Lurking Darkness

In Another Time

"Blake, this is awesome, out for a night on the town, with the most beautiful woman on Remnant."

"Thanks, and I got the most handsome and gentle, and kind, man on Remnant." You both kiss.

"Let's go to this restaurant Jaune's sister told me about. She said it's really good."

"Sure." You take her hand and you both walk to the restaurant, the maître d sits you personally.

"I'll have a waiter come out immediately sir and madam, please enjoy your night." He bows and he's off. You ordered the 8 Oz Wagyu Sirloin, with a baked potato. Blake ordered the Blackened Salmon, you give her a wink, she chuckles. The night went off without a hitch, you both enjoyed dinner and each other's company, talked about childhoods, the good parts anyway. You give the maître d a generous tip for being so attentive, you both walk down the sidewalk.

"So now what do you want to go do?" She asks you.

"Nope, what do you want to do? I chose our food, it's your turn now babe."

"Oh um.. how about we go to the pier?"

"Let's go." You extend your hand. You both walk to the pier and you crack stupid jokes all the way there.

"I want you to know I really enjoy having you. Even if it's when we almost die to horrifying Grimm, I'd still want you to be by my side." She tells you.

"Blake, I'd do anything for you, I'd jump into the reef in my underwear if you'd tell me to. I'd jump off a cliff to save you, I'd die for you to keep living." She blushes.

"Go jump in then."

"What? Oooohhh.."

"Go jump in the water in your underwear."

"If you insist, I may drag you with me." You pick her up and swing her around.

"Fine." You undress and begin running into the water.

"Gods it's freezing!" You say running into the reef. She laughs loudly. As you return, you tease her.

"Now who wants hugs and kisses!" You rush her.

"No no stop it! You know cats hate water!" She's running, but you catch up.

"Gotcha!" You just hold her.

"Ah stop!" She's laughing. Enough's enough you decide, you heat up and evaporate all the water on you, drying you and her instantly.

"All good to go?"

"Yep." She smiles at you. "Y/n, I lo—."
You cut her off by kissing her, stopping her in her tracks, she reciprocates.

"I love you too kitten." You're both walking back to the house when you spot Jaune, Nora and Ren.

"Oscar!" Jaune yells.

"That can't be good, come on Blake."

"Jaune! What's going on?"

"Oscar's missing. I think I may have scared him off..." Jaune says depressingy. You all walk around for around an hour, Nora speaks up.

"Hey there's a café right there? You guys want anything?" You and Jaune both say no.

"Blake, you wanna come?" You look at her and nod.

"Sure. We'll be right back." You look at Jaune.

"Hey dude, it's not your fault, Oscar has a lot going on right now, he's literally two peo—."
You and Jaune both take notice of an auburn leaf that floats by. It floats past a statue with the words: "New Memorial."."

"New Memorial up? For who?" You follow Jaune texting Blake.

Asprooo: Hey, me and Jaune are at the memorial, we'll be here when you get back.

Kitten: Okay. See you soon.

"So Jaune, who do you think this is fo—..."
You're cut off by a statue of Pyrrha. You're speechless... You look at Jaune who is in tears now. You place a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey man, she loved you, she loved me, she loved all of us, we made her feel at home, at peace, she would've done anything for us. It just so happens she made the ultimate choice for us, to live on, to become better. Especially you and me."

"I just wish she was here, she should be here. Not me."You decide to take a page from Ruby's book.

"Nope."

"But how co—?"

"Nope. You're here for a reason."
You poke his chest, just like she did to you.

"You. Pyrrha chose you to live on, she wanted you to continue fighting for us, fighting for her. She knew what choice she was making."

"That sounds like something she'd say." A recognizable voice speaks.

"Is that?" You turn around. It's a family member of Pyrrha's.

"It's been too long." You give her a hug.

"Likewise Y/n. It's really beautiful isn't it?" She looks at the statue.

"Yea.. why here?" Jaune asks.

"She trained here, you know? Sanctum Academy. This was before she met Y/n.
Everyone was crushed when she chose Beacon over Haven. No one wanted to see her go. But, it was where she wanted to be. I'm just glad she was surrounded, by such amazing people in her life." Jaune looked devastated.

"She should be standing here." You were about to say something.

"She is." She looks at the saddened Arc.

"She understood that she had a responsibility, to try. I don't think that she would regret her choice, because a Huntress, would understand that there really wasn't a choice to make. And a huntress is what she always wanted to be." Jaune looks better now.

"She never got a chance to graduate, but she was a Huntress." He smiles at her. She wipes a tear away.

"Thank you."

"Jaune!" You look at JNR and Blake. You turn back around to see she's gone.

"Hey guys." You say. Blake notices the statue first.

"Oh..."

"Hey Jaune, I think me and Blake are gonna head back." He nods.

"I love you dude. They love you too." You point to Nora and Ren.

"Thanks dude. Love you too." You and Blake begin walking back.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asks you, her ears down.

"Yea babe, I'm good, and I think Jaune is going to be as well." You give her a hug.

"Thanks for being worried about me."

Almost plan time! Again thanks for reading! -P