Chapter 4: Tragedy

After the farewell to summer, the days continued the same, the children spent their time playing or training with each other with alex always winning,

bothering yang a lot that three weeks after summer's mission he unlocked his aura along with ruby since they begged their father to unlock them after seeing alex using aura,

the semblance of her that called her "Burn" that allows her to absorb the kinetic energy of the blow that she receives to become strong, as a side effect of her, her eyes turn red and her hair begins to shine as if it were made of fire.

But no matter how much she uses her semblance, she cannot win over Alex since he defeats her very easily even if she absorbed her blows.

Surprisingly Ruby also unlocked her semblance that she called "Petal Burst" which allows her to move at inhuman speed in any direction she chooses leaving a trail of rose petals behind her, at the cost of consuming a lot of aura.

Alex said that her semblance had a lot of potential, she just needed to discover it and exploit it.

Yang and Ruby got excited about their semblance and used it at all times, causing disasters everywhere, until Taiyang himself had to stop them with Yang threatening to cut off the hair that he cherished so much, and ban Ruby from eating cookies and sweets.

With this they calmed down and used them in a controlled way under the supervision of Alex, who although she hardly uses it if they heard that semblance has to do with space.

Three more weeks passed like this, qrow also came from time to time to visit them, and train them a bit, with ruby enthusiastic about the weapons class, since she is a fan of them, she also has great admiration for fairy tales, wanting to be a "hero" as they said in these.

After two and a half months had passed, Taiyang began to worry since he did not hear a single news about summer and his mission, who began to accumulate a lot of stress from so much concern, neglecting his work as a teacher at "Signal Academy", with which they had to give him a break.

alex was also beginning to get restless because a day before she felt that the energy she put into summer was quickly depleting, even urging taiyang and qrow to ask if her aunt summer is alright.

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A week later, shocking news was delivered that shocked most of the xiao long/rose family except ruby who did not understand what was happening, but felt that the atmosphere was tense.

Professional huntress Summer Rose was found slain in battle with only a bloody sliver of what was once her striking white cloak remaining, where what they found was in what was once a beautiful forest turned into a destroyed wasteland where the land itself was dead with no chance of natural healing.

At his funeral there was only the family with two more guests who are the Ozpin Director of Beacon and a hunter who accompanied him, it was painful for everyone, especially for Alex since he felt it was his fault that his aunt ended up like this out of desire to cure His mother stayed far away from everyone, watching how they cried inconsolably with empty, emotionless eyes looking up at the rainy sky with the drops blocking the view of their tears.

A familiar crow had landed on her shoulder, turning to see what it was, she recognized it as the crow she had played with before her mother's accident.

"Hello, Raven, I haven't seen you in a long time. How are you? You found your happiness in your search" she spoke in a cheerful way, but you could tell the lack of emotion in her voice.

"I hope you did, so you won't be sad all this time" he spoke only and croaked very softly in response, but alex didn't hear him, since he was concentrating on watching the funeral in front of him.

"My life is full of misfortunes, first my father died in an unknown event, from there some demons ripped my mother's soul, now my aunt died because of me wanting to find clues about what happened" he said hoarsely before starting to laugh uncontrollably, although the bird was surprised by the behavior and the information it did not know, it said nothing to upset the child in front of it.

After finishing the burial, the two from Beacon said goodbye, and they all prepared to leave. When they all returned, Qrow approached Alex, who was alone without the bird, to comfort him a little.

"Child are you fine, if you want you can tell me how you feel so you can vent a bit" turning him around to see how he was, but the boy's expression scared him a lot since he only saw madness and a bottomless abyss.

"Yes man I'm fine just a little sad about my aunt's death, but I'll get over it" he said calmly as if he wasn't affected by the situation.

"Well, if something happens, don't hesitate to call me, that's what I'm here for"

"Yes, it's okay, let's go back, they'll all leave us" said the boy returning with everyone, Qrow was worried about the child's mind because maybe he left a trauma in him but as an adult he must let his nephews believe in him for protect them.

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A week after the burial, everyone in the cabin was calm since Taiyang influenced this, since as an adult he is not going to neglect the children just because of his sadness, managing to stabilize a bit with the presence of his daughters.

Although one day due to an oversight on Taiyang's part, he left his room open to him when he went to teach at "Signal Academy".

Yang out of curiosity entered the room checking if his father had something funny, he found a photo with some documents,

Out of curiosity, she went to see what it is and found a photo where a woman similar to her but with black hair appeared, holding him when he was a baby, thinking that perhaps it was an acquaintance of his parents, seeing what was in the documents, although yang was a girl she had already learned to read , and in the documents they said that this woman in the photo was her real mother , surprising her because she thought that summer was her mother .

To show the truth, he told Alex and Ruby, surprising them because they didn't know about it, Yang said that his dad had hidden them from him and he got angry to the point of unconsciously activating his semblance, if it weren't for Alex reassuring her, telling her that Let's ask your father so he can tell you it's true.

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"Children, I'm here!" Taiyang announcing his arrival.

"old me welcome" alex said

"Dad I want cookies, the ones you left I finished"

"ruby you shouldn't eat so many cookies because your teeth will break"

"but I can't stop eating them"

Yang also went to see her father arrive, and all excited about the papers she found in her room.

"Dad, look, I found these papers and photos that say I have another mom, is that true?"

"yang where did you find that" said taiyang all upset

"Your room was half open so I went in to see if you had something fun."

"yang give me back and forget what you saw, nothing is true, your mom was only summer" saying this last melancholic.

"but dad who is that woman in the photo that looks like me"

"She was a friend who left one day, now let's go inside and don't ask any of this" she says harshly.

so everyone goes to the living room, with yang annoyed since her father did not answer what she wanted to know, she also had an idea, maybe if she investigates she will find something.

P.O.V. Alex:

Returning after training in the forest my haki with the help of hanging trees that I had to dodge to perceive it better.

"yang ruby I'm back, who want to play"

but the house was silent, 'how strange since they always make a lot of noise, perhaps they are sleeping, it would be strange since they have a lot of energy, I'll go see them' with that I would go to their rooms but I wouldn't find them, only in bed from yang there were many documents that she collected herself.

'let's see what these are about' she would look a bit and find that they are documents from yang's biological mother.

she already knew that yang after that day she had become obsessed with finding her mother, as she was a child she wanted to know where she was, even she did not pay attention to almost all of how concentrated she is thinking on her breast.

she found information of a track that maybe found in a remote area in those areas that are full of grimm and many bandits.

'don't tell me they left' he immediately went to check the whole house to see that they hadn't left but he didn't find anything, that scared him since he feels he's reliving that event again, and he doesn't like it, seeing that there aren't any no one, fortifying his mind, went to the shed to grab an old sword that was there 'I won't let it happen again',

Using her semblance, she doubled the space to connect to another point where she had been following the trail of aura that she perceived from yang and ruby, disappearing in a blur.

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P.O.V. THIRD PERSON:

Through a remote area, passing the safe zone of the forest, a 7-year-old girl could be seen pulling a cart covered by a blanket, the girl went further into the danger zone without knowing it since she was only looking for her mother.

"yang we're here, this forest scares me, we would have come with alex to protect us" said a very thin little voice from inside the cart

"Don't worry, Ruby, we'll find my mom very soon. When she sees me, I'm sure she'll come back, and I'll tell her to make you cookies like Mama Summer and Alex wouldn't have let me out," the girl said positively, imagining that her mom would be happy to see her.

"Well I'm sleepy I'm going to sleep" Ruby spoke half sleepy.

"Just sleep, I'll take care of you"

The more they entered the forest, the quieter it became, not even the breeze of the wind could be heard, when the girls passed through an open area, rustling noises were heard in the surroundings.

Suddenly a dozen men in typical bandit clothing came out, surrounding the girls.

"But what do we have here, but she is not a beautiful girl" said a man with a perverted face

"How irresponsible of her parents to let her pretty daughter into this forest"

"just when we ran out of money, I'm sure this girl will sell well"

she yang she was scared but she stood protectively in front of the cart "what to look at you mongrels, I warn you that I hit hard" raising her hand as a threat, which only seemed a cute gesture for bandits.

"You and you go and immobilize her and you go see what she has in the cart" the boss ordered three of her henchmen.

two big men advanced where she is, yang, she attacked her with her fist, but the bandit caught him easily, from there the other one grabbed her hair and her other arm, knocking her down making her scream pain.

Ruby, who was asleep, was awakened by Yang's loud scream, just as another bandit uncovered the cart, discovering another girl.

"Hahahaha, apparently we won a double prize, I'm sure those corrupt old men from Atlas would give a good price for these girls" the boss spoke, imagining the money they would earn by selling to those sick old men who enjoy abusing girls.

ruby sees her sister immobilized by a man making her scream in pain, she appears in a blur of petals next to the bandit, struggling with him trying to make him let go of her sister.

"Let go of my sister, you're hurting her" Ruby said, pulling the bandit's arm but not doing anything to him.

"Well, apparently this girl has an appearance, that makes her more special, hey, grab her but don't hurt her, we shouldn't spoil the product," said the boss, although somewhat surprised, but nothing went wrong.

Just when the bandit was going to grab Ruby, something hits him out of nowhere, sending him flying with several broken bones.

"You're fine Rubi, don't worry, I'm here, nothing bad will happen to them" says Alex, bending down to caress her head, calming her down.

"Alex, my sister is hurting her," she said worriedly pointing to her sister who was immobilized.

"I'm already working on it" she said, and then she appeared behind the two bandits who were hurting yang, and with a single slash from her sword, she mercilessly cut off their heads, spattering their blood.

yang, ruby escape from here later I catch up with you, I'll take care of this quickly "and they escaped

"Now you will pay dearly for hurting my loved ones" she says, looking at them with empty, emotionless eyes and with a strong murderous intent.

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P.O.V. Alex:

Upon entering the forest I had to dodge several groups of grimm on the way, sometimes I had to kill them to clear the way, when I approached the only one where I was tracking them, I heard the cry of yang, accelerating him to where they were.

When I saw the scene where Yang was subjected against his will, and another about to grab Ruby, a huge rage came out of me, wanting to just kill them all for even harming one of my loved ones.

Appearing next to the man who was going to grab Ruby, I hit him with all my might, sending him flying, hoping that with that he would be dead.

Reassuring Ruby that I will protect them, I appear behind the backs of the bandits that hurt Yang, cutting off their heads, because people like these don't deserve to live.

yang ruby escape from here I'll take care of this quickly "with them nodding with fear seeing me kill two people, although their look hurt me I have to do it to protect them, turning to look at the remaining bandits.

"now you will pay dearly for hurting my loved ones" telling them with murderous intent

"Hahaha yes, you are a fierce child, but your parents didn't teach you to respect your elders!" I mean, he seemed to be the boss.

"You guys take care of him, I'll go get the girls" he said before running off to where Yang and Ruby went.

"As if I let you..." but I was interrupted by some bullets that came at me, but appeared 2 meters away.

"tch damn hindrances it seems that I will take care of you" 'using my semblance will make me spend the little aura that I have left, but if I use magic it will destroy my body due to the curse of that demon, damn it, but it doesn't matter I must protect yang and ruby'

When two bandits came in front of me, they attacked me with their weapons, I blocked them with my sword, giving several sword blows to the bandits, I managed to wound them all over their bodies, preparing to finish them off, I dodged a batch of bullets appearing a meter away.

'I must finish them quickly because yang and ruby will be in danger, first I'll take care of those bastards with rifles' teleporting where I heard the shots I see four bandits who had long distance weapons.

Gathering my aura to the sword, I compressed the air around me, slashed at the four bandits, watching as blades of invisible winds were formed, the bandits realized it late, being cut in half except for one that managed to escape into the air. last second with both left limbs cut off.

Since I was weak, I appeared where he was and killed him by cutting off his head. The other four heard the noise so they came to attack me.

Dodging I use my semblance a bit when I make four black spheres, and I throw them at them, they manage to dodge them but being only a few of them away they explode destroying their bodies along with the surrounding area, leaving a destroyed landscape.

'That was my new invention with my semblance, I make space bombs, which when they explode destroy all the space around them'

I feel the aura of yang weakening, doubling the space I go to them, appearing three meters from them.

I watch as that bandit hits yang who is protected from ruby but with his aura about to break.

Getting angry I throw several blades of wind at him, but he dodges them, appearing with ruby and yang, I try to heal yang with my aura giving him everything I have.

"hold on yang you'll be fine in a moment, ruby reacts you must help yang to sit down, I'll take care of that bastard" I say to ruby but she doesn't answer she is in shock 'tch damn bandit torture you until you ask to die'

I put a spatial barrier around them so that any attack doesn't hurt them, after putting it on I feel my eyes water with my wet nose, I see that it's blood 'the effort is already billing me I must finish it quickly'

Putting my eyes where the bandit is, I don't see anyone, suddenly my haki activates but it's too late a huge fist crashes against me sending me crashing into some trees destroying them, all I do is protect myself with my arms.

crash! *crash!

my aura breaks and the bones of my arms made a crunch, enduring in pain I get up only to dodge another blow that destroyed the entire floor.

"Hahaha! You're funny brat, seeing how you're here I guess you got rid of those trash, but it doesn't matter, you can never defeat me, once I get rid of you I'll sell those cute girls for a good price, so I can rebuild my group again, so it dies" launching itself at me with a great speed that the normal eye cannot see.

activating my haki together with my instincts I dodge them all with great difficulty, I try to attack him with my sword but it breaks on contact with his skin 'it's very strong I can't do anything my aura is gone, using my semblance will put a great weight on me body '

"Hahahaha boy I see that you realized that you can't do anything, since you will die I will tell you my semblance that I call it "Berserk" it gives me a great improvement in all my physical attributes but at the cost of a great loss of my sanity"

'He's an idiot telling me her semblance, but it's a big problem if we keep dragging out the fight he'll only get stronger but crazy and destroy everything around, I can't let it happen, since it will hurt ruby and yang'

Forcing my semblance, I make a big purple claw on my hand, and quickly teleporting where he attacked him with everything, he manages to defend himself, but when he comes into contact with my claw, it rips half of his body into pieces.

cough cough

coughing up blood, he formed a small space bomb, sending it into his body destroying him completely.

"!haha, cough cough, you deserve that for hurting my yang and scaring my ruby" staggering I go where the two are, who when they see my state are horrified to the extreme, but I don't care as long as they are good.

"Don't worry I'll recover soon"

"Liar, you're bleeding all over your body" yang yells, upset with Rubi still speechless in shock.

"hahaha cough cough, calm down let's go back home" I feel my body fall, but yang grabs me.

"Why did you come if I look for it myself" telling me with a trembling voice.

"Because you and Ruby are special to you," I say softly.

I see him shudder for a moment with his red ears 'how strange, he said something wrong,' thinking confused

suddenly we hear roars throughout the forest 'ahhh I forgot about the grimm, the fight will have attracted them, we have to escape quickly'.

"yang, ruby let's move fast, we're in danger here!!!" yelling at them, ignoring the pain in my body, I carry ruby and run next to yang, who had gotten scared.

the ground shakes very strongly, I feel a great stampede on my back 'we won't be able to escape, there are many, but I'm with ruby and yang, I must make one last effort' once again activating my appearance and when using it I feel great pain throughout my body .

Holding both of them tightly, I teleported at the last moment, just when a nervemore was going to grab us.

Appearing in the safe area we all fall to the ground, but I feel like I'm going to faint, just as my consciousness leaves, I hear yang and ruby yell my name with multiple voices approaching, with that my vision darkens.

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when alex fainted, taiyang and qrow, with some more hunters arrived at the place where the children appeared, they were all scared with the states they were in, plus the child who is in a critical state, taiyang and qrow were scared and angry at how he was They found themselves wanting to know who had done this to them.

they quickly grabbed the children to take them to a bullhead they had called, when they were getting on the ship, they heard a stampede of grimm coming their way.

Qrow and the other hunters stayed to exterminate them, while Tai and the children were transported to a medical center.

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A month had passed since the accident that left yang and ruby traumatized, with alex still resting in the hospital.

In a hospital room in Vale's kingdom, she found Alex from her bed, looking through the window with a blank face.

In the distance he saw a bird lurking, when she looked closely she realized that it was a raven that came to visit him every day.

landing the bird squawks a bit.

The boy just looks at him and says "I'm a disaster for this family, I couldn't even take care of yang and ruby, I don't think I belong here, once I recover, I'll leave thanking them for everything they did for me, but I also have to fulfill my revenge and I will not do that by staying here"

the bird talks as if trying to convince him to stay.

"hahaha I'll be fine, plus I always wanted to explore what this world gives me, I'll do it once I start my journey"

The bird just looks at him, without Alex knowing she was there the day of the incident, observing everything that had happened, and surprised at how strong the child is.

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Two days later, Alex made a full recovery, returning home with everyone. Taiyang wanted to celebrate her recovery and they had a small party among themselves until they got tired.

When the family was having breakfast the next day, they wondered why Alex didn't come down, so Rubi went to her room in an explosion of petals. After a while, Ruby yelled for Taiyang, who left quickly, worried that something had happened. past with yang following him, when they arrived the room was empty, with ruby crying holding a note.

Taiyang grabbed it trembling and in the note it said:

-I'm sorry for leaving without saying anything, but I felt I was ruining your happiness with my presence, because Aunt Summer is dead because of me, and if it wasn't for my carelessness, Yang and Ruby would never have had that experience, don't be sad because I'll be fine, I just wish you all the happiness in the world and thank you for the family love you gave me when I was alone, when we meet again in the future I will return triple what you gave me.

Attn: Alex Walker.

With each word that he read the tears did not stop falling. Yang, who had also taken a look, began to cry, blaming himself for Alex leaving.

Taiyang immediately called qrow to tell him what happened and to talk to ozpin so they can look for alex.

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Far away from there in a large familiar tree on one of its branches was standing a hooded person with only his bright yellow eyes visible looking at the horizon.

"yang, ruby, I hope they become strong maybe in the future we will meet so that we can go on adventures together" said the person, to disappear in a blur of leaves.