Chapter 53: RWBY Ice Queendom (1)

Chapter 53: RWBY Ice Queendom (1)

~Third POV~

Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, Jack, and Penny are sitting on boxes in silence witnessing the destruction that was caused seeing the warehouse gets set ablaze.

That is until Weiss and Yang appear on the scene with shocked expressions on their faces as they question the scene before them, "What in the world happened?"

Like that the two went towards the group sitting on boxes as Ruby began speaking quickly to explain the situation, "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, Blake isn't with the White Fang anymore she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..."

"Huh? Really!"

Jack glanced at Yang who was the one to be surprised with him having a smirk with a thumbs up to Yang while she nods her head wanting to see Blake's cat ears next time.

Weiss ignores her and squares off with Blake she calmly looks her down as she spoke to her teammate, "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. I haven't been with the organization – "

Weiss then stops her as she began to talk to Blake but pauses for a bit before she finally began to speak to Blake in a soft harsh tone, "Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."

Yang, Sun, and Ruby look on, worried while Jack expresses a neutral expression waiting for Weiss's answer.

Weiss finally began to reply to Blake her answer in an uncaring tone to those around giving Jack a smile and seeing her change, "I don't want to hear any more about the organization. But I have been thinking about things. I kept thinking, thinking, and thinking and I decided… I don't care about any of it."

Blake caught off guard is surprised even she spoke, "You don't care?"

Weiss tilts her head at her teammate with a smile on her face she replied in a friendly manner to Blake, "Right. So, the next time you have a big problem, come and talk to your teammates, and not some stranger."

Blake tilts her head towards Sun as he shrugged and Jack as he pouted his face he replied to himself mumbling, "Stranger? You are kidding, right? I'm her friend no way I'll leave Blake hanging."

Ruby pats Jack on the head trying to comfort him for his efforts as he accepted, "Heh. Don't worry Jack."

Yang seeing this takes her time to respond with a pun to cheer the mood up, "Yup it's not like you to have a… Good Nights?"

Ruby could only groan at her sister's reaction to a bad pun attempt, "Ugh… please end me."

While Jack mumbled to himself Ruby tried to encourage him, and Yang tried to make a pun as Ruby gagged at her sister's attempt.

Blake merely tears up a bit as she sees Weiss come to an understanding she glanced at Jack pouting with Yang and Ruby while thinking to herself, 'Heh… Jack Nights you certainly know how to make a girl feel happy. You already knew this would happen, didn't you? Having faith huh? And him helping Tukson… he certainly a unique kind of guy.'

But then she recalled how the explosion of him went as she frowned a bit but not before Jack pat her on the shoulder with a grin on his face, "See? Told ya your teammates would understand about you. Just have to have some faith in them."

Blake could only smile and nod in agreement as Yang spoke happily, "There it is. Our happy ending right guys?"

Ruby was overjoyed that her teammates are back as one again as she cheered out loud in joy, "Team RWBY is back together again!"

Jack glances at Penny and Sun he thanks them for the help as he began to get back to Beacon calling a Bullhead.

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~Jack POV~

Ok… so far everything has been quite a disastrous life for me.

Helping Team RWBY and almost dying in the process?

Not worth it.

But getting enough EXP from the White Fang Grunts to raise my level by 3 times?

Yes.

And not only that I also get my reward for doing the quest and speaking about the quest…

[Quest Completed]

[500 Exp]

[+10 Stats Bonus]

[10000 Lien]

[Which Reward to pick: Blessed Chest Box or Cursed Chest Box]

[LEVEL UP!]

[LEVEL UP!]

[LEVEL UP!]

Nice.

Status.

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Name: Jack Nights

Class: The Gamer

Race: Human

Title: None

Level: 18 Exp: 50/150%

HP: 1500/1800

AP: 925/2300

STR: 55+3= 58

AGI: 40+3= 43

VIT: 30+3= 33

INT: 30+3= 33

WIS: 25+3= 28

LUCK: 14

Stat Points: 38-> 63

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Oh, those glorious stats are nice to have after the massive fight against the groups of Grunts giving me some EXP even though they were weak and hardly raise my EXP bar but good warmups.

What I didn't like was the fact I was almost dead.

That was stupid and reckless of me to do.

What the hell was I thinking I could do the same feats as Team RWBY while I'm this weak?

[Ding!]

[-You have met the conditions-]

[-Which skill would you like to copy from Blake Belladonna-

-Sword Mastery Lv.1

-Stealth Lv.1

-Shadow Lv.1

-Light Armor Mastery Lv.1

…]

Give me the <Shadow> son.

[Ding!]

[You have successfully copied the skill <Shadow>!]

Skill list.

<Shadow>.

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<Shadow> (Active) Lv.1/100 Exp: 0.0%

AP Cost: 250 AP

Description: The user allows to create shadow clones of themselves. These clones can push the user in the direction of their choosing and can be used to trick and disorient opponents as well as use Dust for elemental effects. But one hit and the clone is gone.

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Oh?

Now, this is something I can make work in the future.

Now then what I should do about the Box Chest?

Go for Blessed or Cursed?

Hmm…

I'll choose which one later as I need to get some shut-eye after everything and plan which stats, I need to place into first.

With a bonus of 63 stats saved, I can use them to increase my STR to 100 for safety but I could also use it to boost my INT instead since I have that <Technopathy> semblance from Penny as I could use it to recreate some high-tech weapons…

Right… weapons…

Looking at my arms I could only scowl seeing I lost my main weapons now...

I forgot the gauntlets that Ruby made for me were completely destroyed by the explosion by that prick Roman Torchwick.

Guess I can ask Ruby in her free time or go to the resident Beacon Forge to help build some weapons… hmm…

Perhaps I should look into blacksmithing when I get the chance.

"Ahh…"

Man, I'm tired…

I'll choose tomorrow which box.

Right now, I need to get back to bed in the dorms as my Teammates are already worried.

…

Better not tell them I almost died or else they would get extremely worried…

Still though…

*Shiver*

Feeling a shiver running down my spine what I did today was the greatest feat of my own stupidity as I couldn't do much against Torchwick himself and almost died saving my ally's friends even…

When did I start to care more about them than my own being?

Maybe I'll chalk it up to my own clinging to social interaction since at the time it has been a few weeks for me to talk to well… anybody here and that also blinds me to my own self-preservation in the process.

Sigh…

Sighing out my breath tonight I need to really get strong fast or get some good gear like these chest boxes but which ones should I choose?

Bless Chest Box?

Or…

Cursed Chest Box?

That is a very good question to pick…

Argh!!

This is going to bother me all night if I can't pick!

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~Third POV~

Elsewhere inside the Beacon dorms where everyone managed to return Weiss looks at her sleeping teammates as she took the time to look at the bunkbeds she moves her head away from the scene.

As she moved away from the sight she began to talk to herself in a more upbeat manner, "I wasn't lying about always wanting one."

An icy cold voice was heard from Weiss's mind as her eyes flashed in surprise hearing it, 'You've buried all your dreams that didn't come true, and it takes all your strength to pretend not to care.'

Weiss turns around to see another version of her as if listening to that double voice as it continues to speak to her, 'The Faunus, the White Fang… You will never be able to forgive them.'

As Weiss turns her head the whole scene of the area changed into something she recognized as if she was back on stage being the singer in Atlas all over again as she sees another Weiss in front of her confused.

*Squish*

*Woosh*

As Weiss was stuck looking at what appeared to be a reflection of herself thorns soon emerged from her shadow as if it was consuming her as Weiss's last free thoughts were, 'What… what is this… thing?'

A tall Nightmare Grimm was wrapping Weiss as her aura glowed brightly as if it was beginning to take root…

Clinging into Weiss's soul and beginning to breed and twist her ideals another tribulation of Nightmares has begun once again.