Last chapter we saw that lazuli and adam finally became a thing after hinting it alot. Along wiht that it seems the other sniper in the group wanted in on the polymary relationship. Though lets continue where the group left off RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's, AU. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 114:Blood family
Near the front entrance of havan academy right now their was nadia waiting their intently for her sons uncle right now very excited from tonight. Though with her right now was diamona, raven along with dravan along with lennie who came by actually as the man had brought their kids over who were with the others at that moment. As they were all just talking about what just happened
Daimona was laughing holding her stomach"oh…oh my god are you kidding me? Your dumb kid got another girlffirend even with what happened early?"She asked laughing pointing at her
"Okay i don't like how i literally just came here and hear this. Seriously you all dropped alot of stuff on me despite not really being able to help"lennie said since they did a small info bombshell on him whats been going on here
Raven chuckled"well i'm more surprised to hear your niece is dating tarrus. You have no idea how annoying that was back in the anima"she said
"Really? How bad are we talking because now vance loses that dumb bet with his siblings"lennie asked but was correct
"Actually from what i heard from my nephew he snagged himself the eyes of a women whos in her thirties and second in command of the despardos"nadia corrected to the man shock as his jaw dropped as diamona grumbled to herself
"Dammit i owe junior money now…i thought that kid was into dudes or something"diamona mentioned
Dravan laughed slightly as he placed his hands behind his head"well sometimes people find both sexes appealing i only have eyes for my wife. But i mean seriously to hear this dam leader on my nieces team got that type of charm. I kinda wanna know his secret"he asked intently
"You know if your wife was here she yank on your tail. Maybe i should tell my bestfriend your thinking of cheating on her."raven threatneed as the man face drained of color as his tail went very droopy to the ground
"I would never cheat on my lovly bat! I respect that women too much and fell in love for who she was. It was a harmless joke you…"he paused as the branwhen women eyed him for a moment as he sighed
"Your messing with me right now aren't you?"dravan asked as she laughed patting him on the shoulder
"I know how much you care for her dravan. Seriously surprised that she even asked you out she was stuttering mess before she asked me and my sister for help. A tough women whos a deadeye struggling to ask someone out."raven said fondly remembering the days with verona and melissa right now happy that verona found someone she loved. Along with that melissa got to see her daughter and the family she started. She still deeply misses her but was happy she finally at peace.
Qrow was walking over with a water bottle in hand drinking it eyeing the group for a minute
"The hell you all doing out here right now? Still waiting for your kids uncle?"qrow asked pointing at the tiger but raven eyed him for a moment.
"She is but is that liquor qrow because right now if your drinking to celebrate tonight. I suggest not to since you'll wake up with a nasty hangover tomorrow morning"raven advised as he looked at her strangely for a momen waving his hand
"Nah its just some dumb fruit juice or whatever. Actually few days ago did resort back to drinking though my….daughter brought me back from making a terrible mistake"qrow said eyeing his metal leg looking down upset as dravan noticed his strife
"My friend are you worried about how your daughter will react to see her mother?"dravan asked worried
The dusty qrow wanted to counter him right now but he was right he was worried how she would react. All that emotion might just break her at that moment upon hearing her own mother jus adbaoend her and now just shows up out the blue. He questioned his niece early and she seemed so happy on the topic telling him what she looked like
But something stuck to him how she mentioned how for a decade she was watching over ruby everyday. That she was on the run because of salem and wanted to protect them from her hunting them down and wanted to keep their daughter safe. It made him happy to hear she was always watching her.
The man sighed"i am worried if she'll freak out or not even accept her as her mom anymore. Though i just hope for the best. What were you all talking about before?"he asked taking a swig of his drink
"Oh my kid got another girlfiend already that other sniper girl"nadia said making him go wide eyed choking on his drink spitting it out to the ground as some fruit juice dripped on his chin as he stared at them laughing
"Dam hes got tai charm i guess….probably how he got sis over here. Alot of girls were fuaning over him back in the day but he had eyes for her"qrow said making raven stare at him with an annoyed look kicking him above his metal foot as he felt pain hoping up and down holding it.
"Say that again qrow and i'll shove that foot so far up where the sun doesn't shine. It'll be going through your mouth"raven threatened to their amusement as he grumbled because it was some light fun is all. Though maybe after ten minutes of waiting then another ten and then five more minutes of waiting.
No one was showing up which concerned nadia as that small hope of her son meeting her family was starting to dwindle. Because now she starting to think how they skipped town on them for some reason which worried her.
"Where is he? He promised to be here at this time oh don't tell me he actually skipped town. Because…that would mean he might actually hate him"nadia said with tears slwoly forming in her eyes
"Where is he?...god i…my son mental state isn't the best right now and….i don't want someone to slip up saying he had an uncle here. But he decided to skip town probably disowning him"nadia cried as some tears slipped away as diamona walked over pulling her into an embrace petting the back of her head
"Walker look…sometimes people aren't that accepting someone family right now hearing something like that. If that does happen don't worry i'll start some small thepray sessions with him after this is over. We just gotta avoid trigger words got it"diamona said peeking some interest on that as dravan scratched his head
"What do you mean by trigger words exactly? What we gotta watch out saying certain things near him?"the jackal asked as she nodded humming for a moment to think
"Look how i'm seeing it i've seen a few of the people here and just gonna say it. Some of them looked troubled themselves except for him which worries me how some of them are emtoioanlly or mentally right now"diamona said worrying qrow and raven on some of those names as raven sighed
"Why don't we head back inside if hes not coming we sho-"she was stopped
"Hey! Sorry i'm late i was trying very hard to convince my dumb eldest daugther to come. But she wouldn't listened and ran off to my ex wife places"mars siad panting running up the long stairs to the academy with sweat beating down his body which surprised them as two others were with him.
That being a women a very sleepy toddler in her arms at that moment clinging to her.
The women seemed in her mid thirites along with having tan skin as she had sizzling red hair that was long reaching the middle of her back and light orange eyes. While she wore a grey skirt along with wearing a tan blouse top that presented a bit of her bust. As she wore a pair of sandals on her feet.
The little toddler seemed nine years old and he had fair skin like his fathers with black and red hair mixed toghether short. As he wore blue pants with a marron colored shirt. As he had a small tombstone necklace around his neck.
"Dear why are we even here? You told me you had a surprise but you didn't even tell us along the way. That why julia got in an argument with you again"the women said making diamona eye her for a moment thinking about the airdocks
"Hold on…that thug mentioned how that julia girl father semblance was inherited. Could be her dad a question for another time"diamona thought as mars panted heavily trying to catch his breath as he did.
"Come on it'll be great you haven't seen them since they were my baby sister…hel"mars sadly said as the women looked confused for a moment looking down
'Dear your sister is gone…bandits killed her she was–"she was stopped by a tiger faunus
"Your sister was shot in the head and…i was their the night i found her bodie. Along with umm being the one who found your nephew"nadia started making the women flinch as mars stared at her for a moment as the tiger messed with that ring on her finger.
"That um well….i couldn't find any of my adoptive sons family. So i decided to raise him along with my daughter…well other daughter i've adopted recently. Though i'm hello i'm nadia walker…i'm your nephews adoptive mother"nadia said offering a hand very neoruvs as her hand shook slightly.
As mars stared into her eyes for a moment with dark blue meeting dark blue themselves. After some time the man smiled walking over hugging her catching her by surprise to feel something wet hit her shoulder
"I…so your that women who took my little sister kid in…i…thank you for doing that. Thank you…she…she would be happy you did that for her"mars cried as the tiger herself tought the urge to ball her eyes out sniffing hugging back for a moment until releasing as the women stepped forward
"Well if itnroductions are needed i'm…sizz graves this right here is our little bundle of joy Aether. Though right now hes tuckered himself out while walking here"sizz greeted and introduced her son as they stood their for a moment as qrow decided to ask
"So you this so called gravekeeper or whatever?"he asked as the man shot him with a glare as he quickly pulled out a knife in a swift motion placed it near his throat
"I am buddy and i know who you are qrow and raven branwhen. Heard you were returning to being bandits you here to set me up. If you are.."he paused as he activated his semblance as an orangic material covered his entire body at that moment that was maroon in color. But what surprised them was that from his back two vulture like wings emerged form his back as on his face was a smoothed out mask with a spartan like helmet as from the black out portion glowing blue eyes could be seen.
"I'll fly you so far up and drop you. Your aura won't even protect you from going spalt like a dam cockroach"he threatened as qrow slowly moved his hands away
"Look we did not even enforce that rule my sister…well ex sister since she was adopted did that. But rest assured we don't mean any harm to you or your family right now alright. Were allies since my niece has silver eyes"raven replied as mars studied her conviction as he molted his armor away cracking his neck
"Alright fine and before you even ask no….no one else is here in mistral. Most of the family back in vacuo only got a few of them here but their no where close to the capital"mars stated
"Thats fine though…you ready to meet my friends son right now i guess?"diamona asked as the man nodded
"I am i haven't seen the little guy in so long actually. "Mars said seeming excited which overjoyed nadia right now as thye began to guide them to where the others where right now as they were busy with their own thing right now it seems.
But right now in the dorm that team ZERO, team JNPR, cardin, may, velvet along with nadia who roomed with them were right now. All of them were talking right now but mainly some of them were in complete shock to hear the three person couple turned into a quad couple. As right now some of them were messing with them right now
"Oh my god….oh my god your telling us that you all four are a thing now?"falk asked laughing holding his stomach as may was blushing like crazy as velvet held her ears over her head. While onxyia tail kept wagging around like crazy from their teasing right now.
"I um…y-yes because well…uh…um live in the moment"velvet tried to speak but was very flustered right now.
May pulled her beanie over her face right now"seriously….god i'm very happy but now the teasing is being shfited to me. God someone kill me"she groaned
"Please kill me first because if my parents or aunt kali find out i'm going to be teased until i'm either dead or they die before me."onxyia whined heaivly making a small dog like noise as zephyra chuckled at her.
"Aww i thought you liked your little relationship since you like the grimm hybrid"she teased as the three girls stared at her saying one word
"Simon"all three said making the heinress growl at them momentarily blushing with a pouty face crossing her arms. Though right now laying on a couch was zane who was still shirtless but passed out on the couch with sweat on his bodie still. Because right now staring at his back where some of them staring at the blue blinking eyes at them right now.
"So your telling us that we've been worried about that stupid parasite for years. But yet its different compared to the rest of them. Seriously we did all that stuff for nothing?"beidou asked annoyed because of what the chain of command did. Which made some shoot the two soilders a look.
"Right you miltary guys locked a little kid in a jail cell. Not surprised that atlas would do that"mercury colded said to the two
"Yes that isn't very nice to hear right now in my opinion. I may be from atlas but seriously thats just downright terrible"Weiss coldy added herself as the princess for her throne glared at the two.
"If you two are tricking us know this you won't be leaving this kingdom with both of your legs in tact. Maybe your arms…maybe your face even"she threatened making the two harden grunts flinch because she actually scared the two a little
Paddy took a sip from his flask"aye wee las over here is pretty scary. Though don't worry were the one in our unit who owe the lad our lives in a way."he stated peeking some interest hearing that from the two special oepratives what did he do.
"What do you mean he saved you two? Because i'm surprised to hear more about my friend even more today"jaune admitted making the two sidlers chuckle at that for a moment as paddy sighed standing up.
Then he lifted his side to reveal a long bite scar on his side that wnet around toward his back that looked pretty old from appearance actually.
"Jees how did that happen to you? Did something try to take a bite out of you?"cardin asked as he put his shirt back down sighing crossing his arms scratching his chin.
"If you count a grimm sneaking up on me biting me trying to drag me back to its den. Sent to for an extremiantion missions and we were given orders to clear the place out from them buggers. Though on our way out after a cave in was happening well one caught me trying to drag me down to its babies"he begun as they listened
"Though next thing i know i hear someone yelling at someone to come back that their disobeying orders. Next thing i know the lad over their comes back pulling my sorry butt from the rumble and well here we are"he added gesturing to himself s rogue was starry eyed right now hearing that right now squealing a little.
"That is awesome! Please tell us anything else that is awesome because he never talk about himself once back in beacon"rogue stated but blinked going wide eyed at that as some of them figure that out right now
"Wait…he…he actually never did talk about himself back at beacon."merucry added surrpsied
"Are you guys sure he didn't. I mean he must have mentioned his family or where he was from at some point"bombay questioned as they thought for a moment on that as yang shook her head
"He never did…i think he said he was from vale but he siad he didn't know where. I guessed it was because of memroei lost"yang said as beidou sighed messing with her drink looking down with an upset gaze
"Kid was given strict orders to never say where he was from. The general would have his head if he did…might have mine for saying it. But i don't give a crap gonna talk about the guy who saved few of my buddies from a dumb landmine. Lucky that armor of his is bomb proof"beidou stated with a soft expression
Lazuli glared at the two right now"well guess your general got alot of rules for people in his army. Espeically what that jerk was going to do to my cousin body if he was dead"she said sconfusing them but the soldier themsleves where even confused on that because they actually don't know what she is talking about right now.
"What are you talking about? How would you even know that?"perun asked as the girl eyed her sister who shared a look gently nodding right now as lazuli glared at the two
"Your psycho commander said that if the event of my cousin over their dying. That he was to be transproted back to atlas, dissected, have his organs put his jars and probably that dumb parasite. Then you torched his remains like he was nothing"lazuli said venom dripping on her words which shocked them looking at the two
But both beidou and paddy where shocked that what the general was going to do that as paddy growled smacking his fist on the table making some things slightly move on it.
The general was going to do what?! We were never given that type of order in the first placer seriously i may have killed people. But i aint that much of a hearltess person"paddy admitted to some skepticism
Beidou one eye twitched around growling for a moment"ohhhh when i get back to atlas i'm talking to cho about this. Seriously that guy gonna be livid since the kid helped him find his daughter"she stated which peeked thsitie interest at that moment
"Hold on…that little dual traited faunus that follow miller around. I think when i visited aunt artemis one time she was their. He saved her?"She asked intrigued as cardin glanced at them for a moment chcukling. Walking over grabbing the photo album he flipped around until finding a picture
"Yeah ask the guy on the way to menagiera about her…seems some kid views him as her suragent uncle"cardin stated as some crowded around to see something sweet. That being zane who was with several others infront of robyn orphanage holding a guitar in hand. As on his lap was june who was hugging him as some noticed the one with her wrapped up in some military jacket
"Aww isn't that just cute…but not as cute as these two"weiss said rpesenting lumia for a moment who ears tiwthced around. As colden was with zephyra right now as the girl kept an eye on him for the thepriast she seen as of late since she owed her that much.
"Though those two need to leave soon enough here we'll take em to their ma"paddy saidgently picking up colden who was fast asleep as lumia took his other hand following him.
"Yeah though…whats with the guitar what don't tell us he knows how to play the guitar?"neptune questioned though suddenly both velvet and onxyia looked away from them at that very moment.
"Hmm true though i am rather curious how are you two….well three now i guess. Even a thing still?"weiss asked the two faunus who were blushing mad right now. All eyes were on wolf and rabbit at that moment.
"Right forgot about that, let me guess he came up with some weird apology for you"mercruy jokignly asked as she had a different answer sort of.
"Oh umm well..i uh…he did something alright. But its something private lets not say it because i don't wanna be teased"Velvet said with an embarrassed look but neo eyed them for a moment with a cheeky grin as she slowly pulled her scroll out.
"No…no…no do not show that video you little gremlin"velvet warned to their confusion.
"Please don't show that night i don't want to be teased for the rest of my life"onxyia whined heavily
"Why are you so worried about some video? What their something funny on their or something"perun qeustioned teasingly as yang was holding in her laugh at that moment but couldn;t bursting into laughter holding her stomach.
"Oh…oh i can't hold it…awww because that idiot did something unexpected for her back in menagerie. Same for rabbit ears "Yang stated
"What would that be exactly?"weiss asked before neo pulled her scroll out as onxyia lunged at her to stop her but the mute dodged her. Before they knew it she started playing a recording as they all heard the sound of a guitar being played. Which confused them for a moment as neo flipped the scroll showing something surprising him playing the guitar. This surprised them seeing that.
"I didn't take him to be someone who plays an instrument"ren said surprised.
"And its pretty good actually…..i never expected to see more about him today"jaune added enjoying the tune.
"Heck pretty sure thats legit. I've known my way around a bass for years and that pretty good for someone"perun said as rogue and eria were both surprised to see this right now. Because he never really talked about himself that much back in beacon.
Eria huffed slightly"well this is surprising what so embarrassing about–"she was stopped by the sound of someone singing right now which caught her by surprise looking at the scroll seeing him singing. While this caught them offguard onxyia was cherry red embarrassed right now holding her ears with velvet doing the same
"Wait…he can sing…okay i never expected that"merucyr said baffled right now as weiss hummed slightly because it surprised her.
"Here i though the only ones here who could play an instrument was me, thsiite and perun. Never took him to be a singer"weiss admitted as rogue was beginning to laugh at her teammate who was cheery red along with her sister shocked look.
"Oh…oh my god this is priceless i think sis is broken now. I never took my partner to be a musician"rogue said impressed but laughing as eria was caught offguard by all of this. She never expected the clown to be this good until the recording stopped finally.
"That is pretty good seriously he rivals weiss over here with her signing skill maybe. Maybe even thsiite"bombay joked as the two singers stared at the cat faunus as thisite threw a pillow at her as she make a cat noise
"Funny sage if you excuse me you all can marvel at this i need my beauty rest. Goodbye"Thisties said leaving to return to her dorm.
"We should be going soon too though….tell the kid we said hello. Pretty sure if he sees us here or whatever he'll think were a hit squad after you guys"She said but that immediately concerned them for a moment upon hearing that.
"Hit squad…wait…are you telling us that if he saw you guys he might freak out?"may asked concerned for her new boyfriend as the two military soilder eyes each other nodding
"The lad might since the general made him follow alot of rules. Word of advice be weary of pressing him on certain topics. The general doesn't like secret being spilled especially classified intel"he warned as the two took their leave which didn't help with their current atmosphere hearing that right now tonight because it just scared them right now.
"That…doens't sound right at all maybe we shouldn't question him about his time in the military. It might be for the best"weiss suggested as falk sighed nodding
"I can agree with you their snow angel….seriously i knew a few buddies in the military who suffer from messed up stuff. Let me tell you it isn't pretty"falk added though as they sat their for a little bit
Ruby felt very bad for how she acted early on flipping out she was very mad that penny was dead because of him. But to hear she was alive overjoyed her as she glanced toward remorse for a moment picking it up examining it for a little while nodding.
"Hey i'll…be right back okay i need to use the forge"ruby stated leaving the group though as she did noticing her sudde leave of absence was rogue along with asani along with yang deciding to follow her.
The silver eyed teen didn't walk down the hall far as she soon reached her designation that being the forge area. As their was lines of furnace and machine presses their to use to craft the finest weapons a huntsman or huntresses needs along with some armor. Along with materials and part close by to use as well.
Though what ruby was doing as she walked over placing the katana down eyeing it for a moment seeing where it was broken in half. But glancing inside the interior she noticed several different types of circuirts along with tubes, ingitoros, wires and several other things inside it.
"Okay this is weird…all these parts inside the katana has alot of advance parts from atlas technology even"ruby said though someone spoke up
"Sis what are you doing with that thing right now?"yang asked startling the girl right now as she yelped almost jumping out her skin seeing the three their as she sighed looking down at that moment.
"Its…its nothing i just wanted to check out the katana is all thats it…yeah"ruby said but they knew she was lying
Rogue sighed rubbing her arm"ruby we kinda figured you would try to think hey let me fix his katana as an apology. "She said as the girl blushed slightly at that as she wanted to come up with a lie but saw a losing battle at this very moment relnintg
"I…do want to apologize to him for what i said and acted early. But when i did all he said was…"she pushed hugging her cloak tight gripping it upset to hear someone say that.
Yang eyes flicked red for a moment"what did he do outside? If he hit you i understand the guys not all their but i;ll…"She was stopped asani shoved her back as her helmet displayed an anger emoticon
"Your not hurting my new brother….i…i don't want my n-new family to get hurt. Their better than my old one"asani replied as the blonde eyed her for a moment until her sister spoke up.
"No all he uh…said that he was scared of my eyes that i might actually kill him if i use them. And…i don't even know if they could….my eyes might actually kill people. since…"She paused as her lips quivered with tears slowly forming as yang soften her gaze
"What if those people can be saved…what…what if my eyes can actually kill someone thats part grimm. What if i…"she was stopped as her sister pulled her into a warm embrace holding her very close in her amrs refusing to let her go at all.
"Don't you dare talk like that. For starters some of those knight of grimm are complete monsters some of them may seem nice. But right now we don't know what might happen all we know right now is that i need to protect my baby sister. We…might not have the same moms….but…i'll always protect you no matter what. I would even lay my life down for you"yang said stocily as her sister cracked a little hugging her returning her as the two sister held the embrace for just a moment until separating
"Thanks…i needed that sis"ruby thanked
"Don't mention it although….why don't you two work together to fix it or whatever. Might be a fun little activity to do in our free time"yang suggested to the two tinkerings who thought about it for a moment as rogue thought about that song he sang for onxyia. That was funny and interesting but it made her curious how he might apolgize to her for putting them through that grief
"Sure we could start looking over it or something when we can. Not tonight because i am beat seriously i could go to sleep for days right now"rogue groaned
Asani nodded"i um can help too…i did um weapon maintance for the talon. I know alot how weapons operate like how a drum mag shotgun usaully while function as a belt fed chamber"She started
"Oh it kinda works like a rotary gun but with the shells needing to be ejected quickly their should be ejection ports on the bottom of chamber or on the clip in some case"ruby added as the girl nodded as they began their way back but both rogue and yang shared a look.
"So is that the next target for matchmaking or what?"rogue asked as she gave a maybe. Once they got back to the others at that moment once they got inside that was when someone decided to ask a few questions on a certain someone.
"So….you guys explored his mind how was that because it sounds pretty fun in my opinion"neptune asked but some of them got quiet as velvet balled up hugging her knees as cardin looked away at that. While may covered the part where her prosthetic eye was as it got very quiet.
"Whats wrong….did…did you all see something bad in their?"weiss asked concerned as velvet shook a little as may hesitantly reached over to console her as the rabbit leaned into as the sniper blushed a little.
You have no idea….seriously i wasn't their for all of it vel was but lets just say. Mentioning some of that stuff even creeped her out. I even heard from vance that nezumi tried to kill merlot by strangeling him to death. Because uhhh….well.."cardin didn't want to finish at that moment
Eria shivered"let me guess someone gettingt heir back torn open"She said as a hiss could be heard as she looked over toward bane who stared back at her as he blinked at her making her jump up into perun arm startled by that
"It blinked at me….ewwww….ewww"eria said in disgust as perun struggled to hold her from the sudden action but managed as he set her down gently. Nora got curious for a moment poking the parasite in the face laughing a little.
"Hey it feels very squishy….poke"nora said poking bane near the face as she kept doing this several times until eventually he hissed at her in anger startling her now as some them eyed the grimm in their friend back just staring at them.
"Dude….this is so weird to see something moving around in someone back right now. Its like some giant bug or something"mercury commented
"Yoru not the only ughhh i can that its white or whatever but seriously can he feel that thing moving around in their or something?"bashria asked as she glanced at velvet who sadly shook her head no. though bombay got curious for a moment using her semblance to find a mind semblance to try something as she read its mind to her shock it worked
"God can you all stop staring at me….seriously your all making me very uncomfortable. Fricking ginger poked me in the face….jerk"bane grumbled as the cat tail fell to the ground
"Wait…uhhhh you have a brain?"bombay said aloud which confused them for a moment
"Who are you talking to over here sage? Because their is no one their next to you"falk pointed out though some started to recall what her semblance was as it clicked
"Wait…are…are you talking to that thing right now?"yang questioned she nodded using her semblance to read its mind again looking very annoyed
"It says to stop oggling at it. It understands it prettier than its host….god that thing talks very smooth for a bug. Along with that it has his shitty puns"bomaby said as some groaned at that as yang chuckled at that.
"Funny….though you guys have to had found something nice while routing around in his head. Meeting his family….the food fight….something had to have been good in their"jaune asked as some glanced at each other before cardin smiled for a moment
"Their was one of them it showed him consoling a little girl who lost her parents. And it was him on a mission but he fulfilled a promise making sure she got adopted by a loving family."he said making some like the sound of that right now.
They all decided to call it for a night as most of them left the room right now for some much needed sleep. Though as ruby passed by the couch she flinched seeing zane in the middle of crying in his sleep right now tossing and turning.
"Ummm has he been doing this the entire time?"she asked as a few stayed startled by the sight right now.
"I…i don't know okay this isn't concerning at all maybe we should press him on whatever happening to him. Because this looks troubling"ren admitted as jaune looked worried before nudging him awake as he shot up panting holding his chest for dear life for a minute.
"God…ughh what is it? I was asleep…is it morning already?"he asked groggily.
"No because you passed out on the training field again. Okay look i know you keep saying your fine but your not. Your crying in your sleep which is just worrying right ow. Are you okay?"jaune asked startling him as he stood up trying to play it off
"It was just me sweating…yeah sweating uhh i'm gonna go to bed because still processing having another girlfriend. Bye!"he said trying to run but jaune placed a hand on his shoulder staring at him.
"Your not just going to run away from this. Seriously i don't know whats happened for you to think you need to push everyone away. But stop it because you look like your hardly slept in days. You can talk about it"he offered as he didn't like this.
"Just been busy alright…seriously drop it or else"he warned as yang chuckled
"Uhhhh yeah no you know what i'm agreeing with jaune. Because in the last week you've been hanged, drowned to death in a barrel, bricks and bottles thrown at you like crazy. This isn't normal behavior"she supported as he growled a little
"Shut up….you don't know what i've experienced or went through at all. Just stop i just wanna go to bed i'm fine"he demanded as jaune wasn't letting go right now
Ruby rubbed her arm for a moment"look we…know that stuff isn't pleasant to talk about. But…maybe talking about things will help. Because bottling this stuff isn't healthy"she said concerned as he growled at her
"Shut up….drop the dam topic or else…i'm not in the mood to be psycho analysised"he warned as ren stepped forward as he wanted to use his semblance to calm him down but he jumped back from him glaring.
"Look you need to calm down…we've all had our own fair share of trauma. Me and nora…both come from a destroyed village. It still hurts me that my parents are gone along with the man who took us in."he saldy said
"Hes actually right because for starters cousin what your doing isn't right. Because your expeircning the bad side of guilt i'm sure. Sooner or later your going to exhaust yourself or mentally breakdown not talking about this. Because auntie sure agree with that i'm sure but your being a coward right now"lazuli bluntly said
as this just sent him over the edge like before as the mask slipped away.
"You weren't fucking locked in a jail cell for eight years of your life and torn open repeatedly for a year straight!"Zane cried as he choked on breathing for a moment but swallowing before he finally broke.
"I'm sick of everyone asking me if i'm fine. Why i keep pushing myself away from people maybe because i don't want to look at my friends face because i'm responsible for everyone that died that day. Their is no way i can turn back time and fix that one mistake…that one mistake. Everyone just wants me dead and you were never kindpaped by some serial killer then forced to do sick epxeriments for a year straight!. You never got drugged, beaten and locked in a room with a grimm. And i had to watch the first group fo people who ever showed me kindness slowly loose their minds"he started jabbing him in the chest as they were startled hearing that but he had tears starting to form around his eyes again.
His throat started to close up at that moment"i survive one hell then i'm in another hell where i thought i;d be saved. No i'm told to follow more rules and if i don't they kill me. How would you feel after survivng one hell then trading it for another at the age of nine years old. The only dam way i could even leave that place…was go on life and death missions. Most of the time told if i even kill anyone, refuse to follow orders and forced to wear a modify shocked collar on my neck every day for eight years. I only became a huntsman to find my family….selfess reason but sorry that my own parents are dead!"he cotnineud with tear streaming down his face.
Though unknown to them someone was close by that was ready to meet them as they were walking down the hall close by. That being an excited nadia guiding down mars with his family along with diamona
"Oh i'm so excited that you actually want to meet him and not disown him. It makes me feel so relived"nadia said
"Well i know my husband very well and i trust him completely. Though i'm excited to meet him again i haven't seen him since he was a tot. And when him, our daughter and a few of my husbands had these playdates"sizz cooed
"Honeslty your doing my friend here a very big favor right now. The kid…hasn't been mentally well latly"diamona said worryining
"Why did something happen? Let me guess a bunch of people acting my nephew i'll sock their jaws like did for sis bullies back in the day"mars growled
"Try being very depressed for what he helped caused. Just be prepared for some reason all of them are in mainly in here"raven said as they reached the door as someone spoke up.
"You didn't have to watch your own mom get shot in the head! I don't deserve anyone dam help…i deserve to suffer…i'm a murderer and a monster. "Zane said as suddenty the door was busted open as he ran down the halls with tears running down his face as the others stepped out
"Wait! Don't go!"ruby called out trying to stop him
The others stepped out before noticing nadia and diamona their with the new faces as the tiger looked very hurt right now eyeing them down with a slight glare.
"What did you do?"she asked teary eyed
"We…we were just trying to help…we saw him crying in his sleep. We just wanted to help"weiss replied stuttering
"Kid you all are idiots you don't confront someone that suffering from that type of depression. You should but it takes time for someone to recovery from PTSD"diamona pressed surrpsiing the other two
"PTSD what are you talking about? Because..i…i just heard my own nephew…say he watched his mother. My sister..d-die…god dammit sis…i'm so sorry"mars cried covering his face shocking them right now
"Oh your his uncle…ummm…uh surprise….god this is terrible and awkward right now"yang said not even sure what to do. As jaune looked down the hall before leaving them as they talked as he didn't travel far. Because he saw zane just sat on the floor balled up with a sense of guilt and pain right now
"Hey you doing alright over here"jaune called out as he just stared at him crying still.
"God dammit…why can't anyone understand i don't like talking about…i don't want to talk about the lab. I deserve to suffer for what i did…i'm a murderer….and monster. I…i killed my own friends…my own family doesn't even want me around i'm sure"he cried and cried like he done everysince he woke up as jaune took a spot next to him.
Then he pulled him into a side embrace hugging him at that moment tight hurt seeing him like this.
"Look i…i know it hasn't been that great lately. But look i can admit a few people here are scared of you. But look talking about this sort of thing helps…i'm sure no one can relate. But i don't want my….no more like best frind since we stuck through most of beacon through the start"jaune said as he listned
"I don't blame you for her dying…i blame bonnie all i want to do now is stop them from destroying another academy. Its their fault not yours…scar…used you to complete their goal. Do you really think everyone blames you?"he asked
"I..i don't know"he replied with tears still running down his face
"I'm sure most of them don't look i consider you a very good friend. I was hurt when i thought you died. I'm still very hurt about pyrrha we've lost so many people that day. But…you need to talk about things like this. "Jaune said pulling back as he sighed looking down
"Were all hurt right now differently. The twins miss pyrrha and tanner so does perun and some others. Weiss even finally worked the courage up to tell us why she left atlas. Onxyia and blake told us how they were ex white fang. All of them though the same thing i;m sure because we were their for each other at beacon. And were here for each other now"he finished wisely as he took those words in for a bit sighing heavily still crying his eyes out sniffing rubbing them
"I..i just don't like talking about it…its…its too scary. I just don't feel like i deserve any pity….i'm just a dam monster. I never had a normal childhood…..i don't want to die if the general hears i leaked that intel. He'll…lock everyone up then or…"he didn't finish as his friend just offered a hand as he hesitantly took it
"Were in this together alright because you can take your time on when you want to talk about it. Besides umm…"he paused looking down the hall seeing mars standing their as the two stared at each other as the man had a somber look on his face but zane immediately froze up in fear.
"I…i..umm…p-please don't kill me…if your here to claim my bounty please don;t.."he was stopped as he just walked over pulling him into an embrace with some tears on his face sighing placing a hand on the back of his head
"God your the spitting of azaril…nice to finally my nephew i haven't seen since he was just a baby"mars said shocking him as he began to shake a little as the memory of his mother played in his mind. Then one of a certain pale white women as he had labored breathing and heavy but then a memory of the surgery poped into his head.
The man felt him shaking worried"hey you good here kiddio?"he asked worried as diamona came over realziing it
"I think he might be having a panic attack. And seems like a bad one at that"diamona said walking over using her semblance but he tried to keep calm until a small burning feeling was on his back as he began to cry his eyes out quietly.
"Its hurts…..it hurts…it hurts…please make it stop…please"he repeated as if he was in pain as it surprised them seeing that but velvet looked worried reaizing its happening again.
"Oh no…no..no not that again…great he had a memory of that dumb surgery"She said far enough as it surrpsied them its happen before.
"Are you kidding me? This happened before"eria asked worried
"Hmm well it did happen after he saw a memory of his back getting cut open….he gets severe panic attacks because it. Carmine said some went on for seven months straight"she sadly replied to their shock as he slowly calmed down staring at his uncle shaking looking away. As mars got a better look at him horrified to see so many scars on him right now.
"You good kid?"diamona asked as he nodded as it was silence as the man stared at him smiling
"God…so your my baby sister kid. You got old….last time i saw you were just a tot. Pretty sure we share this"he said activaitng his semblance as his wings sprouted from his back as they flapped for a moment startling him as he eyed him down.
"But hey i aint that heartless because from what i gathered. I still got a nephew compared to the annoyance known as loki."mars grumbled at the mention of him which shocked him hearing that trying not to cry again as tears ran down his face as nadia walked over as her motherly isnitcnt kicked in as he cried into her shoulder.
"Its okay….look just clam down alright. I know your hurt sweetie but….look after were done here maybe you should take some therapy. Alright"she softly aksed and soothed as it took a bit till he calmed dow as his tears finally dried pulling away from his mother.
"You feel better now?"jaune asked
"Umm…y-yeah…look i…um…d-don't like talking about it. Please stop asking"he said as they walked back over
"We get it though uh mind putting a shirt on because….well kind of indecent man"perun said
"Yeah though you doing fine over here? I'm mad but i can still worry about my partner and leader"rogue added as he rubbed his neck
"I'm…i'm just not ready okay…sorry for being stupid."he said as eria frowned flicking him on the forehead
"And now your moopy. Now i miss the stupid jokes that you make every second of the day for some god knows reason"eria said as some separated from each other for a night as mars sat down for a quick talk as sizz sat down as well.
"Quick little intro here i'm mars and this over here is my wife sizz"mars said as sizz set aether in her husband arm before hugging zane for a moment separating
"God this is so strange….i haven't seen you since you were a baby. But your all grown up now"sizz complimented
"Tell us you got baby picture i wanna make fun of my cousin for being ugly when he was born'lazuli said peeking the two grave adults inrested
"Cousin…ah i see adoptive cousin well its nice to meet the people who took my sister kid in. though quick rundown on your other aunts and uncles. Their lets see…lazuraz we call him laz usually he the oldest out of us. Next is lilith then pana…god that sister of mine is weird"he mentioned
"Why is she weird exactly?"nora asked
Sizz groaned"she has like two wives and a husband its accepted in the family or whatever. But shes very lewd and makes many suggestive comments"she answered as some stared at the four person couple now blushing in unison.
"Wait…that normal in your family?"nadia said trying not to laugh right now.
"Yep got a few relatives with a few partners i used to have another wife but well…we…got into a nasty divorce recently. Not going into details on it…very nasty regret falling for that jerk"mars growled as they didn't press
"Ohhhh so you might accepted in your family for having three girlfriends. Thats just convenient don't you think"nadia teased her son who blushed mad right now as onxyia tail began to wag around while velvet covered her tomato red face with may pullig her beanie over her face.
"Stop teasing us! You always like to do that and i'm getting sick of it"onxyia said annoyed
"Ughhh now i feel like that we'll see some one in grimmy family who has like ten partners or something"Velvet said completely emrbassed
"I hate this now! All she does is tease you guys now i;m on the recieving end of it"may shouted in embarrassment as mars began to laugh pointing at his nephew for a moment.
"Oh…oh my god….this is priceless oh if sis was here right now she would be teasing you relentless. "Mars laughed as he realized something he said as zane looked down embarrassed but upset.
"Oh…her…heh…ummmm you probably heard me early then."he sadly muttered though soon enough aether woke up yawning rubbing his eyes
"Momma where are we…can i go back to bed?"he incneotly asked as sizz smiled setting him down
"Nothing much sweetie why don't you go say hi to one of your cousins. This would be aether our youngest"sizz said as aether rushed over looking at him titling his head at him reaching for a hug.
"Are you my cousin?"he sweetly added as he stared at him trying not to cry but scooped him into an embrace holding him close beginning to slowly cry his eyes out again tonight. As he slowly composed himself hugging him for a moment though as he sat him down back near his actually aunt. Though mars glanced at his back seeing the large spine scar their hurt but something moving their as two eyes blinked at him
"Gah! What the heck is that thing….is…ohhh their is something inside your back"mars said in disgust as zane flinch covering himself up as sizz glanced back gasping with shock.
"I…what is that? Is that a grimm?"she asked as he sighed as some stepped forward giving a very quick run down to the two. Though soon bane got involved startling them but mars interest was peeked seeing silver eyes on a grimm making him trust him easily. Though soon enough they were calling it a night right now but they had a problem. As right now in team ZERO part of the dorms they were all dressed up for bed.
As mainly mercury wore some simple grey sweatpants with a black t-shirt. As perun wore some simple yellow boxer with a white tanktop. As rogue wore some simple black shorts with an orange tanktop as eria wore some silk pajamas and shirt colored teal. While for onxyia she wore some simple black silk pants with a white crop top. Velvet just wore some brown compression shorts with a black op. As may wore some dusky rose colored shorts with a black crop top that presented her very modest busy. Zane just wore some black sweatpants and a dark blue shirt.
"Sooo their are eight people staying here now….let me guess you four are all gonna cuddle"rogue teased
"Ummm i don't even know how this would work without someone suffocating someone"velvet pointed the obvious out as eria groaned before moving two of the beds together on one side of the room.
"Their problem solve i'm going to bed from our very long day. Though still i'm glad everyon is back together right now"eria said as she got into bed nuzzling against perun. As rogue layed on her bed immediately passing out as mercury got comfy. As onxyia sighed getting on the far side where the wall was as hesaintly zane got into bed as next was velvet. Then may who held the rabbit as they all drifted off to sleep tonight.
Meanwhile in lionheart office he was on his scroll discussing the plan.
"So your saying that raven is the spring maiden now? Harus dead?"lionheart asked
"That correct. However we know she won't simply open it willingly and there is a the matter of the artifact as well as open the passage way to the vault. None the less we have a plan"bonnie stated
"What would that be exactly?"lionheart asked again
"Yang xiao long. She is raven offspring. Capture her and she'll do whatever we say if she wants her daughter alive. Even if it means giving up the relic then once its done we kill them both"bonnie said happily
"But what about the artifact. Do we know what it is?"lionheart asked
"My queen said it was a compass. Last i heard it was last seen in vacuo held by the shade headmaster by one of her agents. Find it last time it was seen with jaki hayley. Already having pyre look for it"bonnie stated
"I…i think i believe one of your knights of…grimm have it…is he…assiting you? "Lionheart neoruvsly asked
"Hmmm perhaps. But i suggest just taking it without him knowing. Once we have the relic your wife and daughter will be returned safely to you. Not to mention the white fang will be closer to their own goal. Make sure this is one"bonnie replied
"As you wish"lionheart stated as the connection went went dead as he had a goal in mind but glanced a picture of his wife and daughter holding his head at whats he doing to his kingdom and friends. But he needs to save them no matter what.
Seems that zane finally snapped back at everyone again and it starting to worrie some if his mental health is alright. though he got to meet his uncle who accepted him with open arms. Though it seems lionheart has big plans for yang and the others. Thanks for reading!