someone in your caliber"lisa said condifnelty as sombra looked down upset as kahterine looked a little confused recalling how that diego wanted his daughter to pursue her own path
"Dear didn't your husband wanted her to choose her own path. I mean yes shes your only daughter and you had no siblings. Buts its her choose"katherine said voicing her objection as lisa shot a slight glare
"Sorry kath but i'm more involved in my children lives. I don't want them to make stupid choices"lisa rudely replied making the wolf glare back because they were friend but she forgot how rude she can be at times.
Onxyia sighed rubbing the necklace around her neck slightly"auntie…i know i made some dumb choices. But right now my new goal is to protect my teammates and for my girlfriend"onxyia said eyeng her sword but one the academy girl laughed slightly with a couple others
"Isn't that dual traited freak apart of that monsters team?"one of them whispered but actually said aloud
"Well it does fit with that thing. Thank god that thing is dead right now"another added
"Be careful it might start a fight like i heard in atlas. I heard how that hayley heiress that lost her leg started a spat at the schnee gala"another added as they laughed at it as onxyai growled showing her canines as her tail thrashed before walking over tapping one of them on the shoulder as she turned to her with a smug look.
"What do you want mutt?"she asked mcokginyl
"What do i want? Don't disrespect my teammates or my partner. Say something like that and you'll regret you pompous brat"onxyia growled as the academy girl shot an icy glare at her
"I can say what i want pest. Seriously i don't care if your giving us a tour of this animal farm. I rather not be here atlas is better than this dump"she rudely replied as the wolf beared her fangs at her gripping the katana handle tight in her hands as her tail kept thrashing
"Oh i'll show you dam br–"she was stopped before her mother pulled her back. But then walked over getting in the girls face as she placed a hand on her shoulder squeezing hard on it glaring her down
"Miss browning…tell your girls to treat my daughter with respect. Because their being quite rude right now because if they aren't. I'll show them what i do to my husband when he pisses me off"katherien growled as beatrix looked at the three students snapping her fingers at them
"You three stop harassing our host and their gracious friends. Because you will be punished severely for what happens if you do"She warned as all three of them stood up straight bowing and quickly apologizng.
"I'm terrible sorry for them. My girls don't like faunus all that much with most of them. Though we make do to teach them to treat those who are different the same."beatrix apoligzed as onxyia sighed
"Your fine…i'm used to it…but they don't need to bad mouth my team. I know those two are missing…i already lost my other teammate. But they don't need to be so rude"onxyia said teary eyed as the women grutned a little disapproving
"Thats fine dear sorry for your loss. Lets continue with the tour and eat tonight"She said continuing but ilia grew rather suspicious right now eyeing a few of the girls in this academy because their acting like her when she was with ollie.
Soon enough after a few hours of walking around showing the group the hotspots on the island that were great to vist. Though carmel asked what the training field was for as they passed it but nadia shot her question down that it was private. Until finally they got near the end that being a statue in the center of the island
It had a large humanoid like figure with fur it seems, with six different type of horns, along with fearers on its shoulder though it had no mouth just eyes. But it was on a boat with a few faunus behind it pointing inward to the island.
"This right here is the last stop on the tour. The statue of our island that represent the god of animals. A tale says that it one day it left the island where on to find those who he deemed special. Mainly because he was curious about human but he arranged an arc for them to come here. Once they arrived he told them to jump in the water and join them."kali started before gesturing to the statue
"Though after that it said that they paid a price was they wouldn't be human. They were the first faunus in origin as those horrified by the vents became disgusted by them. But they soon were given a home though thats just a small little fairy tale for our home. Why this little statute is here any questions?"she asked as they paused for a bit as no one did as carmel clapped for her along with beatrix as did the academy girls.
"Well that was quite an interesting little tour. Though its getting quite late right now should we be getting back for dinner?"carmel asked as kali nodded
"We should be let head on back to have a small feast. "Kali said as they all decided to head back to the house. Though as they did carmel glanced at neo for a bit because she looked awfully familiar to her for some reason. But her and beatrix lagged behind a bit as they secretly talked
"So coming here wasn't that much of a bad idea. God i'm getting tired of all these faunus it smell like a zoo"beatrix said in compelte disgust as carmel scoffed
"I can agree but that little job we saw on the market was interesting. Seem the faunus here are ready to fight the white fang though…the talon will pay handsomely for those willining to assist them"carmel replied quietly as the older women smirked
"Agreed though…i'm qute surprised junior is here. Be careful of him he might know our plans before we can enact them"beatrix warned as carmel nodded to her pocketing the camera before slightly pulling out a tape recorder
"Don't worry i plan on grilling that chieftain here for intel. We give it to the fang we can be rich with five million lien"carmel replied wickedly as the two real motives where to actually spy on the island.
Once they were back in the house blake along with her mother and nadia were cooking dinner for everyone for the night. Along with katherine helping them out as mari even joined them though was very reluctant at first actually.
"Are you sures its safe for us to come tonight. I could have just had dinner by myself tonight with my niece"mari voiced her worry
Kali shook her head"no your completely fine mari. I invited mostly everyone well everyone except for captain buckley but his second in command cella will be joining us in his stead"she replied as the women looked rather nervous
"Well um…i'm just nervous about them…well…treating my niece differently. A few people are rude to her…even telling their kids to stay away from her"mari sadly said as nadia looked down eyeing her metal hand for a moment.
"I'm lucky all i get are a few glares and slangs thrown toward me. Surprised they haven;t attacked mine or your house"nadia said in comeptle surprise as blake chuckled at that stirring a pot of stew as she threw some carrots in the mix at that moment.
"Well my dad and zoey made sure to actually have some guards stationed near mari house. Just incase someone tried anything to hurt her. Few of them actually volunteered because they rather not see a little girl get hurt"blake said making the bear smile hearing that in relief
"That why i keep seeing guards near my home. I must thank your husband at some point dear"mari said as kali smiled
"Its no big deal but we should get dinner ready soon."kali said as they began to keep doing it though as blake kept stirring for a moment soon enough that same itching feeling came back in her hand. She began to cry in pain before falling onto the ground clutching her metal hand in complete pain. As someone rushed in mainly being katherine rushing isndie worried
"Did something happen did you get yourself dear?"she asked comply worried as kali rushed to her daughter holding her right now but naida noticed what was happening. Seeing her clutching her arm because she dealt with it before as she kenlt down geting in front of her.
"Kid eyes on me alright your arm is okay alright. Its just some phantom pain i need you to take a deep breath. And take this off"nadia said before slowly taking off her metal arm setting it close by as blake struggled for a moment but slowly took a deep breath. Then nadia began to massage the numb on the cat arm where the plate was
"Okay again"she insturcted as she did it a few times until eventually the pain stopped like before as she got her breathing under control.
"I…i…i'm okay…thank you…though why does this even happen?'blake questioned slipping her arm back inot place as katherine hummed a little.
"Mainly happens when your arm mixes up signals in the brain. Common symptom of phantom pain it takes years of treatment. But walker here got expeirnce i take it"She asked as the tiger nodded
"I do heres a tip kid. For when i did it i wore something at night to make it feel comfortable for a year. While also massing it and taking warm baths for a bit to help ease the tension their. And when a attack happesn keep calm and tell yourself its not real. Trust me it works"nadia advised giving some tips as blake nodded
"I'll do that…lets continue making dinner for the night"blake said as they made dinner for everyone which took about an hour now. Though as they were done some asked what happened inside and they said she had a phantom pain attack which was embrassing but they udnerstood. They all began to sit down to enjoy their meal for the night but blake noticed something. That being neo surrounded by zoey, akata, junior, yahto and colt. With jazmine sitting next to her as summer sat close by but kept piper in arms reach.
"Okay is it me or are they keeping an extra eye on neo?"blake whispered to sun
"I know what you mean. Also she keeps glancing over at that carmel women over their"he replied
Neo just stared at carmel with a look of betrayal right now trying not to cry right now. Jazmine sat next to her wondering if she was okay.
"Hey swirl you okay over here? You seem really upset about something"jazmine asked
The mute shook her head as she just layed it down keeping silence as kali cooed a little"aww you already gave her a nickname that just cute. Since it matches her look since she resembles ice cream"she teased a little but looked worried as well because she looked upset. But caramel and beatrix talked to ghira and sienna about something that being possible enrolling his daughters into their school.
"Its so nice of you to welcome us into your home. Its quite lovely"carmel complimented
"Oh thank you very much. Recently we had a fire happen but with help we restored out home"kali making beatrix set her tea down. Then looked in his direction.
"Yes though its been far too long junior. When was the last time we spoke"betrix asked
Junior just kept a glare on her"we stopped talking about what you pulled a few years ago. Remember"he reminded as the women viddly recalled something. Probably some bad deal but she doesn't seem to care.
"You know these ruffins? Because no offense man your a crook on a wanted list"ambrosie said eating his food as declan glanced at him.
Ghira bushed his beard slightly closing his eyes"that man may have a current reptation as a criminal. But ma'am we explained early he here to help rebuild our home. Along with support for our cause"he said catching caramel interest slightly as she pressed recorder hidden under the table.
"Oh pray tell what exactly is this cause your talking about?"caramel asked very invested
Zoey was close by answering for him"sorry ma'am that on a need to know basis. We can't exactly divulge anything to you right now"she state firmly making beatrix glare at her slightly.
"Does you help usually talk back. She should learn some manners and you should discipline her"beatrix suggested
Kali ears slightly twithced glaring"for your information ma'am that women over their is the second in command of our royal guad. She has a much to voice her opinion on our discussion as much as she wants"kali said
Beatrix huffed slightly"fine then though it was just a suggestion"she replied
Close by onxyia was close by sombra as they were all eating dinner. But she noticed how timid the girl was she didn't recall her acting like this as kids. The girl was always punch first ask questions later type. But she glanced toward mavis who ate her dinner elgnalty.
"So uh mavis was it?"onxyia said getting her attention.
"Yes what exactly do you want…beast"mavis replied which slightly bothered her but guess she doesn't like faunus. She must hate it here right now.
"Well for starters i was wondering your brother wouldn't happen to be related to cardin winchester?"onxyia asked catching her offguard as she narrowed her gaze.
"Ah you mean my twin brother, what about him?"mavis replied but seemed very on edge on the topic of her brother it seems
"Nothing just wondering if you were related to him. I had some…run in with him back at beacon"onxyia replied not really wanting to divulge how he blackmailed her.
"Hmph he can stuff for all i care. Mother allowed him to follow his dreams. But i do not mind being taught to be a proper lady"mavis replied but onxyia could tell that wasn't really the case.
Yahto messed with his food eyeing her"say if you get any mail from your brother lately?"he asked ocnfusing her as she eyed him.
"Why yes i get mail from in vacuo. Apparently hes continuing his studies still after all his…teammates died. I…heard from someone he watched one of them die in his arms. And apperently he lost a good friend their or whatever"mavis said that last part sadden it seems. It seems she isn't so cold hearted after all.
"That terrible to hear still. Though guessing uh he told you about his girlfriend i'm guessing"yahto said which caught the winchester girl very offguard by that. The girl couldn't help but giggle at that declaration hearing her brother had a girlfriend.
But as she giggled loudly beatrix shot her look making the girl stop mid giggle before clearing her throat.
"No i did hear about that. I'm surprised that dolt of my brother has a girlfriend"mavis replied as they began to eat their dinner for a bit having some bits of casually conversation. Though nadia just kept glaring at carmel the entire time fighting urge to do something. Sienna noticed her anger look leaning toward her holding sorrel.
"Dear why do you keep glaring at her? Did you run into that women before"sienna sked quietly.
Nadia slightly growled"you can say someone in my family has. More like a niece of mine that very close"she whispered back
The bengel faunus eyed neo seeing she just kept trying to fight the urge to cry right now which made her wonder. She looked toward carmel examining the two until it clued her in, they might be related.
This made the women wonder something deciding to ask the question.
"Miss vanille may i have a word with you?"sienna asked rocking sorrel geting her attention.
"Oh why yes is it about possible enrolling your daughter in beatrix school. The place is quite lovely"carmel replied but this made colt scoff loudly catching her attention
"Sir its qutie rude to act like that its just a simple questions is all"carmel commented
But colt just glared at her"sorry but i really don't like the type of school you run. People should let their own kids pursue their own paths. Because i know two twin girls who left your school after their mother pulled them out."he growled
Carmel sighed"its not my choice they left i'm just a teacher on the side their. Though i do wish how my old friend kiyo was their. She was a swell women"she said making ilia attention drawn a little but kept quiet.
"Although back to my question from early. No i just have a question from what i recall you owned an estate in vale correct?"sienna asked as carmel nodded drinking a glass of wine setting it down.
"Why yes i did. But sadly we had to move to mistral after the lose of my only daughter"carmel said as neo flinched slihghtly hearing that. But kali noticed it eyeing the group for a moment as she just joined in on the topic.
"Oh that terrible to hear, tell us what happened?"kali asked with an eerie grin.
Carmel sighed heavily rubbing her eye"it was terrible. I loved that little girl to death despite her being born without her voice"she begun but this just caused nadia to start trembling in rage. As neo just shook slightly anger hearing all this trying to fight the urge to cry as it slowly broke away.
"Oh really? Pretty sure most of you elite would hate to have someone like that"yahto stated as sun glanced over at neo almost about to cry which confused him. Then he tapped blake shoulder gesutring to her which confused her.
"Why is she about to cry?"blake whispered trying not to draw attention.
"I don't know but now that i look at her and that vanille chick. They kinda look similar to each other"sun pointed out as she studied her for a moment going slightly wide eyed. The two looked like perfect clone of her but watched this play out.
Carmel was putting on the crocodile tears"well me and my husband loved her till the end of her life. Tragically a disease took her young life before she even turned eight. That why we moved to mistral i occasionally help beatrix with her school."she continued before some tear slide down her face.
Beatrix rubbed her back"its quite alright dear. You don't need to continue i know you miss her"she said as neo just clenched her fist hearing this. Then carmel had the gull to say something that shook her.
Carmel choked a fake sob back"i..i.. Know but i sometimes wish she was around. I loved trivia till the end of days"she said but this result in neo smacking the table getting everyone attention. The mute had tears breaking through the eyes as she grabbed a steak knife getting on the table. Then she lunged at carmel who was shocked by this. But quickly mavis rushed over hitting her the gut then swiftly kicking her into declan who caught her.
"What in the name of remnant are you doing you ruffin?!"beatrix shouted holding carmel close who still kept her little act.
"That girl…is she insane…you need to arrest her and lock her up"carmel demanded as they all were very surprised by neo sudden action. Jazmine stood up glaring walking over as declan held neo back who had tears streaming down her face. She couldn't speak but just mouth"i hate you, I wish you were dead!"over and over again.
"Swirl calm down. Look my girlfriend isn't insane okay she has to have a reason for this"jazmine argued.
Lisa huffed slightly"Well for starters you should really put that girl in her school. Might teach her some manners like my daughter"she complimented but sombra just visible flinched hearing that which onxyia noticed. Then she took a closer look at her neck seeing something, a purple bruise that looked very fresh
Ghira stood up"now everyone please relax. Their has to be a calm and reasonable explantiaon for this."he said as nadia just growled as she just snapped. The tiger faunus smashed a glass in her hand shattering it to pieces.
"Oh i got an explanation!"nadia said as all eyes on her as beatrix scoffed at the women behavior.
"You need to learn when not to yell. Your like a brute with your current attitude"she smugly said as sienna eyed her for a moment. She shouldn't do that because if you piss her off your done for.
Nadia eyes began to twitch in rage"oh i'm a brute? Lady i may be a boxer who retired right now. But for starters you a dam lier for saying your daughter died from some disease!"nadia shouted in rage as her ears striahgtne out which made carmel second glance at neo starting to put the piece together slowly.
"Whoa calm down tiger ears seriously i recalled hearing a news storie hoe that girl died. The news said triva vanilla was dead"cella said as neo quivered slihglty hearing that name as kali noticed it which confirmed her suspicious.
"Yes my poor little girl is g–"carmel started but then was stop as the tiger faunus decided to just say it,
"Your little girl isn't dead! You abandoanded her when she was only six years old! In the middle of a cold winter in vale for god sake, she alsmot died from hyptothermia! And that little girl is standing right over their heart broken with your lies!"nadia shouted pointing over toward neo who had tears streaming down her face. Blake just was very caught offguard by that but it made sense. How she kept looking at her, along with why they keep sticking close to her.
"That not possible. We had a body and everything when we buried the poor girl"beatrix stated knowingly. But neo just stared carmel down as she used her semblance changing into her younger self when she was six. It caught the women offguard gasping slightly.
Then neo shattered into glass as they took what happen but carmel just put on a smile.
"So shes alive. That wonderful news come now dear i'll take you home and–"carmel was cut off walking toward her. As colt, yahto, zoey and akata stood in her way blocking her. The girls from the academy eyed each other for a moment. As beatrix tapped specifically on the table in some code which made some of the girls on the defensive now
"Your not taking her anywhere. I suggest you leave right now along with this island entirely"akata growled as her tail thrashed.
Carmel huffed with a shock look"young lady that is my little girl its so nice to see you my dear trivia. You've grown"she said in a sweet voice but some didn't buy it.
"Now come along now with momma and we can see your father"she said almost like she condesneing neo.
"Actually that isn't going to happen miss. You don't make the demands here your in our home. I suggest you leave for the night while we settle this"kali ordered making the women glare at her.
"Excuse me ma'am. But this doesn't concern you because you should be arresting these lowlifes. Their probably the ones who kidnapped her faking her death so they could use her for her bodie"beatrix stated which made zoey growl in rage.
"Oh i'm so lucky my mom never sent me to your dam school. Because if was their i'd knock your dam lying jaw off"zoey growled
mavis huffed"your one to talk. Our school teaches girl proper elgancne and how to properly behave in high class society. Something you don't belong in beast"she said snobby making the fox look toward her chieftain for permission it seems. Ghira looked around exmianing the current predicament as he eyed neo who still has tears streaming down her face. Then the chieftain nodded standing up
"Miss browning and miss vanille i suggest you and your girls leave for the night. We'll discuss this tommorrow."ghira suggested which made carmel glare at him with a shocked expression.
"Why…do you know who i am? Because their holding my daughter hostage i demand you–"but carmel was stooped as saber grabbed her from behind. Then him and his guards began to escort her and beatrix out of the house alongside the girls. But as they did carmel just growled at all of them with disgust.
"I'll send words to huntsman to arrest your entire family for holding my daughter hostaged!"carmel shouted as they were all quickly escorted out of the home. Once they were gone declan let neo go who just fell down balling up crying her eyes out. Jazmine took action immediately hugging her from the side.
"Its okay just calm down…just let it out"jazmine said sweetly as neo buried her face into her shoulder crying her eyes out right now.
Nadia took a quviered breath as lisa just scoffed at all their behavior.
"You knows it very rude to treat that women like that. Maybe you should send your girl your all terrible role model"lisa stated sipping her tea as sombra went off with the others. But onxyia glared at her aunt looking at the crying neo.
"Auntie did you even noitce the bruise on your daughters neck?"onxyia commented making lisa go wide eyed choking on her tea.
"Bruise? What are you talking about"nix questioned with rage slowly boiling right now. Amrborise tapped his chin nodding looking at her.
"Kid i saw that too. Along with that beatrix women giving that whicnehster girl a look making her stop dead in her tracks."he backed ip.
Lisa pounded her chest slightly standing up"now i'm sure their is not reason for that. My daughter probably just uh got hurt…or fell down"She said processing this.
Nadia scoffed"your wrong that entire school isn't right. You think their teaching your daughter elgancy their ,they arent"she said kwnoignly
"Dear tell us exactly how you know that women?"kahterine question as all eye were on her as she took a deep breath.
"That entire school is the home to a place to teach heiress to be in proper society. But they also train them to be like assassin for hire. They train girls to kill anyone that stands in their way and sends them on missions to kill someone. They even abuse the girls who refuse to listen…lil miss daughter got pulled just in time"nadia said eyeing her daughter who rolled her eyes
"Mom wanted to enroll me because she wanted me to find somewhere nice. Maybe use it as a reference for a job…thank god auntie told us and uncle xiong."zoey said
"Hold on so your saying that we just had a boarding school for assassin come here?"sun asked as junior sighed crossing his arm.
"That exactly what it is kid. Why do you think i've been eyeing her the entire time"junior replied
Akata nodded cracking her knuckles"yeah and we didn't wanna worry you guys. But i got sick of that bitch acting"she said with venom in her words. As lisa began to immediately panic at that moment holding her head
""Your…your lying…they can't be abusing my little girl…they woudln't…please tell me your lying"lisa begged shaking slightly as she just started to regret something terrible. Declan walked over placing a hand on her comforting the women.
"LT relax. Look for starters we should just arrest them right now but we don't got evidence"declan said
Nadia chuckled"good luck with that entire school will be open no matter what. The only way you could get it to close down if you have proof. Along with evidence"she said eyeing sienna who smirked at her.
"Yes evidence such as them abusing their students, i get what your playing at partner."sienna replied
Ghira rubbed his chin nodding"look this was a very strange night. But tomorrow we shall discuss this more along with coming up with a plan. We do have havan to worry about, but i want to know more."he said
Junior bowed slightly"gladly though i'll have my boys stay close to your homes. We aint gonna harm yah rest assured. Your lucky walker and our familys are close"he said gesutring to the women.
Onxyia chuckled slightly sighing"seriously its so weird getting help from criminals to stop other criminals"she said
Summer sighed rubbing her eyes"look tomorrow we should discuss a gameplan on what to do. On that matter miss neapolitan your staying here tonight. They'll attack your home walker to take her im assuming, i'll also stay here"she said firmly as they all nodded in agreement. They all began to return to their respective homes for the night. But jazmine guided the still crying neo upstairs to her room to try and comfort her. Blake watch this smiling slightly happy her little sister found someone like her. But it begged the question they could come after he sister, if they do they'll regret it.
Seems that carmel found out her daughter is still alive and plans to take her back. Along with that some shengains in the new addition to the belladonna household. I wonder what will happen in the next chapter!