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rachetmath · 11 months
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Ruby: Hey Jaune where are you going?
Jaune: Well Ruby I was asking around town to see if I could find a teacher.
Ruby: A teacher? Why were you looking for a teacher?
Jaune: To train with.
Ruby: Jaune come on. You're fine. You don't need a teacher.
Jaune: Okay but I need a break.
Ruby: From what?
Jaune: Woman after the emotional rollercoaster we had. I need to figure some stuff out.
Ruby: You can figure it out with us.
Jaune: No.
Ruby: Why not?!
Jaune: This is something I need to do alone. I can't be worrying about you and have you cuddling me all the time.
Ruby: We need you though.
Jaune: You have your team and my team. Which I’m not apart of no more. What do you need me for?
Ruby: Healing.
Jaune: Ruby, for how long we've spent together, no one has gotten injured that badly.
Ruby: Nora-
Jaune: She did that to herself. Plus I am now the odd man out. What need is there for me other than being in danger?
Ruby: You can be with Qrow.
Jaune: No. He has Robyn and Harriet.
Ruby: Come on.
Jaune: Ruby I need this. I need a training arc to get back on my feet. I need to figure out what I'm going after all this. Especially, after Alyx despite everything gave a second chance. I’m not wasting this.
Ruby: What are you talking about?
Jaune: Ruby, I couldn't save Pyrrha. I couldn't save Penny. Oscar. Alyx.
Ruby: Wait, you did save Oscar.
Jaune: Not before Emerald.
Ruby: oh.
Jaune: I’m just saying, I want to live to see my family again. So I need to get more experience and training to become stronger because obviously the roles I have are not a good fit for me.
Ruby; Hm. Good point. Good point.
Afterwards
Weiss: You let him go!!?
Ruby: Absolutely.
Yang: Why?
Ruby: I mean I understand. I thought I took L’s but him, nope.
Blake: But Ruby-
Ruby; Blake. He cheated Beacon. He almost dies multiple times. Every girl he meets either dies or hoes him in some way. And he was trapped on an island for years. Okay? He’s an uncle to a lesbian couple's son. He has a family who he may not be on good terms with. Also, in theory, didn’t Raven burn down the village him and his family used to go to? Probably the last good memory he had of his family.
Qrow: Oh shit she did.
Ruby: Oh my god. How was Raven not on his kill list along with Cinder?
Qrow: Yeah, we might not need to avoid telling him.
Ruby: All I’m saying is the guy has been through hell by himself. I say let him breathe.
Weiss: Are you serious?!
Ruby: Bitch don’t be mad at me! You only started liking him cause you were simp for the Rusted Knight. Hell, didn’t he save you like three times either from embarrassment or death? And didn’t you start off as immature as you thought he was?
Weiss:: Um.
Ruby: Exactly.
Nora: Ruby, that’s not fair. He’s our teammate. And our leader.
Ruby: Oh, so now you care?
Nora: What did you say?
Ruby: I mean Sakura-
Nora: Nora.
Ruby: No, Sakura, you can’t keep choosing when you want to start being a good teammate.
Nora: Excuse me. I’ll have you know-
Ruby: Don’t you be rude to him sometimes.
Nora: Um.
Ruby: You're also never there. In fact, you and Ren majority of the time are useless.
Ren: What?!
Ruby: Like you're never around when he needs you. And no, that portal thing doesn’t count. That was our fault. However, you two always prioritize each other but never Jaune. In fact, you two halfway almost left us to fight a giant grimm. Let Jaune face a maiden by himself, knowing his skill level is average.
Nora: Ruby that was months ago. Get over it.
Ruby: Alright, so where were you in the Cardin situation? Where were you during the Pyrrha situation? In fact how come you two were the first out when Neo showed up.?
Nora: Um.
Yang: In fact, isn’t Jaune kind of the one who saved your relationship by talking with Ren?
Ren: Um.
Ruby: Exactly. Like I said Sakura, you can’t choose to be a good team member when you want to be. So be a good girl and stay with your Sasuke.
Nora: Little bi- *tries to strike Ruby*
Ren: *hold Nora back* No Nora, calm down!
Nora: No way I’m taking that disrespect!
Ruby: Plus, he had a point. We barely get hurt. We rarely do defense. And the majority of our battles rarely require strategy. I hate to say it but strength is everything. And Jaune has the potential to outweigh us in every category.
Ren: Ruby, he is a healer.
Ruby: And you’re supposed to be a ninja and a skilled fighter but you're just as useless as your girlfriend.
Ren: … …
Oscar: Well Aura Amplification is more than just healing it increases other people's abilities.
Ruby: Oh really. Okay, Oscar, I have one question. Who here now needs Jaune to help amplify their abilities?
Oscar: Um.
Ruby: Mind you Ren is able to cover multiple people without Jaune’s help now. And Weiss barely needs healing either. So who?
Oscar: … Nobody.
Ruby: NOBODY. So let Jaune use his semblance for him. He needs it more than us. Maybe it has multiple purposes that we don’t know about.
Yang: But Ruby he’s not built like us.
Ruby: *stares at Yang*
Yang: What?
Ruby: I-I should- You are- Oo I… Keep it together Ruby. No need to bury this bitch along with your mom. She still raised you.
Yang: What? What did I say wrong?
Ruby: Yang, if Jaune stopped giving Fs about everything, he basically be a monster.
Yang: Wait rea-Really?
Ruby: Yes he goes there sometimes. He did it Heaven not giving a f about the situation and went for Cinder. In Argus, he didn’t think twice about stealing an airship and was ready to put his hands on Oscar.
Yang: Until you stopped him.
Ruby: You must not have seen his eyes he was ready to fight me too.
Yang: Oh.
Ren: And in Atlas he was ready to risk our lives to save Oscar.
Yang: True.
Blake: And again he look me in the eyes after we tried to stop him from killing the Curious Cat. Honey, he is close to being up there.
Yang: He’s got that Beowolf in him.
Ruby: Damn straight. Look. Let’s just give Jaune some space. Let him readjust back to Remnant. And let him find his strength. Alright? Now if you excuse me I need to find someone.
Yang: Who?
Ruby: Raven. She was the last one to see my mom so I need to hear her side of the story of what happened. It may end this stupid family feud we got. Later.*leaves*
Oscar: Hey where’s Emerald?
Somewhere
Jaune: I recall wanting to be alone. Why are you here?
Emerald: Emotional Support.
Jaune: I don’t need emotional support.
Emerald: Not you. Me.
Jaune: And what makes you think I am available, capable or interested in helping you?
Emerald: First, you have zero reasons to trust me. Two, I need screen time now because I’m a major player. So being a side character in your story can work. Three, I’m not like Pyrrha or Weiss, I can like you for my own reasons other than you being the “Rusted Knight” or your potential. And I might not be as linit with you as the others. I can show you, tough love.
Jaune: And what do I gain from this?
Emerald: My actual loyalty.
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majoringinsarcasm · 1 year
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“V9 was filler because nothing changed about Ruby or Jaune, she could’ve had her breakdown in Vacuo while the real plot was being fleshed out.”
Ahem
1) Above all else you sound like you hate fun bc V9 was so freaking cool and visually stunning and new and different and weird and wonderful
2) Had Ruby gone to Vacuo right away she would NOT have properly grieved Penny nor would she have had time to vent her frustrations because she is a Leader, capital L, and it’s been 8 volumes of her not addressing her issues or having bursts of anger and then immediately trying to comfort someone else. See V4 when she tries to tell Jaune that Ren and Nora will be fine. He responds “you don’t know that” and we see her smile fade. Her uncle might die and it’s her fault he’s hurt but she’s trying to comfort Jaune. No time for her.
Or in V6 where she just learned the big bad they are fighting seemingly can’t die. She goes to Oscar and makes him feel human she comforts him even though she’s no doubt flipping out inside. And then later when she smashes the bottle to wake Qrow up she is visually upset that he’s passed out drinking again but she softens and hugs him and offers support.
She has been trying to prove herself since Volume 1. She is the one who tells Jaune that as Leaders they have to put their team first and themselves second and she’s stuck to that rule. She wants to prove that Ozpin making her Leader wasn’t a mistake. With Jaune, it’s similar, he doesn’t ask for help from anyone with his emotions. He’s the golden retriever, the lovable idiot stuck in the tree. He didn’t want to be a team player at all he wanted to be The Hero, someone who didn’t need help, someone who could save his friends instead of being shoved in a locker and moved to safety. He didn’t want to work With them, he wanted to save them all.
And that’s why V9 is so special. For the first time since the series began Ruby Rose “puts herself first”. She’s been lamenting all of her failures she’s been stewing in this hopelessly because she thinks SHE is the issue when that’s not the case.
“What about me?!”
“What happens if I choose me?”
She decides she is Enough, flaws and failed plans and all. She does not need to change into someone else to be better because SHE was never the problem. The world would have fought against whoever came out of that tree and she’s holding her own hand and saying “I will be there for this girl I will grab the weapon she made and I will fight for Myself as well as everyone else. I am worth fighting for.”
And with Jaune, well he got to be The Hero all by himself. He got to be the protector of a group of beings that did what he asked and wanted to make him happy. Who Let Him Help. No one shoved him into a locker, he wasn’t laughed at for making up silly team attack names, he was in charge all by himself. He was selfish but he STILL wasn’t putting himself first at the same time. He was clinging to unhealthy ideals because he was without a team to lean on or even help. He had no one to call him out nobody to keep him level. It’s not until the final battle that he gets to be “the man he’s always wanted to be.”
Jaune is a strategist. He’s good at looking at the whole picture BECAUSE he’s not on the frontlines from the start. He provides perspective and new ideas. In V4 he also plays this role but he’s a bit reluctant. He’s without a weapon and sees at first the role as lesser, but now he’s fully embracing it. He’s from a big family and then had a team he’s not Built to be a lone wolf. He’s built to be with a family, he’s meant to be part of something bigger. After years of being the rusted knight he never changed or got better and THAT was the lesson. He got to play out his ideal and was worse because of it because a hero isn’t what he thought it would be. Or what he wanted it to be.
In the end Ruby still doesn’t call herself a huntress. Somewhat calls her that. In the end Ruby still doesn’t pick that definition for herself, but someone she showed kindness to and helped just because she could called her that. THAT is what makes Ruby a huntress. It’s not just about fighting monsters or even protecting those who can’t protect themselves. It’s about kindness, it’s about love, it’s about patience.
Ruby Rose is a huntress, because SHE embodies what a HUNTRESS should mean, not the other way around. And That is why this finale means everything to me. She’s better than the heroes in the books, and now she gets to save herself along with everyone else.
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crestfallencrest · 7 months
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Now that I'm home from work, I can talk about the fluri kids more indepth.
warning for a brief mention of murder and child endangerment
Yuri and Flynn absolutely do not plan on becoming parents. At least, not with the first kid. But then one day, Yuri comes back from a guild job, bruised and bloodied (Flynn definitely notes that it's not HIS blood) with a little girl with long black hair and bright green eyes, no older than three clinging to him for dear life and flynn nearly has a panic attack.
Yuri ended up saving the little girl from being murdered by a noble that her mother worked under (unfortunately the mother was also killed and yuri blames himself for not making it in time). Yuri beat the guy nearly to death and then ran to Flynn immediately like "I didnt kill him this time, get your knights to handle it or I WILL go finish the fucking job" in the (longer than Flynn would like to admit) amount of time it takes the knights to gather enough evidence to keep the noble behind bars, Yuri and the little girl (Iris) are basically inseparable. Flynn ends up asking Yuri what he plans on doing with her and he basically answers with
"She begged me never to leave her so I guess I'm stuck with this little creature now." but its obvious that Yuri was caught from the get go.
so Flynn is just like "Well. I guess we have a kid now." "We?"
"Yeah, we should probably get a house big enough for all of us." "Wait, we? Can we back up a bit?" "I wonder if Lady estellise would be willing to baby sit for us on the days that we're particularly busy. Hanks probably could too"
"YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS?"
spoiler alert: Flynn is obviously more than okay with this and then two years later, while Yuri is fighting for his life trying to get Iris to wear her shoes on the right feet (despite her INSISTING that she is wearing them right) Flynn brings up the idea of adopting a second child.
They end up adopting this small and very quiet three year old boy (Yuri starts considering that the three is the unluckiest number at this point) with fluffy blonde hair and blue eyes (Yuri jokes that it's mini-flynn) named Ren.
They aren't able to learn much about Ren, since the current caretaker wasn't told much about him. Just that he had been dropped off and had barely spoken a word since. They were unsure if he really even knew how to speak.
Flynn and Yuri do not take very long to make a decision, Yuri especially, knowing what it was like to be an orphan growing up.
That being said, Iris is overly hyper (jumping off the walls, climbing every possible surface she can, has a tendency of biting when angry) and once she learns that Flynn will likely let her have her way if she pouts enough at him , its ALL over. Despite this though, she is closest to Yuri, despite how often they banter.
Ren on the other hand is very reserved. If he isn't being dragged outside by Iris, then he's normally tucked in a corner somewhere in Flynn's office with his drawing paper. He's well liked by the staff (not that Iris isn't but she's a troublemaker) and has even won over Sodia. (He also likes Sodia, much to Yuri's distaste)
With Iris though, it's on SIGHT if she sees Sodia LMAO that child has tried to bite Sodia on more than one occasion (only to be yanked into the air by Flynn just in time, every time)
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sha-bae · 1 year
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The Knights Pet
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Chapter Ten
Ushers POV
After a few weeks of the girl living on base, I had been instructed by Ren to bring her along to training. I pulled her by the hand beside me as we made our way through the base to the training room. I was hesitant to include her, questioning if she would even be able to keep up, but Ren seemed quite confident in his decision so I didn't argue.
As we entered, the sound of Trudgen and Ap'lek going at it in mock battle echoed loudly through the room. There grunts and labored breathing loud and prominent as the others watched in silence. Kylo turned, noticing our presence and making his way over. "Hello, pet." He greeted the girl, patting her on the head, her focus never leaving her tussling knights, almost as if she was worried they might hurt eachother.
He bent a bit to be at her level. "There only training pet. And soon you will be too." He explained, earning himself a nod from the girl. It was clear her basic was improving though she still chose to be silent most of the time, only speaking when she wanted to. Trudgen let out a growl as he slammed Ap'lek to the floor, laughing victoriously as he stood, shoving a hand out towards his fellow knight to help him up. Ap'lek took it and pulled himself to his feet giving Trudgen the nod of approval.
"Pet." Vicrul spoke when he noticed her, seeming confused. "What is she doing in here?" He questioned, moving to her side. She smiled up at him happily, it was clear she was quite fond of him. She followed him around most of the time, her hand constantly in his as she trailed along at his side wherever he went. "I thought we'd start her training. If she's going to fight along side the knights then she must also train along side them, no?" Vicrul paused, thinking. "Yes I suppose your right."
"Then let us begin" With that kylo grabbed the girl by the arm, pulling her to the center of the training space. "Who wishes to spar with her?" The room immediately fell silent, non of us having any desire to hurt the girl, the size difference between us and her making it an unfair fight. Kylo sighed in annoyance, before turning to Kuruk with a smirk.
"Brother, you seem to have a strong dislike for the girl. Why don't you go first. Take this as an opportunity to... let out your frustrations." Kuruk let out a sarcastic laugh, his form leaned back against his chair, his arms crossed tightly over his chest. "Not a chance" Trudgen turned to him, a smirk spreading over his face. "What's wrong brother? Afraid she'll beat you?" All they knights including myself did our best to suppress our snickers, failing miserably. This seemed to spark something in Kuruk who gave Trudgen hard scowl before he stood from his seat, moving to face the girl.
There size difference became very apparent as they stared at each other, the girl having to look up at the man to meet his eyes. "This isn't even a fair fight." Kuruk growled, his hands balled into fists at his sides. "Then let us make it fair, brother." Kylo replied, pulled two knifes from off the wall and tossing them to each fighter. The girl looked down at the weapon in her hand as Kylo moved to her side, pulling her closer and whispering something in her ear. She gave him a hesitant look but ultimately nodded in agreement.
"You may begin."
With that Kuruk didn't hesitate to make the first move, his blade slicing harshly through the flesh of the girls shoulder. She stepped back, seeming startled by the man's sudden movements, her hand moving to wipe the blood that was now dripping it's way down her arm. Vicrul stood, ready to step between them but was quickly stopped by Kylos hand, holding him back from intervening.
The girls face fell, her expression resembling something like a feral animal as she moved into a defensive position, seeming much more ready to fight now. Kuruk seeming unnerved by the girls sudden change in attitude readied himself once again. He lunged at her, seeming surprised when she caught his wrist, twisting the appendage until his knife was pointing towards his own face.  She pushed him back until his back met the wall, trying to force the weapon towards his eye.
He managed to get out of her grasp, flipping them so that she was then the one trapped. He swung his weapon towards her, the sharp tip of the object meeting the metal of the wall with a loud thud when she moved to avoid it. She ducked beneath his arm moving herself back to the middle of the room. Kuruk now growing impatient that she was actually able to defend herself grunted, moving towards her with large strides.
Lunging towards him he caught her arm, his free hand meeting her lip with unholy force. She moaned in pain, but didn't back down, wiping her bloodied mouth on the back of her hand. He moved himself behind her, pressing his blade to her throat and dragging her backwards, only making it a few steps before she threw her elbow back into his sternum, the impact landing in the middle of Kuruk rib cage, knocking the breath from his lungs, catching him off guard.
He bent, the girl taking the opportunity to bring her knee up into his face, hitting his nose with a loud crack. "Fuck" he barked, taking hold of the girls neck, the suddenness of the action making her lose grip of her knife, the metal clattering to the floor loudly. He squeezed her throat so tightly she began to turn red, coughing and gasped as he backed her against the wall, her feet no longer meeting the ground as he held her in place.
It took her a moment but once she was able to think she lifted her legs, wrapping them tightly around his arm and yanking it away from her neck, making her fall to the floor where she scrambled to gather her weapon again. Before she got the chance the man took a hold of her ankle yanking her backwards and flipping her onto her spine.
He straddled her, using his weight to keep her on the ground as he set his knife aside clearly thinking he no longer needed it. His hands found her throat once again, a smirk taking over his features, thinking he had over powered her once and for all. At this point they were both bloody, chests heaving from the effort of the fight. But she wasn't done, she refused to let him beat her.
Noticing how close he had set his weapon she moved her hand over and grabbed hold of it, stabbing it into his arm, evoking a scream of pain from him. She scrambled out from under him, yanking the knife from his arm and flipping them so that she was on top, pressing the blade to his throat just as he had once done to her. "Enough, pet!" Kylo boomed, seeming to see how worked up the girl had become, not knowing if she was planning to stop or not.
Immediately she froze, dropping the metal from her hand. Her eyes fell upon his wound, seeing the blood dripping down his arm and onto the  floor. "Sorry, Master Kuruk." She spoke, seeming to melt at the sight of the injury she had caused. She quickly moved her hands to the puncture, pressing hard against the wound to attempt to stop the bleeding.
Kuruk, though annoyed by the loss seemed intrigued. He hooked an arm around the girls waist and sat up, now face to face with her, examining her. "How'd you learn to fight like that?" He questioned her pulling at the sleeve of her shirt to make sure he hadn't cut her to deeply.
He was unphased by his own injury's, he had suffered much worse many a times, he barley even felt it anymore. "Taught myself." She replied with a shrug, still trying to catch her breath. "I'm impressed." He nodded, running his thumb over her busted lip. "Maybe your not so awful after all."
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Redhead Revival PART 1:
As the sand blew with the wind. A glowing yellow gate was in the middle of the desert. Right in front a grand and marvelous city, Vacuo. Five hunters emerged from the portal, these five had experienced something imaginable.
The group was composed of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, and Jaune Arc. Jaune is a warrior who wanted to prove himself to the world. Yang is a brawler who wanted to gain closure of the mystery of her birth mom. Blake sought after redemption and to right the wrongs of her past self. Weiss was a rich girl with the desire to make her family name better and not be known as something it is not. Lastly Ruby a girl who wants to fight for her family, friends, and herself for a better world. They are achieving this, and they are now taking another step into accomplishing their dreams.
Jaune said to the four,” Let’s make out way to Vacuo,” as he was beginning to make his way there. “We have people to see,” the man added.
Ruby replied back,”Wouldn’t it be better if we called them?”
Arc replied,”Wouldn’t that ruin the surprise? Plus we don’t have a signal out here.”
Ruby realizing this,”Ah. Your right! Come team RWBY lets go and see the rest of them they must be sad.”
The other three replied back,”We’re coming!”
They eventually caught up with the duo. They started to walk to their destination. The group left imprints on the sand, eventually the yellow gate disappeared from behind. Once they reached the main gate, they were let in. A guard so happened to be there to help them.
Ruby requested to the guard,” We must meet with Hunters Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, and Oscar Pine.”
The gatekeeper responded,”If you wish to see the hunters you must wait til tomorrow. Unless you have a hunters license.”
Yang immediately showing hers,”I do. We all have them.”
The rest of the group soon followed with showing their proof.
The guard immediately turned and said,”Follow me.”
The five followed him to the main building for huntsmen and huntresses in the city, Shade Academy. They entered and continued to follow the guard. Which had led them to a dorm room.
The guard told them,”They are in here, whatever business you have with them make sure it is important.” And the guard went back to his position on the gate.
Jaune breathing slowly,”Ready to face them after all this time?”
Yang also cooling herself,”Better late then later!”
Jaune knocked on the door. Readying himself for his teammates to answer it. Everyone was on edge, until a man with long black hair with a pink highlight opens it, Ren.
Ren in utter shock once he opened the door,”Jaune… Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Blake… is that you?”
Yang,”Surprise?” shrugging her shoulders.
Nora and Oscar come to the door to behold the sight they see. And are also in shock, the five all eventually come in.
Nora on the verge of tears,”You came back! You all came!” She said as she hugs them tightly.
Ren also hugging them,”Don’t tell me this is a dream. We missed you all so much.”
Oscar also hugging them, but he was silent.
The five responded,”Well we have a lot to tell you.”
The other three,”Go ahead.”
The five then start to bomb them with groundbreaking news. On how, Jaune was the Rusted Knight of old, Blake and Yang being a couple, Weiss thirsting over Jaune, and Ruby basically committing suicide. Ren, Nora, and Oscar listen to every part of their adventure in the Ever-After. As they finish their stories, Blake asks,”What have you been doing here? And why are there eight beds in the dorm room?”
Ren explaining what they have been doing,”We have been planning for a while now a fortress. And there has been a development to why there is eight beds.”
Nora adding on,” A major development!”
Oscar speaking in a sullen voice,”Emerald is coming back with them shortly.”
As he says this Emerald walks in just in the nick of the moment.
Emerald without noticing the gang is back,”Hey Weiss. Wait Weiss? They’re back? Jeez well you can fill us in later.”
Yang confused,”Us?”
Emerald responding with sass,”Yeah us don’t you see the other four beds.”
As she says that Jaune, Ruby, Blake, Weiss, and Yang look at the door patiently. Then four red haired individuals come into frame. Pyrrha Nikos, Adam Taurus, Roman Torchwick, and Summer Rose.
Adam enters the dorm,”Hey gang were…” noticing everyone there silents himself.
The five in dismay scream in every emotion. Yang screams in agony and happiness. Blake screams in general pain, sadness, and happiness. Weiss screams in shock. Ruby is screaming because of joy and dismay, she is also crying of joy a bit. While Jaune screams in happiness, and cries of joy.
RWBYJ wondering asks,”How are you all alive?!?”
The red haired team answered,”It’s a long story.”
I hope you all enjoyed my first part of the AU! Now here comes the fun, I can now begin to make skits, and more with this AU! Anyone can also ask anything about this AU, like anything! Parts will be released every now and then when it comes to the main story, and again the skits will be made also to fill in between chapters!
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fantasyinvader · 7 months
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Today, I had a revelation.
In Kamen Rider Ryuki, there's a rider who looks like Batman. Ren aka Kamen Rider Knight. Even has a bat-theme going on, as he's partnered with a bat monster. Ren is involved with the Rider War, a (rigged) battle royale where they last remaining Rider gets a wish granted. Ren's wish is to save his girlfriend, put into a coma by his bat-monster. But while Ren is angry and abrasive, he also struggles with the idea of actually killing others. He has to defeat an unknown person brainwashed into being the final boss Kamen Rider Odin (only for another Odin to pop up. Again, rigged), but he also grows close to some of the other Riders.
It's an interesting inversion. Batman is famous for his no-kill policy, justifying it that if he begins to kill criminals it'll become easier and easier until all he only stops criminals by killing them. It's a slippery slope argument, why he doesn't want to be judge, jury and executioner, and something to take into consideration with how many stories speculate on Batman's mental health.
But this is what got me, the MC is a rookie journalist (with a respected female sempai) who tries to stop Ren from killing. Shinji Kido just wants everyone to stop fighting each other and instead focus on stopping the monsters from eating unsuspecting civilians. Everyone finds him annoying, but other Riders do grow attached to him. Kamen Rider Raia sacrifices himself to save Shinji after his fortune telling said Shinji would die, and he believed his fortunes were always right. Ren finds himself conflicted on the matter, even tries to cut ties with Shinji.
Ryuki was Toei wanting to show kids what heroism actually was (despite introducing the first evil Riders). And it's answer is being willing to sacrifice yourself for others. Ren puts himself through hell to save his girlfriend. Goro replaces his master as Kamen Rider Zolda so his master can die in peace to his illness. Tiger wanted to be a hero, even sacrificing his mentor who always preached “the needs of the many...,” but is recognized as one when he sacrifices himself to save a child from a traffic accident. Again, Raia died protecting Shinji and Shinji dies protecting a little girl from monsters prior to the final battle. Sacrificing others is not heroic, Shinji taught us that.
Shinji is... the show's Superman. That's what I realized today. The one whose example inspires others. His klutziness isn't an act like it is with Clark, but he'll help out people out of a genuine desire to help. It's how he's introduced after all, getting into a fight with a driver on behalf of someone in an accident. And in his main finisher, he jumps to the skies in a pose right out of the comic books.
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In the end, it's Shinji's influence that convinces the female lead Yui, a mirror doppelgänger of the big bad's dead sister, to convince her brother to let his sister go. To not sacrifice the Riders (and the civilians who get killed as collateral) in order to save her, using his powers to prevent the Rider War from ever happening after who-knows-how many timeloops...where Shinji always got involved and messed things up for him.
I hated Ryuki's ending when I first saw it, since it retconned the entire show, but as I got older I appreciated it more and more. Now I love it. I wonder if the Superman parallel was intentional. I mean, it's not like Western Superheroes are unknown over there. Legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka was the president of a Superman fan club once upon a time, and the guy who drew Speed Racer also made a Superman manga, while Super Sentai borrowed elements from a Spider-man show Toei made in collaboration with Marvel comics. So...maybe? But considering how Superman has been restored to being a hope maker after being so cynical due to Man of Steel and the New 52, it's nice to think that in the early 2000's someone, even in Japan, knew what he was about and served as an inspiration for another hero.
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demon-blood-youths · 1 year
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Van Ink Za Tatsu No Harem pt. 6 || How To Settle This!
This is part 6 of the drabble series Van Ink Za Tatsu No Harem. My lovely rper partner @the-silver-peahen-residence wrote 5 part so please check a look. So far this is part 6. 
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Part 1
Part 2 - New Challenger
Part 3 - Planning Operation Party B̶a̶c̶h̶e̶l̶o̶r̶e̶t̶t̶e̶
Part 4-   Party Time Descending Into Chaos
Part 5 - Party Rumble
---Actors for this drabble-----
Demon mun’s guests
(The DBT)
(The fractions :   Elite Demon Anthem,  Upstander Campaign, The Lupins, Knights of darkness)
Peahen-mun: guests.
( The main character Yuuka and her fraction, Dark Eclipse Nightshades. Her OC fractions: The Shallow Butterflies, The Season demon warriors, Cursed Vixens )
((Canon OG guests:  Deku and Bakugo from BHA with some of the A-1 class, Rin Okumura from Ao No Exorcist, Atsushi  from BSD, Ren aka Joker from Persona 5 and Denji from Chainsaw man.  
(( Note: I also struggle with grammar but the biggest part, is the fun of this drabble.
------------ Brief Summary ----------
The tension has now broken in the part with Denji’s proclamation and Bakugo’s outburst which makes everything heated. A lot of fighting is heard and the one who stop it is Ink. Ink has a few words to say and how would the DBT deal with this mess??! 
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At first, Ink didn’t know what to say when she heard Denji’s response. 
If I marry Ink, then I can kiss her all I want if you’re married right?”‘
Ink blinked. Eh? There is silence in the room. Isn’t that the right?  Was there something wrong with that? Ink had a somewhat grasp of marriage where people who fell in love get married after knowing each other. If people get married, they kiss all the time? 
Of course, Ink had no idea how Bakugo responded. 
“THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!?”
Ink is startled by Bakugo’s outburst. She didn’t see him get that angry. Although...Bakugo is angry all the time, he just means business or doesn’t bs about things. But he looks pissed off at what Denji. 
“Look Extra, their is no way that you would get that chance. You don’t even look like her type!”
My type? Ink blinked. Uhhh...but she listened to what Denji said. 
“And you think your her type? Last time I recall, you don’t seem like proper dating material since you tend to be violent, you insult everyone that you see as ‘extras’ you always seem to love insulting Yuuka for being one, and if I heard this right, you scared the living shit out of that girl over there. Uhh Ashley right?”
Wait....dating material???! Ink blinked dumbfounded. What is Denji talking about?! 
“Hold on, you two shouldn’t fight. Besides, Ink might not want things to get out of hand.” 
Rin is right. They shouldn’t fight. Besides...isn’t this a game?! It’s not that serious! But Bakugo said something weird along the lines.
“And don’t give me that shit! I bet you were lying when playing the game! If you were honest, I bet you would have tried to at least get a chance to marry Ink or date her!” 
Huh?! Wait....what is Rin and Ren lying about?! 
“G..guys guys please! Were at a party to have fun. Please lets not make this some battle arena! Please!” 
Atusshi is right. This is party, not a battle arena! Although....it would be good idea but that isn’t the point! Ink shakes her head but before she says anything. Bakugo said something weird again. 
“Fuck off! I bet you were thinking the same with Ink too, and you too Midoriya!”
“That’s not true!!!”
“I bet it is!”
Wait? What are they thinking about me?! 
“I know you since your always nervous around her but your just trying to hide it!” 
Eh?! Wait...is Midoriya nervous around me?! And he’s trying to hide it? But why? Did I do something wrong? Ink thought as she looks seriously confused. The fighting got even worse making Ink upset. And then Ashely raised her voice. 
“WILL YOU GUYS JUST STOP PLEASE!!!!” 
Ink became startled, looking at Ashely who looks seriously upset. And last thing that anyone wants is Ashely being upset. Ink doesn’t want her friends to be upset. 
“Look, no one asked for your opinion! This is between me and these idiots who things they know what’s best for Ink! We all are friends right!? Why that would be fine, if this idiot didn’t say anything!”
What’s best for me? Ink thought. But everything became a mess. Bakugo saying hurtful things and what’s worse, he exploded cake which the icing and cream is ,Ashley, Melinda, some of the boys even on the floor.  Ink is in shock. “B-bakugo?” But before she says anything. Denji was tackled by Bakugo for saying something. The boys were fighting and Ashely left for the bathroom crying. This isn’t what Ink wanted. 
“I think Ink will be happy with me! Your not dating material!” Denji said holding Bakugo down.
“SHE DON’T EVEN SEE YOU AS THAT! SHE WOULD BE MISERABLE!” Bakguo shouted.
“YOU DON’T KNOW THAT!!! SO FUCK YOU!!” Denji yelled.
“NO FUCK YOU!!”
“FUCK YOU!!”
“Guys please, your not making this better and Ink wouldn’t be happy seeing this so stop please!” Midoriya yelled.
“SHUT UP DEKU!!”
“Guys stop!!”
Ink wonders. Is this because of me? I-I don’t want this. I want everyone to be happy. Ink trembles before she growls. Navarro widen his eyes at this.
“ENOUGH!!” Ink roared demonically. She brought out her demonic visage making everyone stopped in their tracks. She growls breathing smoke. Navarro and Shdwkyz takes a step back. Not good. 
“You guys....Denji and Bakugo. You....guys are fighting over a game. A game! I thought you two are better than this! This isn’t fun! Ashely...is in the bathroom. Bakugo....you... You can’t say hurtful things to each other. This...I.....I can’t be worth fighting for here! I shouldn’t be the reason for you guys be fighting like this!” Ink yelled. 
“Well Ink.....you heard what these two think about you. If you have to marry one of them?” Kali said. 
------ Navarro --------
He didn’t expect this. He thought it would be funny and stupid....but of course, he didn’t take in account for Kali’s rule added to the damn stupid game, Denji’s answer over the game and Bakugo’s outburst. Well...of course, he can expect that but he didn’t had to say that kind of shit to Ashely like jesus, he took Denji’s answer too personal. Of course, Navarro would too but- then the short teen looks over to Ink who looks horrified. But when she shouted to get everyone back to their senses as she speaks. 
This...I.....I can’t be worth fighting here for! I shouldn’t be the reason for you guys be fighting like this!”
She’s right. Navarro thought. 
It now dawns on him, Navarro has finally realized that this is bad idea to begin with. This is way worse than the Bronx Zoo idea. Oh my fucking god...what have I done? Navarro covers his mouth. Deep down, Navarro has no one to blame but himself.  He had to look over Kali whose freaking eating popcorn like it’s damn TV show! Ugh! I shouldn’t let her be charge of the games!!! 
However...Kali wasn’t done. She had to ask a dumbass question. “Wait...what?” Ink said. 
“I mean Ink.....you heard what these two think. Who do you want to pick after seeing this?” Kali said. Ink looks to be dumbfounded as she now looks conflicted. 
What the actual fuck-that’s not something Ink needs to hear right now, Kali! Navarro thought as he grits his teeth. 
Rin grits his teeth hearing this and says, “Ink....you don’t have to answer that...” Rin said. Atsushi nods, “Yeah...you don’t have to answer, Ink.”
“Ink...” Ren sees her expression changed. 
Ink looks seriously conflicted as Denji and Bakugo were looking at Ink as they waited for her answer. Ink’s eyes widen as she begins to shift her eyes between Bakugo and Denji, back and forth.
“Like uh...I can’t....uh..I’m sorry....um...gotta use the restroom!” Ink said before she leaves for the balocny whereas the restroom is the other direction. “I’ll be right back!” Ink then flies using her wings. 
“INK!” Midoriya said as he runs after her.
“Midoriya! I will go get her! Stay in the party and calm Bakugo down, okay?” Shdwkyz told the pro-hero. Deku nods as he stays as he and Navarro were at balcony watching Ink flying away from here. 
-------- Balcony --------
“INK!” Navarro calls out for her. “Shdwkyz...we need to.” But Shdwkyz grabs his arm and drags him out away from ears, making him face forward at him. 
“I will go find her.” Shdwkyz said firmly then jabs his finger at his chest, “You. Need to fix this. Now.” He said as his yellow eyes are glowing. “The last thing Ink needs is listening to you! Now I’m going to go find her and you need to convince Kali to stop this nonsense. Understand?”
Navarro winces a little but nods. “Right. I will do that.” 
“Good. Just...ugh....make sure this whole thing does n’t get any worse. Although it did.” Shdwkyz sighs before phases as a shadow and goes after Ink leaving Navarro behind. Navarro cursed as he grips on the railing. “Shit....I need to fix this.” 
------- First floor - Party Game room --------
Everyone is quiet after hearing Ink’s outburst and well...Kali’s dumb question. Ink runs off not answering that. 
“Kali...what the heck was that for?!” Maggie yelled while Oblivion didn’t say anything. 
“if I know anything about Ink, I highly doubt she would love those two idiots after what was being said!” Kali said, stopping eating her popcorn. Denji and Bakugo looks upset but didn’t say anything. They felt angry and also ashamed of their actions. “But I also know that Ink won’t go for anyone who won’t be honest or be too coward about their feelings!” Kali looks over to Ren, Rin, Atsushi and Midoriya.
“What is that supposed to mean?”” Atsushi yelled. 
“But that’s okay!” Kali said, waving Atsushi off as she has an idea on how to solve this “We can resolve this in a fight.”
“A fight?! A fight just happened now, Kali!” Guam yelled.
“You can’t be serious....” Rex said as he looks ready to pummel Bakugo for saying hurtful things to his sister.
“I am. I highly doubt the party will go on with people getting angry and mop around. So if you two want to duke it out before you apologize to Ink, Ashely and everyone here, this is the best time to do it and let your feelings out.” Kali said. “So Denji and Bakugo, you are two going to use yours fists and fight.”
Rin scoffs as he is crossing his arms, “Yeah right! As if that’s going to work, they will knock each other out!” 
Denji got ticked off hearing that, “Ha?! You think you can beat me? Who the hell do you think you are?”
“Yeah! What the hell, ya damn rat! No yeah you and your rat tail ass will beat me.” Bakugo growled as both blond glared at Rin. 
“Who the hell are you calling a rat! You the two idiots talking about dating material and don’t consider Ink’s feelings.” Rin retorts. 
“And you are?” Denji asked. 
Rin growls, “I’m way better than both of you two! You!” He glares at Bakugo as he points at him, “Who cares about being number 1 hero but you’re a compete freaking jackass and you’re the one who doesn’t know what’s best for Ink! You hurt everyone around you just like you did to Ashely! You don’t know what a friend means to you!!!” Rin points at Bakugo angrily. “And you! I don’t know who the hell you are, Denji! But you’re way far off from being dating material! How long have you know Ink?! Who the hell says that in a dumbass game?! If we’re talking about type, Ink would want someone to care about her and don’t do this kind of shit!!”
“Rin!” Yukio said in shock, wondering where this is coming from! Don’t tell me- Yukio thought. Oblivion drinks her soda, knowing Rin is right.
“Tch....says the guy who answers the same thing as everyone else.” Denji clicked his tongue. “You’re not much better than anyone here. You were lying like he said!” He points at Bakugo.  “Watch when you pointing damnit!” Bakugo yelled at Denji.
“The hell do you say?” Rin glowered.
“Ya heard me!” Denji growled. 
“Hmph....” The three looks over to Ren who pushes his glasses up shaking his head. Atsushi and Midoriya were worried now and looking at each other.  Rin narrows his eyes at Ren, “Got something to say?” 
Maggie wonders....how the hell did this situation got to here.  Yuuka came back with a sigh. Oblivion looks over to Yuuka, “How is she?”
“Melinda is comforting her and Ashely is still crying...” Yuuka sighed and hears the conversation. “Wait...they’re still fighting?” She asked.
“Well...more like Rin and Ren are now joining the fight now.” Oblivion said making Yuuka groan as she listens. 
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“I disagree.” Ren said. 
“On what?!” Bakugo demanded. 
“Well for one if I recall. You didn’t raise your hand up when Kali says if anyone has a crush in ‘Would you rather?. So you don’t have a crush on Ink, do you?” Ren points out making Bakugo froze making Denji snicker and Rin crosses his arms smugly. “THAT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING!” Bakugo yelled. 
“It sure does...” Rin responded. 
“Also....I don’t think you’re better than these two, Rin.” Ren added. 
“Hah?!” Rin blinked. Denji laughs.
“And Denji, you’re not dating material. How long have you known Ink? This is your first party." Ren asked. Denji grits his teeth.
“Ink won't date any of you for acting like this." Ren said firmly.
Rin growls. “You-!” 
“Now guys! Let’s not start another fight or-” Atsushi begins. 
“Or what?! You going to do something too?” Denji asked. “You don’t even like Ink! What is it to you?!” 
But the one of the Lupins, Pierce blinked at this. “What the hell are you talking? Atsushi brought Ink cupcakes, of course he likes her!” Amhed had to whack Pierce upside the head comedically.
“I-uh....” Atsushi looks around as Midoriya looks at him. “I was paying her back for helping me back, okay?!” 
“I heard that from someone that the sprinkles on top were heart-shaped.” Kali said, drinking a soda. 
“Oh yeah, that too.” Pierce said making Fin sighed. Yuuka wished she hadn’t told Kali about the cupcakes. Because all eyes are on Atsushi making her feel guilty when Atsushi's cheeks became pink. “I-I uh.....” Atsushi said. “I can explain!”
“What the fuck?! You sneaky bastard!” Bakugo said. “You opt out of the game because you don’t want to say it but you have the balls to give Ink cupcakes?! WITH HEART-SHAPED SPRINKLES?! The hell ya trying to pull, ya damn cat?!” 
“Ink likes them, she likes chocolate!” Atsushi argued. “I mean they look good, okay?! " Atsushi sighed.
"You're obviously lying..." Ren sighed.
“Don’t use Ink as an excuse!” Rin pointed with a scowl.
“For someone who can transforms into a tiger, you’re being a pussycat for backing out and doing that kind of shit!’ Denji said as Ren shakes his head. Atsushi flushed red as he hates being called that. 
“Now you’re all being ridiculous!” Atsushi yelled, having enough of this, “What did you guys got her, huh? All you talked about is her type, this and that! This is why I opt out of the game! You're taking this game too seriously.”
Atsushi's reply is sound and valid but of course, the boys didn't take his question well.
“You didn’t have any problems saying who you marry, kill and kiss in the other rounds.” Bakugo said. 
“BECAUSE IT’S JUST A GAME!” Atsushi cried. “Kali added the F-word into the last one so that's why I opt out. I can't say things like that...”
Atsushi wasn’t wrong about that. But it does sound suspicious.
Rin shrugs, "Why not? It's just a game and besides....you should be upfront about it, Atsushi. No offense." Rin said. "Also I got her plushie." Rin coughed.
"A plushie?!" Bakugo said. "The fuck does Ink need one?! She ain't a damn kid!"
"And what did you got her?!" Rin yelled where his brother Yukio tries to calm him down.
"And a new freaking jacket and she js wearing it!" Bakugo said proudly. Rin and Denji glares.
Ryuji huff, "Are you kidding?? Ren got Ink flowers! Those are way better what you got her!"
Fuutba nods, "Yeah, I think it's a classic. These flowers were red and blue!"
Oh great. Now the peanut gallery is getting into this, riling this up. Yuuka stared in disbelief while everyone wat h this spectable. A handful wants to stop this from progress but most are amused by this. Navarro arrived, "What did I miss? Wait...are all of them fighting?!"Navarro sounded shocked to which Yuuka rolls her eyes, "What did you think?"
"We need to stop this..." Navarro said. "And I don't know how..."
Denji snorts, "Flowers are lame."
Fuutba yells, "Who says!!"
Ann sighs, "You two...don't add fuel into the fire." Bonking them on the heads.
"I know I didn't get her a gift!" Denji admitted, "Because I'm trying to know her but she did help me out so I'm going to get the best gift. Way better than you guys gave her beacuse..."
Navarro stares. The boys narrow his eyes at him except Midoriya
"If it weren't for her blood, I would be a goner."
"Wait...her blood? What do you mean?" Navarro repeated.
Yuuka blinked stupidly. Wait what?!
Of course, the boys especially Atsushi, Baukgo, and Rin didn't take that very well. Yuuka wonders why Denji is saying the darnest things. Denji doesn't look he's lying about it either. Navarro is godsmacked. Does he want to rile them up and get beat up. It's like Denji is against everyone.
"I drank her blood when I was hurt very bad and it heal me a lot." Denji explained as it it's normal.
Fosh spits out soda again and is choking on it again making Mouse slaps his back hard. Someone get this poor boy some water. Everyone is in shock as almost everyone trip themselves hearing that. Denji did what now?!
"Her blood?!" Atsushi said in shock. Rin stares wide-eyed as her fellow thieves, Ryuji and Fuutba were in shock.
"Damn dude....and I thought I was crazy." Rust said to which Jaron nods.
"Well...goddamnit...I need a drink." Guam said to which Lela gave him one.
"What the hell are you, a damn vampire?!" Rin looks ready to unsheathe his sword at this point. Yukio had to pull him back. "Brother, don't!" Yukio yelled.
"Besides...that doesn't mean shit!!" Rin said.
"QUIET!" Kali silencing the crowd. "Now it looks like all of you care about Ink like a lot! So to settle this. How about we do a love jeopardy??"
"You wanna die?!" Bakugo growled at Denji while Midoriya is holding him back. "Kacchan, don't!"
Navarro didn't thought this through....nope at all.
"A what?! Fuck no! Why?!" Navarro said. This is going too far and to point of stupidity. "We don't need to do this. Look let's all cool off and-"
"So Ink returns to a party where everything is awkward? I don't think so! The party has just begun! So if you guys know Ink better than anyone else like me of course since I am rival. Who knows! It would be fun getting to know her." Kali said, crossing her arms.
Midoriya voices his objection, "I don't know, Kali. Navarro is right, let's all cool off."
"Damn it Deku, stop being a pansy! I'm in!" Bakugo said.
"But here's a twist. The girls will score based on your answer." Kali said, surprising the girls in the room.
"Huh?!" Yuuka stared. Kali explains, "After all we girls have to score how romantic it is. As for the boys, they will score you on how right you are and gutsy it is!" Kali said the rules. The boys who don't share feelings for Ink looks conflicted but they need to get the party going.
"Sounds good?"
“Sounds good to me.” Denji said, nodding at the rules.
The girls are worried if this turns into a fight but they have to settle this so they nod. Navarro sweatdropped, you gotta be kidding me. Navarro I'd slowly regretting his life choices.
"I'm in. Knowing Ink, she wouldn't want the party to stop." Rin said. Yukio slump his shoulders and sighs. 
Fin ushers, "C'mon, Atsushi! You can’t let those guys talk shit about you like that!” Said Fin much to his friend, Ahmed who sighs. 
“Dude, you gotta enter man.” Ryuji told Ren while Futaba nods her head, “You gotta show those guys that Ink is the one for you! None of these guys!” Futaba said. Ren enters. 
“You guys can’t be serious....” Yuuka stares. 
“You guys...” Midoriya can’t believe that everyone is going along with this. Ochaco pats on his shoulder, “Midoriya...I know you don’t want to but...don’t you want to tell Ink how you really feel?”
“Eh?!” Even Ochaco noticed too?! 
“Well looks like everyone is there!” Kali grins, happy that everyone is joining so let’s get this jeopardy on the road. Kali got the questions and the six cagertories.
-------- Love Jepoardy begins --------
Here are the five categories and on the game board. There are 100 to 500 points on the game board. She grins as she has buzzers for the boys each. Navarro wondered how prepared that Kali is right now for this shit. 
“Now let’s begin!” 
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solohux · 3 years
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For the Hurt/Comfort prompts
Alpha Kylo/Omega Hux
'Just listen to my heartbeat, okay?'
It’s hard for Hux to think of his alpha as mortal. Kylo exudes such power and prowess that seeing him bleed is enough to break Hux’s heart a thousand times over. Every scar on the alpha’s body is a harsh reminder of his vulnerability, of his imperilled quest to rid the galaxy of its chaos.
“I won’t stop until you’re king of everything,” Kylo had said the previous night whilst his omega ran his fingers over his scars. “Everything.”
Hux’s chest had welled up with honour, and with fear.
The panicked word of the Supreme Leader’s grievous injuries reaches the bridge of the Finalizer quickly as the Knights of Ren rush their master back for desperate treatment, cutting off the frequency before the Grand Marshal can say anything else.
General Mitaka is by Hux’s side in a flash, asking if he’s alright but Hux feels as though he’s underwater, everything drowned out but the feeling of Kylo’s immense pain through their bond. Everywhere hurts.
“He’ll be okay, sir,” Mitaka is saying, ushering Hux away from the edge of the comm trenches of the bridge with a hand upon his lower back. “He always is.”
He always is. Hux’s Grand Marshal persona is slipping away, becoming nothing more than an omega terrified for his mate’s life and thinking of nothing else, letting everything else leave his mind except for things that will help his mate get through this.
“A-alert medical,” Hux commands, staring blindly at the floor. “Tell them to ready a bacta tank.”
A chorus of loyal ‘yes, sir!’ sings from around the bridge as every officer sets to work on doing what they can for their Supreme Leader’s return. A path is cleared from the hangar bay to the medical wing, ensuring that no officer, droid or stormtrooper will be in the way whilst Kylo is whisked from his ship to the tank, giving them as much time as they can against the Supreme Leader’s deteriorating state.
The walk to medical is a blur for Hux; if it weren’t for the guiding beeps and whistles of BB-9E, he doubts whether he would have made it there on time to meet the Knights of Ren and their precious cargo but Kylo is nowhere to be seen as the dirt-and-blood covered Knights stand in the corridor of medbay, fussing in a semi-circle with each other. Despite all being alphas, none of them seem ferocious now.
“Where is he?” Hux asks, face pale. “Where’s my Ren? I have to see him—”
“They’re prepping him for the tank, Grand Marshal,” Vicrul says, putting her hand up to stop Hux from entering the treatment room behind them. “He…he’s in a bad way.”
Hux stands on his tip-toes for a moment, trying to see into the room but with the doors closed, he shrinks back down in disappointment, “What happened?”
The Knights all share a glance. Vicrul and Ap’lek take each other’s hands before they bow their heads.
“Wait,” Hux takes a step back, taking in each of the Knights individually before a coldness overtakes him. “There are only five of you.”
Ap’lek raises her head, “Kuruk fell.”
“No,” Hux says. “What—”
But crashed and startled yells interrupt them, chaos sounding out from behind the doors.
“Ren!” Hux dashes into the treatment room, finding that his alpha is in the tank already but he’s thrashing. Wearing nothing but tight, black shorts and a breathing apparatus over his mouth and nose, the alpha’s wounds are heart stopping. His body is covered in slashes that could have only been made by a lightsaber, cutting through his skin in massive lacerations that there’s no doubt that they’ll scar. A starburst-shaped blaster wound sits in the middle of his chest, one that continues to weep blood as he twists and turns against the liquid’s flow as though fighting an invisible enemy.
“Ren, stop!” But he’s thrashing in the tank, clearly confused and afraid and hurt. The medics and droids alike are at a loss of what to do, all yelling for the alpha to remain calm or else they’ll have to tranquilise him; Hux knows that Kylo’s powers and drugs do not interact well. Already, the glass of the tank looks as though it’s about to crack as the alpha presses his palms against the sides, wanting to break free.
“I know you can hear me,” Hux says, trying to keep his panic at bay as he steps up to the glass of the tank, staring up at his mate’s pained expression. “You have to calm down, Ren. You’re only going to make things worse. Please, just relax.”
The omega expects Kylo’s voice to fill his mind like it usually does when words won’t suffice but all he can sense is his mate’s fear. The pain of his wounds and the grief of losing to the Jedi and witnessing the death of one of his Knights is all too much for the wounded alpha, his amber-coloured eyes wide and terrified.
“Kylo? Kylo, listen to me,” Hux takes his right glove off and presses it to the tank, taking calming and cleansing breaths to focus on the feeling of the claim mark on his neck; the source of their bond. “Just listen to my heartbeat, okay? Nothing else. Just me.”
Their bond thrums with energy, pulsing now with each beat of Hux’s heart, the focal point of Kylo’s life. Hux sighs. Regardless of the situation, it’s the only way the omega knows how to bring calmness back to Kylo’s tumultuous and tormented mind; after nightmares, during fits of blinding rage, before the darkest nights creep up on him. The comforting sound of Hux’s beating heart soothes Kylo to no end; now should be no different.
Hux watches as his alpha’s breathing begins to steady and his movements stop, his darting gaze coming to rest upon Hux on the other side of the glass.
“That’s it,” Hux whispers. “I’m here.”
Kylo swallows hard, lifting one of his bloodied palms to mirror where Hux’s rests on the tank’s surface. Composure returned, the medics and droids continue their work around the mated pair, careful not to disturb them.
‘Hux,’ Kylo projects, his voice weak and hoarse inside of the omega’s mind. ‘I lost…’
“There’ll be time to grieve, Ren, time for all of you.” Hux replies softly, looking back over his shoulder to see the Knights standing at the door, all leaning on or touching each other in some form. The omega pouts sadly, wishing he could find words to aid them but he can’t fathom their loss so he turns back to his mate, wiping away his falling tears. “But you must heal first, yes? I…we can’t have you hurting yourself like this.”
Kylo rolls his eyes. ‘Yes, my love.’
“Do not take that tone with me, Kylo Ren,” Hux pulls his hand away from the glass to point at the alpha on the other side. “I could have lost you today.”
‘You didn’t. Your heartbeat saved me.’
Hux bites his lip, unable to take any more. “Yes. Well. You promised me that you wouldn’t stop until I’m king, remember? And am I king yet? No, I’m not. So rest up and get back out there, hm? You’ve got a galaxy to conquer.”
An echo of a chuckle rings in Hux’s mind, making him smile in return, but Kylo’s presence is fading as unconsciousness lurks and Hux can only watch as his eyes slowly close and the sound of the respirator fills the room.
No one comments when the Grand Marshal begins to nest in the treatment room, creating a snug nook beside Kylo’s bacta tank where he spends his free time whilst his alpha is healing. The remaining Knights lock the door at night and find comfort in Hux’s presence, joining him in his nest next to the tank until they’re all sleeping in a pile beside their alpha, waiting for him to wake.
A pack always takes care of their own.
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howlingday · 2 years
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tragic backstory (tm) au) jaune still has the best raw stats in beacon, however he's still getting his ass kicked by the more skilled fighters. blake thinks that maybe there's a psychological block on him after his tragic past preventing him from truly fighting to kill, or perhaps he's just trying to hold back a dark powerful (sexy) beast and fears letting it loose on his friends.
a blushing team rwby and pyrrha decide that it's their duty to help him "let loose" nora makes a note in her jaune notebook jaune arc: fearless leader, tragic figure, future knight, dark sexy beast.
clearly writing down these aspects of him won't confuse future historians who are trying to find out the truth... surely
Foot of All Fears
Tell me, what are you afraid of? Something reasonable, like venomous spiders or snakes? Something inlikely to occur, but possible, like sinking in quicksand or eaten by sharks? Perhaps your greatest fear is something existential, like being alone or dying knowing nothing you do or have done means any- What? What do you mean I'm projecting?!
Goodwitch: Match! Winner is Yang Xiao Long.
Yang: Aw, yeah! Better luck next time, bro!
Jaune: (On his back, Panting) So... Hot...
Goodwitch: Bear in mind, Mr. Arc, that while aura is an effective defense against physical attacks, it can only do so much against alternative means, such as poison, the elements, and, yes, even temperature. Miss Xiao Long was effective in not only dwindling your aura reserve, but also physical limits against heat. ...Can you move, Mr. Arc?
Jaune: So hot...
Goodwitch: Oh dear.
Cinder: Pathetic!
Ozpin: One would think he'd be immune to heat after your numerous bouts with him?
Cinder: I never used heat against him. Well, not in the way she did. She layed heat on top of heat on top of him, forcing him to take it until he dropped. My attacks are strong enough to incapacitate him on a single strike with force alone. The heat was never a factor. (Smirks) Until now.
Goodwitch: In summary, be aware of all dangers in combat, and not just the physical effects of a few bumps, bruises, and broken bones. (Turns around) Is Mr. Arc feeling better?
Weiss: (Wearing gloves, Hovering ice dust over Jaune) He's cooling down, but I don't know if-
Jaune: (Weakly raises a thumbs up)
Goodwitch: He claims to be well, but we'll have the infirmary determine that. (Dials into her scroll) Are there any questions?
Ruby: (Raises her hand) What happens if we overheat in a real situation?
Goodwitch: I would advise you fall back from the heat source, and try to cool yourself down as safely as possible. It wouldn't do for you to remove your armor, only to be shot because it wasn't there.
Yang: So you're saying if you're shot through the heart, and you're to blame-?
Goodwitch: (Rubs her temples) Miss Xiao Long, I swear...
Weiss: How's Jaune?
Pyrrha: He'll be here shortly. Ren volunteered to escort him.
Yang: Not keeping an eye on your partner yourself, P-Money?
Pyrrha: Ren said he wanted to discuss something in private with him, so I agreed to let him take this one.
Nora: Ooh! Secrets! Who knows what Ren is telling him...
Emerald: I doubt it's anything important. Ren's as bland as they come.
Nora: (Gasps) How dare...
Blake: Speaking of secrets, does anyone know how Jaune lost to Yang?
Yang: You mean besides the obvious?
Ruby: Yeah, Jaune may be smart, tactical, kind, handsome, rugged-
Yang: Easy there, Rubio.
Ruby: Uh, but he's still not on Yang's level in terms of strength.
Pyrrha: I doubt he was on Adam's either. Blake?
Blake: Adam is a lot of things. He's spiteful, agressive, and strong enough to hold his own against an Atlas Spider-Droid on his own. Jaune was able to outsmart him, but I think that may have been more luck that he managed to hold his own against him.
Yang: Or, and hear me out, Adam wasn't so tough? I mean, I bet I could beat him with only one arm!
Mercury: I'd pay to see that.
Blake: Hm, or maybe... Has Jaune ever fought against a female opponent?
Ruby: There was that May girl from Vacuo.
Pyrrha: I sparred with him a few times.
Nora: I fought him once! (Serious look) And never again.
Weiss: What are you thinking, Blake?
Blake: Well, it's debunked now, but I initially thought Jaune had a mental block against female opponents, but that wouldn't make sense if he fought Pyrrha, Nora, and Yang himself. Does anyone know what he's afraid of?
Ruby: During leader indoctrination, he admitted he was afraid of spiders, bees, and angry women.
Yang: I can believe the last two, but what's so scary about spiders?
Blake: You'd be surprised.
Yang: Huh?
Blake: When I was walking around the abandoned wing-
Weiss: The one place we were forbidden from entering because of the potential Grimm activity and the delapidated structure?
Mercury: You guys sure do have a lot of fun places here at Beacon. Cliff-diving at the Emerald Forest, sap collecting at Forever Fall, and even an abandoned wing and sub-ba- Ow!
Emerald: (Whispers) Shut. Up. Merc!
Blake: I walked around and I ran into a spider-like Grimm. It seemed to use some kind of hypnosis to make me see my worst fears and insecurities. I was able to overcome it, thankfully, and I managed to destroy it.
Ruby: I'm glad to hear you managed to beat it.
Blake: Yes, but... What if Jaune didn't?
Ruby: Huh?
Blake: What if Jaune didn't overcome his fears, and that's the mental block? What if he saw something so horrible in his past, he repressed it until something triggered it today?
Pyrrha: Like what?
Yang: Prof Goodwitch said to be careful of overheating in a fight. What if heat made him relive that memory?
Pyrrha: What could it have been?
Blake: What if... it's the Winter Solstice?
Nora: Winter Solstice? In autumn?
Blake: The Winter Solstice. Also known in the Lunar Tribe as the Night of Hot. Slaves are forced to build a pyre as high as they can, and whoever couldn't build theirs high enough were thrown onto the biggest pyre.
Ruby: But Jaune didn't lose, right? I mean, he doesn't have any burns, right?
Ren: No, he doesn't.
Nora: Ren! Where's Jaune?
Ren: He's getting his lunch. During shared shower time in the locker room, I've never seen any scars or burn marks on his body.
Pyrrha: (Blushing, Whispers) Lucky...
Nora: Did you see his-
Ren: Yes, Nora, I saw his-
Weiss: (Blushing, Shrieks) Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
Yang: (Blushing) Y-Yeah! I don't want to hear about my brother's-
Nora: Does he have all ten?
Yang: Huh?
Weiss: Ten?
Ren: Yes, Nora, he has all ten toes.
Jaune: Who doesn't have ten toes?
Nora: I thought you didn't. I heard Velvet say you lost you third toe in a bet with the Sky Pirates!
Jaune: (Rolls his eyes) Whatever, Nora. (Bites into his sandwich)
Mercury: (Snickers)
Blake: Jaune, if you don't mind me asking, what are you most afraid of?
Jaune: Huh? (Swallows) Well, losing my friends and family for one.
Ruby: Aw!
Nora: So sweet!
Emerald: (Rolls her eyes) Typical.
Jaune: After that, I'd say spiders, bees, and anything else that bites or stings me. (Finishes his sandwich)
Yang: What about fire?
Jaune: Hm? Mm! (Swallows) Oh, because of our match? I, uh, wasn't really afraid. I just didn't have a way to counter you. If I got too close, you would have taken me down with your punches and kicks, and it's not like I can bounce your attacks back at you. (Picks up his drink)
Pyrrha: What about your Scarlet Sunset Strike?
Jaune: My what?
Pyrrha: Oh, that's what we call your sword beam.
Jaune: Oh, that. Well, I haven't gotten the hang of it, and it's too direct. If I used it, Yang would have dodged it, and I would have wasted a part of my aura. (Chugs his glass)
Mercury: You've got a massive reserve, right?
Jaune: (Sets empty glass) Mm... With the extra work I have, I need every bit of aura I've got.
Emerald: So you're not afraid of fire or heat?
Jaune: Uh... (Pokes his salad) No more than the average person, I guess. (Bell rings, He sighs) Well, that's the bell. I'll see you all in class. (Walks away)
Emerald: There you have it. He just didn't know how to fight blo- er, Yang, yet.
Yang: Yeah, I am pretty amazing.
Weiss: Still, there was something off about what he was doing.
Emerald: Eating lunch? I don't get what's so weird about it.
Blake: He was rushing to finish his food.
Emerald: He just showed up!
Pyrrha: And yet Ren was calmly eating. He's hiding something from us.
Emerald: You're all ridiculous!
Weiss: Welcome to the club.
Jaune: (Running down the halls) Almost... There! (Skids into class, Bell rings) Made it! (Blinks) Wait, this is the Advanced Tactics classroom. Oh no! I already had this class!
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agmapansa3008 · 2 years
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I probably shouldn't, but I find myself mostly comparing F4 Thailand 2022 to Hana Yori Dango 2005. Probably because it's the one I’m most familiar with, being one of my first ever Asian dramas and the one I have rewatched the most. But also, because compared to the comedic vibe of Boys Before Flowers 2009 and the clean, almost censored vibe of Meteor Garden 2018, it seems to adopt the Japanese vibe the most.
But what I noticed and where F4 Thailand sort of falls flat, is the slight difference in Gorya’s relationship with Ren. Don’t get me wrong, I really love the Thai version so far, I think they are making an excellent adaptation, but there is something that has been bugging me and that solidified in the recent episode, namely Gorya’s date with Ren.
In HanaDan 2005 the date is a mess. It is awkward, they barely have anything to talk about, Makino (Gorya) makes a fool of herself several times, and - and this is important - she really talks about Domyouji (Thyme) a whole bunch. Really, he is the only topic she and Rui (Ren) can talk about without it being weird. And then, of course, they run into Domyouji and the two of them start fighting/bickering again, as they do and we see Rui watching this interaction with an “Ooooh okay, I get it now”-expression.
That distinction is important. Because the whole balance of the show hinges on the fact, that Rui, as good and nice as he is, doesn’t have romantic chemistry with Makino. They are great friends and they can talk to each other really well, but when it gets romantic, something is off. Rui, in Makino’s eyes, is this perfect knight in shining armour, a fantasy, the peak romantic hero she can imagine. He’s on a pedestal, so when they are together, in a date setting, it doesn’t work. She’s too much in awe of him and he doesn’t know how to deal with that. It’s mutually unromantic.
The date in the Thai version, though, seemed completely fine. It was awkward for a moment, but then we get this really cute montage of them having fun together and enjoying each other’s company a lot. It looks like a genuinely good date. Then at the end, we get the conversation about the disastrous Zoo date, and then of course Gorya confronting Tesla in front of Ren, where we get the same “Ooooh okay, I get it now”-expression, but in a completely different context, with Thyme not even present.
Why does that feel wrong? Because, now, in the Thai version, I genuinely question why the fuck Gorya would like Thyme more than Ren. Why she ultimately chooses Thyme over Ren. Because she and Ren seemingly fit together amazingly. So what happens? We get the weird, outdated trope of a girl having a perfect potential boyfriend, that she has good chemistry with, but instead choosing the violent asshole, that annoys her for… reasons.
I quite honestly don’t remember the storyline from the Korean or Chinese version, but the Japanese one avoids this so well, by simply showing us that Makino and Rui don’t have romantic chemistry at all. While she and Domyouji, as cat and dog as it is, do. And I don’t remember the Korean or Chinese version giving me the same confusion as to why the Makino stand-in would choose the Domyouji stand-in over the Rui stand-in.
And again, this is absolutely no hate towards the show, I truly love it, the actors are amazing and they are doing a good job. But the balance is slightly off-kilter for me. They even try to rectify this, by having Ren speak Rui’s line of “She constantly talked about you.” when we didn’t see that at all during the montage. They told and didn’t show and I felt it. I felt it being weirdly forced towards the end. It felt wrong.
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knight-dwx-09 · 2 years
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Fake Knight Trailer
'though'
"speaking"
"narrator"
the screen open to Jaune in Ozpin office, the screen focus on Ozpin face. his eyes filled with sadness.
"i am sorry mr. Arc, but you are expel from beacon"
Jaune eyes widen, the scene cut into pyrrha talk with ozpin with sadness.
“sir… i want to tell you something”
the screen change to Jaune in vale walking. his eyes filled with sadness. he remembers all of his friends. he close his eyes and a big breath before release it
'i am sorry for lying to all of you girls and guys'
the screen show pyrrha lied down in her bed. her eyes filled with tear, guilt, and regret"
"please forgive me jaune"
the scene change to yang in training room, she surrounds by destroys training bot. her eyes is blazing red with her hair look like is on fire, her eyes show anger, Frustration and sadness.
"god dammit vomit boy, why didn't you tell me?"
the next scene show blake reading a book in library. her face doesn't show any emotions.
"for what is worth, i think you are good guy jaune"
the scene cut into weiss study in the class. she doesn't show any emotions, but her eyes show loneliness.
"i guess i do miss that dolt"
the next scene show ren meditation bellow the tree. his face show not emotions
"i hope you are okay my brother"
the scene change into nora in cafeteria. in front of her is stack of pancake. but she doesn't eat anything. her face show emptiness.
"don't worry fearless leader, we won't rest until we find you"
the final scene is ruby in front her mom grave. her eyes show Helplessness, Depression, and Loneliness.
"please come back to us jaune"
jaune it show bleeding and beaten fighting a horde of grimm. behind him is a scare girl faunus, she have fox ear and tail. her hair is orange and her eyes is blue. she wearing a orange dress and headband. jaune now use a great sword with both hand.
It then shows Jaune rushing towards the horde of grimm while dragging his great sword behind him as he let louse a roar, his body shine with bright white.
"even though i can't become a huntsman or a hero"
the scene show jaune in a hotel looking to the photo of him, his team and RWBY team smiling with blake and weiss show a small smile too. he make a sad smile, then he look beside of him. the faunus girl cuddling with him like a giant teddy bear. he smile with more happiness and joy before he cover both them with blankets and hug her like a father.
"have a nice dream lily"
the scene change into jaune and lily walking in the wood talking to each other, the scene cut into both of them training. jaune with great sword and lily with a dagger.
the screen show jaune fighting beawolf and ursa while lily in the tree shooting few of them with a pistol. then a deathstalker burst from the bush scaring both them.
the scene show jaune healing a wounded oldman with the rest of villagers look grateful to him, lily still beside him felling shy from the people looking at her but she also feel with pride.
"i want to become a hero like you dad"
the next scene show jaune with wide eyes looking at lily, she have a big smile and  determination, he then see his past-self overlay with her. he then smile and petting her head.
"sure thing my little club"
"but that doesn't mean that i would stop try to save other people and become the knight they need"
the final scene show a short girl with pink and brown hair hugging and crying on jaune, around them is caos and fire. beside them is a black red hair girl with silver eyes looking and them with tear on her eyes, slowly she get closer and hug them.
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vecnawrites · 3 years
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Playing Hard To Get
Everyone knew that Jaune Arc pined for Weiss Schnee. But what few knew was that Weiss Schnee pined for Jaune Arc just as much. The reason they weren't together? Weiss had gotten bad romantic advice. Hopefully, this wouldn't work against her...
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Weiss walked down Beacon’s hallways with a confident smile on her beautiful face. Her snow white hair was perfectly shampooed and conditioned, her tiara was in its proper place, and she had just the slightest bit of make up on her face to accentuate her best traits, making her eyes and lips stand out, accentuated her cheekbones, and all that.
Why all the primping? Well, Weiss was a woman on a mission. She knew, well, more like everyone knew, that one Jaune Arc was smitten with her, completely and utterly. But what no one actually realized was that she was smitten with him as well.
Why hadn’t she agreed to his many requests for a date, then? Well, the answer was surprisingly simple. She wanted to see that he would fight for her. She had read in a myriad of articles and books based around romance that it was very good to play ‘hard to get’, as it would show if the boy in question was truly serious about dating her. If he continued to try for her, he was worth keeping around, worth dating in the long run.
Jaune hadn’t stopped, he had always tried to convince her to go out with him, but he was pleasant about it, always accepting her answer of ‘no’ with grace, backing away only to try again about a week or so later. And he never asked her to do something boring. It was always something that she loved (she loved comedy movies! After all, there was little joy growing up in the Schnee household), or had never done before but actually wanted to try (she had never been allowed near any sort of arcade or even gaming before as a child, being expected to be the perfect heiress at all times)! He even knew her favorite flowers and how she liked her coffee!
She knew that now was the time to strike, as the Beacon Dance was coming up during the next week. Now, she knew that most girls considered Jaune a dork (and they weren’t wrong, he was a wonderful dork), but that left him open for her to snag as a date for it!
She already knew that it would be perfect~ Jaune was always the perfect gentleman, even when it was against someone that was being rude to him-that brute of an oaf Cardin and her own teammate Yang were two examples.
Reaching the Library, Weiss walked in confidently, seeing the head of blonde hair that she knew by heart over at one of the tables, scribbling away at a notebook before him, glancing at one of the books on top of the table.
Walking up, she gently coughed to catch his attention, and when she saw him look up and focus on her, she gathered herself and spoke. “Well, Arc,” oh, how she loathed to call him by his last name, she would be sure to call him by his proper name after this, “I know that the Dance is coming up, and since I know you don’t have a date, I’m willing to go with y-” she blinked, stopping as Jaune closed his book, looking up at her with that sheepish, slightly awkward grim that she adored, but for some reason, this one filled her with dread.
“Actually, I do have a date to the dance, Weiss!” he said, his face happy and voice calm, but both made her freeze as though she had just heard some of the most dark, foul, and violent vitriol to ever grace her ears.
“R-Really?” she hated how weak her voice sounded, how faint it was, the sinking feeling only growing as Jaune gathered up his finished work and stood, nodding to her with a smile. “Yeah, she even asked me, rather than the other way around with me asking her, so it was a nice surprise! I’m sorry, but I can’t stay and talk; I have a team training session with Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren! I’ll talk to you later?”
Weiss found herself nodding weakly, wondering where things had gone so wrong as the boy she wanted left the library. She had no doubt that he was just too polite to say ‘no’ to the girl in question… so she would have to find said girl and… convince… her that it was in her best interest for something to ‘come up’ the night of the dance and allow her to go with her Dork Knight.
~
Weuss was going to have to give up, as much as she despised the very thought. All of her investigations had come up with nothing. She knew that it wasn’t Pyrrha: her largest rival for Jaune’s affections wouldn’t have been quiet about going to the dance with him. She’d have been singing about it from the rooftops.
Her own partner was also out as well; after all, Ruby was not only the only one of her team to know about how she truly felt about Jaune, she also only saw Jaune as her ‘goofy bestie’. Which wasn’t bad at all in her case. It meant she had someone to talk to about her feelings.
But that still left many candidates: the chocolate skinned, green haired girl named Emerald Sustrai eyed him in interest several times, as did the beret wearing Ciel Soliel from Atlas, and even the beanie wearing sniper from BRNZ, May Zedong had been eyeing him enough to make her feel uneasy. A scowl formed on her face at the thought of one of those… those hussies taking her man!
...but, she hadn’t figured out who it was, and tomorrow was the dance. She hadn’t bothered to see if anyone else would go with her, not when the only person she wanted to go with wasn’t available. She wasn’t even sure she wanted to attend anymore. She wouldn’t enjoy it.
She sighed, shaking her head as she saw the person of her desires walking towards her, that sweet smile on his face. She swallowed, but forced a smile to her face. It wasn’t like a lady to be sour at someone else’s happiness… even if it hurt.
“Hey, Weiss, how are you doing?” he asked, making her smile become more genuine, even if still being sad.
“Hello, Jaune… how are you doing?” she saw him frown, and panicked a bit, she didn’t want him to know that she was feeling sad! She watched as he bit down on his lower lip a bit, looking at her with his deep blue eyes.
“I’m doing okay. Prepared for the dance tomorrow, how about you?” she felt the sting again at the knowledge that he would be going with someone else, someone that wasn’t her. Horrifyingly, she felt tears building in the corners of her eyes, and quickly focused her gaze down towards the floor so he wouldn’t see them.
“O-Oh, that’s nice…” damn her for sounding so weak! “I...I really hope you enjoy your date with w-whoever it is…” she sniffed, feeling the tears beginning to make their way down her cheeks-
“IT’S YOU!”
Weiss froze, two single tears dropping from her face to fall on the floor as her eyes widened, hearing those two, powerful words. She looked up, seeing him looking at her with a sad, but warm smile on his face as he reached out and gently wiped her cheeks clean.
“It’s you, Weiss… you asked me in the library, remember?” Weiss’s mind flashed back to that day last week, and their conversation, specifically, her saying that since he didn’t have a date, she would-a small gasp left her lips, and more tears built up and flowed down her cheeks, but these were ones of happiness.
He hugged her gently, and she sank into his hold happily, inhaling his scent, crying steadily now. “Let’s have a lot of fun, just the two of us, okay?” she croaked out, feeling Jaune nod against her head. “I’ve thought a lot about this all, so I hope you can keep up with me.” another gently nod and a hand cupping her cheek as she hiccuped, carefully wiping her tears away.
Weiss couldn’t wait for the Dance now. She was just thankful she had gotten her dress ready when it was first announced!
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itsclydebitches · 3 years
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Recently, I've been watching the voice actress for Aerith playthrough FF7, admiring Aerith's house and garden and I look back on rwby thinking how it has so little of that. Aside from their literal homes, the girls spend so much of the series on the move that none of the locations they visit have much significant meaning to them; from the random, forgotten village where Jaune forged his weaponry with Pyrrha's to Weiss being totally cool with dropping her Atlas on Mantle.
You know, that's a really interesting point. Setting is such a crucial part of experiencing a story and the emotional weight of RWBY's has, arguably, been lacking. Not with Beacon, I don't think. School settings are classic and from the cafeteria food fight to the girls' decorated dorm; Oobleck and Port's classrooms to Ozpin's secret vaults, there was a real sense of lived-in space there. When I think about the home of RWBY, I think of the school, not the literal homes that we only spent a comparatively short time in, split four ways across a Volume. The events of Volume 4 and some of 5 were too packed to allow for much of that character work through the setting. With the exception of Yang having a flashback in her kitchen and Weiss being locked in her room (I do love the visual of summoning this giant knight in her tiny, isolated space) there's not much that had an emotional impact on me in terms of the setting. Certainly not the Haven house that was immediately tainted by the Volume's many problems.
What stands out to me is that none of the characters miss spaces. Nor do they really grieve for them. We don't hear the group reminiscing about Beacon. The one conversation we get, at Haven, is about how much they've grown and moved on from that place. It's not an acknowledgment that this placed they loved is just gone (or at least, currently inaccessible due to grimm). That ability to shrug off the loss of a home is cranked up to a thousand when we see none of them balk at - or even mention as a relevant concern - the fact that using Ambrosius will destroy an entire Kingdom. I agree with Robyn that the people are more important than the place, but that doesn't mean everyone involved in that decision shouldn't respond to it as the emotional decision it is. Volume 7 tried to make us believe that Weiss was standing up to Marrow to defend her home - the home she twice tried to run away from - and then Volume 8 went straight to complete disinterest in its destruction. As you say, RNJR spent all of Volume 4 going through forgettable places. Ren is the obvious exception there, grieving his hometown and the people there, and it's probably why I find it to be one of the better parts of the Volume. Ruby leaves home with just a note. Oscar does her one better by leaving his Aunt, presumably with no idea of what's happened to him. Atlas, prior to its destruction, could have had a new sense of home attached to it, but we kept moving from place to place for short bursts: Ironwood's office, the meeting room, their dorm (only to wake up in a gag montage), out in the mines, out in the streets, at the election party, in three different training grounds, in the hideout, in Atlas HQ, in Amity, in the whale, at the manor. That's the place we spend the most time in come Volume 8 and... that right there is the problem. The middle of the battle was not the time for the group to sit around in a safe, comfortable space and try to develop. The downtime of Volume 7 was actually quite hectic, bouncing the group all over the Kingdom and not allowing them (and the audience) to get attached to one particular place. "It will be just like Beacon!" Penny said. Not in terms of gaining an attachment to the setting it wasn't.
RWBY became a travel story and that's fine. The problem is not that they move around a lot, but that they're not striving for home and they're no longer making meaningful connections with where they've been. Compare Volumes 4-8 to Frodo and Sam, frequently recalling the Shire and using the thought of home to spur them on. Why is the group doing all this? The meta-narrative claims it's for their loved ones (trust love), but the primary text makes no mention of them. Ruby and Yang don't long to return to Tai. Jaune isn't worried about his six other sisters in the world. Hell, he wasn't even worried when grimm attacked while one sister was standing in the danger zone. Blake has no plans to return to her family and pick up with the White Fang. Weiss has no thoughts about the destruction of her Kingdom, is not there for the death of her father, and "dies" after a speed run reconciliation with her mother and brother. Qrow has rejected Raven, Ozpin, and has made no mention of Tai. He's also the one the rest of the group keeps forgetting about, left to be missing, in prison, and then alone in a destroyed Mantle. Oscar, as said, hasn't even made mention of his Aunt, nor has a desire to return to the farm become a part of his struggle with the merge. Ren and Nora are the only ones whose home is solely with one another, yet Nora has rejected that, so... what now? What is everyone fighting for? We're left only with this generic "Kill Salem because she's the established bad guy" motivation. It rings hollow and a part of that may well stem from the group's disinterest in the homes attached to those people. We'll presumably only get a Volume (maybe two) of this island and I doubt the end of RWBY will take place in Vacuo, so we're set to leave two more hastily developed locations behind. Maybe if the group were having a positive impact on these places like they did in Volume 4, it would feel more like these places meant something to them (and us). As it stands, the group is currently leaving only destruction in their wake and they don't seem to care about the untouched homes they should want to return to. They're just wandering on this mission because it's The Right Thing to Do. They have no plans, no desires, no drive, no wants, no motivation beyond "kill the bad guy because she's a bad guy." They feel unmoored from the world they're trying to protect and that makes them incredibly hard to connect to nowadays.
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razorblade180 · 3 years
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Interdimensional Moms pt4
Part 3 here! <-
The tales had be interesting. The tales had even been emotionally gripping, yet all of them so far didn’t seem to register at the moment as Ruby’s teammates looked at her with the same excitement she used to give her own mother during story time. Ruby couldn’t help but give a little smile.
Ruby:I take it you’re ready for my turn? You do know it’s not exactly a sunshine and rainbows story, right?
Weiss:We figured as much, but....
Yang:You’re so different! From the moment you showed up I could just feel it in my gut. You have this...presence about you. Not to mention intsene confidence.
Blake:Yang is right. You said you beat your Salem when your seventeen. That’s...scary if I’m being honest. Such a drastic departure from any of our worlds.
Ruby:*red* Hehehe ummm I guess I’m just awesome? Really I don’t think it’s the most outstanding feat. At least by my worlds standards I suppose. I mean sure, I’m consider cream of the crop there too but there’s talented people and challenges all over that would put me through my paces still. I’m just...me.
Weiss:Sigh...honestly, I suppose that means our own skills must pale in comparison to our counterparts.
Ruby:Mmmm I wouldn’t say that for sure. My Yang would kill me if she heard this but there’s something about the one right here that has spark I dig.
Yang:Really?
Ruby:Uh huh. Can’t put my finger on it but I think you take her if you want it bad enough. As for Weiss....couldn’t tell ya. Haha, I know better than anybody to not underestimate the power of mother, and you pumped twins out.
Weiss:Not sure if those are pity points or real ones but thanks either way.
Blake:You don’t even have to tell me I’d lose. Just gave an entire story about me an my condition.
Ruby:Don’t feel too bad about it. I can’t imagine much reason for you two to fight for any reason. You’re both too reasonable to not reason with yourself.
Blake:Aw I’m touched.
Yang and Weiss:We aren’t....
Ruby:Hahaha I’m just saying! So, I guess I take things from the top like you all? From what I learned from all of you our Beacon experiences really are more or less the same, not counting certain interactions between a bookworm faunus and an adorkable blonde knight. Enrolled early, blew up the entrance, Weiss was rude, Yang ditched me, all the same beats.
Yang:There’s no super badass change like you beating Cinder the night of dance and making our entire lives easier?
Ruby:Ha! I wish I was that legit. No, I was very much the young girl tripping in heels that night. Vytal festival came around and was attacked, then Beacon fell. Pyrrha was lost and so was Penny. Difference being that was my last time seeing her, unlike Weiss’s story apparently.
Weiss:Yeah that...that’s a little bit of shock to be frank. Sorry.
Ruby:No worries. Not like you did anything and it was decades ago for me now. After that day is when I started to get a bit more serious I think. I had always taken being a huntress seriously and never slacked of in trying to live my dream. However, my perspective may have honed in on just how do or die life his when you’re the one choosing to walk into unknown danger. Team RNJR’s first and only mission, save the world!
Yang:Sub mission: Flirt with Jaune Arc.
Ruby:*blushing* We do not choose who we fall in love with it. But yes, that may have been a personal pseudo mission for me. He’s my first friend at Beacon for crying out loud and I you know.....thought he was cute then too.
WBY:Yeah that checks out.
Ruby:What does that mean!?
Weiss:Ruby, even my Ruby admits to finding Jaune attractive and having a crush on him back in the day.
Blake:Same.
Yang:I already went into enough detail on how my little sister feels about Jaune. Your just the reality where you pounced on the opportunity and never let go. Struck when the iron was hot and none of us were around; sly fox.
Ruby:Gee you make it sound underhanded. It isn’t like I intended to actively pursue him. Everyone was really sad and stressed traveling to Anima. There was a tension in the air. One that really strained us. I did my best to keep focus, but a leader is only as put together as team. Ren and Nora confided one another as usual and I tried being there for Jaune because seeing him emotionally shut down was rough; so I did my best to be there for him. Then...he ended up being there for me and I was the one who needed comfort. All the airing out and late nights just...led to....*red*
Blake: “Breaking the tension?”
Ruby:I guess that’s one way of putting it. We were lonely. I hid my feelings best I could under the veil of comfort in the moment. Not that needed to. He made it pretty clear that he wanted me in the same way I wanted him. I just the two of us were too scared to ask for promises we weren’t sure we could keep so we loved in the moments we could, so to speak.
Weiss:If it wasn’t under dire situations, all that sounds oddly romantic.
Ruby:Right!? Looking back at it makes the entire thing seem romantic but I definitely wouldn’t wish a similar experience on anybody! I guess it’s what I wished for when I fantasized huntress life huh? Things obviously got better along the way. Our relationship got a bit more serious right before we got to Haven. Then Tyrian and other crazy stuff happened that threw all of us into panic mode again before slowly getting better again by a lot.
Yang:We showed up?
Ruby:Bingo! You and Weiss, met Oscar, and then eventually Blake came back. Things were on the up and up.
Weiss:Uh, Haven attack?
Ruby:We lived, up and up. Yeah you got stabbed but you know...that’s not new I’m sure.
Weiss:Yeah I have the scar and I’m still little pissed.
Ruby:Valid. Anyways, so my Atlas experience was different as hell. There was no formation of Remnants armies like Weiss spoke of or even between two kingdoms like Blake. Yang, what happened yours again exactly?
Yang:Nonsense. Cinder showed up with lackeies but not Salem’s lackies. Those people showed up separately, then Adam came back from wherever the hell he- a lot! A lot of people showed up for different reasons but also the same reason and to be frank, we all almost got shot by the military for being in bases that quote unquote, “didn’t exist.”
Ruby:Man I wish we traded. That at least sounds crazy enough to be fun. Just a rollercoaster in the dark basically. My experience was probably as hectic, but also way more streamlined. We showed up, and then all hell broke loose. Specially a mass grimm invasion lead by Cinder and her annoying associates. We were there for about three weeks updating General Ironwood and getting our barrings together when it happened. I wanna call it a hit and run tactic but it was clearly planned in advanced. Mechs were hacked again, traitors in the military, grimm lying in wait before hand; it was chaos! All for the relic.
Blake:Who was the maiden?
Ruby:Never met her. By the time we got there, Ironwood was panicking because she had vanished, taken right from under his nose. It was some young girl apparently, really young. The attack on Beacon looked like child’s play to this. Mantle got attacked, grimm were on the chains, they tried dropping Atlas to the ground; all a diversion for a relic. We all should’ve died, and yet, we didn’t. Winter and Weiss weeded out traitors, huntsman and military held the line, Yang bested Hazel with Nora, Qrow and I cut down Tyrian! Ren, Blake and Jaune helped the kingdoms while Ironwood struck down Watts. Nobody was in the mood to die that day. There wasn’t gonna be another Beacon. By all means, we were pissed. Even Raven showed up of all people.
Yang:What!?
Ruby:You can’t attack a kingdom without the world knowing. Especially when traitors leak info. Honestly she came for you though, or she never left to begin with. Couldn’t tell ya. Thanks to Maria I had a bit more handling with my eyes. That helped a lot. Without them and Os-
She stopped herself, choking on the words. The zest and excitement of recalling the heroic feats of her friends dimmed slightly with her smile. Her joyful smile became bittersweet like the memory.
Ruby:Then there was Oscar, the real warrior on that flamed filled night. That battle had to have been three days at least. We were so driven, and so tired. I was tired, but Cinder, Neo, and the others with her at the time weren’t; always showing up at the worst time. I managed to push Cinder back in a fight but grimm and others still swarmed. We were at a point that grimm very well might’ve did us in and the villains didn’t have to push any harder. But Oscar changed that. Hehe, what’s it about country folk that makes people like him and I not hesitate to grit our teeth? That dork looked at me, gave me the biggest smile on the the steps to Atlas, and then he left. His hair went white as he twirled the cane and then he left, forever. Oz came out, and he left nothing to the imagination. “Limited magic” my butt. He obliterated grimm and made a barrier aroma Atlas while everyone else cleared Mantle long enough for the world to send reinforcements. Salem didn’t get the relic, but she got the maiden and thousands of casualties. Oscar being one of them. Also, Whitley....he was in critical condition for a very long time.
Weiss:What do you mean...critical condition?
Ruby:Everything happened so fast Weiss. Panic was high, buildings fell....a piece on him. I wasn’t there but when I eventually found you, you were nearly hysterical and banged up. By some miracle he lived even though we could not reach him and he did not get aid for awhile. We thought him dead. It was only after everything we learned somebody got him. Being rich never paid off more than with medical bills. Thanks to youth and medicine he can still walk, but he can only do so much before being tired. He also left Atlas. The cold hurts.
Weiss:So, I run the company because he can’t?
Ruby:I wouldn’t put it that way, but it was one of dozens of reasons that made that goal stronger for you. Relax though, both of you get plenty of time to be witty siblings like I told you earlier.
Weiss:I know. It’s just, I guess it’s hard imagining Whitley hurt like that. I don’t think I could handle it.
Ruby:You definitely teetered in the moment. Knowing that happened though probably gave you anger and grit to fight the entire battle. You were a beast. Scarier than Winter. Anyways, that hollow victory was a real wake up call for the world. They didn’t know about Salem and we never told society in earnest. Cinder and other conspirators were enough to make Remnant work together to boost defense. Relief went to places that needed it and I, became the face of hope. Haven, Argus, Atlas, even people from Vale got to chattering of a particular group of people who always seemed to answer the call for help. Then the towns in between chattered. Yours truly had been carving a name in the history books and was only gain popularity the moment I stepped into Vacou, alone.
Blake:Alone!?
Weiss:What!?
Yang:Where were we!!!!!?
Ruby looked at surprised faces around the table, smiling tenderly. She looked down her dress and pulled out the cross she wore around her neck. Her thumb traced its edges as her mind began wandering down an old path paved with emotions raw to the core.
Ruby:I’ve always felt different. Not just because of my eyes but that there was just...a certain spark that never stopped going off for as long as I remember. There are plenty of people who can’t bare to watch others suffer, but there are fewer people I believe that truly feel the agony of other people’s pain. Beacon, Haven, Atlas, Argus; there was no place I went that I didn’t see the faces of others lamenting, and I didn’t make me want to grieve. Atlas took so much out of all of you and I just felt so....driven to stop that ache. For everyone’s sake, but mine as well. I wanted the world to finally get to the happy ending. Enough trauma had be sowed for a hundred lifetimes, so I went on ahead of everyone. I never doubted you all would follow but I wanted to get ahead of the curve and take on as much of the suffering I could do others wouldn’t. If the world wouldn’t give me a miracle than I’d be it myself for everyone else.
Yang:That’s suicidal! Salem wanted you specifically!
Ruby:It’s not like I went marching up to her door and said “1v1 bitch, I’m here” no, I just chose to move forward quicker than what we were all doing. Believe me, all of you were upset when you caught up, after I had already saved Vacou. *smiles* I really like that place. I told the people it was the next target and all they did was double down on pushing back. I managed to pin down the Summer maiden before the villains and thanks with the city on alert, there wasn’t a shift in the sand that didn’t go unnoticed. I got the jump on Mercury and Emerald, personally paying them back. Can’t say I didn’t enjoy it. It didn’t take long before they realized how screwed they were with them being outed like this and Cinder having the nerve to retreat before hand. Both of them threw in the total, outing the plan against Vacou. A wipeout of a win. Not to mention they told me the location Salem’s little hiding hole.
Weiss:We missed all of that?
Ruby:That’s what happens when I leave in the dead of night and running on adrenaline. Like I said before, people were tired. As much as all of you wanted to hoof it, other’s were relying on you. Atlas almost dropped for gods sake. Eventually when you all caught up it was at a good time. Soloing was rewarding but difficult. Fortunately Sun, Neptune, Ilia, and a few other familiar faces were close by if I needed an extra set of hands. My little stunt earned the anger of everyone for awhile.
WBY:Yeah no shit...the leader left.
Ruby:Yang was the most upset, followed by Uncle Qrow, and you Weiss. I was ready for the blowback. Jaune and Nora saw me though and bursted into tears. Hehe, wasn’t ready for that. Felt terrible and cried back. To prevent that stunt again, my Yang convinced Raven to link me. A couple days of apologizing and rest smoothed things over. It also gave time for just a few close friends and colleagues to get together for an assault on Salem’s castle. A few were apprehensive about it at first but at the end of the day I was going. That attitude was infectious apparently. You guys, actually everybody, they started getting this hunger to end it all. Maybe it was the high of victory? Regardless, it sent me racing to the end with those that I loved most.
Yang:You’re a real “my way or the highway” kind of Ruby. I don’t get how that explains what made you so...elite.
Ruby:I’m not sure what to say. A fight needed to to fought so I fought it. A cry for help was heard so I ran to it. A grimm needed slaying so I slayed it. People needed me to win so I didn’t dare think of losing. Dying was never option, even when it stared me right into my eyes. I had things I wanted to do and people I wanted see for years to come. I guess...I am strong because of the fact I want things my way. A moment I’m not giving it 110% is a moment wasted. After all, a huntress is all I ever wanted to be.
A single dream she wanted since birth. The never ending desire to be the hero in stories told to her many nights ago. That’s all it ever was. That’s all it’s ever been. Even in meadow of beautiful red roses, one would be the rose that captured the eyes of many, that bloomed stronger than the rest. As simple as it was, that had to be the answer here. Weiss, Yang, and Blake were in front of that flower. The Ruby Rose that simply bloomed stronger than the rest. The one that clung to her dream as if letting go meant dying itself. The devotion was inspiring, yet also overwhelming. If this was Ruby they had lead them that day in the Emerald Forest, could they have kept up? Could she be the leader they followed? No, they couldn’t have. Something deep down inside them gave them that answer. No matter how she looked and how much she loved, this Ruby Rose was cut from a cloth they simply weren’t off. The same as others, but oh so different.
Weiss:You’re....kinda a monster, you know that right?
Yang:Seriously, I’m so...floored. It’s intimidating.
Blake:Not to mention humbling. I used to think I gave it all I had. Now I’m not so sure.
Ruby:Oh don’t be like that you three! You’re all living proof there was more than way to go about life, this war! Everything you gave was enough because you’re done with it! Nobody failed. Besides, I...am far from ideal. The assault was challenging. Getting around hoards of grimm and making it to Salem was hell made real. Neo tried taking another shot at me but Yang held her off with help. Everyone pushed the obstacles in front of me out of the way as I went to Salem herself. Cinder had been abandoned by her and stripped of a lot of her powers. Angry and desperate, she tried killing me again as a way to prove worth. I beat her. However, I let her walk away.
Yang:What!? Why would-
Ruby:Naive, I was...naive okay? She was all spent and though I hated her, I just couldn’t. Not when I looked into her eyes and saw that same hunger I had to claw and scream at my dream until it was in my hands die inside her. We both knew from this point on there was absolutely nothing she could do where this ends her way. All she worked for turned burned to ash. So I gave her the choice to not burn up with it. Cinder swallow her pride and then fled. A part of me couldn’t help but rationalize killing her didn’t solve or justify any of my beliefs or desires. It would’ve done it because I hated her like she hated me. That was the dumb logic of a seventeen year old who never quite learned to take things slow.
Blake:....I don’t think it’s dumb. Naive for sure, but maybe that’s good? Even my Ruby, she never wanted to act on hate. She didn’t. Salem lives.
Weiss:Mine sent her soul to be at piece instead of passing a cruel judgment.
Yang:As a person who’s seen what you looked like with nothing but vengeance inside, I can say it doesn’t fit you. Before that day you had a warmth inside you to even foes that were somewhat admirable. You chose to leave Cinder’s fate up to those who had that hate and Salem was undone by her own doing at the very end. That’s what really makes you special Ruby. That’s why you’re called an honest soul. Good will is your nature.
Ruby:....Hmm, you sure know how to butter me up. *scratches head* I guess that part of me is uni-I mean multiversal. Strangely, that makes me feel better, to a degree.
Weiss:Do we even have to ask what happened to Salem at this point? I doubt the story ends with you loosing and having to retreat.
Ruby:Who’s to say it doesn’t? I could’ve been beaten to death before the gods themselves descended down to revive me with awesome power.
Yang:....Did you?
Ruby:Wh-No! Haha, I made her an immortal statue.
Blake:I-It was that easy?
Ruby:Well I wouldn’t call rushing into hell’s castle easy, or Salem. I lit her up at least a dozen times. My head pounded from each use, I was tossed around a bunch, magic is annoying, and not to mention running out of ammo. I left nothing to the imagination in that fight. If it were easy then I wouldn’t be rooting my horn and my age doing it. I was so tired I blacked out afterwards. I woke days later with a sore body and the title of “Remnant’s Savior.” Apparently beating Salem had weakened the grimm everywhere and all of you made sure who was to be thanked for it. That’s the tale of how I saved the world with my friends. Love, trust, elbow grease, and a lot of bullets. Before the final battle, Ozpin had struck a deal with everyone involved. In return for saving the world, he’d cut ties with us.
Yang:Seriously? What brought that about!?
Ruby:Good or not, he lied and was a schemer. Sure I was gonna try to save the world regardless of his interference but there wasn’t a person alive that didn’t to finally take a step towards the future after all this. All of us finally had time chase dreams and help the world the way we wanted to before all of this. Blake begin mending hate, Weiss took back her company, if Yang wasn’t with Blake then she was seeking more answers to Raven on wild adventures.
Yang:You mean Raven still left after all that!?
Ruby:In her defense, both of you made everything fucking awkward when she was around. It’s like you both wanted to talk about something but knew any subject was a land mine so you all you ever did was...stare, like weirdos. Glad that’s in the past. She just lives with dad now and you two now to hold a conversation. I dare not ask for more. I’d be a granny by the time I did.
Yang:Sigh...I don’t know what I expected. Shit it the fan several times and children were born before mom and I found solidarity and understanding. What did you do afterwards? Your goal was already met.
Ruby:Like hell it was! I started busting my butt traveling around the world, visiting every place to help in anyways I could. Ren and Nora tagged along for awhile before going off to make an orphanage in Anima near Ren’s old village. That left Jaune and I to do our hero thing.
Yang:As well as other things....
Ruby:Hey, what can I say? We were young and going up in the world. By the time I was nineteen, I was now a married to my partner and best friend.
Weiss:Uhhhh-
Ruby:He’s my partner on RNJR and you’re my BFF, gosh did I really need to explain that hehe?
Weiss:I just had to make sure. Crazier twists could happen.
Blake:Wow you married young. Not that there’s a problem but I’m surprised. Then again you also dated earlier than my Ruby. Hehe, weapons were on her brain for a long time.
Weiss:No kidding. When I learned about you crushing on my brother I was shocked to find out you liked anybody in general. Especially a person who isn’t a weapon nut in the slightest.
Ruby:*shrugs* All you’re telling me is I’m clearly the most impatient or impulsive Ruby you all know. Don’t know how that happened. Maybe I was dropped as a baby or had one too many coffees growing up?
Weiss:I’m willing to bet it’s both.
Ruby:Ruuuuude. So yeah, that’s...the story of how I saved the world and married Jaune. We even built a home just outside Vacou, overlooking the kingdom and neighboring town in the distance where Maria grew up. Yeah, that’s me....more or less. All the triumphant parts anyways. Anything later on is......
.......
Blake:R...Ruby? You okay?
Ruby:Nope, not really. *clenches cross*
Yang:......You know, I never really got religion, especially after learning the truth. It just seemed completely hollow when you learn of the real gods, ya know? However, I changed my tune a bit after being a parent and then some more when uncle Qrow died. It was never really about the truth behind if those other gods were real-
Ruby:It’s the piece of mind in believing in a better place for loved ones and having people watch over you. It’s truly based on blind faith in every sense but that’s okay as long as it gives peace of mind, to stay strong. Yeah....that’s why I wear this.
Yang:If that’s the “why” then I guess the unavoidable question is what happened?
The reaper leaned back in his chair, letting out a long sigh. Ruby brushed her hair out of her face while her face went pale. Then, Ruby’s eyes, her teammates watched a pair of stunning silver eyes dim, becoming akin to a clouded mirror.
Ruby:Being a huntress was all I wanted. The plan of having a family and settling down never appealed to me much. I feel, I felt like being in the field was where I was meant to be. It’s where I was most myself in a way. So the day I learned that I was pregnant was more than a little upsetting and terrifying, until dad and time itself filled me with the most genuine joy I may have ever experienced. Dustin Arc Rose, my first born son. He opened a door to a world and life I never knew I wanted to be apart of. Then...that door was shut minutes after, when Cinder and Neo stole him right from my arms. I couldn’t do a single thing about it other than blackout. That single act of good will I showed, it did nothing but kill me inside. The same way I did to her.
WB:.....
Yang:Ru-Ruby....your eyes.
Ruby:Hmm? Are they clouded? Funny, I would’ve thought your Ruby would’ve had a similar change. Maybe that’s a world exclusive thing, or a testament to the will you Ruby has to endure. Clouded eyes on a silver eyed warrior means the person has lost the desire or rather the mindset of persevering life. Be it their own life or wanting to end another’s life out of resentment, strife. My entire world fell apart when I woke up and learned nobody was able to retrieve Dustin. I was in pieces, Jaune was broken, nobody was the same. There wasn’t a soul we didn’t know that hadn’t tried to find a lead, but we never did. He was just...gone; and I couldn’t cope at all.
Weiss:I don’t think any mother could. Ruby, I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Ruby:I’m sorry too. I lashed out in anger, and shut people out. My eyes clouded and I dove into my work for a little over a year doing nothing but searching aimlessly as I took and every job back to back. The more time went by meant the more people eventually had to go back to their own, and it drove me up a wall inside. No one could reach me. I didn’t want anybody to. Not even Jaune. I....*teary eyed* I left him alone in house. There was no part of me that could even attempt to understand his pain because I was drowning in mine. I was told he tried his best to catch them at the hospital. I never hated him for not succeeding but I...he... I just, I can’t. I don’t know what I thought. All o knew was I didn’t even want him to touch me. How cruel is that? *hugging herself* I made him drown in despair in the same way I was. I wasn’t home so often that I never realized he eventually left it abandoned to live with dad. Yang and Blake I didn’t even show up to your wedding. Jaune did that much. Hell, Raven attended. Ruby Rose as a person didn’t exist any more. I was only a wandering huntress looking for answers or the challenge that might’ve ended me.
Blake:What changed?
Ruby:Oz, he did what nobody else dared to do. He fought me. I don’t think he thought twice about it. He was prepared to accept all the anger I kept inside until I eventually broke down into tears like I’m trying not to do right now. Thinking about that time is still, extremely difficult. Oz let me lament, encouraging me afterwards to finally except the fact Dustin was gone and that I needed to process it properly. First I went to you Yang, in order to have a my big sis to lean on. Can you guess how that went?
Yang:With me holding you tighter than I ever had before.
Ruby:*smiles gently* I don’t deserve you. You and Blake then came to patch with me where everyone else waited for me and helped me face Jaune. That may have been the hardest thing I’ve done. Grieving or not, the fact that I left him in such a state. I know what that does to people firsthand and yet I left. For the first time in over a year we embraced and finally grieved together. The next two years were spent trying to heal and cope. During my time away the world had fully acknowledged me. I even got a proper nickname, but it all felt hollow. Imagine that, achieving your dream but not caring? If that’s not salt in a wound then I don’t know what is.
Weiss:What’s your title?
Ruby:I am the person people want to see when evil comes to cut their story short. I am a symbol that their tale still has more to tell. Remnant has named me The Storyteller. Curtsey of Maria, who spread the name around. Healing was slow and most nights I felt a pain in my heart, but then everything changed. One moment made me dare to try again to open that shut door in my life. *looks at Yang* I held your son in my arms. Sweet little Kovu.
Blake:*smiles* Kovu? Now I wonder who named him?
Yang:*red* Huh...how about that? Hehehe, wish I could meet him. I know he isn’t technically mine but I can’t help but feel all warm now. Also I can’t believe I named him that!
Weiss:I can. Veronica’s middle name is Nala.
Yang:Okay, maybe not marrying Blake was a win? Clearly I can’t be trusted to not name my children after other cats.
Blake:The wrong kind of cat too. I’m a panther faunus, not a lion. Even if they’re blonde that’s still false advertising of what they are.
Ruby:Well Yang was the one giving birth so you lost a majority of the option to complain.
Blake:That is fair.
Weiss:You gave birth to Vee, so I think that solves who picked her first name.
Ruby rested her head in her propped up hands that rested on the table. She felt exhausted reliving that chapter of her life mentally. Still she managed to smile, then smile bigger. Her eyes unclouded and a warm feeling filling her again. What Ruby said earlier about what made her different may have reign true, but her friends could since that there was now more to it. Ruby had spiraled into an unimaginable tragedy, yet was able to bounce back thanks to loved ones. To smile as she does, it was truly a strong sight to see. Even if she wasn’t fully aware of that.
Ruby:Carmine Arc Rose, my second born and the first child to call me mommy. Followed many years later by itty bitty Garnet. He’s my little man, five years old while is big sis is seventeen now.
Yang:Damn! That’s a gap. Oh, also congratulations. Almost forgot that part. I’m glad you got to be the super awesome mom that-
Ruby:I am easily C-teir.
Yang:Oh come on! What!?
Ruby:Listen, I know I got on you all for calling yourselves bad parents, but I will hear no debate about me understand!? I flop a lot of times.
Weiss:That doesn’t make you a C-teir. That makes you a new mom, silly.
Ruby:*grumbling* I agree to disagree but thank you. It’s just a lot okay. Too much to dive into honestly.
Blake:Summarize. Give us an abbreviated version.
Ruby:Ummm so Carmine is real special kid. The absolute love I have for her is unbreakable but gods damnit if she isn’t the most... “me” I could be! In a way similar yet different from myself, Carmine has always had this sense of urgency in her and a love for the world around her. She recognizes that it’s a fragile piece we have and just how hard I’ve worked with everyone to make it. I could tell that from her when she was five. I’d sound crazy, but the fact she used her eyes at the age proves I’m not.
Yang:She has silver eyes!? Why didn’t you bring that up?
Ruby:I thought that was obvious. All of my kids were born with then. Unlike her baby brother though, Carmine was a weird little kid. She didn’t socialize well. Still doesn’t, she’s kinda comes off rude and cold because of her bluntness. She doesn’t really express all her feelings or understand others fully. One might call her a little cold but the passion she had to protect life itself is a testament to how much she cares. Carmine is also a genius fighter. To put in perspective, people use the same nickname for her that they used for Pyrrha.
WBY:Oh....
Ruby:Yeah! It’s not hyperbolic to say ever since Carmine is far beyond any skill I was at her age since she turned thirteen. You called me a monster earlier but no, I merely gave birth to a beast. I mean she could pass the huntsman exam at fifteen if I didn’t make her wait. I can’t call her arrogant, she talks with confidence because she has that right by all means. Still, besides her face, that’s where the similarities start separating; besides terrible grades in general stuff. We’ve never been in step completely. To put simply in her own words, “What I am is a hero, while she is a huntress.” That good will and mercy I try to give everyone isn’t how she rolls. It drives a real wedge that has resulted in us not going on missions together.
Blake:Is she...killing?
Ruby:She has before, and it had valid reasons entirely, but I also know for a fact she is more than capable of bringing down people without taking that step. Not all cases are that intense thank goodness. Her overall aggressiveness is the root of the problem. You don’t have to put you back into it when handling thugs. They aren’t Hazel.
Yang:Ooo okay, yeah I’m seeing what you mean now. It’s like that one comic you always read!
Ruby:Sigh...yeah she channels a bit of Batman energy and I need her to not do that all the time. I suppose being an honest soul isn’t particularly hereditary. It always feels like we aren’t enjoying each other’s company these days. I can’t blame her though. So....you know how all of you have had one serious problem that has both destabilized yourself as well as the kids and their relationship to you? *clouded eyes*
Weiss:Wait...you loosing a child wasn’t that?
Ruby:Oh it was. It just so happened that it never ended. It grew day by day. Night by night. Jaune and I were cautious with Carmine. Going as far to give her contacts and giving birth to her off the record and not at a hospital. Just in case Cinder came back. Well, Cinder and Neo came back, with my Dustin.
Nobody said anything. What do you even say to that!? All they did was let out a stifled breath and tried to gauge Ruby’s look of guilt.
Ruby:Yet again we had gotten too comfortable. It happened when Carmine was thirteen. I don’t think Garnet was even one yet. That’s when the cruelest realization hit me. My son had been alive and hearing about how his so called mother being a person who saves everyone, yet she never came for him. She had moved on, letting his eyes become clouded with such seething hate for the world she did save; the children she had after. It’s been four years since the day he attacked Carmine and helped grimm try to invade Vacou. To this day it’s been a life of staying on gaurd, searching for them as they popped up countless places to tear Remna- to tear me down and I can’t decide what part hurts the most. The amount of anger that prevents me from killing Cinder in a blink of an eye, or looking at my daughter who has told me herself that she is going to kill her older brother because I’m too weak to do so. That I’m in no way as good as the world believes me to be. *puts hood up* Like I said, C-teir mom, at best.
Blake:That’s- you can’t- there’s no way for you to reach him? Maybe if you-
Ruby:He looks at me the same way Neo and Cinder do, Blake. They raised him to hate me. Besides, he hurt Carmine. She’s just not gonna let that slide and frankly I shouldn’t either. Carmine acts tough and for the most part is, but gets terrified like everyone else. In many ways she’s still just a young girl that I wish had never chosen to become a huntress. If I had it my way she’d just be a normal girl with normal knees; but her mother’s weakness and inexperience wrapped her up in yet another war. It’s ironic. I barely remember mom and yet I ended up putting my family in very similar situation as if she lead instruction. Happy endings, I’m not sure if I get-
Yang:You’re better than mom....
Ruby:......
Yang:Yeah I said. Look I love Summer Rose but at the end of the day she wasn’t around, not that she didn’t want to be, but it’s the truth. Several years of pleasant childhood memories and a lifetime of grief is what she left me, and all you got were tales you should’ve experienced first hand. Ruby you have spent seventeen years loving your daughter unconditionally and being there for her no matter if it’s for better or worse. Yeah you might not being doing it perfectly and I have no idea how to even fathom your predicament, but at least you are there trying. Take it from me, that’s all a daughter ever wants from their mother. It’s also what makes a pretty kick ass dad. *smiles* Chin up, hero. Your story isn’t over yet after all.
Silence filled the air and Ruby’s throat ran dry. Ruby pulled out her scroll to go to her pictures and displayed one of her favorite photos for everyone to see. It was Carmine’s fifteenth birthday. Ruby didn’t lie about the resemblance. the girl had short blonde hair that stopped halfway down her neck in the back and was longer in the front, reaching shoulders. Like her mother, the tips of her hair transitioned to red. The beautiful young woman tried to her hide her smile but her gleeful silver eyes were practically twinkling with joy as Ruby hugged her tightly from behind and a tall, more solid version of Jaune was smushing one of Carmine’s cheeks with an overly dramatic kiss to it. A tiny child no older than three at most was in his big sister’s arms. Garnet had his mother’s hair and eyes but something about the chubby face definitely showed Jaune’s features. The child had red frosting on his face and was reaching eagerly for more cake somewhere out of frame.
Yang noticed the girl took page from her father and wore some regular cargo shorts, but clearly didn’t lack flair by wearing a red crop top that showed off a fresh tattoo of the Arc crest on her toroso. Knowing her sister, that tattoo was most likely practical. The family looked happy, proud; and the mother of it currently sat across the table crying with her head face down in her hands cwhile Weiss and Blake hugged her from each side. Roses may have thorns, anyone who knew roses knew a simple truth. They’re still fragile flowers.
Yang:(Carmine Arc Rose. For you and your mother’s sake, I hope things go well)
xxxx
Though Carmine seemed cold by nature, people were quick learn the opposite. The most recent learner of this was a scared little girl that held on for dear life. It was nighttime, nothing but the sound of pouring rain and the distant glow of red and the warmth of Carmine holding the girl against her body while she sprinted through a mud ridden forest. The little payed no attention to the pain in her side, but the glow of roses, eyes, and flames through her tear filled eyes.
Beowulves chased frantically but then severed immediately by something the girl couldn’t understand, but it looked like the person carrying her. The dead beasts brought no comfort. Not when more followed close behind.
Girl:I-I’m sc...scared!
Carmine:Don’t look at them sweetie, it’ll be fine. Just keep being a brave little girl.
Girl:M...Mommy was back there.
Carmine:.....I know, she’ll be just fine. Your village, there are plenty of people there that will be just fine! Huff..... You got a name?
Mary:Mary.....
Carmine:Oh that’s a beautiful name, Mary. You know I was almost a Mary? Yeah my grandma was a really amazing person and I almost got named something similar to her. Mary is a very strong name!
Mary:You’re a liar! I’m sad, not strong. I want my mommy! Everything his dark and hurts and I want her!
The girl began painfully crying as Carmine followed her trail of roses to avoid getting lost. Things were getting worse. The storm raged and she could feel this girl burning in her arms. Not to mention the unsettling warmth the mixed with the cold rain against her body and dripped to puddles below. Any grimm near by could only be dealt with by many copies of her nearby, but that would only go so far when fear was out full force. Carmine’s boots felt like cement, but she still ran.
Carmine:Mary, you know what do when I miss my mommy? I sing! Yeah, my mom sings the best lullabies that made me feel super strong when I was little! It’s a magic song that makes everyone strong. How about I sing it you and they can sing it your mommy later okay!? But you have to close your eyes to really focus on the words!
Mary:*sniffling* Okay....
Baby deathstalkers swarmed the path made ahead as small Nevermores dove at her. Out of options, Carmine broke from the path, trying to rely on memory to go towards the safe zone while also singing lyrics to her favorite song.
Dream of anything; I'll make it all come true.
Everything you need is all I'll have for you~
Carmine never wavered. No matter how badly her lungs her or nearly slipped, she kept singing all the way to her destination where several other clones were seen racing towards with more civilians to injured or young to go themselves. An orphanage where Nora and Ren stood outside rushing people in while Jaune was keeping the grimm at bay. The sight brought a little ease.
Don't worry, I've got you; nothing will ever harm you.
I'm close by, I'll stay here; through all things, I will be near~
Carmine finally reached Nora and passed off the girl who’s grip weakened overtime. A few lyrics in and Carmine knew she was singing mainly for herself.
Carmine:Get her medical attention! I’m gonna go and find more! There’s still-
Jaune:Wait, it’s too dangerous!
Carmine:I know! That’s why I have to go! That fire is spreading and there’s stragglers pinned down! Dad.....I’m pinned down!
Jaune tensed up and looked at Carmine. No scraps on her and her clothes only soiled by others. It didn’t take long to realize. The man resisted the urge to run out to the ruined town and stood firmly.
Jaune:Carmine...end it. We’ll worry about the consequences later.
Carmine:....Okay.
Across the woods amongst the flames the real Carmine stood bleeding and bruised in front of two Beringel that charged over the vanishing corpses of their fallen with more grimm, her sword stabbed into the ground supporting her weight. Behind all living people that remained finally managed to flee. All except for a woman trapped by house debris. The woman watched this young huntsman stand proudly again. She wasn’t sure what happened next. All she heard was one sentence.
“Close your eyes...” before everything went white. Next thing she knew, Carmine was lifting debris off her as rain and wind washed away any evidence. A relief she didn’t care about in the slightest. She neither had the strength, or the time too. Much like Carmine, who began to pant and teeter. It was clear to the woman that whatever just happened didn’t come without cost as she watched the girl fall to her knees. Though she tried moving, Carmine was spent.
Carmine:Don’t worry...we’re safe....let’s-
Woman:Go...
Carmine:Huh?
Woman:I...my legs. Everything...I can’t move. Just go. I d-don’t think I’d las-
Carmine:Don’t talk like that! The hard parts over! I can-
Woman:Barely walk. *smiles* It’s okay. I don’t blame you. You fought hard.
Carmine:.....I...I’m sorry. *teary eyed*
Woman:Say, I know that face anywhere. Your Lady Rose’s kid. Funny, I thought your eyes were red? My daughter, Mary, she loves your mother. Makes me kinda jealous hehe, but hey I love her too. *crying* Do you know if Mary made it? She was wearing-
Carmine:A black dress, pink ribbons in her hair...
Woman:Yes! Is she safe? I saw you- one of you carry her off.
Carmine:...She’s just fine.
Woman:Good. That’s all....that.....
The woman never finished her sentence. Carmine’s body fell limp on the ground, facing the rain. Even with the cold downpour she could feel the warmth of her own tears, containing her emotions best she could as she looked through her clones eyes to watch Nora take Mary away from the survivors and out of sight to not stir further panic.
Carmine wasn’t sure how long she layed there, but it was long enough for Jaune to find her. The man didn’t say a word. The town was in shambles. Grimm were still fading and his daughter looked tired, but not in serious condition. Unlike the those who didn’t make it. Jaune put Carmine in his arms, carrying her away to safety.
Carmine:......Does mom ever save them all?
Jaune:No, but that never stops her from trying; or mourning.
She clenched her father’s shirt and let herself be fragile, to be a Rose.
Carmine:Next time. Mom and I, we’ll both get it right next time. A happy ending for all!
Jaune:Yeah, I know you will. Together....
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spahhzy · 3 years
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Promise.
No Fall AU. Fourth year.
*Dimension 52*
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"I promise Ruby on my name and life as an Arc you'll get that dance!
Ruby sighed for the umpteenth time as the music blared in the background students all around her were dancing and having a good time.
"He'll be here Rubes" Ruby looked up and saw her sister Yang, and the rest of her team along with Team JNPR minus its leader.
"Yeah ruby Jaune-Jaune will be here he promised!" Said Nora handing Ruby some punch.
Blake put a hand on her shoulder.
"Has he ever broken a promise too you?" She said and Ruby shook her head and looked at the clock and looked down at her red dress and evil lady stil-heels.
9:00pm
The dance was almost over.
Where is he?
Yang watched her sister sit in her chair away from the crowd upset.
"Where the hell is vomit boy?!" She said and Weiss nodded while looking at her scroll trying to get ahold of junipers leader. They all did Jaune had said he was going into Vale to get nice suit for his date/dance.
"It shouldn't have taken long...you don't think he is standing her up do you?" Blake asked
"Jaune isn't like that he made a promise...and you know how he is on promises especially ones to Ruby" Weiss said defending the knight. Over the course of the school years Jaune had earned her respect for all his hard work he put on at Beacon.
"Then where is he!?" Yang said eyes going red and kicked the railing as silence fell amongst the group.
-
From another side of the auditorium Glynda and Ozpin looked on seeing everyone having a good time well...not everyone.
"It would seem that...not everyone is enjoying themselves" said Ozpin as he eyed the Rose girl sitting in her chair, the red dress clashing with the white seats.
"Ah yes...miss Rose...apparently Jaune Arc was her date no?" Glynda asked to which Ozpin nodded.
"Perhaps Mr. Arc had second doubts?" She asked and Ozpin sighed.
"I don't think he would be the type...we've seen how far he'd go for people" Ozpin said as he recalled moments over of all Jaune's deeds he's ever done for him and many of the faculty members.
Suddenly a buzzing sound came from his scroll.
Pulling it out he looks to find an incoming call from...
"The Vale General Hospital?"
-
It was now 10:30.
The dance was 30 mins from being over and still no Jaune Arc.
No calls or texts.
No one could get ahold of the arc knight.
"I'm so sorry Ruby" came the voice of her sister as she came to comfort her.
"Sigh it's alright...I...I didn't expect him to break his promise though...sure we had a fight a few weeks back" Ruby said tears pooling in her eyes.
" I love him...I really love Jaune and he said he loved me...so why isn't he here" to which Yang just hugged her sister tightly as the DJ announced it was now time for the last slow songs of the night.
-
"This isn't like our fearless leader Ren!" Nora said as she took a sip of her drink.
Weiss was still working on trying to get ahold of the dolt but still so far nothing. No one had been able to get ahold of Jaune.
Suddenly Weiss scroll beeped and her screen came to life with 'Breaking News'
"Guys come look" She said to Ren, Nora, Pyrrha and Blake as they all gathered around to see a special news report.
"This is Lisa Lavender coming with you live on the scene from downtown vale where a explosion had just taken place just a few minutes ago" said the reporter as fire and smoke were present in the background as fire fighters came storming by.
"The explosion came during a conflict with a hostage situation involving 3 armed suspects in this building or what is left of the building before it toppled down"
"The three suspects before detonating the explosion were confronted by one individual but we are getting reports that he was a Beacon student" The moment she uttered those words everyone began to have a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
"We do have video footage of the matter just before the building collapse from a near by cctv camera" she said before cutting to the video and their everyone's heart sank.
Their was Jaune, shield up and sword in hand dressed in his unbuttoned dress shirt and tux as the three individuals just looked on before pressing what looks like a button suddenly an explosion happened which showed Jaune was only knocked backwards a few feet before getting up, he looked to his right for some reason.
The camera picked up on his body glowing before the camera angle changed as suddenly a young woman was shown in the wreckage of the explosion crying out for help.
Every one was silent fear in the pit of their stomachs as they saw Jaune come to the ladies rescue able to get all the rock and debris out of the way before trying to get her somewhat stable to remove her from the situation.
Suddenly he looked up behind him as his body glowed again and he raised his shield up before suddenly mountains of rubble came crashing the CCTV cut off.
"We have reports that the lady in question after the rubble was cleared is okay! Though we do not know the status of the Beacon student in question as he neglected treatment before leaving..."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Jaune was alive but they also realized that was why Jaune was late it was because-
"Renny look! Fearless leader!" Nora shouted in excitement as she took off with Ren and Pyrrha in tow.
Weiss immediately ran to the railing as their at the entrance was a clean, safe and alive Jaune Arc..
She looked on as Jaune rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment before Pyrrha pointed to all the way to the dance floor where the lonesome Ruby awaited.
Weiss sighed before sitting back down.
All would be well after, Arc kept his word.
-
10:45pm
He really wasn't gonna come was he...
He really was gonna break his promise....
He -
"At the special request we are now going to play a special song before tonight's end"
*play whatever special slow song you'd think Ruby and Jaune would dance to*
Ruby's eyes widened that was her's and Jaune's song but wait...
"Hey craterface..." She heard his voice as suddenly the dancefloor that had many people dancing started to thin out before finally only one person was standing their.
Jaune Arc looked at her as she stood up from her chair.
Jaune looked to his right to see Yang giving him a thumbs up of approval, he nodded before wincing a bit as he walked forward.
Ruby started walking towards him...meeting him halfway before finally they were feet apart.
"Hey..."
"Hey..."
"I'm sorry I'm late...I didn't mean to make you think I was gonna stand you up...something happened in vale took longer then I expected" Jaune said to which Ruby shook her head before reaching in and giving him a hug.
"Your here...thats what matters...its our final Beacon dance and I wanted it to be with you" She said nuzzling into his chest as Jaune chuckled.
"Then would this lovely rose accompany me to our final dance of the night?" He asked to which he felt Ruby nod as they began to sway to the sound of music.
-
Weiss joined the others as they stared at the last two on the dance floor.
"So vomit boy tanked a building falling on him while saving someone...to think I couldn't get more impressed" Yang said as she was caught up to speed on why Jaune was late.
"That's our fearless leader alright a true knight in shining armour!" Nora said happily as Ren hugged Nora as Pyrrha and Blake all looked on in happiness.
Weiss scroll rang again and she pulled it out.
It was a call from the headmaster? That got everyone's attention.
"Hello? Headmaster how can I help you?"
Before she could get an answer a scream rang out and everyone turned back to the dance floor.
-
"Glynda we must getJaune Arc immediately!"
Ozpin put away his scroll as Glynda looked at him confused.
"That boy was in a serious situation and no doubt its on the news by now but he refused help" He said as Glynda got up from her seat.
"His aura probably healed whatever damages he sustained" She tried to deduced as Ozpin shook his head.
"The young women he saved came in on the call from the General Hospital explained that he shielded her from the debris using his aura" his voice grim as he tried began scrolling in his contacts for Weiss Schnee.
"So then he is fine right? His aura saved her and him" to which Ozpin shook his head.
"His aura didn't stop everything...when the women came too she saw Jaune with a piece of-"
"Hello? Headmaster how may I help you?"
"Weiss it's of the utmost urgency yiu get to Jaune Arc and get Aura into his system now-"
But was cut off as a screamed pierced the auditorium.
-
The song played as they continued dancing.
Ruby was happy...it was everything she wanted she looked up and saw Jaune smiling down at her with tear blue eyes. It wasn't long before Jaune tilted his head down to her and she met him halfway before their lips met in a electric kiss.
Euphoria was all Ruby felt as she finally separated from the kiss and continued their dance.
"So how was that Vomit boy"
"Heh...it was...to die for" he said to her as he kept dancing as once again they tuned the world out.
Unbeknownst to Ruby...Jaune glowed brightly before his aura slowly started to shimmer away.
It wasn't a few more minutes before the song came to an end and they both stopped but continued hugging each other.
"I love you Jaune Arc...thank you for keeping your promise" Ruby said her arms still wrapped around his chest.
But Jaune said nothing.
"Hey...how about we go back to your room hmm cuddles and such?"
Jaune still said nothing and suddenly Jaune decided to lean against her becoming surprisingly heavier.
"Hey Vomitboy your too heavy for these lady stilt" She laughed but still Jaune was unresponsive and her hand started to get wet.
"Jeez Jaune were you sweating this dance your whole back is all...wet?" She looked at her right hand from behind him to find it was not sweat...but blood.
"Jaune..." she pulled her head back to look at his face and all she saw was lifeless blue eyes looking at her in a sad smile as he finally got to heavy and they both fell to the ground.
Ruby looked at him frightful as his he was facedown as blood began to pool out, soaking his tux and the dance floor.
Ruby began hyperventilating and the world seemed to slow down as she looked on at the love of her life laying down in his blood.
It was too much.
Ruby screamed.
"I promise Ruby on my name and life as an Arc you'll get that dance!"
For the 9 days of Lancaster.
Enjoy.
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loki-hargreeves · 4 years
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Kylo Ren x Reader [SMUT] - On The Throne
Warnings: filthy smut [!!18+!!] it’s definitely a bit on the darker side, force choking, oral sex (m!receiving), riding, size!kink, dirty talk, over-stimulation, bruising, crying (just from pleasure, love), cock-warming Word Count: 4,4K Summary: Supreme Leader Kylo Ren wants to see you in the throne room. You suspect that he is going to punish you for your mistake, or worse, that he thinks you’re a spy. Your suspicions aren’t so far off, though you get a punishment you had previously only dreamt of. Author’s Note: I was thirsty, so this happened. Please enjoy! <3
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THIRD POV
“Commander Y/N,” A robotic voice pulled Y/N out of her thoughts. She had been working on her station, deep in thought, as a squad of Stormtroopers had approached her. The moment she heard her title and name, she put her work on pause and turned to face the troopers. Whenever she had six Stormtroopers by her side, it meant something serious was going on and she didn’t dare disrespect them by making them wait.
“Yes?”
“Supreme leader Kylo Ren wants to see you in the throne room. Now.”
Supreme leader Kylo Ren
Hearing his name phrased like that made her heart leap to her throat. Ever since Kylo Ren had become the supreme leader, things had changed in the final order. The dark Prince was even more stern and determined than before, which many had thought was impossible. He was angry, yes, but there was something incredibly hot about it. Y/N knew it was shameful, but she liked it – a lot. She wondered what Kylo wanted to see her about. Moments later, she realized what it must’ve been about, and she frowned.
“Of course,” Y/N muttered and left her station, walking between the Stormtroopers. They were all armed and they seemed to keep an eye on her, almost as if they had a reason to watch out for her. Their odd behavior made her feel even more nervous about this meeting. It couldn’t have been good if she was escorted in the throne room like a criminal. “What is this about?” Y/N tried to make small talk with the Stormtroopers to ease her nerves. After all, she was a commander. It would be disrespectful of them to blatantly ignore her words.
To her surprise, none of them replied to her. She didn’t know why, but she didn’t like it. Someone must’ve painted red over her name. The very people that would listen to her words without doubt were now treating her like she had disgraced the entire order.
They arrived behind the large doors that led to the throne room. By now, Y/N felt warm underneath her uniform. Her nerves were like daggers twisting underneath her skin. If Kylo Ren had any reason to doubt her loyalty, he would surely kill her.
The guards opened the door and revealed a large, red hall. In the middle of it was the iron throne and of course, the supreme leader. Kylo Ren sat on the throne comfortable as the knights of Ren stood around him protectively. All eyes were on Y/N as she was gently pushed forward to walk even closer to Ren, who looked at her with a piercing gaze, making her feel vulnerable. They kept eye-contact even when she sunk down on her knee, kneeling before her Supreme leader.
The Stormtroopers didn’t enter the room. Instead, they stayed in the corridor as the doors were closed, leaving Y/N’s back. She felt scared, even though she knew she hadn’t done anything too bad. Only a mistake during their latest mission which eventually cost them valuable information, but it wasn’t entirely her fault either. Nothing that should get her into serious trouble.
Then again, Kylo Ren was unpredictable.
“Commander,” Kylo finally broke the silence, never tearing his dark brown eyes from her skin. His voice echoed lightly in the room. He could sense how nervous she was. It was almost ridiculous. “Do you know why I called you here?”
Did he have any idea what he was doing to her? Y/N didn’t like to admit it, but when he spoke with such authority, it did things to her body. It was stupid, but she liked it a little too much. “I suspect it’s about my miscalculation during the latest mission, sir.”
“Well yes, that too,” Kylo shrugged, almost taunting her by now. That too? What did he mean by that? Did he make her that nervous on purpose? Did he enjoy seeing how she was shaking within her own skin?
Y/N raised her gaze from the floor, and she narrowed her eyebrows, confusion spreading on her face. “What do you mean, sir?”
The knights of Ren were dead silent. It was almost creepy how they stood there, watching, without making a sound. It only added to the intensity of the situation.
“As you know, we have a spy among us,” Kylo got to the point.
He couldn’t seriously imply that she was the spy. Y/N had been exceptionally loyal to him, even when many others in the order doubted him. She didn’t understand how anyone could possibly doubt her.
Kylo continued, “and your little ‘mistake’ was useful to the rebels. It almost looks like you did it to help them escape.”
Y/N’s cheeks were burning from embarrassment and she wanted to hide her face, but that would surely look suspicious. Yes, the mistake wasn’t anything to be proud of, but it was humiliating to be accused of helping the enemy. “Sir, I’m truly sorry for my wrongdoings, but I assure you, I am not the spy you’re looking for!”
“That’s exactly what a spy would say,” Kylo sighed. He sounded bored, but then again, his voice was always blunt and emotionless. It could mean anything, and it surely stressed her out further. What was she supposed to say?
Tears stung the corners of her eyes. Y/N was good at holding them back, but the sting was there whenever she was under immense pressure. By gritting her teeth together, she regained her composure. She needed to prove her innocence, one way or another. “How can I prove your doubts otherwise?” Y/N wanted to know.
Kylo knew it wasn’t her. He felt that she was genuinely afraid of the false accusations, but it didn’t mean he couldn’t drag it out a little longer. He liked her presence. He wanted to see how far she was ready to go to prove she was innocent. “What are you willing to do?” Kylo wondered.
His question made her eyes widen slightly. Kylo noticed the change in her expression and he almost smirked as he realized where her mind went. Dirty girl…
“I’ll do anything, sir. I can even hunt for the spy! Just give me a chance, I’ll prove you wrong, s-sir!” She offered seriously. Kylo looked at her frightened expression and he knew if he cared more, he would’ve felt sorry for her. But he knew she was more than just afraid. She was much naughtier than he thought and now that Kylo knew, he couldn’t simply forget about it.
All of a sudden, Kylo Ren tilted his head, looking at one of the knights, Ushar, and he nodded. Just like that, the Knights stood up straight and marched towards the entrance, leaving the Supreme leader alone with the commander. Their heavy steps echoed in the hall and disappeared as the doors were shut once again. Somehow, it made Y/N even more afraid. Was this it? Was Kylo Ren going to kill her? She wished it wasn’t that severe, but she felt a punishment coming. She also felt a knot forming in her stomach which she hated. Why did the situation turn her on? She was risking losing it all!
“I know you’re not the spy, commander. But I can not excuse your ‘miscalculation’. I’d say it’s your greatest mistake by far,” Kylo revealed the truth to her and even though he was speaking to her in a dismissive tone, it made relief wash across her entire being. Thank stars, she thought.
“I’m so sorry, sir. I’ll make up for it, I promise!”
“Oh, I’m sure you will,” Kylo said smoothly, sending shivers down her spine. Even when he spoke with such a monotone voice, it became clear that there was a sexual undertone to his words. They made Y/N feel vulnerable before him, as if he somehow knew about her darkest desires. “Come closer,” Kylo demanded her.
Y/N couldn’t believe what was going on. Truly, she didn’t know what was happening, but her heart was racing. It was only her and the supreme leader in the rich hall. He sat upon his throne and looked down on her which made her feel dirty. Slowly, she stood up from the polished floor and walked towards Ren, unsure how close he wanted her. With every step she took, the more nervous she became. Her heart was pounding in her chest and the heat between her legs grew worse.
She waited for him to tell her to stop when she neared the steps to the throne – but he didn’t. “Am I close enough?” Y/N dared to ask him. She noticed how much quieter her voice was now that it was only them and they were only a few feet away from each other. Surely, he could hear her heartbeat by now.
Kylo extended his arm and all of a sudden, Y/N felt an invisible grip around her throat, cutting her airways. Her eyes widened with fear and her hands reached her throat, trying to grab the force that was choking her which obviously didn’t work. Her feet let go of the ground and the force made her entire body levitate in front of the supreme leader. Her legs went numb from fright as Kylo pulled her body closer until his physical hand was around her delicate neck. Once he was the one holding her, he lifted the force which allowed her to breathe – which she did. Her feet rested on the highest step and she stood right in front of him. “Now you’re close enough.”
What was happening?! Y/N’s mind ran in circles as she stood there with Kylo Ren’s gloved hand wrapped around her neck. She didn’t even fight it. In fact, what had just happened made her stomach clench from lust. Gosh, Kylo Ren knew. There was no way he was oblivious to how horny she was because of him.
“You have an awfully dirty mind, Y/N,” Kylo referred to her by her name. It gave an illusion of the moment being even more intimate than it already was. If anyone was there to see them, surely the entire order would talk about it. She was ashamed as she heard that, but she was also excited. By now, Y/N wanted him so bad that she couldn’t possibly give into her shame fully.
“What are you going to do about it, sir?” Y/N wondered, somehow daring to ask him that. She didn’t know where the boost of confidence came from, but she liked it. And so did Kylo.
He gripped her neck tighter and pushed her down, so she fell on her knees by him. Then his hand travelled to her hair, pulling it out from the bun so he could grab her tighter. From that angle, Y/N suddenly noticed a bulge hiding underneath his black robes. Holy fuck, she thought as her eyes froze to stare at Kylo Ren’s huge bulge. Knowing exactly where this was headed blew Y/N’s mind away. It felt like she was on cloud nine and her mouth began to water at the thought of tasting Kylo. It was so wrong, so unprofessional but it excited her more than anything ever before.
“Show me just how sorry you are,” Kylo encouraged her to touch him. By now, he was almost in pain because of how hard he was. It had been a while since he had taken care of his feral needs. His eyes had been on Y/N for a while and he had wanted her for a long time now. It was finally happening and surely, it would ease him from the stress he carried.
“With pleasure, sir,” Y/N’s eyes darkened with lust as her hands immediately began to tear his clothes away from around his cock. Seeing how excited she was to suck his cock made Kylo smirk a little bit. She really was desperate, wasn’t she? Finally, she had pushed his robes and pants aside, revealing his huge cock that was pulsing with need. Pre-cum was leaking from his tip and he could hardly sit there and wait. Luckily, Y/N didn’t waste much time as she finally grabbed his shaft and brought his red tip to her lips. The moment her lips closed around his tip, Kylo’s grip on her tightened and he let out a low, animalistic growl.
Encouraged further by his reaction, Y/N pulled her lips away for a moment. She pressed her tongue at the base of his cock and followed a prominent vein as she licked up his length, until she reached his tip again. Before she took him into her mouth again, she spat on his cock and ran her hand up and down his shaft, feeling how his cock hardened even more under her touch. She felt every pulsing vein and ridge underneath her hands. As she worked on his huge shaft with both her hands, she took his tip into her mouth again and tasted his salty pre-cum on her tongue. Kylo was huge, easily the biggest cock she had ever seen before. Just the thought of feeling him inside her made her wetter and even more happy to suck him off. This was definitely not what she had expected, but she wasn’t complaining.
“That’s it,” Kylo grunted as “good girl, sucking my cock like a slut,” Kylo snarled dirtily. His words did magic on her. Y/N almost moaned as she heard that. Something about the way he spoke to her turned her on furthermore. She wanted to be his good girl, his little slut. His.
Y/N took more of him into her mouth, bobbing her head up and down while looking directly into his darkened eyes. She hollowed her cheeks around him and made Kylo’s muscles tense. He pushed his hips up to push himself deeper into her throat, making her moan around his cock. If she kept that up for much longer, he knew he’d cum soon. As tempting as it sounded, he didn’t want to cum just yet. He wanted to spill his seed deep inside her walls instead.
Kylo pulled her head away from his cock, stopping her before he could come. Without saying a word, Y/N knew what was about to happen. The look in Kylo’s eyes said it all. Almost instinctively, she knew what to do. Kylo let go of her hair as she stood up, her hands working on unbuttoning the buttons of her uniform jacket.
As she undressed herself right in front of him, Kylo slowly jerked himself and kept his gaze on her body. He knew she looked amazing and that her figure was astonishing but seeing her naked was different – even better. Her clothes scattered on the floor and eventually she stood before him in her underwear only. She unclasped her bra and let it fall somewhere on the floor, revealing her perked nipples to Kylo. She loved how nude she felt in front of him, physically and emotionally. It’s like there wasn’t an aspect of her Kylo couldn’t stare right into and she loved that feeling.
“Fuck,” Kylo cursed underneath his breath. He couldn’t take the strip tease anymore. Instead of waiting for her to get rid of her black underwear, Kylo let go of his achingly hard cock and grabbed her underwear. He tore the thin material down her legs and then grabbed her hips, harshly pulling her body on his lap. Y/N lost her balance as Kylo pulled her so forcefully, so she had to grab his shoulders for support. His grip would surely leave bruises on her skin, but she didn’t mind that at all.
Her pussy was dripping wet and throbbing in sync with her pulse. She was more than ready to be fucked mercilessly, but nothing could have possibly prepared her for the monstrous size of Kylo’s cock. He pushed his tip inside her and then pulled her body down so he could sink deep inside her soft warm walls.
“Fuck- Kylo!” Y/N whined in pleasure and pain as his cock spread her walls like never before. By now, she was so enthralled by the pleasure that she completely forgot how to address him correctly and frankly, she didn’t care. She sank down on his cock and by the time she sat on his lap, it felt like he could easily tear her apart. If Kylo didn’t have such a death gaze on her, silently reminding her that he was in control, she would’ve rubbed her pulsing clit to ease some of the pain. They had barely gotten started and she was panting.
“So beautiful, all mine,” Kylo murmured deeply as he ran his hand down her neck, his fingers pressing over her pulse. She bit her lip as Kylo wrapped his hand around her throat again and pressed lightly, enough to make it harder to breathe but not impossible. His other hand held her waist tightly, keeping her pressed down on his cock. Her tits were right in front of his face, which gave him an idea. As she began to ride his enormous cock, Kylo slid his hand up her waist until he cupped her breast. It didn’t take long until his skilled fingers pinched her nipple painfully, making her moan loudly as she rode his cock. It was the most beautiful sound he had heard in a long time and he wanted to hear more. He wanted her to scream in pain and pleasure as his cock pierced her body.
“You’re so big!” Y/N whimpered in a haze. She felt like she was dreaming. Her walls hugged his cock so tightly and it felt amazing. Every roll of her hips made her whimper and moan.
“You’ve been such a bad girl. You know I could punish you in a much worse way for what you’ve done…” Kylo growled, reminding her of why she got herself in this situation. Not that it mattered, she seemed to enjoy it a lot, almost too much to be considered a punishment.
Y/N knew she should’ve been ashamed, but in that moment, it made her happy she had done that. If she hadn’t, she doubted she would’ve ended dup riding her Supreme leader’s massive cock on the throne itself. Nevertheless, she played along “I’m sorry I’ve been so b-bad…so sorry!”
Kylo squeezed around her neck and pulled her face right next to his. For a moment, he choked her so she couldn’t breathe, just long enough so he could whisper, “say it like you mean it, you little whore!” and then he eased his grip which made her gasp. He wasn’t playing around.
Y/N rolled her hips on his cock faster and rested her head in the crook of his neck. Kylo was wearing his robes and he must’ve been warm. She could smell his cologne through his clothes, and she felt the heat radiating from his body. It was driving her wild. “I’m so s-sorry! I promise I won’t let anything like it happen e-ever…again, ah!” Y/N tried to apologize between her moans.
Kylo bucked his hips to meet hers which made it much harder for her to speak. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head as Kylo grabbed her hips with both hands and began to pound into her wetness. her breath got lost for a moment as the sudden force intensified the pleasure and pain she felt. Kylo felt how her walls squeezed around him tighter, revealing that she was close. He wasn’t done with her yet; she was going to be sorry.
Kylo pressed two of his fingers on her pulsing clit, pressing down harshly which made her body jolt in surprise. Without warning, he began to rub her needy clit while fucking deep into her, surely overwhelming her. “Is that what you wanted, huh? For your Supreme leader to fuck your dirty hole? To be treated like the little slut that you are?” Kylo growled to her, his voice deep and raspy from his own pleasure. He wanted to fuck her harder and to spill his seed into her womb.
His nasty words only made her moan into his neck. She struggled to form thoughts by now. But she knew she had to reply to him, “y-yes, sir!”
Gosh, she sounded so alluring. Y/N’s voice was weakened by the raw pleasure Kylo brought her and he could hear that his size was taking a toll on her. It took all her strength to keep herself together on his cock and to not fall apart. It filled Kylo with a sense of pride. Y/N tilted her head slightly and pressed her lips on Kylo’s neck, hoping to drown her moans by kissing his skin. She was convinced that all the Stormtroopers and the Knights of Ren could hear them, but she didn’t care. He was warm and his body, just like hers, was covered by a layer of sweat. Her cool lips felt amazing on his neck, so he didn’t stop her from kissing him. Somehow, she found his sensitive spot immediately.
Y/N could feel his cock all the way in her belly and his fingers that rubbed circles on her pearl made her mind spin. She was close and she wasn’t sure how long she could hold it.
Kylo could feel how close she was, “Just cum. I won’t stop until I do, so that’s on you,” Kylo warned her mercilessly. He knew that his touch would make her scream if he could overstimulate her. In fact, he wanted to do that. He wanted to pound into her walls after she reached her high, to tease her little clit which would surely be too much for her to handle. Kylo also knew that he was much stronger than her, so she couldn’t push him off even if she wanted to.
What he said felt like a threat. Y/N was afraid she couldn’t handle his tempting torture if she came now. Kylo was already pushing her body to the edge! “I can’t…” She cried against his neck, tears forming in her eyes.
Kylo knew that and he didn’t care.
“Oh yes you can!” He growled sternly and replaced his fingers with the force. As he fucked his cock into her dripping wet walls, he used the force to capture her clit and to rub circles on it. His huge hands regained the tight grip on her hips as he continued his torturous pace. Y/N rolled her hips against his, but her moves became sloppy as she struggled to keep her orgasm at bay. Then finally, she came.
“Kylo!” Y/N screamed his name in delight as her body collapsed against his. The work towards her orgasm had drained her of her energy, but it was worth it. Never before had she felt as euphoric as she did now, sitting on her Supreme leader’s lap with his cock deep in her pussy and the force rubbing her clit just the way she liked it.
“That’s right! Cum all over my cock, you little whore. Just like that!” Kylo groaned as he kept pounding into her, now chasing his own orgasm.
Tears rolled down her face as the pleasure quickly became too much. Y/N held onto Kylo’s body tightly almost for dear life as he continued to push her to an edge she had never reached before. Every thrust, every rub felt like another orgasm followed by another. Even something as simple as breathing became hard after a short while. “Kylo! I can’t! ‘S too much!” She screamed, knowing fully he wouldn’t stop. A part of her wanted to push him off, but the other part of her loved it and wanted him to continue until she was a screaming and crying mess underneath his touch.
“You should’ve kept that in mind when you were doing such a poor job!” Kylo used her mistake against her. He had to grit his teeth together as he was so close. Having her shaking body on his lap only pushed him closer to his edge. Ever so weakly, she tried to push herself off him, but it was useless. She didn’t really want to get off, but her body was working against her mind.
Her torture didn’t continue much longer as Kylo finally came. He pulled her as close as he could, burying his cock deep inside her as his cum leaked inside her. Kylo bit Y/N’s shoulder in order to silence his growl of pure and raw pleasure.
Y/N moaned with him, enjoying how it felt to be filled with Kylo’s cum. It made her feel so dirty, but also all his. The thought of surrendering herself completely to him was thrilling.
Instead of being pushed away as soon as he got what he wanted, Kylo kept her close. He didn’t want to pull out and frankly, Y/N didn’t want to leave.
Neither of them dared to speak a word as they came down their highs. Y/N enjoyed her place on his lap and the feeling of being full of his cock and cum. Although she feared it was a one-time thing, she wished to return to that feeling over and over again.
Eventually, Kylo tangled his fingers in her hair, pulling her head back just enough so he could kiss her. It wasn’t a loving kiss, but it was passionate and harsh. Their teeth nearly clashed by the force of it. Y/N didn’t fight it as Kylo pushed his tongue inside her mouth, asserting dominance even after he had split her in half by her pelvis.
As they broke the kiss, their eyes met. Because of his force gifts, Kylo could sense what she was feeling. The poor woman liked him way too much. Honestly, she should’ve probably hated him, but she didn’t. Kylo liked that about her. Instead of running away from trouble, she ran towards it. “You’re such a dirty girl. I hope you’ve learned your lesson.”
“I have, sir. As I said, I won’t ever let that happen again,” Y/N repeated herself. Her words were drowsy, and she was tired. Fucking Kylo had drained her from all her energy. It was far too tempting to just lean against his chest and close her eyes, but she was afraid it would make him push her away. As much as it sucked, she had to remind herself that this was her punishment.
Perhaps the hardest thing wasn’t to take the fucking, but to walk away from him afterwards.
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