Lurking Darkness

Target Practice

Please play above song (1:46)

You are harboring many negative emotions, so many in fact you attract many Beowolves to you, Ursai too. You keep walking, attracting Grimm after Grimm. Just waiting for one to lunge forward and attempt to strike. One of the hundreds of Beowolves is foolish enough and you pull Ekdíkisi out of its sheath on your back and unfold it to reveal a halberd, but instead of an axe blade on the end, it is a scythe blade. You may have taken some inspiration from Ruby, not for the next part though. You decapitate the Beowolf at its neck, then another Grimm attacks from behind Ekdíkisi has a few tricks, the scythe/spear end rotate to the other side of the shaft, impaling the Beowolf on it, you pull the trigger. Firing multiple rounds of fire Dust directly into the Grimm, you spin around and throw it off of your weapon. Transforming Ekdíkisi into its rifle variant, Timoría, and begin unloading round after round into the Grimm that charge you, unleashing all of your fury and rage. Four Ursai attempt to tackle you head on, you stab one many times and then flip over it, cutting it down the middle, in half. One of them get a slice of your back, but you recover and proceed to remove its head from its shoulders. The other two sit back. You haven't noticed, but your temperature gauge is at 468 degrees F and climbing, until finally.

"HRRAGGGHHH!!!" You explode in a white hot flash. Disintergrating all the Grimm around you.

"AHHHHHH!!!" You scream standing on the cliff you fought them on. You fall to your knees, and begin to fade in and out of consciousness..

It begins raining...

Stop song

The Day Before...

"Y/n. Don't go on your own." Ruby speaks out.

"I'll be fine." Yang speaks next.

"Be seeing you later I guess."

"I guess. Take care Yang." Tai is next to last.

"Good luck out there Y/n. You're always welcomed in my home from now on."

"Thanks Tai." Qrow is last to speak.
"Don't forget your training kid. You'll need it."

"Thank you Qrow, I appreciate all you've done for me." Armed with all the knowledge and ammo you'll need, you set out, on your way to Haven Academy.

To find out who destroyed Beacon.

To find out who hurt Blake.

To find out who killed Pyrrha..

Present Day...

While you regain consciousness, you barely hear some conversation.

"Is... okay?"

"He'll be fi... ust needs to manag... better and he'll be okay..."

"Good to hea... ou need to talk to hi... wakes up..." You don't know who is speaking, but it'll have to wait, as you pass out again. When you wake up, you're in a cushy bed in what looks to be a bedroom. You are incredibly groggy, but you notice you have a bandage wrapped around your person, from your left shoulder to your right hip. It is very uncomfortable.

You begin trying to stand up and walk around. Then Ruby runs into the room.

"Y/n!! You're up!" She yells out with glee.

"Ruby?! What're you doing he—?" She tackles you before you finish.

"GAH MY BACK!!" You cry out in pain.

"Ope. My bad." She helps you up.

"What are you doing here? I said I was going to be fine on my own."

"Me, Jaune, Nora, Ren and Uncle Qrow are here, we wanted answers too. So we left a few days after you, we didn't know Uncle Qrow has followed us either."

"What happened to me? What's this bandage?" You grasp your shoulder.

"We only found you because on our way there, we found you passed out on a cliff. We picked you up and carried you to Haven with us." Jaune, Ren and Nora come in the room. They all hug you.

"Please try to not kill yourself for like a year." Nora chuckles.

"I'll try." You hug everyone back.
Almost everyone.

"Guys... I'm so sorry about Pyr—." Jaune cuts you off.

"There was nothing you could've done. You tried your hardest. That's all you could do."
He places his hand on your good shoulder.

"Thank you." He tells you.

"We have to talk about some things."!Ruby says.

"Is it about the Maidens?" They're all shocked.
"How did you...?"

"I was actually just added to Ozpins inner circle before Beacon fell..." They stare at you. Waiting for more...

Hey all! I skipped Vol 4 because I feel like it didn't add anything super significant to the story here. I'm going to fix Volume 5 my way and we'll continue from there. Again, thanks for reading! -P