Lurking Darkness

Aura Bound

"What is this pain?" You wake up beside Blake, remembering yesterday's event and the best moment of your life. You feel a burning pain, almost like you are on fire. But you're also cold, very cold, cold enough to make the blanket you use become a frozen shell of where your body was.

"Gods... what the hell is happening!?"

"What's wrong Y/n?"

"I'm in incredible pain. Like I'm being burned and frozen at the same time."

"Wait a minute... Y/n, send me to one of Team RWBY, preferably a responsible one." She laughs lightly.

"Mhm." You concentrate your aura and send her to the most responsible person if Team RWBY.

Weiss' P.O.V

"Weiss, can you hear me?" You look around and can't see anyone speaking.

"Hello?"

"Weiss. It's Pyrrha, use your thoughts or this is going to be weird."

"Pyrrha? What's up?"

"Y/n is in horrible pain, and I need you to go to the library and get a certain book."

"A book? On what?"

"If he's in pain for the reason I think, then Blake is also going to be for a wild ride."

"Okay? What's the book called?"

"Aura Bonding: Ancient Legend."

"Understood."

You arrive at the library and locate the book.

"Aura Bonding... Aura Bonding... found it!"
You take the book from the shelf and return to the librarian.

"That will be 30 Lien please." You hand her the money and walk out.

"Okay Pyrrha, now what?"

"Take it to Y/n and Blake, you might also want to get Ruby and Yang as well. This might be tough."

"Great." You think sarcastically.

Y/n's P.O.V

"Mmmmm..." You sit down on the couch and are bouncing your leg up and down. You hear Blake scream out. You run into the bedroom instantly.

"Blake! Are you okay?"

"No no... I'm in pain!"

"Me too. I think Pyrrha has an idea."

"What do you mean?" She winces, just then a Shadow pops up.

"I didn't do that." Then another Shadow. And another. Then a knock on the door. You go to open it and your leg gives out as you open it.

"Ruby, Weiss, Yang, so glad you could come!Weiss? I assume you got Pyrrha's message?"

"Yes I did. She wants you to make her physical so she can explain. Also get Blake and gather in the living room."
You manage to get yourself up and walk over to get Blake up, after a few failed attempts at a Shadow. You all sit in the living room, you and Blake in pain. You also make Pyrrha physical to explain everything.

"Yep, this is the book I read. So everyone listen. Blake and Y/n are Aura Bonding."

"Wait wait wait... isn't that what you and me did?"

"I'm getting there. There are two types of Aura Bonds. Sympathetic and Intimate. What you and me have is a Sympathetic Aura Bond. We didn't experience what happening to you and Blake because we were never, as Nora would put it, 'together-together'." She jokes.

"Okay, so I'm guessing that means that me and Blake are experiencing an 'Intimate Aura Bond'?"

"Precisely. The difference is matrimonial. Not just the marriage, but the strength you two have together in love is also affecting the pain in which you are both experiencing."

"So we're both like this—!" Blake is cut off by a Shadow appearing. Then a stabbing pain where she was stabbed by Adam.

"AH!..." She catches her breath.

"Because we love each other a lot?"

"Pretty much. Yea." Pyrrha puts it simply.

"Do you know—?" You heat up the room fast.
And some pain in your head.

"ERGH... shit..."

"Do you know how long this will last?"

"The book sayssss..." She begins flipping through.

"It's says the longest it can last is a week. It also says the pain will progress until both of your Auras are fully bonded. However! It also says that when your Auras are bound together, your Semblances will intertwine and you'll be able to telepathically communicate."

"Wow. Cool." Yang says.

"One more question. What's going on with their Semblances?" Ruby asks.

"The Semblances are reacting to the bonding of the Auras, they will not be able to control it and they will progressively get worse."

"Fuck." You swear loudly.

"WAIT. Pyrrha, Will it affect the baby?" Blake asks. You completely forget your pain and focus on your wife and Pyrrha, hopeful to get a good answer.

"Let's see..." She begins flipping again.

"The baby itself will NOT be affected by the Aura Bond, but Blake, this will be a tougher process for you because of the baby, you must remember that your child is there. The pain can drive you to insanity in it's worse cases. So please, be strong for it." She tells Blake in a serious tone.

"Is there any way to lessen the pain?"

"Not a way to lessen it, but luckily for you both, you have friends to help you with this process. I also believe it would be best to separate you both for a while until the pain is gone, for your safeties." She tells you.

"Great, fucking fantastic, I just get married to the best person on the planet and now I can't even be with then."

I understand Y/n, but it's for both of your safeties, the child's too." She looks at you as you look at Blake.

"Okay..." She nods at you. Then a Shadow pops up beside her.

"I love you kitten."

"I love you too."

"Okay! Who volunteers to take Y/n off to stay with him for a while?"

"I will. I believe also that if his Semblance does end up burning everything to the ground, I may be able to cool him down." Weiss says.

"And for Blake?"

"Yo. I got it, she's my partner and I want to help." Yang says.

"Okay! Ruby? You will double up, and because of your speed, you will be able to do this quickly."

"Coolio." She says with a hopeful smile, like always.

"I'll go pack his bags." Weiss says, looking at Pyrrha and moving off to you and Blake's room.

"And I'll pack Blake's!" Yang says with a smile and following Weiss.

"And I'll do nothing!" Ruby yells as she plops onto the couch. Pyrrha dissipates and returns into your mind.

"This is going to suck isn't it?"

"Once this is done, you and her will be even better connected than you think though."

"I understand." You sigh and try to ignore the pain of half your body being burned and the other being frozen.

New Aura Bonding! Now, you can be even more connected with those you love! But first, try not to die! Again, thanks for reading -P