Prologue

Warning! Extremely graphic content ahead.

Reader discretion is advised.

Before we start this story, let's go over your abilities.

Your semblance is... quite unique. It's not like any other semblance out there, and that's thanks to your bloodline. Apparently, your great grandfather also had the same semblance... except there is a difference.

Your semblance is... a floating eye. Yep, you heard me right.

A floating eye.

Is it scary? No, at least not for you. Is it scary for other people?

Absolutely! Without a singular of a doubt! However, the people in your village got used to it.

Also, the eye is...sentient. It has a mind of its own and it speaks as well. You have absolutely no idea how it speaks, but it can. Though... It barely talks if something happened. That is the difference between you and your grand grandfather. His semblance was not sentient. As for its name, you decided to call it Chaos. Why? Because he won't stop talking about chaos and destroying things. You can summon Chaos at your will.

Now, for the fun part...

Your power

Life Manipulation

The ability to manipulate the life force that courses inside living beings or the very concept of life itself.

Possible Uses:

Healing: You are able to use it to heal yourself or others to greatly prolong the time they spend in combat. However, there is also a limit to it. You can only heal yourself once every hour. That also goes for anyone else. Your healing also isn't that great, being only able to heal minor wounds and such.

Life Stealing: You are able to steal life energy from an opponent's body to grievously harm them and heal yourself in the process.

While it may seem like its godsend, this ability... isn't that useful against Grimm since they don't have any life energy. However, you are still good in combat, while you may have never been into a combat training school, your father taught you how to fight. Your father was one of the best huntsmen in all of vale.

So it's safe to say you are on par with normal huntsmen.

Also, I bet some of you are wondering if Y/N can heal people, why couldn't he heal his father?

Well, because he cannot heal sicknesses and such. His healing is quite... Mediocre.

Now, onto the story!

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"This arrow will show my true powers...?"

You said to yourself as you were inspecting the arrow your father gave to you as a gift. It was only an arrow head, but it seemed to be made out of material similar to gold, and there was a Ruby engraved in the middle of it.

Y/N: I mean... it looks nice, but what do you mean by immense powers?

You said to yourself as you continued to inspect the arrow. You let out a sigh of frustration as you stopped inspecting it. You then grabbed the piece of paper that was with the arrow and read it out loud:

Dear Y/N

By the time you are reading this, it means that I am already gone. As much as I want to write a full on 10 pages for you... But I won't be able to. This sickness... was quite sudden. And I can barely write. But, I want you to know that I love you. And that I'm extremely grateful that you are my son and I'm very happy that I spent my life raising you. I know it may not seem like alot, but there isn't much I can do... I'm very tired. You are probably wondering why there is an arrow near this letter... and the answer to that is, this is your gift. This... arrow contains immense powers. Beyond your imagination. I used this arrow in the past, which is one of the reason why I became one of the best huntsmen in all of remnant. This arrow... is quite dangerous. I want you to protect it at all costs and when the time comes... use it to protect the village. How do you use it, you might ask? Simple, you have to struck yourself by it. This arrow... is weird. In order to use its powers, you have to be worthy of its power. If you are not... Well, you'll die. But I know you. You are way more than worthy, even more than I am. While you might not think so, I know it. You just don't believe in yourself. But beware... Once you struck yourself by it, there is no going back. It's gonna become one with you. Unlike me, the arrow only found me partly worthy, which is the reason why it didn't fuse with me. But I believe in you...

I believe in you Y/N. Don't you wish for death when you are feeling weak. My death... and your friends... is not that hard let go.

I believe... You'll become the strongest... the hero of this world. Even stronger than your grand grandfather.

Fun fact, Your grand grand father also used an arrow like this, and just like me, it only found him partly worthy.

But now... for the most important part.

Your semblance.

It's nothing to joke about. While it may not look like much but, the arrow will surely show your semblance's true power. Its power... is beyond my comprehension.

It will show you, your true feelings, and intentions.

You are probably wondering how I know this, and the answer for that is that your grand grandfather, when he got struck by the arrow, his semblance evolved with him. He became... something else. That power was just... I don't know...

... I don't have much time left. I want to tell you all the stories about this arrow but there isn't much time. Hell, I can barely take a shit in this state. I don't fucking know how I even have the energy to write this.

I'm pretty sure you don't believe in magic. And I don't blame you. I didn't either until I got struck by the arrow.

You don't believe me now... But you'll surely believe when the time comes.

Please, keep the arrow near you at all cost. Even when you take a shit...

Okay maybe not.

Anyways... There isn't much time left and yes, I know I said this like 10 times already, but this time for real.

I have to go. Follow your dreams, Y/N.

I love you.

Live on peacefully

Y/N.

-F/N L/N

'This would've been much more emotional had he not been talking about shit mid way through it.'

You thought to yourself as you ran your hand through your hair before letting out a sigh.

Y/N: Ugh... now what?

You said out loud as you looked around your room.

Y/N: From the way you are saying it, you almost made me believe it. Almost.

You let out sigh before walking towards your bed.

Y/N: It's already 11 PM. I should get ready for tomorrow in case there would be any Grimm attacking.

You said before yawning and crashing on the bed.

Y/N: Honestly... Me being worthy? In what way? Life has been very boring to me, old man.

You let out another yawn.

Y/N: Though... even if you didn't tell me to protect this village, I would've done it anyways. These people here... I've grown fond of them. I was raised here after all. I just wish my friends were here aswell. Everyone I knew... is gone.

You rubbed your temple before letting out a sigh.

Y/N: "Don't you wish for death when you're feeling weak. My death... and your friends... isn't that hard to let go."...Sure, say that all you want, you're not fooling me. With those words you never mean. While I don't care to die, I don't really mind a bit. But someone I love? ...God, I think I'd wish I did. Though, I suppose "Because I won't like it"Is all my ego is.

You said as some tears started to well up in your eyes.

Y/N: After you guys leaving, you want me to"live peacefully" nevertheless? Hah... What a wonderful thing that would be indeed... It's been 5 years... and I still cannot get over you guys.

You said as tears started to fall from your eyes.

Y/N: "Follow your dreams!" "You are worthy, you'll become the strongest in all of remnant!" Haha... I might just die tomorrow, you know, everything might just end up for nothing.

"Summer"

"Winter"

"Autumn"

"Spring"

Y/N: It doesn't matter. It's unchanging, someone dies somewhere. And someone has to deal with same grief as me. I don't need dreams. I don't even need a tomorrow. If you guys have lived on then that's all I need. Yeah... That's actually... What I want. What my dream is... To have you guys back...

You said before sleepiness taking over you. Unknown to you, is your semblance, watching over you. But its size is getting a bit larger and some dark electricity is generating around him.

???: ... Interesting.

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Morning

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

The sound of your alarm deafened you. You almost wanted to break it, Almost. But you are not in the mood to buy a new one. You turned off your clock before getting up and stretching.

Y/N: *Yawn* God... I was quite emotional last night...

You said yawning while scratching your head.

???: No kidding.

You heard a voice behind you. You turned around to see... Your semblance, Chaos.

Y/N: Oh, it's you.

Chaos: ...

Y/N: Not in the mood to talk, eh? Well whatever...

While on your way to the bathroom, you decided to look outside the window. You saw... Children. Playing around and smiling. While their parents are watching over them with the same happiness.

Chaos: These people... are quite interesting.

You heard chaos say, who was also looking outside the window.

Chaos: In the end, they'll die anyway. And so will you, and that child and that person, one day all of them will rot away like fallen leaves. But regardless, they live on frantically-- Shouldering their lives-- Frantically, they live-- Killing, struggling, laughing, shouldering it all... living...

You slowly looked at Chaos with an annoyed expression.

Chaos: What?

Chaos asked innocently.

Y/N: I can see where I'm getting my depressing thoughts from.

Chaos: They are not thoughts, they are the truth!

Y/N: Oh, shut up.

You said as you went to the bathroom.

40 minutes later

You come out of the bathroom with a towel around you.

Y/N: Ah, I really needed a shower... I don't know why I got so emotional last night, that was the first time I acted like that...

You said out loud before changing to your usual clothes.

Y/N: I feel great, I should exercise a bit before I-

You didn't get to finish your sentence as you felt a strong earthquake.

Y/N: W-What the hell?! A-An earthquake?!

You said before rushing grabbing your (W/N) and your bag before rushing outside... only to see... Destruction. People screaming left and right. The whole village... is on fire.

Y/N: W-What the...

Your attention was turned to the screaming girl trying to help her mother... the same mother who didn't have a lower body... This mother... is dead.

You almost puked at the sight, you couldn't stand hearing the cries of that broken girl trying to help her mother. But, you are a hero here. You need to act!

You immediatly rush towards the girl and grabbed her...

???: Mommy! Mommy! Please, Help mommy too!

The girl screamed as she tried to reach towards her already dead mother. You couldn't bear it... You bit your lip in sorrow before rushing towards the hospital, only to see it burned aswell.

???: MOMMY!

The girl kept on crying, before you hugged her even tighter.

Y/N: I-It's okay... It's okay... Everything is gonna be fine..

You tried your best to calm her down, but it's not working.

'Just how fast did all of this happen?! Everything was fine 40 minutes ago... just how?!'

You thought to yourself before looking around to see if anyone is alive... Only to see corpses everywhere.

Y/N: H-How... H-How did this happen?!

You shouted as the girl in your arms kept on crying.

Y/N: I... I... I failed...

You muttered quietly...

Y/N: No... I need to get this girl out of here, and try to find any survivors.

You then ran around the town, trying desperately to find any survivors. After a torturous 5 minutes, you found another person.

Y/N: Mr. William!

You shouted at the man who is trying his best to get his...his already dead daughter out... Only for a red blur to come out of nowhere.

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Y/N: ...M-Mr... William...?

You weakly muttered...as you watched Mr. William upper body fall. You immediately went and covered the crying girl's eyes. You were filled with terror, but now isn't the time for that, now it's time to act. You looked at the red blur that... killed Mr. William.

Its face was covered with a black hood, it seems to have a female build but... the strange thing is... its skin.

It's pitch black just like Grimm.

'... A Grimm...? No, that can't be true. Grimm's aren't supposed to look human!' You thought to himself before summoning Chaos.

'This thing... is no joke. Its way too fast. I need to find a place to hide this girl before-' Your thoughts were cut short when you felt... something wet touch your arms. You slowly looked at the girl... only... to find her head cut off.

... Your eyes shrunk as you let out a terror filled scream. From sheer terror, you lost your balance and fell on the ground.

You began to breathe heavily as you tried your best to stay conscious. You slowly looked at the figure who still had their face covered because of the hood.

The figure slowly tried to reach towards you

"S-STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!"

You shouted at the figure. The figure... stopped and seemed to be hurt by what you said. They brought their hand to their chest before looking at the ground in... shame?

Y/N: D-Don't you fucking dare get close to me... You... you monster!

You shouted once again... And the figure seems... more hurt? Their hand started to shake a bit before they looked at Y/N again... and then... they... removed their hood.

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You felt your heart sank as you looked at the figure in silence...

Your hands began to shake and your breathing got even more rapid. You shook your head rapidly before repeating the word 'No'

Y/N: This has to be a dream... It has to be!

You muttered out while the figure kept looking at you.

... This figure is...

Ruby Rose

There are a few problems here, first, she seems to be... a Grimm. Pale, extremely pale skin-color, with many black viens all around her body. Terrifying, long horns, along with Crimson irises with black sclera, and a grimm-like scythe that would make any weapon fanatic blush. And of course, her beautiful thighs... And the second problem is...

Ruby rose is dead.

She died 5 years ago, on the same year as your father. Only 5 months earlier. She died with her team on a mission Ozpin sent them to. 2 full weeks, and they still didn't come back, Ozpin has sent a rescue bullhead to them... Only to find their remains.

The other problem is... Ruby and her team were your best friends. Well, Yang, Weiss, and Blake were. But you saw Ruby a bit more than that, you had a crush on her. But you didn't think she would have the same feelings as you.

And you are right. She doesn't... She sees you as much more than that. She is... in love with you. While you might have a little crush on her, she has the biggest crush a girl could get on a boy. And to see you call her a monster... it broke her.

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Back to the present.

You were still grabbing your head and muttering 'No' Constantly while Ruby looked at you with a sad face. You then let out a broken sigh before slightly laughing to yourself.

Y/N: Honestly... Is this a new Grimm or something? A Grimm that can transform into your lost loved ones? Heh... Honestly, this has to be the worst...

You said as you grabbed your head again with a broken smile on your face. Ruby then tried to walk towards you, only for you to shout at her.

Y/N: BACK THE FUCK OFF YOU MONSTER!

And so she did... She looked at the ground again. You then heard a sound of something metallic falling to the ground. You looked at the ground to see... a locket. Your locket. It seems that the sudden movement you made when you shouted at her made the locket fall from your neck. It's an old necklace after all. It was a crystal shape locket that had the image of... You, and team RWBY in it. Ruby's eyes widened. You then tried to reach towards it only for a white blur to come out of nowhere...

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Your hand... slowly fell apart.

Your eyes widened as you stared in shock... Your hand... has been cut off. Ruby's eyes widened aswell as she immediately rushed towards you and looked at your hand in panic. You... couldn't comprehend what just happened. In less than one second... your hand has been cut off. You slowly look at the White blur who reveal themselves to be...

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Weiss Schnee

A similar case to Ruby, where her sclera has turned black, and irises were crimson in color, along with the extremely pale skin-color and black viens.

Weiss glared at Ruby who wasn't paying attention to her. Ruby kept on trying her best to do something for your cut off hand.

Weiss grew a confused look. Probably not knowing why Ruby is acting this weird... until... she looked at you and her eyes widened.

Your vision gets blurry as you saw Weiss coming towards you with her eyes full of surprise.

However... You then saw her looking at the locket. Despite you being in this shape, you absolutely cannot let them get that. You immediately grabbed the locket with your other hand and jump a couple feet back.

Your breathing was still rapid as you weren't able to comprehend what happened. Both Ruby and Weiss looking at you with concern. Weiss especially, considering, well... she cut off your hand. They both tried to reach towards you, only for you to shout at them.

BACK OFF!

Your body was in so much pain, you can't do anything. You can't even use your semblance considering how injured you are...

'Is this... where I am going to die?' You thought to yourself as your vision begins to get more blurry. But... You soon felt something... strange. You looked at your backpack to see... the arrow!

The arrow is floating midair! This is confusing you a bit too much. The arrow then slowly landed on your other hand.

Y/N: W-What...?

You muttered, unknown to you, is that both Weiss and Ruby slowly coming towards you. They are... concerned about you to say the least... Well that would be an understatement.

"Do it"

You heard Chaos say. You looked around frantically, but you didn't see him. But... considering that the arrow just flew to your hand... You can guess what is about to happen.

'...I'm dead either way... aren't I? However... I'll protect this locket with everything I have... It doesn't matter... These monsters... aren't them. They are something else... Here it goes Father... You better not disappoint me.' You thought to yourself as you raised your arm...

Y/N: This is the last warning... If you get any closer... It will be over.

But they didn't listen... Both weiss and ruby got a bit more closer.

...Fine.

You immediately struck yourself with the arrow, feeling intense pain all over your body. You coughed blood as everything around you vanished.

Y/N: ...?

You couldn't even speak because of the pain. Then... Chaos appeared, except this time, it was much larger with electricity around it.

Y/N:...

Your pain has just gotten worse as you felt something crawling inside your skin. You tried to scream, but you couldn't. Then... Your cut off hand has suddenly returned... Except that it was pitch black. Like Grimm.

Everything around you then returned to normal, Weiss and ruby looking at you with concern. But, you felt another presence, something coming at an alarming speed towards you. It seems the others don't know about it. Wait, since when could you sense people's presence?

Your body then turned completely black.

Your body got larger and taller as the ground started to break around. Weiss and ruby's eyes widened.

Then... You heard chaos say something to you...

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"Cease your doubts... Come, follow me to the eternal void."

Your body glowed as the ground beneath you started to disintegrate, before everything turned into darkness...

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Then...

An explosion that would make the heavens itself shake in fear.

It seems that the arrow has found you worthy. You caused a huge explosion that erased anything near it. Including Ruby and Weiss.

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"Father... Have I been forsaken?"