The Voltage Cat: Blake Belladonna X Male Cat Faunus Reader

Vol. 5 Ch. 52 Volunteers

Your POV

Time Skip
(Brought to you by Chibi Ruby accidentally robbing a bank)

Once we had gotten Blake's parents out of the house, she began to address the crowd. She pointed at the smoke coming from her house and said, "Humans didn't do this. We did this: Faunus. We did this to ourselves. We are just as capable of hate and violence as the humans, but I don't think any of us would jump at the chance to point that out. So why are we letting Adam do it for us?! By doing nothing and staying silent, we let others speak and act in our place. And if we're not proud of the choices they make, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. This is the message that Adam Taurus will bring to the world if no one stops him. But we can stop him! You have to understand that all of you are looking for simple answers to a very complicated problem. And I can't give that to you. I don't know how to make hate go away, I don't. But I know that this kind of violence is not the solution. I understand that to ask you to leave your homes and protect Haven Academy is asking you to put your lives at risk. But that's what's at stake. So I'm going, and I'll stand by myself if I have to."

Ilia replied, "I'll stand with you!" Blake and I turned around with a surprised look on her face as Ilia stands up. She looked down and said, "If... if you'd have me." Despite some of the crowd's murmuring amongst themselves, Blake smiles at her old friend. As Ilia proceeds forward, Saber suddenly stopped her and said, "You're not going anywhere!" Blake said, "Let her come." Saber replied, "Huh? You're just going to forgive her? After everything she did?!" Blake answered, "I am."

Saber looked at Ghira, who nodded to let Ilia go. Ilia continued to walk down the steps to stand next to her friend. Then Saber said, "What does she think she's doing?" Ghira smiled and said, "She's learned a lesson that evaded me until I was much older: That there is strength in forgiveness." Blake puts a hand on Ilia's shoulder, sharing a smile together.

Then one by one, multiple Faunus volunteered to join us, saying, "I'll stand with you! I'll go!! Yeah!! Me too! Let's go! Yeah, let's go!!" As more Faunus start to give Blake their support, Sun, Violet, and I walked down the steps to join her and Ilia. The crowd is heard cheering as a majority agree to volunteer. We all smiled at the crowd and Sun said, "Looks like we've got work to do." Blake replied, "Thank you." I looked at Ilia and said, "You stabbed me."

Ilia looked down sorrowfully and replied, "I─" I playfully pinched her arm and she said, "Ow!" Then I said, "There. Let's just call it even." Ghira and Kali then walk down the steps to join their daughter and her friends. Then Ghira said, "We have about two weeks before Adam's attack on Haven. We're going to need shields, training, whatever we can do to protect as many people as possible." Kali added, "We'll need transportation too. For everyone." Blake smiled and said, "I think I know a ship captain who owes us a favor."

I smiled and turned to Blake's parents and said, "Since your house is damaged, I insist that you two stay at my house until your house is fully restored." Ghira and Kali looked at me and Ghira said, "You're so much like your father. He'd be proud of the man you've become. I'm proud to call you my son-in-law." Kali smiled and nodded.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
Master out.