Chapter 49: Black and White (3)
Chapter 49: Black and White (3)
~Third POV~
Somewhere on the top buildings of the Vale Kingdom lies Blake Belladonna as she finally takes off her bow tie hiding her Faunus Cat ears as she managed to run away from her teammates of what happened.
"I thought so."
As she sat down glancing at the sky with her bow waving to the wind in her hand as she heard the sound of Sun in the corner she turned, "I knew you look better without the bow."
Blake's eyes widen at this but not from Sun but that was when he felt a pat on his shoulder with Jack glancing at Blake, "Huh? So that's what Blake's cat ears look like under her bow. Makes her look cuter in my opinion."
"What-…! When did you appear!"
How Sun didn't notice Jack was thanks to his <Sneak> skill at Lv.10 with a 10% chance of being caught as he was lucky enough to not get caught.
Sun finally jumped off in surprise as he and Blake were soon caught in Jack <Aura Trapping> as he explains to them, "Sorry but no more vanishing act. I do not want to play catch up and no worries Blake I'm not here to tell your friends where you are at. You guys need space to think more clearly."
*Snap*
With a snap of his fingers the <Aura Trapping> stopped as Sun looked wary at him Blake sighed but was still cautious of him at this while Jack thinks to himself, 'That and capturing Sun was part of the <Fusion> condition to get him unaware. Now then… I'll get this and Skill List on that.'
For that Jack saw the list from Sun Wukong for capturing him once as he smirks getting the ones he wants from him.
[Ding!]
[-You have met the conditions-]
[-Which skill would you like to copy from Sun Wukong-
-Blunt Weapon Mastery Lv.1
-Martial Arts Mastery Lv.1
-Gun Mastery Lv.1
-Via Sun Lv.1
-Thief Lv.1
…]
[Ding!]
[You have successfully copied the skill <Via Sun>!]
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<Via Sun> (Active) Lv.1/100 Exp: 0%
AP Cost: 1000 AP per Clone.
Description: This skill allows the user to create and control glowing royal blue clones of himself. The user needs to remain still and concentrate while using this skill. The clones are tangible enough to interact with people and objects and even have enough strength to pin an opponent or lift heavy objects. This skill works as an extension of the user's own consciousness, in which he can sense and feel what his clones do as well.
-Every level of 25, 50, 75, and 99 reduces AP Cost by 10% each.
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Taking this moment as the two Faunus glanced at Jack as he reveals his Scroll to them and gave it to Blake as he spoke with a serious expression, "As I said before Blake I won't tell. Take my Scroll if it makes you – "
She stops him as she pushes the Scroll back as she sighs at him and glances on Sun before she finally says to them both, "Fine. But in another place, as I need to… unwind after with the ignorant Schnee. Please."
The two agreed as they followed the Bellabooty in her path.
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Elsewhere back with Team RW(B)Y without Blake as they began to try to find her to no avail as Ruby spoke out tired and defeated, "Did you find Blake?"
Yang shakes her head at Ruby as she replied to her little sister in a defeated tone, "No she might not be at the harbor."
Weiss reluctantly tries to input her own words only to incite Yang to hear the words of Weiss's, "We should just leave her be."
"She's our teammate!"
"You heard what she said!"
Yang getting increasingly angry hearing Weiss's arrogant words began to raise her words at her for the stupid idea, "So you're going to treat her like a criminal?"
That was when Ruby realized something as she began to speak out about what she wanted to do that felt right, "I'll go check by the warehouse."
"Huh?"
Running off to where Ruby wanted to go to the warehouse Yang pulls her arm out trying to get her but fails as she turns her face towards Weiss with a glare, "Hey… Ruby! If you're going to hate her just for being a Faunus, then you really are a bigot."
Turning her head down at the news of this Weiss admits to her mistakes seeing that her actions are turning her teammates against her, "I… Maybe I went too far. But that organization is – "
Yang had enough with Weiss's excuses blaming the White Fang as her scapegoat she replied to Weiss harshly, "That's enough about the organization."
Yang leaves trying to find Ruby as Weiss stood there in silence before finally trying to follow after her teammates.
As she left another Weiss was around shadowed as if observing them from afar…
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Elsewhere, Blake is sipping a cup of tea and sighing.
She looks up at Sun and Jack sitting across from her, who holds his drink with his tail as his hand props his head up, and with Jack sits with his arm crossed waiting to hear the explanation from Blake.
He takes a sip when Blake puts her cup down from a balcony café in the middle of Vale where Sun Wukong and Jack listen to Blake Belladonna's words, "So, you want to know more about me... Sun... Jack… Are you familiar with the White Fang?"
Sun replied in a calm tone but also with a defiant tone to him as Jack takes a sip of his green tea with honey as he let Sun talk, "Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!"
Blake sips her drink while listening until she speaks up for the big reveal to them, "I was once a member of the White Fang."
Sun promptly goes cross-eyed and chokes on his drink, making him put it down and wipe his mouth as he holds up a hand to process this information, "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!"
Jack however seems to have a calmer reaction which raised an eyebrow to Jack, "Hmm… makes sense."
Sun glanced at his new male friend at the side of him with a confused look on his face, "Uh… dude how does this make sense to you?"
Shrugging at this Jack explained his reasoning with a confused look on his face making Blake and Sun surprised by his lack of reaction, "Huh? I thought it made sense. Blake Belladonna daughter to Kali and Ghira Belladonna the previous leader of the White Fang? The name gave it away. With the cat Faunus's ears make sense now as she is a princess of Menagerie if you want to be technical."
Hearing this Blake was honestly surprised to hear as Sun was processing this new form of information Jack replied taking another sip of his tea feigning ignorance, "I thought everyone knew from the beginning and were chill with it to give you space? I mean it would make sense if you were born into it? Ssss… M-hmm. Good tea."
Blake with her mouth agape at the information returned to normal again getting back to the topic at hand except for Sun sitting across to what was Faunus royalty, "Uh… wow that's actually right. That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it... like my friend here has said Sun."
Pausing a bit as memories flashed before her mind as she speaks to her friends, "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus."
Her mind shifts to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, any number of combinations, "Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there."
Dark outlines of two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other - shaking hands and making peace after their struggle. This does not last long, as seen by a white Faunus cowering in fear of the gray-and-black aggressors harassing the hybrid. Later, more Faunus are pushing the crowd away from their bullied brethren, "I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist."
Silhouettes of Faunus protestors are revealed and emerging from the shadows is a young girl with dark hair and cat ears, "Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking."
Cutting from the child version of Blake, the blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world.
A quick series of flashbacks is shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo, "Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear."
The flashback shows one more image of three Faunus individuals standing in a dominating manner with malicious grins until Blake puts down her teacup in front of a stunned Sun and Jack.
Blake wiggles her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate as she spoke to them revealing her past, "So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow."
Sun coming to terms with this spoke the obvious in a stunning tone, "So... have you told your friends any of this?"
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing.
*Pat*
Feeling a pat on her shoulder as Jack finally replied to her after listening to her life story for the first time in person, "Don't worry about you're past. If you believe in your team then they will understand. After what happened in the Dream World for me and my team seeing my dreams…"
Jack couldn't help but smile as he remembers his team agreeing and promising to keep the events that happened a secret, "They didn't disown or abandoned me. I know Yang and Ruby won't. Heh. I lived with them for a few days and I know they won't run or hide. They will accept you."
"And Weiss?"
Hearing this from Blake's voice about Weiss Jack merely laughs at this as he replied to her, "Ha. Yeah, Weiss would be all up her ass about it. But right now? I bet she's being chewed out by Yang and having some serious thoughts. Just got to have faith in them."
Blake remains silent at this as Sun nods happily at this as he tried to make a joke, "Whoa… did you get that from a fortune cookie?"
As their eyes met each other they immediately understood each other trying to make a show in an attempt to cheer Blake up as they joked around with each other.
"Did you get blond naturally dirty by eating Bananas?"
"Nope. I'm all-natural pal."
"Sure."
"Hey, you guys ate Bananas in the beginning!"
"Don't think so Sun!"
"No, it's in your DNA to like Bananas! Admit it, fellow monkey brother!"
"In your dreams!"
At this Sun and Jack joked with each other getting a groan from Blake but a small smile was apparent on her face seeing Human and Faunus getting along.