Nekopara fanfic

Chapter 67

I woke up and pulled on my trenchcoat and my aviators and bought a large gun safe and had it bolted to the wall and floor of the empty room and put all my guns and ammunition in the safe. A few months later (So Licorice is all grown up and it's almost time for him to become 1 human year old.) Karol, Shigure, and the catgirls came over to the shop and suggested we go to the beach. I gathered up the stuff we would need and we went to the beach. (Qrow, Vanilla, and Chocola all used really high SPF sunblock so they wouldn't burn.) Licorice was pretty much a spitting image of me, except for his neon blue eyes, the fact that he wasn't a vampire, and still had all his limbs intact. Everyone else jumped in the water while I sat down on the beach for a bit. Karol was swimming further out than everyone else when a massive wave hit her and dragged her farther out into the water. I jumped in and shapeshifted into a large shark and swam up to Karol. (She knows he is the shark.) She grabbed hold of me and I swam her back into calmer waters. I shapeshifted back into my normal form and then felt something huge bite down on my leg which dragged me under the water. I pulled out a large pocket knife and saw something resembling a shark had chomped my leg all the way up to just below my knee. It was an endangered creature, but my limbs were far more endangered than it was. (Only one still intact. One and a half if you consider the fact that his left leg is only missing below the knee, but his right leg will be in a similar predicament if he doesn't hurry up and stab the shark.) I reached down and stabbed it in the snout repeatedly. It died and I got back to shore. I pried the dead shark off my leg and stopped my bleeding and bandaged it up, but soon realized I couldn't feel anything below my knee as if my leg wasn't there. I ignored it and stayed on the beach building a sandcastle. Vanilla came over to check on me. "I'm fine Vanilla," I said with a smile. Some authorities harassed me for killing the shark creature. I argued with them for a moment and they left. Vanilla wrapped herself up in a towel and sat with me on the beach for the rest of the time, leaning against me slightly. I smiled and gently scratched her head. We changed back into dry clothes and walked home to the shop while I went to see a doctor. I unwrapped the bandages that I had around my leg and realized that it bit almost all the way through my leg. The bone was barely holding on and everything else had been bitten straight through. "God... What did that to you, and why aren't you going to a hospital?" He asked. "1: A shark-thing. 2: Because it isn't that urgent... I'm not exactly dying, in pain, or even bleeding for that matter," I replied. "Almost severed limbs aren't exactly my area of expertise... You should still go to a hospital, that'd be where you'd get that problem sorted out," He replied. He handed me some crutches and I tied the bandages back over my leg. I went to a hospital and they removed my leg the rest of the way, under the reasoning that it would take far less time and effort to remove it rather than waiting for a month maybe more hoping that the nerves would reconnect themselves and the bone would form perfectly straight. I went off to see the engineer again. "Oh, hello Qrow, I'm kind of busy at the moment but you can come in if you'd like," He replied. "Thank you, I don't mind waiting, I'm not in any particular rush at the moment," I replied, with a smile. I walked in and noticed he had some company over. "Who might this man be, Kyo?" A woman asked, staring up at me. (Kyo is the engineer's name.) I introduced myself. "My name is Qrow Branwen," I replied, bowing slightly. I had momentarily forgotten that I was using the crutches and nearly fell over before quickly adjusting my standing position so I could retain my balance. I bent down and picked up the crutches and sat down in a chair before I could accidentally fall over. "Kyo was a good friend of mine in the military. If not for his engineering prowess, let's just say I wouldn't be in such a great condition," I said. "What might you mean by that? Oh, sorry I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Mari, I'm Kyo's mother, nice to meet you," The woman replied with a bow. "My name is Isao, I'm Kyo's brother, nice to meet you," The man said, bowing as well. "Nice to meet you too," I replied with a bow. "As for her question, what I mean by me being in a good condition, is that without him I wouldn't have limbs at the moment. His engineering prowess has been a great help, to me and my family," I replied, taking off my gloves and trench coat, showing her my arms. "My brother was always the genius of the family," Isao said with a smile. "Do you mind if I sort him out while we talk?" Kyo asked. They said it was fine and he grabbed all the parts and began working while he and I talked with his family. He finished up and handed it to me along with a wrench. I bolted on the leg and stretched, then sat back down. I stayed and talked with his family for a while, then pulled on my shoes and went home. Coconut grabbed hold of Royal's hand and mine, and we followed her to my bedroom. I lay down on the giant bed and Coconut gestured for Royal to lay down too, then slid in between us and smiled. I gently scratched her head and she purred softly. Vanilla came into the room and climbed into the bed with us. Chocola soon followed her. "You didn't invite Chocola to snuggle? So mean, nyah!" Chocola said, climbing into the bed as well. Chocola and Vanilla curled up on top of me. "Please pet Chocola too!" Chocola said, nuzzling against me. I gently rubbed Chocola and Vanilla's heads and they purred softly as well. After a couple more minutes we all went back to what we were doing. Lemon got a text and said it was from Nate, and that they were planning an event and we could come if we wanted to. Chocola, Vanilla, Raven, and I went to the event with Cinnamon and Lemon and watched them race. They were in the lead and it came down to the final race. Lemon was up and ready to go.

The light moved down to green and Lemon's car blazed off the line. He continued forward and I noticed it was because he couldn't stop, I was about to run out to stop his car like I did Raven's but I was too slow... His car crashed and Lemon was just a hair away from being crushed... 

(Vanilla's perspective)

Chocola, Cinnamon, Raven, and I started to cry, whereas, Licorice and Qrow both seemed emotionless, standing up in sync and both matching pace perfectly, walking over to the side of the car and quickly got Lemon out of his car, Qrow's hair became the usual rage fueled purple flames, and Licorice, who also somehow seemed to possess the magic power Qrow had that caused the flames, Licorice's flames were a light blue. "Whoever did this... We will find you..." Qrow said in a voice that sounded far more... Demonic... They pulled Lemon out of the car carefully and got him to a hospital. For the next week after the incident, Qrow seemed far more irritable than usual and everybody decided to stay out of his way for a bit, even me, and Ikue seemed absolutely terrified of him. Even I felt something wasn't right with him, as this wasn't his usual cold barricaded bodyguard personality, no no, it was much more of a black abyss that threatened to swallow your soul, the same was happening with Licorice, but he wasn't quite as terrifying. I tried to keep Ikue from caving from her fear and breaking down, my efforts seemed to help, even if only slightly. Qrow walked up to me and sat down next to me. His terrifying aura was alleviated slightly by his peaceful, gentle smile. "Would you like to go on a walk?" He asked calmly. When he spoke calmly like that, it sounded less demonic, but he spoke with two voices, his normal voice, and the demonic one, at the same time. I went with him and after a bit of walking, we were out in the middle of the forest. "What are we doing here?" I asked quietly. He spoke with his normal voice. "It was a little bit of the fact that I like nature, but I also need you to help me with something," Qrow said. He handed me a bottle of something resembling water, a couple zip ties, and a large jet black triangular knife with a red diamond edge. The hilt and crossguard were a cross shape but the crossguard had thorned vines engraved wrapping around it. He found a medium sized tree and stood under it. He pulled off his shirt and wrapped his arms around the tree with his face toward the tree and instructed me what he needed me to do. I pulled the zip ties tightly around his wrists and went around behind him. "The bottle is full of holy water, pour it on the blade of the knife and wedge the knife in my ribs then cover your ears. Make sure not to hit my heart, or you will kill me, but if you just wedge it in my ribs then I'll be fine," He said. "Are you sure about this?" I asked. "NO!" The demonic voice shouted. "Yes, I am! Do it quickly before it regains control of my body!" He said in his normal voice. I poured the holy water over the blade of the knife and stabbed him with it, leaving it in, and quickly went to cover my ears. I heard a horrifying shrieking sound that made me shudder even though I pressed my ears down to my head. The horrible sound passed, and I uncovered my ears. I rushed back over to his side and he was breathing heavily. "Thank you," Qrow said. "What was that horrible sound? And what was it that you were referring to?" I asked. "The horrible sound was the shriek of a demon, they don't exactly like being banished you know. The It I was referring to was a demon, an unholy embodiment of my rage, which had managed to take control of my body... Not a good feeling," Qrow said with a shudder. "Sorry to say this, but... We need to do the same with Licorice too," Qrow said. I snapped the zip ties around his wrists and he patched himself up. He snapped his fingers. Licorice appeared and seemed super confused. "What am I doing in the forest?" He asked. "Two voices..." Vanilla said. I nodded. "It manifested a small portion of itself inside him as well. Unless we do something it will manifest the recently banished fraction of its power into him," Qrow said, snapping his fingers again. Licorice seemed almost like he was asleep. Qrow gently pushed him up against a tree and restrained Licorice's wrists with zip-ties. I handed Qrow the dagger and the bottle. He cleaned the blood off the knife and poured more of the holy water onto the dagger. I gently hugged Licorice and Qrow wedged the dagger into his back, we both quickly covered our ears and the shriek echoed through the forest again, yet not as loudly as it had with Qrow. He pulled the knife out of Licorice, untied him, and patched him up. "What the hell..." Licorice groaned. "Sorry, it had to be done," Qrow said. I hugged Licorice and they both pulled their shirts back on and we went back to the house to take a nap after the excitement. As we walked upstairs Ikue and Milk practically jumped into Qrow's arms. We all gave a tired smile and went to bed.