RWBY Volume 4 Redux

Vague

Vague

-8 years Ago-

A young Neptune is sitting on his bed watching his older brother, Jupiter packing his materials, and his spear, De Nile. The distraught boy pleads to him not to leave after the loss of their eldest brother, Pluto, who died at the hands of an assassin hired to kill him.

"Please don't go, Jupiter." Neptune pleaded. But Jupiter did not look at him in the eye and kept packing. After overhearing him leaving for his own terms. Neptune cannot bear the fact of losing him. Jupiter was 17 at the time and Neptune was 11.

"Stop telling me what to do, you sounded like dad." Jupiter rebuffed, not stopping anytime soon. "But you might die, Pluto won't be happy is he...he..."

"Pluto is dead. It's not like I am next. I couldn't stand living with dad. Pluto this, Pluto that. All of this was just Dad's excuses to keep me here."

"Do you have any idea how much pain Dad was in after Pluto died?! Someone has to keep the family safe."

"See what I mean? You've been taking his side. It's his fault Pluto was dead. Had he had the guts to kill Marcus Black, maybe Pluto would've been alive." Jupiter retorted at his younger brother. Blaming his father for their brother's death.

"He just wasn't the type to be willing to kill."

"Whatever comes next, I am not afraid of death. Being sentimental can get you kill. That even made Dad a weaker huntsmen. His best friend died because of a Grimm in Kuroyuri. You on the other hand have his traits. You can't even touch the water. You're even weaker than Dad."

This however nearly enraged Neptune with the insults as he charged at him with his spear and points it at his brother's neck. Neptune was unwilling to strike his older brother and his wrist shakes. Jupiter smirked at his brother's unwillingness to kill. "See? You can't even kill a fly. Being a huntsmen, you became the wolf who hunts their prey. If you cannot act like a wolf, you become the prey. Your case, you're pathetic."

Shocked by Jupiter's words, Neptune's heart felt like a stab by the knife. Jupiter knows that Neptune was too pure-hearted to hurt someone. Jupiter did not mean to say those words. He only wants his little brother to fight rough. Just as he was about to walk out of their room. While Neptune watched helplessly. Jupiter looked back and smirked. "I'd let you come with me, but you might slow me down if you followed me."

After Jupiter left, Neptune was left all alone and crying. Afraid he might lose his second oldest brother. Was his brother leaving because of grief?

At the Argus Train Station, Jupiter makes his leave. Then a female assassin followed him. She flicks her hair and smiled at him while swaying her hips. While he places his bags in a compartment. "Hey there, handsome." She said smugly. But Jupiter wasn't persuaded and takes out a knife while no one is looking and rushed to her and pressed the knife against her neck. While wrapping his other arm around her. Gritting his teeth. "Don't even think about it. If you get any ideas of killing me or anyone, I will find you." Jupiter threatened. Scared, the woman handed him her weapons an ran off.

The female assassin ran to a man with a mustache. Dressed in casual clothing. Someone who hired her to observe his instincts. "Did you get him?"

"No, sir. He just figured me out too quickly on his instincts." She said. The man took an interest in the 17-year-old and walked over to him. "Just leave him to me. For now, he could be of great use to us." The man said.

"Yes, doctor." The woman replied before taking her leave. Then the man approached Jupiter and was about to speak to him. "Hello, young man. I saw how you fend off that young women. Normally she would take her prey by surprise. But you out of all men have managed to beat her."