Chapter 8: Revelations
Last time our hero encountered a threat from his past, a Tuffle named Talon sought revenge against the Saiyans and planned to start with Jason. Through a fierce battle and awakening, the power of the Oozaru Jason and Co were victorious. However, when Jason turned into an Oozaru, his friends had to cut off his tail. What happens next now!
"James, no means no." Ozpin sighed, rubbing his forehead as he continued his conversation with Ironwood.
When he returned to Beacon with the students, the injured went to the infirmary, especially Jason, who was unconscious. That was particularly hard trying to explain to the nurses why his tail was gone.
Afterward, he received a call from Ironwood wanting an explanation of what happened and why Ozpin needed him to send his Knights earlier than they were supposed to. When he finished explaining, Ironwood demanded that he take Jason to him.
"Oz, if what you told me is true, then he is more dangerous than we first thought. I let you convince me the first time I heard of this boy, but not this time." Ironwood began.
"If what this Talon person said was true, he is a decedent of blood-thirsty monsters, and he can transform into a giant rampaging ape. We have to keep him under watch and make sure he can't hurt anyone!" Ironwood demanded.
"No, James, this isn't a threat or kind of animal we're talking about. This is a boy who grew up as a faunus and wants to become a huntsman to protect people." Ozpin argued.
"He's not a monster or animal that you can cage up. He has feelings just like we do. We should just leave him be and make sure he stays on the right path." Ozpin snapped back at Ironwood, the two on a standstill.
"Oz, we can't just leave this. He is dangerous, especially with the power of Ki. You and Mura made a mistake in training him. If the people found out about him, there would be panic, and they would demand him to be put away." Ironwood argued sternly.
"I have to disagree, James." Mura interrupted, appearing behind Ozpin with the help of Kai and covered in bandages.
"Mura, you seem to have recovered well." Ozpin pointed out, looking back on his friend.
"Thank you, I have, and continuing Ironwood, you're wrong. It wasn't wrong for me and Ozpin to train Jason. He is a bright young boy who holds no malice in his heart." Mura began.
"He will never hurt the people of Remnant, and besides, we don't know exactly what caused his change into the ape for all we know it may never happen again." Mura defended, walking up to the screen.
"He is just a boy if you do take him and lock him up, you'll just make him the monster you fear he'll become," Mura explained, looking Ironwood directly in the eyes.
"Just drop it, James just let him stay here and continue his training. He has no family. His friends are all he has. If you take him away from that, we have no idea what will happen." Ozpin asserted, causing Ironwood to sigh in defeat.
"Okay, you win, he can stay, but I would like you to keep a closer eye on him just in case," Ironwood demanded.
"Consider it done, James," Ozpin replied as they ended the call.
"Thanks for that, but I have to ask why have you come?" Ozpin asked, turning to face Mura.
"I think we both know why, Ozpin," Mura said with a serious tone.
"You want to tell Jason the truth when he wakes up, don't you?" Ozpin asked, receiving a nod from Mura.
"Indeed, it's time to tell him. Now that he has learned about his supposed ancestry so suddenly, he will most likely be searching for some answers." Mura answered.
"I understand I will leave it to you, Mura," Ozpin said as Mura and Kai left.
If the tension was a solid right now, you could cut it with a knife. Evan sat in front of both Teams, RWBY and JNPR. After they returned to Beacon, the events that took place finally set in for everyone.
They wanted answers. So, the first person they went to talk to, that was awake that is, was Evan to tell them what the power he and Jason used was and try to explain everything else. The whole situation made Evan very uncomfortable unable to think about what to say first.
"So, are we going to start or…" Ruby began breaking the silence.
"What was all of that?!" Nora questioned, getting in Evan's face.
"Yeah, how were you and Jason and your trainer able to shoot lasers and have so much strength?!" Yang asked afterward.
"Well, you see me, and Jason had some special training before we came here, and it allowed us to use the powers we demonstrated earlier." Evan began.
"And this power is called Ki, and you see it sort of another way to use your aura instead of the usual method." Evan continued to explain, getting confused looks from everyone.
"Yeah, Jason was better at explaining it when they told us." Alex sighed, receiving a glare from Evan.
"Is there a more specific way you can put it?" Ruby asked, not understanding a word Evan said. Suddenly an all too familiar sound of teleportation came from behind Evan, and Mura appeared along with Kai.
"AHH! where did they come from?!" Ruby questioned, jumping up as others also got up from their seats in surprise.
"That was just one of my associate's many abilities," Mura explained, walking up to the group.
"What are you doing here, master?" Evan inquired, looking over his shoulder.
"Is it such a bad thing for a teacher to want to check up on his students? How is Jason doing?" He questioned.
"He's fine but still unconscious," Evan answered.
"Okay, can we get back on the subject with this whole Ki thing?" Yang asked, annoyed.
"Sorry, I didn't know I was interrupting, but I suppose you all have many questions, and I can answer any if you want seeing that Evan is not that great at it." Mura apologized.
"Hey!" Evan yelled, annoyed.
"Okay, so what is this, Ki?" Weiss asked. Everyone now focused on Mura to hear his explanation.
"Well, you see, aura is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to spiritual power. Ki, in sorts, is an expansion of this power. It is the power to harness pure energy and concentrate it inside oneself." Mura began.
"Instead of using it as a shield, we who use Ki pull power in to harness it and use it for the many attacks you saw during the battle as well as increase our durability and strength," Mura explained as everyone looked at him in awe.
"Also, Jason figured out that that Talon guy and his robot were using it to fly at least in theory," Evan added, gaining everyone's attention.
"Wait, are you serious?!" Ruby asked, now getting in Evan's face.
"That sounds amazing! Why didn't you guys tell us about this? Don't you trust us?" Weiss questioned, looking a tad hurt.
"Well, you see…" But before Evan could answer, he was interrupted by Mura.
"I ordered Jason and Evan not to tell anyone or use the power during their time here at Beacon unless absolutely necessary," Mura explained.
"But what is the harm of telling others of this power with all the good it could do?" Pyrrha asked.
"Well, as you should know by now, the power of Ki is very destructive, and there are many like the misguided people of the White Fang or people like Roman Torchwick who would use such a power to cause nothing but chaos." Mura began.
"If in the wrong hands got a hold of this power, then the kingdoms would be thrown into chaos. The very safety that the Kingdoms give to its citizens would be gone." Mura continued.
"No one would be able to defend against the power, so I have decided to only teach it to those I believe worthy," Mura responded. Everyone present seemed to understand his reasons and dropped that part of the subject.
"Can we learn that power? I want to be able to shoot lasers like pew pew pew?!" Ruby asked, making hand gestures.
"From what my students have told me about you all, I would not mind teaching you all how to use it," Mura answered.
"Really! I can become even stronger then!" Yang said, hitting her fists together, joined in by the others also excited by the idea.
"Yes, you can, but it comes at a cost." Mura pointed out, regaining everyone's attention.
"Don't tell me we have to pay you! Weiss give him money!" Ruby cried, clawing at her partner's feet with tears in her eyes.
"What, why do I have to pay?!" Weiss asked, trying to shake off Ruby.
"Because you're the one here that's rich!" Nora answered, joining Ruby at Weiss's feet.
"No, my dear, I have no need for money. You see, the price is more personal to the person." Mura laughed as he watched their antics. Everyone looked at him, confused.
"What do you mean?" Asked Jaune.
"If you learn how to use Ki, you'll lose your semblance forever," Evan answered in place of Mura.
"What are you serious, but I don't want to lose my speed!?" Ruby questioned, scared at the thought.
"But why does learning how to use Ki make us lose our semblance?" Weiss asked, looking equally shocked as Ruby. Mura then explained how Ki took away one's semblance in great detail, disappointing everyone present.
"Well, that took away the fun of learning Ki." Yang sighed, pouting a little.
"Yeah." Ruby agreed with an identical pout. Now that Ki was off the table, everyone had turned to the other subject of the meeting.
"Wait, does that mean you and Jason don't have a semblance?" Ren questioned.
"Yep, neither Jason nor I have semblances," Evan confirmed.
"So, can we talk about what happened with Jason?" Blake asked, getting everyone's attention.
Everyone began to look concerned. The thought had been pushed to the back of their heads. None of them wanted to believe that it happened. It terrified some of them that their friend could turn into a monster, and others were worried about the supposed actions his people have done. But they all still thought of him as a friend but didn't know how to act towards him.
"Well, personally, I didn't believe a word that man said. He was clearly crazy." Weiss argued, trying to deny Talon's words.
"But he was right about some, I mean he knew about that ape form." Ren pointed out, causing everyone to become more concerned.
"Yeah, and he seemed to know a lot about it to be making it up," Ruby added.
"There is nothing you all need to worry about. Nothing has changed about him, has it? He's the same person you all know, isn't he?" Mura asked.
"He indeed turned into a giant ape, but if he had been able to control himself, do you think he would have attacked?" Mura inquired.
"Jason is still Jason, and he's still the same person he always was, and I doubt he'll be able to transform like that again," Mura added. Everyone looked up and was taken out of their thoughts by Mura's words.
"Yeah, you're right. He's still our friend." Damian agreed.0
However, it didn't seem like everyone except the rest of Team JADE was still indecisive. While they still thought of him as a friend before, they didn't know what to think of him now, and whether or not they should be frightened of him. Evan stood up, wanting to ask a question he couldn't get out of his mind.
"Master, I have to ask, did you know he was an alien?" He asked, getting everyone's attention.
"You knew his mother and Ozpin, so you should know something." Mura's face darkened, not looking at Evan or anyone until Kai spoke up.
"Just tell them, you idiot," Kai spoke.
"Huh, fine, it was going to come up anyway." Mura sighed.
"Yes, I knew that he was not of Remnant. In fact, many knew Ozpin and General Ironwood included." Mura answered, causing everyone's eyes to widen.
"You all knew he was an alien and didn't do anything to check out what he was?" Weiss asked, shocked that with people like General Ironwood knowing, but not doing anything.
"His mother was insistent that no actions that would harm him would come when she adopted him. She was very insistent, especially that Ironwood to not do anything." Mura answered.
"Do you know how she found him?" Ruby asked with a particular interest in Jason's mother.
"She was heading home to her village in Anima after finishing a mission exterminating a group of Grimm in a nearby village at night. But as she walked through the forest, she described seeing a bright light fall from the sky like a meteor and decided to investigate. However, instead of finding a meteorite, she found a metal pod in the middle of a crater." Mura began.
"She slowly moved towards the pod to investigate it, eventually opening it and finding Jason within it. With nowhere else for him to go, she eventually adopted him." Mura explained with everyone listening with great interest.
"In the end, it was decided that he would be raised like a normal faunus boy by his mother, and when she died, I asked Kai to bring him to our mountain home for training. I believed that he could be of service to Remnant and help protect the people." Mura continued.
"He always said that he wanted to explore the world like his mother and make many friends. In the end, I cannot see him as an alien, only as another inhabitant of Remnant, no matter what his ancestors may have done." Mura finished.
Everyone seemed satisfied with the answer, knowing that he was right and decided to call it a day and went back to their dorms to gather their thoughts. Tomorrow was another day in which Team RWBY was planning on spending in Vale.
Jason couldn't feel anything or see anything. All that he saw was darkness. "Where am I? What happened to me?" Jason questioned.
The last thing he could remember was dying slowly from his fight with Talon. He was hit with his own attack causing him to lose his sudden power boost and was hit away towards the Mirror Mountains. Then all he could see was a bright light from the mountain that suddenly turned red.
Afterward, everything was black, and he was in the state he was in now. Soon he could see images. It looked like a giant ape that roared with deafening levels of sound. Then the ape brought its arm up and grabbed onto Jason with energy forming in its mouth, and soon it blasted him.
Instead of dying, however, a set of familiar images played in front of him once more. He was reliving the dream he had from the beginning of his time at Beacon. He was once again floating in strange liquid, but this time he managed to make out what they were saying.
"Another low-class warrior?" one of the people asked.
"Yeah, but what did you expect? His parents are the same. Just another Saiyan that will be sent to a weak planet for conquer." The other replied.
"Wait, did he say Saiyan was what Talon said true?!" Jason questioned as the scene changed.
Soon the rest of the dream followed the same as before. That is until he returned to the scene where he was being carried and place into a pod. The man who carried Jason was unknown to him, but for some reason, he felt like he knew him.
"Now, just in case Bardock was right, I'm going to send you to another planet easy for a low-class warrior to conquer. You'll make the Saiyan race proud, son." The man said, closing the pod door and sending him off.
As he flew, new parts to the scene were added. He saw a giant ball of energy fly towards the planet, the pod that carried him barely getting out of the way. Soon the dream continued on the same as the planet he was on being destroyed and him drifting off into space.
"Wait, is this … my … my memories?" He thought as it returned back to black.
"Wait, does that mean my supposed home planet is gone! Am…am I really an alien?!" he thought as light slowly came into his sights.
Jason then woke up in a cold sweat gasping for air. His vision was blurred, but soon it cleared, seeing that it was night. He looked around, trying to find out where he was until a voice came telling him.
"Don't worry. The fight is over. You're in the infirmary." It told him. Jason looked over to see Mura sitting next to him.
"Master, how long have I been out? Is everyone okay? What happened?" Jason asked several questions on his mind.
"One at a time, Jason, I thought Kai taught you that." Mura chuckled, causing Jason to laugh slightly, rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Jason apologized with a small smile.
"Well, to answer your questions, firstly, you've been out for five days, and everyone is fine, save for a few broken bones." Mura began.
"As for what happened, well, I'm glad you're already sitting because this is going to be a lot to take in." Mura began. Jason was nervous about what Mura had to say, had Talon gotten away, or did something else happen.
"You see, after Talon nearly killed you, sending you flying towards the mountains, Ozpin arrived with Atlas androids sent ahead from General Ironwood for his trip to Vale to help. As you can imagine, the androids did little to Talon, he tore through them like butter." Mura continued as Jason listened.
"Thankfully, a bullhead was also brought, and it came to get us out, but Talon caught up and took the bullhead out of the sky. As we all crawled out, he descended to kill us all, but before he could kill us, we were all frozen by a deafening roar." Mura explained
"It was caused by a giant ape, it appeared out of nowhere and attacked Talon, fatally injuring him. Afterward, the ape started rampaging around, tearing apart anything in its path, until it turned its attention to us." Mura went on as Jason sat wide-eyed at the story that was being told.
"We had no idea what to do to it, seeing as we all were drained of power, Talon laughed, knowing that this would be his alternative for revenge. For Jason, you see…" Mura trailed off, trying to tell Jason what he needed to know.
"The ape, it was you." He finally managed to say causing Jason to sit there shocked
"Me the ape! Was that related to my dream of that ape?" Jason thought.
"Sadly, the only thing we could do was exploit your weakness Evan told us about, he also says sorry for telling the others and using that knowledge, we turned you back but…" Mura trailed off again, causing Jason to know more bad news was coming.
"What is it? Just tell me, master." Jason requested Mura.
"You see to turn you back, the only attack strong enough to hurt you cut off your tail." Mura finally told Jason, causing him to quickly check if he could move his tail. When nothing happened, he touched where his tail was supposed to be only to feel nothing.
"My…tail…" Jason began to say as tears began to build up in his eyes.
"I guess it was for the best though I would rather this than to hurt any of my friends," Jason said, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"But at least everyone is okay, and Talon was dealt with. But I still don't know what to think of what he said about me." Jason stated, looking down.
"There is also something else I wanted to tell you, Jason. What Talon said, while I can't say that everything, was true on some level. One thing for certain is you are an alien." Mura explained. Jason looked back at him with surprise, not knowing what to say.
"You see, when your mother found you in the woods, she left out some details to you. She found you in a crater in a pod, and when analyzed, it was confirmed a vehicle more advanced than anything we have ever seen. So, based on the information, Talon said it confirms our suspicions." Mura told Jason.
"So, it's true I'm not a faunus, nor am I from Remnant, and those dreams it has to be memories! I really am this Saiyan Talon talked about." Jason thought, looking away.
"I know it's a lot to take in, and you might be confused about why your mother never told you, but she wanted to let you live a normal life," Mura told.
"Yeah, I think it was the right decision. It's just I don't like the idea of being related to people who slaughtered entire planets." Jason replied.
"Now, we don't know for sure that you're this Saiyan he talked about." Mura tried to explain, but Jason knew it was most likely a certainty.
"No, to tell you the truth, I've had a strange dream when I was unconscious, and I had the same one when I first came here. But when the dream came this time, I could hear the voices of the people I saw, and it made me realize that I could have been seeing memories." Jason explained, getting Mura's attention.
"They talked about Saiyans and conquering planets, so that means I really am a Saiyan," Jason said, not looking up from his lap.
"Well, maybe these dreams aren't memories, but even if they are and you are a Saiyan, it changes nothing," Mura told Jason putting his hand on his shoulder.
"You're still the same person you always were, and just because you know now that you're not from here doesn't change who you are," Mura explained, getting a smile from Jason.
"Yeah, thank you. I'm not letting this whole Saiyan stuff get to my head because I know who I am. I am no planet wiping monster." Jason thanked getting out of the bed. However, when he tried to walk, he fell face-first into the floor.
"Oooowwww! What the hell?!" Jason questioned as he got on his knees. He tried to get back up but fell back on the bed.
"I can't stand up straight!" Jason gasped as Mura laughed a little.
"Guess you need to learn how to walk without a tail." Mura pointed out, getting a look from Jason.
Slowly Jason got up and walked until he was able to walk normal again. Looking around, he saw that it was late at night. He didn't think he could sleep anymore, so he decided to go for a walk.
"I'm going to go out and clear my thoughts, thanks for telling me all that, Master," Jason said as he walked towards the exit.
"It was my pleasure, and if you need anyone to talk to or want to know anything else, just call," Mura replied as Jason nodded as he left the infirmary.
Beacon Courtyard…
Jason walked alone in the darkness of night around the courtyard, stuck in his thoughts until he heard slight sobbing from the other side of the statue. He circled the statue until he reached the other side to see Blake with her bow removed, revealing…
"Wait, are those Cat ears?! So, she is a faunus as wel…I mean a faunus." Jason thought as he walked over towards her.
"Blake, you're a faunus? Why have you hidden that?" Jason asked as he approached Blake. Blake jumped at his sudden appearance, she thought she was alone, but it seemed that she was wrong.
"Jason, I didn't realize you were up!" Blake gasped nervously, trying not to look at Jason. Despite what Mura said to them, she still felt uneasy around Jason.
"But yes, I am a faunus," Blake responded.
"Listen, I'd rather be alone right now," Blake said, wiping some tears from her eyes.
Jason could tell that she held some fear towards him over what happened but still felt that he should help. He would make no progress in regaining their trust if he does nothing.
"Sorry, but I can't just leave a friend if they're sad, and despite what you or the others may think of me right now, I still think we're friends," Jason replied, walking closer to Blake.
"Of course, we're still friends. It's just I had a falling out with Weiss, and I think I lost my team's trust." Blake replied.
"Why is it because of the bow?" A voice asked from behind them. Both Jason and Blake turned around to see a blonde monkey faunus standing there.
"Who are you?" Jason inquired, but before the boy could answer, Blake spoke up.
"Wait, you're the one that was at the docks this morning." Blake pointed out.
"Yep, names Sun Wukong, and it's a pleasure to meet you," Sun answered finally.
"I saw that she was crying and thought she could use someone to talk to until you came, but the more, the merrier, they say." Sun continued. Jason smiled while he only just met the boy, he already liked his line of thinking.
"Sure, so want to talk about what happened?" Jason asked Blake, who nodded at the two.
The Next Morning…
(Changing it from a couple of days to next morning cause why would it take so long to start looking for her)
Jason, Blake, and Sun were sitting in a café in the morning. Blake finally started to talk and began to explain what had happened a couple of days before and why she hid her identity. Though Jason didn't know why it took her so long to talk to them, as long as it eventually came out.
"Okay I...think I'm ready to explain," Blake said after sipping some tea. She had been silent for hours unable to explain herself because she was scared of telling anyone her secret but it had to be done.
"Awesome after hours of silence I was getting nervous you went mute." Sun smiled, getting a glare from Blake.
"Sun, Jason you know about the White Fang right?" Blake asked.
"Uh yeah who hasn't," Sun answered.
"Yeah, they're idiots who think that making humans fear us…faunus will get the faunus respect, but instead, they make us look bad," Jason added, getting a nod from Sun.
Jason still had a hard time talking like he was a faunus after learning that he wasn't and had lied to Sun, saying that his tail was injured and was wrapped around his waist under his clothes.
"Yeah, they're all dicks if you ask me." Sun finished.
"I was once part of the White Fang." Blake continued causing Sun to choke on his tea and Jason's eyes to widen.
"Wait, it couldn't be…" Jason thought as he looked at Blake.
"Wait you were part of the Fang?!" Sun asked as he swallowed his drink.
"That's right. I've been in it all my life. My father was once the high leader before he stepped down." Blake began.
"When he stepped down our once peaceful protests turned into riots. We began using violence to get our way." Blake continued that last part looking slightly towards Jason.
"And it worked. It worked too well. So much it was normalized to the point that for a while I thought nothing wrong with it even if it was murder. Though I never took anyone's life directly." Blake finished.
"I think it's great that you're trying to make up for past mistakes. Personally, if I were you, I would make the same decision to leave." Jason complimented, getting Blake's attention.
"But now I know why I always thought I've seen you somewhere before." Jason smiled, getting a confused look from Sun and shocking Blake.
"I thought you couldn't tell who I was back then because of my mask," Blake replied.
"Well yeah honestly I never knew it was you when we met again. But you felt similar and your energy felt similar too." Jason explained.
"Wait, what am I missing here?" He asked.
"Don't worry about it," Jason replied, not wanting to give away information about Blake's time at the White Fang without her permission. Both then turned their attention back to Blake.
"So have you told your friends any of this, besides Jason here?" Sun asked.
"No, I just ran out. Who knows what they think of me," Blake answered.
"Well, I think we should find everyone and explain it to them," Jason suggested causing Blake to look at him with shock.
"I-I can't they probably will hate me if they don't already." Blake declined.
"I mean, the situation is only going to get worse if you don't tell them, and I doubt you want them assuming anything, especially Weiss." Jason began.
"Though it's odd she never acted like that towards me…at least not since the time when we had a little talk about leadership. But you didn't hear that from me." Jason said.
"Well, she probably wanted to stay on your good side, considering your strength." Blake pointed out.
"That makes sense. Though the way you described her talking about faunus and the White Fang reminds me of when Evan and I first met." Jason continued.
Blake was confused at what he said. From what she had seen between the two, they were inseparable friends. She couldn't' think of there being any bad blood between the two.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked, her curiosity now peaked.
"The day he and I met, we were both kids, just twelve years old. It was when we began our training together, and during that time, Evan had a…very different view of the faunus." Jason explained both Blake and Sun, listening intently.
"At first, he was friendly to me, but when he saw my tail, his mood immediately changed. Apparently, his parents were killed during a raid by the White Fang, and he held resentment towards all faunus and treated them like dirt." Jason began.
"So, for the first two days, he actually wanted nothing to do with me, until during part of our training, which I am obligated to say that I am not supposed to tell you the full details of, I saved his life even though he treated me so bad." Jason continued.
"Since then, he learned to look past race, and we became best friends, hell almost like brothers at this point." Jason finished.
This story gave Blake a lot to think about. If Evan was like that and could change, could Weiss and the others still like her? It was something that she hoped could still happen.
"Wow, that was a pretty cool story, this Evan guy seems pretty cool," Sun commented.
"Yeah, he is," Jason replied, smiling, thinking back on his training days with his friend. After their conversation, they all decided to take a walk, so they left the café and walked together.
"So, what's the plan?" Asked Sun.
"I want to know if the White Fang is really stealing dust. I can't see any reason for them to do so." Blake answered.
"How do you expect to find out?" Jason asked.
"We can do a stakeout of a dust hotspot and wait until the White Fang does or doesn't come out!" Sun suggested.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Jason commented, looking at Blake for her opinion.
"The only thing is I have no idea where that would be," Blake said.
"Well, while I was hiding on the ship I overheard talk about a large dust shipment coming in." Sun pointed out.
"How big?" Blake asked.
"Real big we're talking about Schnee company freighter," Sun answered.
"That's pretty big, and if they really want dust, that would be a prime target," Jason commented.
"Your sure?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, like Ninety-nine-point nine percent sure," Sun responded, rubbing the back of his head.
"Okay, what about the point one percent?" Jason asked.
"Well, I was hiding behind boxes and was pretty cramped, so their voices were muffled, but I'm confident I heard them right," Sun answered as they went towards the shipyard.
"Still, though, if they take all this dust, what will they use it for?" Sun wondered.
"Maybe they want to blow something up." Jason proposed.
"That's if the White Fang is behind this." Blake asserted.
"The blowing something up part can apply to more than just the White Fang." Jason pointed out as they continued on.
"Are they here yet?" … "No." … "How about now." … "NO." … "Kay, then how about…." Before Sun could finish, Jason interrupted him.
"I will tell you when anyone arrives when I sense them, as of right now, no one is here besides us!" Jason said in a low stern voice.
Sun had been pestering him for the past couple of hours of their stakeout, making Jason regret he ever told him that he could sense life energy. Knowing this information, Blake put him on lookout to tell them when or if the White Fang or anyone else shows up, and Sun kept asking him every minute or so if they were there.
"Sorry, it's just so boring up here you'd think they would be here by now." Sun apologized, standing up.
"I going to go grab some food. I'll be right back." Sun informed, jumping off the roof. Jason and Blake were now alone, lying down and looking around the shipyard in silence. This went on for a few minutes until Blake spoke up.
"So how are you feeling after…after what happened with your tail?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, well so far, it's not too easy. I managed to be able to walk normally after a couple of minutes, and well, I guess I'm still trying to keep my mind off it, going to have to learn to get used to being without a tail and not really being a faunus." Jason answered with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Well, I wouldn't exactly say that," Blake replied, getting Jason's attention.
"Your master told everyone how your mother found and raised you, and despite you not genetically being one, you still grew up as a faunus, so I think that it is close enough," Blake explained.
"Thanks, I'm glad I can still talk with you, and hopefully, the others I was afraid that you guys would be afraid of me after seeing me turn into…well, you know." Jason thanked, looking back at the shipyard.
"Well, at first, I think most of us were definitely shocked at first, but I think now, and over time everything will go back to normal," Blake replied, causing Jason to smile.
"Yeah, or at least whatever passes for normal around here." Jason smiled, causing Blake to smile just a little.
"By the way, I forgot to ask did you recognize me when we met at Beacon?" Jason asked.
"Yeah, I was shocked when I saw you, but ever since that day we first met. I could stop thinking about what you said." Blake began.
"Eventually, I knew you were right. What we were doing was wrong. Then I learned that I couldn't trust the person I had trusted the most, so I left." Blake continued.
"I wanted to start over to hopefully get people to start seeing me for me. Then maybe I can slowly get people to accept me." Blake finished.
"Well, I think you are doing a great job with that!" Jason smiled. After their conversation ended, Sun returned with fruit in his hands.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked as he walked over to them.
"Not really. Same as before you left." Jason answered.
"Cool, I stole you guys some food," Sun replied, holding out a couple of apples for them.
"Is breaking the law something so normal for you?" Blake asked as Jason took an apple to eat.
"Weren't you in the White Fang?" Sun asked back, receiving a glare from Blake.
"Sorry too soon," Sun apologized, looking away. Suddenly Jason's eyes widened as he sensed several energies coming their way.
"Get down they're here!" Jason said, causing Sun to drop his food as he laid down.
Soon a bullhead flew overhead, shining lights down onto the shipyard. Thankfully it had not spotted them as it landed. When it landed, several White Fang members walked out of the bullhead and spread out around the shipyard.
"Oh no!" Blake gasped quietly.
"Is that them?" Sun asked, looking closer.
"Bunch of faunus wearing Grimm masks and clothes that have the White Fang symbol on it, yeah, I think it's them," Jason responded as he looked at the scene. Blake looked down on the scene with disappointment in her eyes. She didn't want it to be true, but here it is the proof in the flesh.
"I'm sorry Blake. But it is them." Jason apologized as suddenly a loud male voice started shouting.
"Hey, what's the holdup? We're not exactly the most inconspicuous of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace." A man requested as he walked out of the bullhead. The man was tall and had orange hair who wore a bowler hat.
"Hey, isn't that Roman Torchwick the guy who's on the news all the time?" Jason asked.
"Is he ordering them around? The White Fang would never take orders from a human." Blake pointed out as she got up and unsheathed her weapon.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Sun asked as Blake jumped down.
"Sweet some action, and here I thought there would be nothing but a boring stakeout for the entire night." Jason smiled as he followed.
"Wait, you're not going, too, are you?" Sun asked, turning to Jason only to see he already left.
"Well, might as well follow them then." Sun sighed as he too jumped down. Blake slowly made her way to the group until she was near Torchwick, then she got behind him and held her weapon up to his neck.
"Wasn't expecting that move," Jason said as he watched from his perch above them.
"Nobody move!" Blake demanded as White Fang members surrounded her.
"Whoa take it easy there kid," Torchwick said.
"I want answers! Fellow faunus why are you taking orders from some human?!" Blake questioned as the White Fang members looked at one another.
"I'm sorry have you not heard little lady?" Torchwick asked.
"What?" Blake questioned, anger clear in her voice.
"I don't think she's going to convince anyone with this I might need to help her out here if things go south," Jason observed.
"I'm in business with the Fang and together we've been taking all the dust we can," Torchwick answered.
"For what? What do you need so much dust for?!" Blake asked. Soon two more bullheads flew overhead and hovered over the group.
"That's confidential kid sorry but you'd have to sign an NDA," Torchwick snickered.
"Oh shit, that's not good," Jason said, moving to a different position. Then Torchwick shot a bullet from his cane, sending Blake flying back and freeing himself.
"Looks like the party started. Better join in on the fun!" Jason smiled as he jumped down and landed on his feet, barely avoiding landing on his butt.
"Looks like I still need to work on my landings without my tail." Jason thought as he attacked the nearest White Fang members.
He knocked out the three that were closest to him then looked back at Blake, who was being attacked by Torchwick. He was going to intervene, but Sun beat him to the punch attacking Torchwick.
"Looks like he has things covered there." Jason thought as he turned his attention to other White Fang members who dropped off from the bullheads and surrounded Sun. Jason dealt with every one of them in quick succession until they were all unconscious.
"Oh, come on, what was that? Either you guys can't take a punch, or this guy is a tank!?" Torchwick yelled before he was hit by Sun, catching him off guard.
He kicked him in the face sending him flying towards Jason, who punched him back towards Sun, who brought out a staff and slammed it into Torchwick's stomach, throwing him away. Before either Sun or Jason could go after him, Blake jumped in front of them yelling
"He's mine." Before she charged at him. Blake and Torchwick exchanged several blows, with Blake with the upper hand due to Torchwick still being winded from Jason's punch.
"Okay, that kid was definitely a tank!" He thought as he blocked several more of Blake's attacks. Soon he was able to recover and turned the tables on Blake, hitting her with several decisive blows before Sun ran up and intervened and attacked Torchwick getting him away from Blake.
Sun transformed his staff into two separate nun-chucks attacking Torchwick with several hits and shots from his weapon. However, Torchwick blocked them all until Blake came from behind Sun and attack him sending him flying.
When Torchwick got up, he shot at a crate that was directly above Blake and Sun, causing it to fall. Upon seeing this, Jason ran to them and caught it before it could hit them.
"Whoa dude, you weren't kidding when you said you were strong!" Sun asked, looking at Jason.
"Well, I never could show you until now," Jason replied, throwing the crate away.
"Oh, come on, who's that strong!" Torchwick complained as he contemplated the scene in front of him. He was about to attack until a sudden voice came from the edge of the shipyard.
"Hey!" the voice said, causing everyone to look over. Ruby stood on top of a roof with her scythe in hand, prepared to fight.
"Oh it's little red should you be home?" Torchwick asked as he saw Ruby. Ruby then turned her head and talked to an orange-haired girl behind her, this gave Torchwick an opening, and he shot at Ruby hitting her and sending her sprawling to the floor.
Angry, Jason, attacked Torchwick with high speed. He was tired of seeing his friends hurt, so he decided to do something about it. He slammed his fist into Torchwick's stomach, sending him in the air, and before he could react, he flashed behind him and elbowed him in the back then just as fast, he appeared under Torchwick and kicked him into a nearby crate.
"Let that be a lesson to not hurt my friends or be a criminal or just a bad guy in general." Jason declared.
"Shit kinda ruined that line." Jason cursed inwardly. Suddenly Jason saw the orange-haired girl that Ruby was with come down and take out several White Fang members with ease.
"Wow, she's strong!" Jason thought with the irony of that thought not being lost on him. Soon Torchwick got out of the crate with bruises all over, clearly angry.
"This is just not my day!" He yelled, coughing a bit. Then several more bullheads came overhead shooting down on them.
"Oh crap!" Jason yelled, jumping back to avoid the bullets. But soon, the bullheads were dealt with by lasers that sliced them in half. Surprised, Jason looked back to see the girl to be the source.
"Wait, was that Ki? No, I didn't sense any Ki from that attack. That was something else." Jason thought as he closed his eyes to sense the girl's energy. He felt nothing. He tried harder but could not feel any life energy from the girl.
"Don't tell me she's another robot?! At least she seems to be on our side this time." Jason thought as he turned around.
Another ship was trying to fly away with a crate in tow, but the girl hooked onto it, somehow keeping it from escaping. Soon she managed to bring it down, causing an explosion distracting Jason to the point that Torchwick got away without him noticing.
"Okay, that was cool!" Jason thought.
He turned around and noticed that Torchwick had escaped and cursed at himself for being distracted. Soon the remaining bullheads flew away with no cargo being obtained. Jason slowly walked up to the unknown girl to ask who she was.
"Hi, there that was pretty impressive. What you did back there, and what's your name?" Jason asked as he got next to her.
"Oh, hello there, my name is Penny. Are you one of Ruby's friends?" Penny asked back, introducing herself and bring out a hand to shake.
"Yep, my name is Jason. It's a pleasure," Jason replied, shaking her hand.
"Penny, that was so cool! How did you do all of that?!" Ruby asked as she ran up to the two.
"Oh, it is just how my weapon works, Ruby. I would love to tell you, but it would have to wait for another time." Penny answered, causing Ruby to pout. When Ruby was finished, she finally noticed Jason's presence and jumped a little.
"Ahh, Jason, when did you get here?!" She asked with pointing at him.
"Jeeze, calm down, I was here the whole time," Jason answered, raising his hands defensively.
"Well, sorry I didn't see you, it's good to see you all better," Ruby replied nervously, still feeling uneasy around him like the rest of her team felt. She knew that they were still friends, but like Blake, it was awkward.
"Yeah, well, it's good being better though some things will need getting used to," Jason said as he looked behind him where his tail used to be. Soon they were joined by Blake, and Sun and Ruby went straight towards Blake.
"Blake! Oh, thank goodness we were so worried, well maybe not all of us. Weiss seemed disinterested, but I'm sure she still cares, but still, I'm glad you're okay!" Ruby exclaimed. Blake was surprised at Ruby's outburst but was happy to know that she cared and that the others were worried.
"Thanks, I'm sorry for running off like that. I just didn't know what to say and what you would all think of me." Blake apologized.
"It's fine, but I think we deserve an explanation," Ruby replied, getting a nod from Blake.
Later as the police arrived, the five of them sat in a circle waiting to be released. Blake had explained her story to Ruby, who immediately understood, and while Penny and Sun weren't listening, she also made up with Jason letting go of the slight fear she held.
Soon Weiss and Yang arrived at the scene with Weiss sporting an unhappy look on her face. Ruby immediately got up to explain to Weiss Blake's situation.
"Look, Weiss, it's not what you think she explained the whole thing…" Ruby began to explain, but Weiss ignored her and walked right past her and up to Blake.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I am no longer associated with the White Fang back when I…" Blake began to explain as Weiss interrupted her.
"Stop," Weiss demanded.
"I've had some time to think about this and I wanted to first apologize. I understand that I may have been ignorant. With all the White Fang has done to my family I guess it's made me a bit prejudice. Though I've thought that I've been seeing them differently because of Jason, when the...revelation about him came out I guess it made me think that I was wrong." Weiss apologized leaving out the part about Jason being an alien.
"I know that's no excuse for my rude behavior but even so," Weiss added.
"But next time promise me that when you have something weighing heavily on your mind you come to us and not someone else. Even if you may have a problem with us." Weiss insisted.
"I promise." Blake smiled.
"Yeah, Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby exclaimed, pumping her fists in the air as they gathered closer together.
"I still don't know how I feel about you," Weiss said, pointing at Sun, who chuckled.
"And you." Weiss turned to Jason.
"I already made up my mind and decided that you are still…my friend and I don't care about you know," Weiss said, looking at Jason.
"Thanks," Jason replied with a smile on his face.
"Same goes for me. It's good to see you all better when you disappeared like Blake, everyone except your team was worried." Yang added.
"Yeah, I think they knew I was going to come back." Jason smiled.
"Hey, wait a minute where's Penny?" Ruby asked. Everyone looked around, but there was no sign of the girl anywhere.
"Jason, can you sense where she is?" Ruby asked, sounding a bit concerned.
"I tried to sense her power earlier, but it didn't work, and I don't think I can find her now, but still, I think she's fine. You saw how she held up in a fight back there." Jason responded.
"Yeah, you're right. Well, we should go back to Beacon. It's getting late. We wouldn't want to miss the bullhead." Ruby pointed out as she left with the others following.
Unknown Location…
Later that same night in the laboratory of the Tuffle Talon, four separate chambers slowly opened. Suddenly an AI voice came from above, "Main force terminated now activating back up Beta." It stated as four tall figures emerged from each chamber. Each figure was the same height at five foot nine and had black hair and blue eyes.
"Well, looks like the old man bit the dust." One of the figures said, rolling his arm.
"Yeah, I only wish it happened sooner, now we don't have to be trapped in those damn cryotubes. I'm stiff all over." Another replied, stretching out.
"I'm almost sad. I wanted to see how strong the old man's supposed final creation was." The third pointed out.
"It probably hadn't reached our level yet." One theorized.
"Well, now that we're out, what do we do?" The fourth and final one asked.
"We can do whatever we want, but there is still that Saiyan, and we were made to kill Saiyans, so that sounds like fun." One answered.
"Then what?" Asked Two.
"We take over, phase 2 of the old man's plan was to take over the planet after testing so we will conquer the planet and then the universe in the Tuffle Empire!" One answered again.
"Now that sounds like a plan, let's get started on how we're going to kill him." Two smirked.
"There's going to be a tournament in a few months that he should be entering. I say we enter it and defeat him there." Three suggested.
"Yeah, we can kill him on broadcasted television!" Four exclaimed.
"I was just thinking of fighting him fairly instead of catching him off guard." Three said.
"You're too old-fashioned, Elias. We just need to kill him. However, the thought of a tournament is fun, so we will go with it." One replied to the now named Elias.
Danger arises, and it heads for Vale and its Vytal Festival. Who are these four figures, and what chaos will they help cause? Find out next time!
Author's Note:
Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed the chapter as always and about Jason's tail just to let you all know I will have it grow back, but that won't happen till at least till the events of Volume 4. And with this chapter ends Volume 1, and next time we will enter Volume 2, I can't wait to show off the new antagonists that I have introduced in this chapter, and if not obvious enough they're names are not one, two, three, and four, I just wanted a distinction for who was talking. See you next time.