A/N: Lately I keep getting a bunch of scamming shit on my messages about how much my plot interests them, and if I'm being honest, they are all LYING. I can see it in the way they write their messages. As if I've already suffered enough of my plots being made a complete joke from this whole Sexual Abuse incident by my so-called "friend" LunaSukii.
Moving on. In this next chapter, Beacon Academy gets a new visitor. One who Patrick sees as an unwelcome guest.
Chapter 70: The Spy
Over a week has passed since Patrick's Birthday.
Ever since that day, Mashika and Marina have been keeping an eye on him, making sure no attacks or berserk rage triggers. So far, Patrick has been very calm. Except for the next day when he gave Aria quite the earful for her stalking. Even Marina stayed by him the whole time to make sure he doesn't go berserk in his anger. Aria has been real quiet, ever since she followed them and made the poor assumption that what was going on was actually a date. Aria is still in the dark about what really was going on.
It's after classes, and Marlene and Marina are both going through their therapies. Marina is making her way through the support poles with her own feet while Rayla is giving Marlene a deep message.
"My goodness, Mistress Marlene, your body is all in knots." Rayla says.
Marlene lets out a moan before she speaks. "Patrick and Clawdia really pushed their lessons the past two days. I was able to further push myself, but my body is really sore." Rayla does a hard press, which causes Marlene's body to crack. Marlene let out a sharp inhale and then a relief exhale.
Rayla stands aside watching as Marlene sits up. "I know it's important to you to become stronger, but you shouldn't push yourself too hard. Or you'll end up breaking yourself."
"I know my limits, Rayla. I'm being careful about it." Marlene tells her. Just then, there's a loud noise coming from Marina. They both look to see Marina has collapsed, and she's only over halfway towards Mashika. "Speaking of limits."
Both Rayla and Mashika rush to Marina and help her up. They walk her back to her Wheelchair. "Are you doing all right, Mistress Rishima?"
Marina sits back in her wheelchair before speaking. "Sort of. It's just hard getting back on my feet. I just wish I could be walking again now."
"You will, Marina. Soon. But until that happens, you have us for support." Mashika says, which makes Marina smile and blush.
Once the therapy session had ended, Rayla starts pushing Marina, with Marlene following them. "Where to, Mistress Rishima?" Rayla asks her.
"You can just take me to the student council. I promised Rin I'd help her with some paperwork." Marina says.
Marlene smiles. "I have noticed you and Rin seem to get along very well."
"Yeah, well, it's something that happens when your roommates with her aunt." Marina says.
Rayla delivers Marina to the Student Council while Marlene went back to her dorm. Rin's desk is piled with tons of paperwork, Marina is surprised. She's even more surprised to find Patrick is in the room helping out with organizing. While the three of them are working, Rayla decides to brew up some tea.
Rin hands Marina some paperwork and she does her best in going over them. Once she's done, she asks Patrick to hand them over to Rin.
Once the work is half done, they've decided to take a break, and that is when Rayla arrives with the tea. Along with some snacks. Marina and Rin chats among themselves, while Patrick just quietly sits beside hoping they don't drag him into their conversations. And his faith is against him.
"How have you been doing, Patrick?" Rin asks. "Auntie told me about your little anxiety attack from Marina's therapy."
Patrick just looks away and softly growls. "Rin, I think it's best not to bring it up. It's been really hard for him."
"Right. Sorry." Rin turns her attention to me. "I didn't mean any discomfort, I just know about your hybrid nature, and how it can get out of control."
"Yeah, well, I haven't lost control since Aria came to Beacon." Patrick says. "I just wish Ozpin didn't..." Patrick looks at Marina, then realizes she's kept in the dark about the true nature of the world. "...No, it's nothing."
Once break is done, everyone resumes the workload. Rayla returns to pick up the dishes and tea set and then she makes her leave. Once the workload is done, the three of them make their leave. Patrick starts heading back to his dorm, but unpleasantly with Marina and Rin following him. At the entrance to his dorm, Marina and Rin say their good nights and start heading towards their dorm.
Patrick turns in for the night.
The next morning, Patrick starts making his way to his classroom. As he's walking, he takes notice of the large group of male students gathering in the hallway. He looks at first then shrugs it off. "Must be Mashika and her fanclub."
Patrick starts walking past the group, but is stopped when Peter grabs him. "Hey, Patrick! You have got to see the new teacher! She's really cute!"
Before Patrick can even say anything, he is already dragged through the crowd. Peter manages to pierce through the crowd until he and Patrick are in front. "Would you stop that? I am not interested in-" Patrick suddenly turns silent once he looks at the teacher, and he is shocked.
The teacher is a cute young cat faunus. She looks to be in her early 20s, with long pink hair in pigtails. The mysterious Faunus is standing there smiling as she waves at the other students. The air is filled with countless comments from the students: "She's so cute." "I wanna marry her." "Do you think I have a chance?" "Is she single?" "She's almost as gorgeous as Miss Mashika."
"My, my, I had no idea I would have such a warm welcome to this academy." The woman says. "Now, you boys better get to your classes. I'll even be looking forward to those who are in mine." She then blows an air kiss. All the male students scream and bolt off. The woman giggles as she starts walking off.
Peter is still standing in place, looking at the girl. "Man, oh man, she is so gorgeous. I just hope Clawida won't embarrass me in front of her." Peter starts walking.
Patrick is just standing there, a shocked expression on his face. Shouting in his thoughts. 'It...it can't be..."
Once classes have started, Patrick snaps out of his shock and hurries to Marina's class.
The day goes on, and the whole time, Patrick can't relax. He saw the new teacher and it put him in a shock. In each of his classes, Patrick keeps moving his eyes off of his studies and looking all around, as if he's waiting for something to pounce on him.
As if the day couldn't get any worse for him, Patrick realizes that this mysterious new teacher is subbing in for Professor Port's class. The whole time he was in the mysterious teacher's class, Patrick could not relax. He just buries his face in the books and sticks his eyes out, barely taking his eyes off her. Whenever the teacher looks directly at Patrick, he quickly avert his eyes.
Once the classes are over, Patrick makes a run for it. Meanwhile, Sakuya and her team are walking down the hallway. Sakuya decides to head back to her dorm room while her team heads for the training hall. Sakuya enters her room, and once she's in, she's startled when the door suddenly slams shut. Sakuya turns to jab her attacker, but only Patrick manages to block it.
"Shadow Boy?" Sakuya backs back. "Geez, kid, don't you know better than to surprise a ninja?"
"You and your Shadow Tread are already on my radar." Patrick gets into Sakuya's face. "Tell me: What are you and your clan plotting?"
"You risked your life in a reckless action for a question?" Sakuya says. "I already told you, we are not plotting anything."
"I'm not buying it. I saw Serah on the school grounds, and I know you're up to something." Patrick says.
Sakuya looks surprised. "Wait. Did you say Serah? ...As in Serah of the Black Cats?"
"Who else would it be?" Patrick then takes out his scroll and then shows Sakuya the picture of the mysterious teacher.
Sakuya takes the scroll as she gets a close look at the picture. "No doubt about it, it's her. But we didn't call the Black Cats here."
"Wait, they're not involved with you and your clan?" Patrick asks.
"No. The Black Cats don't even know we're here. If they are here, it must be for something else." Sakuya says. "And we're gonna find out."
The mysterious teacher is happily humming as she goes over the files. "Ah let's see. Clawdia Stone. Peter Kazuto. Albert Martinez..." The woman goes over the files until she finds the one she's looking for. "Ah. Wallace Nightingale...Floor 2, Dorm 219. Sometimes, it pays to have a disguised voice against a blind ninja."
The mysterious woman makes her way through Beacon's hallways until she arrives at the room she's looking for. She knocks at the door, at first there's nothing, then she knocks again. Still no response. The woman takes out a stethoscope and listens clearly to the door. "Hmm...Nothing." She whispers. "It must be empty. Or maybe..."
She then takes out a tool kit. She starts picking the lock. After a couple of seconds, the lock clicks, and the mysterious woman slowly, quietly opens the door. The room inside is dark, but that's nothing with her Faunus Night Vision. She walks in, readying for anything. Once she's in a middle of the room, she sees nothing. After a while, she then raises her hands in the air.
"Serah expects nothing less from the Shadow Tread's Chief." The woman says.
Behind her is Sakuya, in her Ninja Attire, holding a Sai against the woman's back. "And you performed as well as a member of the Black Cats should." Sakuya says. "I must admit, you've got a lot of guts coming here alone."
"Serah came alone cause Serah has no other choice." Serah says. "Now, would Sakuya please call off her team."
Sakuya lowers her weapon, then she does a bird whistle. That's when Wallace, Donnie, Hikari, and Patrick come out of their hiding places from within the dorm: From the closet, behind the dorm door, under one of the beds, and from braced on the ceiling beams.
Patrick turns on the lights. "All right, Serah of the Black Cats. Explain yourself."
Serah nods. "Serah has come seeking aid from the Shadow Tread, and Serah has learned their Chief is on a mission at Beacon Academy."
"What is it you need from us, Serah?" Sakuya says.
"The Black Cats are in deep trouble. By the Abduction Agency." Hearing that alarms Patrick greatly, and Sakuya and her team are just as surprised.
Serah explains to them what happened: The Abduction Agency came to the Black Cats demanding them to take on the Schnee Mission, but knowing their criminal reputation, as well as towards women, they refused their offer. But the Agency knew their refusal and planned ahead for their rejection. The Abduction Agency ambushed the Black Cats with paralyzing gasses all over the lair and electric nets.
"They intend to have each and every one of the Black Cats serve as their slaves to pay off what they could make with the Schnee Sisters. Serah was the only one who made it out and Serah nearly made it out." Serah says.
"The Abductors once again." Sakuya says. Serah perks her cat ears in confusion. "They came for us as well several months ago. Asked us to do the same job. We refused, and they kidnapped our sisters and killed or injured our brothers."
"So Sakuya understands. Will Sakuya and the Shadow Tread help Serah save her clan?" Serah asks.
Sakuya nods. "Of course. The Black Cats are our sister clan. Plus, we've got a score to settle with the Abductors as well."
"I'm coming as well." Patrick says.
Serah and Sakuya looks at Patrick. "No offense, Shadow Boy, but you're not coming. This is between us Ninjas and the Syndicate. Besides, we don't need you and your Grimm Rage getting in our way."
"If you know so much about my 'Grimm Rage', then you should know not to stand in between me and the Agency." Patrick says. "You may be an elite and deadly clan of ninjas, but you don't know them as well as I do."
"He has a point, Chief Sakuya." Hikari says. "He knows the Agency better than anyone. We need him."
"Serah agrees. Serah and the Shadow Tread will need all the help there is." Serah says.
Sakuya is hestiant to speak. "Hmm...Fine then." Patrick and Serah go their separate ways, leaving Sakuya alone with her team. "Bringing Shadow Boy along is still a bad idea. We all know he'll go berserk with that Grimm nature of his."
"You might be right, Chief Sakuya, but we are under Master Theodore's orders. We are to keep an eye on him and annihilate him should he go berserk once more." Donnie says.
"If he does go berserk during the mission, we'll handle it. We'll even have the Black Cats on our side once we free them." Wallace says.
"But we don't know for certain if they'll be in proper condition to handle something as destructive as a Berserk Shadow Boy." Sakuya says. "Nonetheless. We can't deny we'll need his knowledge." Sakuya stands and turns her attention to Hikari. "Brother Hikari, send word to our clan. We'll need reinforcements, but more importantly, tell them to bring...The Widow Fangs."
The brothers are astonished. "Chief Sakuya. The Widow Fangs are the deadliest poison in existence. Are you sure about this?"
"I'm positive, Brother Wallace." Sakuya says. "We have to prepare for the worst. Therefore, we'll need even the last resort."
After a moment of hesitation, everyone agrees, and Hikari begins writing the message.
Much later at night, Patrick gears up for the mission. Though he does it as quietly as he can to not awaken his team. Once he's ready, he heads out.
Out in the hallways, Rin lets out a yawn as she's walking. "Man. That took a lot longer than I thought. I better get some sleep, Auntie must be...huh?" Rin looks at the end of the hallway. She sees a figure turning the corner, and it makes her curious.
Rin follows Patrick through the hallways, only she keeps falling behind and barely seeing him whenever he makes the turn at the end of the hallway. She follows him all over until she manages to get a good look at him in the foyer as he leaves the building.
"Mr. Aki...?"
Patrick waits outside of the gates of Beacon. Soon enough, Sakuya and Serah meet up with him. "Hey there, Patrick." Serah says cheerfully, now wearing her Ninja Attire and her hair tied up in a ponytail.
Patrick rolls his eyes, then turns to Sakuya. "Where's your team?"
"Heading back to headquarters to gather our clan." Sakuya says. "We'll meet up with them at the destination."
"Hmph. Let's get moving then." Patrick says.
"Serah agrees. Let's move out." And the three of them head out.