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Chapter 19 (Y): The More the Merrier and The Vault of the Spring Maiden

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Chapter 19: Things Go to Hell
Night had fallen as the group walked through the campus of Haven Academy, Qrow leading the way. It was most silent, the air thick with tension and mistrust. Before leaving the house, Qrow and Ozpin had instructed them all to talk their weapons with them, and the conversation from earlier didn't exactly help (Y/N)'s nerves. He could almost feel something wrong, something malice. He tried to focus on the school's beauty, it was his first time seeing the academy after all, but he couldn't shake the warnings out of his head. Silently, they all walked into the main building. At the top of a staircase was a lion faunus who (Y/N) assumed was Professor Lionheart. To be honest, the boy wasn't all that impressed. Ozpin was a very intimidating person, but he had a regal and mysterious air about him which demanded respect. Lionheart to (Y/N) seemed more like a scared cat. Everyone halted in front of the staircase, (Y/N) standing between Weiss and Yang, as the professor greeted them.
"Why hello. Thank you for...coming," He glanced nervously at the group, eyeing Weiss, Yang, Oscar, and (Y/N) in particular. "There...seems to be more of you than last time,"
Qrow brushed it off.
"Eh, you know what they say, 'the more, the merrier'. So what's going on with the council," Lionheart didn't answer right away and instead examined the group's gear. He accidentally met eyes with (Y/N), and quickly glanced away, in what appeared to be shame. The dragon didn't like that and switched to soul vision. Lionheart was doubtful, conflicted with himself, but mostly, he was terrified for some reason.
"Something's wrong," he whispered to Yang who nodded to him and got on guard. The professor continued to address them.
"Why...did you bring your weapons?"
"What?" Qrow motioning his arms in confusion. "Leo, we're Huntsmen. You okay?" As the adult bantered, (Y/N)'s nose began twitching. He smelled something familiar. Or someone rather. Glancing around the room, he caught sight of a bird perched in the corner. At first, he thought the creature had just gotten stuck after someone left the door open, he had seen it happen a couple of times at Beacon (this happen so many times at my school), but then he noticed, the bird was a raven. Without thinking, he nudged Yang. She looked at him curiously and he motioned his head towards the avian. See it, Yang's eyes widened.
"Mom?"
The two men immediately stopped talking. (Y/N) flinched as Qrow, without hesitation, took a shot at the bird who immediately flew to Lionheart, transforming into the bandit leader as she walked behind him. Qrow had Harbinger ready as Ruby glanced away angrily.
"Raven," Nora backed up a bit.
"They...they really are magic,"
Raven took off her mask, looking at her twin, smirking.
"If you're going to shoot me, shoot me. That was insulting,"
"What are you doing here!?" Qrow angrily demanded as she descended the stairs.
"I could ask you the same thing. You've been scheming, little brother. Planning to attack your own sister," Qrow swung his head at Lionheart.
"Leo, what have you done!?"
"I-," Raven cut him off.
"Leo did what any sane person would in his position- he looked at all the information he had in front of him, assessed the situation, and made a choice," Raven stopped in front of them. "And it seems you all have too,"
(Y/N) felt Yang tense as he moved between her and Ruby, trying to get a bette look. Qrow growled at his twin.
"You have the Spring Maiden,"
"I do,"
"Then hand her over and let's work together!" He put his weapon away as a sign of good faith. "We can beat Salem!"
"All that time spent spying for Ozpin and you still have no idea what you're dealing. There is no beating Salem!"
"So what? We just standby and let some monster destroy the world?" (Y/N) asked as the red eyed woman glared at him.
"You stay out of this!"
"According to you, I'm dead either way! So what's the point in hiding!" Ruby placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him. She then took a step forward, locking eyes with Raven.
"You're wrong. We've done things most people would call impossible, and I know the only reason we were able to do it is because we didn't do it alone! We had people to teach us, people to help us, we had each other! Work with us! At least I know we'll have a better chance if we try together," she extended her hand. "Please,"
Raven took one look before addressing them again.
"You sound just like your mother,"
Raven suddenly pulled out her sword and slashed, creating a portal. (Y/N) felt his instincts take over as he leapt at his sister.
"Ruby!"
Jumping on to her back, he shielded her in his wings as something crashed into them. Judging by the slight increase in heat, he could tell it was fire. The force was enough to send them skidding, but they were fine thanks to (Y/N) being a natural fire deterrent.
"Ruby! (Y/N)!" Yang yelled as she ran to them. The crimson hooded got off her brother as fast she could, helping him to his feet.
"Are you okay?" She asked as (Y/N) pushed away their hands searching for scratches.
"I'm fine! But we have a problem,"
Emerging from the portal was a face (Y/N) swore he'd scorch next time he saw it: Cinder. Behind her, Emerald, Mercury, and Vernal followed.
"Hello boys and girls," she greeted condescendingly. Ruby growled.
"Cinder,"
(Y/N) hissed furiously as Mercury joined in the taunting as everyone prepared to throw down.
"C'mon guys, is that any way to greet your old friends?"
"I'm going to hurt him. Badly," the younger boy threatened as Yang went into instant kill mode. Qrow signaled her to back off and, for some reason, tried to salvage the situation.
"Everybody, stay calm,"
The doors behind them suddenly opened as a very burly man who towered above all of them stepped in.
"Oh no," (Y/N) heard Oscar mutter.
"The White Fang is prepping demolition and securing the school grounds," the stranger said as he shut the door. "No one's getting in, and no one's getting out," he marched towards them.
Weiss shot the invaders a dirty glare.
"This was all just a trap?"
"It appear so," Ren agreed as Qrow clenched his fists.
"Raven, tell me... how long have you been with them?"
"Aww, don't take it personally, little bird," Cinder mocked. "Your sister was a recent addition. The lion on the other hand. Entrance into the Vytal Festival was a real treat, but Leonardo's been sending Salem all sorts of information for a very, very long time. Isn't that right, Professor?"
"Stop it," Leo demanded.
"It was you," Qrow hissed. "You sit on the Mistral Council. You had information on every Huntsman and Huntress in the Kingdom, and you gave it all to her,"
"I-,"
"I couldn't find any of them, because you let her kill them!" Lionheart said nothing as Cinder continued.
"Aw now, don't beat yourself up about it, Lionheart. I'm sure Tyrian and Hazel would've found them on their own eventually,"
"What is wrong with you?" Jaune demanded, his head hung low. "How can you be so broken inside? To take so many lives, and then come here and rub it in our faces like it's something to be proud of !?" Everyone looked at the blonde boy, worried.
"Jaune," Nora almost warned.
"All with that damn smile on your face!"
Ruby, Yang, and (Y/N) all prepared to fight, but Qrow once again stopped them.
"Everybody, stay calm!"
"I'm gonna make you pay for what you did! Do you hear me!"
"Kid!" Qrow had pretty much lost control of the situation (as if he ever had it) as everyone else drew their weapons. Cinder kicked off the battle with one line.
"Who are you again?"
Everything was down hill from there. Jaune blindly charged Cinder who cockily blocked him with a sword she summoned.
"Jaune!" Ruby yelled as she ran to help, jumping into the air. Emerald threw her chain sickle at her and knocked her to the ground, smirking.
"You're not getting-," she didn't finished as she immediately sucker punched by a very speedy and even angrier (Y/N).
"Don't you touch my sister!" He threatened as he jumped back to Ruby to protect her in case the others tried something. Yang, seeing both of her little siblings in the fray, ran in to help only to be blocked by Mercury.
"Hey there, blondie. I'm thinking you owe me an apology for my leg, don't you think?"
Growling, Yang looked to (Y/N) who gave her a strong nod.
"Yang. Break them both this time,"
She nodded in agreement and charged. Believing Yang could handle herself, and seeing Weiss and Qrow pair off with Vernal and Raven respectively, while Ren and Nora took on the big guy,(Y/N) focused his attention on Emerald. The two circled each other in a tense standoff. (Y/N) had his gauntlets in blade mode while also having his claws out. He was going for blood. Emerald felt slightly unnerved seeing such a cold look on the usually lovable and peaceful little dragon, but she couldn't care now. As the two prepared to charge each other, Ruby suddenly got up and grabbed his shoulder. (Y/N) looked at her in surprise before Ruby positioned him towards Jaune and Cinder.
"Help him,"
Without hesitation, he nodded and flew towards those two. Emerald tried to latch on to him with her sickles, but Ruby blocked her and forced her on concentration on her. It was a good thing Ruby sicked the dragon on the Fall Maiden as she had just tossed Jaune to the ground and began laughing.
"I'm starting to remember you, you're the dense one that can't tell when he's out of his league,"
In that moment, (Y/N) struck her in the head with an axe kick. She yelped and stumbled back as (Y/N) got between her and his friend.
"And you're the dumb one who can't even tell when a nine year old sneaking up on her," he snarked as he helped Jaune to his feet. "Jaune, I've got your back,"
"Thanks (Y/N),"
Cinder growled at the small boy before giving him an unnerving smile.
"(Y/N), how nice of you to join us. Such a shame you weren't there to meet Tyrian. We could've had this reunion much soon," (Y/N) took position.
"Doubt it. I would say Ruby had him running with his tail between his legs, but, you know,"
"Yes, I suppose. Our lady was so disappointed, she was so looking forward to meeting you,"
"Kill me is more like it! Raven over there told me about Salem and my kind!" Cinder smirked.
"Oh but (Y/N), you're a special case," Cinder struck out at him, but was blocked by his blades. Jaune also came up to assist and together, they both pushed her back.
Not caring about anything else this monster had to say, (Y/N) launched a furious counterattack on the Fall Maiden, full of jabs, kicks, tail whips, and gauntlet shots. Cinder was trying to toy with Jaune, but (Y/N) made sure she didn't have much opportunity. She wasn't able to hit him, but his attacks weren't adding up to much thank to the Maiden powers. Eventually, she got tired of this and tried fire blasting the both of them, and while Jaune got the hell out of dodge, (Y/N) took it point blank with his wings and didn't even flinch. He smirked when he unfurled them.
"Really? Using fire on a dragon? That's just dumb,"
"Well haven't we gotten cheeky,"
"Trauma will do that to you,"
The two boys continued their double team assault until they heard Weiss scream in pain. Skidding from another attack, they saw Weiss's aura had depleted. They froze and (Y/N) didn't know what to do. Should he abandon Jaune who would surely be killed to save his sister? Cinder took advantage of their confusion.
"Are you both going to let her die too?"
"Stop messing with me!" Jaune yelled.
"If that's what you want,"
They all charged once again, but were stopped dead by a flash of blinding light and Ruby screaming. It ended prematurely as Emerald knocked out the silver eyed girl, but damage was done. (Y/N) saw Cinder slump to the ground in pain, even though he and Jaune hadn't done much. She looked up in time to see Jaune stab at her with his sword. She narrowly dodged, revealing a horrifying covering of her left face and her missing eye. Jaune would've stumbled forward if not for the young dragon pulling him back, making sure he kept his balance. Cinder was angry now as flames appeared from her remaining eye.
"Did you think you actually had a chance against me!?" (Y/N) then realized something.
"You're scared of Ruby! She did something to you! Like she did to that giant Grimm!" Cinder's expression changed for a split second, confirming the boy's suspicions, before going blood hungry and separating (Y/N) from Jaune. She wildly slashed at him, but Tai's training paid off as he expertly weaved through her attacks before perching on the railings above.
"You know, for a magical Maiden, you have bad aim!" Cinder growled, before grinning.
"Really now? Let's test that," she pulled out a spear this time, and (Y/N) readied himself to evade. However, he wasn't the target. In a split second, Cinder threw the spear.
Right at Weiss.
The weapon impaled the Schnee in her side and for a moment, there was stillness before she collapsed p.
"WEISS!" Jaune yelled as he ran to her. (Y/N) felt numb as Cinder smirked up at him as she turned to walk away.
Big mistake.
(Y/N) let out a roar that shook the room. The boy had roared before, but this was something different. This was a roar which was fitting for one who was called a dragon. It was a roar that put even the Grimm dragon to shame and you could almost see the windows beginning to crack. Cinder turned in time to be met with a furious (Y/N). The boy had abandon all his training and style and opted instead to viciously claw at his hated enemy's. If Cinder didn't aura, she would've been a bloodied mess. Still, it burned as if (Y/N) had heated his claws for hours on end. Eventually, the Fall Maiden pried him off her and threw him. (Y/N) landed on all fours and roared at her again, his teeth long and salivating, his claws tearing the ground beneath him, and most of all, his eyes lacking any sort of emotion beyond unrestrained rage and hatred. This was no longer (Y/N), but a feral and hurt wild animal, the most dangerous kind. Emerald quickly put herself between (Y/N) and Cinder, but she felt herself shaking. She was horrified by the transformation this boy she had a soft spot for had taken. (Y/N) either didn't recognize her, or he just didn't care, he charged in a blitzing speed. Emerald dodge and watched as he easily cracked the wall he slammed into. He was unfazed and turned back, snarling at her.
Oscar, who had thoroughly owed Lionheart, began demanding answers from Ozpin as he ran to Ruby.
"What's wrong with him!?"
"He's gone into a blind rage," Oz answered back.
"I can see that!"
"No, it's a defense mechanism for dragons! It happened at Beacon as well, it's how he unlocked his semblance!"
"Well how do we calm him down?!"
"Get Ms Rose. He needs someone he trusts right now!"
Oscar slide to a halt, desperately shaking Ruby with Nora also there.
"Ruby! Ruby get up! We need you! (Y/N) needs you!" Ruby slowly opened her eyes and gave a groan as Oscar smiled. "Ruby! You-,"
"OZPIN!" the big guy yelled. Oscar raised his head as he heard the old man mutter.
"Oh no,"
"You thought you could hide from me!?" He tore off his over shirt and pulled out two yellow dust crystals. "You'll pay for what you did, you'll die over and over again!" Continuing the trend of horrifying things that day, he stabbed himself with the crystals in his arms and the dust began flowing through his veins. He roared, and while it didn't match up to (Y/N)'s, he had the massive size to make up for it. Oscar, who was terrified, just stood their with the cane.
"Do-do we fight?"
"No, run!"
He dove at the fourteen year old, luckily Qrow was there to yank him to safety. As this went on, Yang and Mercury were still going at it, and (Y/N) was dangerously close to ripping Emerald's throat out, Vernal, Raven, and Cinder (or as I call them: the bitches trio) headed towards the vault. While Cinder would love to kill Ruby while she was still daze, Raven rightfully pointed out that she'd have the rather of the feral dragon boy to deal with first. Deciding it wasn't worth it right now, (and not at all because she was still reeling from him almost ripping off the other half of her face) Cinder followed the other two down to the vault, which was opened by Lionheart. Yang tried to stop them, under the insistence of Nora, but was blocked off by Mercury. He tried to taunt her again, but was cut off as Emerald regrouped with him with the still wild (Y/N) on her tail. The villains nodded to each other as Emerald activated her semblance, making several Mercury's appear. (Y/N) snarled at all of them. Yang, still on her knees, took a deep breath, trying to figure out what to do.
Then she got an idea.
She snatched (Y/N), holding him in a hug. He thrashed about, trying to attack. Yang jumped away as the clone attacked. She spoke softly to the boy.
"(Y/N). (Y/N), I need you to calm down," the boy was still insistent on ripping out throats, but Yang held on. "(Y/N) please! I need your eyes!"
Yang continued to evade their enemies as he brother tried to get ahold of himself. The boy took deep breaths, his snarling and growling fading. Eventually, he went slightly limp.
"(Y/N)?"
"What do you need?" His voice was tired and breathless, but he was all there. She put him on her back and positioned him so he could see their opponents.
"Switch to soul vision and tell me what you see," still dizzy from his outburst, he followed her directions. With his second sight on, the clones vanished and he realized what Yang was trying to do.
"Second to the left!" He yelled as Mercury charged.
Yang hooked him with her robotic arm as he went skidding, Emerald in disbelief. Yang smiled at her brother.
"I guess Emerald's tricks don't work on your sight!" He nodded.
"Right!" He then smirked at Mercury. "Aww, what's wrong dum dum? Can't hide behind Emerald anymore? Guess you're gonna have to fight like a warrior like the rest of us!" The older boy growled as he stood.
"Says the runt clinging to his big sister," the boy gave him a blank stare.
"I'm nine, what's your excuse?"
He charged again, without illusions this time as they were pointless, backed up by Emerald's gunfire. Yang blocked him and (Y/N) flew off her back and headed straight for the girl. He landed, but he was still wobbly from before.
"(Y/N)!" Nora yelled from across the battlefield. She and Qrow were a bit busy keeping the big guy, Hazel, from turning Oscar into a pancake while Ren, Jaune, and Ruby were trying to save Weiss, who Jaune had pulled to safety. The boy shook his head.
"I'm fine!" He yelled. "I can handle this,"
Taking position once more, the two former friends circled each other.
"You can't mess with my eyes Emerald," He warned, not even pulling out his blades. "You don't get to hide behind an illusion this time,"
"I don't need it," She jumped at him, but he easily rolled away to safety before countering with a jab. Emerald stumbled back at the force of it.
"Come on (Y/N). I thought we were friends,"
"You were my friend Emerald. But you killed Penny and Pyrrha. You're no better then 'them'," the tensing muscles in his arms clearly showed the 'them' he was referring to. "But what annoys me the most, is the lies," Emerald smirked.
"Manipulating people, making them think I'm friendly? It's all part of the job," (Y/N) let out a half laugh.
"You're good, you even fooled yourself," She frowned.
"What?"
"There was at least some truth to the things you said to me,"
"Dream on!" Emerald yelled at she charged him. (Y/N) stood his ground.
"Fine, I'll prove it!" As Emerald descended, she missed, and was shocked by the appearance of another (Y/N). Hastily, one decked her right in the face. Emerald reeled back in pain as the two stalked closer.
"I got my semblance, and I know how it works. See, the charms are more than just memories, they're my bonds with others. I use them to to call on my friends, people who I care about and care about me, so I can use their power. Remember this?" He pointed at the mirror charm. "This is the power you gave me. It wouldn't have worked if you didn't believe at least some of the things you said!"
"Shut up! You're being ridiculous! I don't give a damn," he smirked as he and the clone took position.
"You should know better than to lie to me," they all exchanged blows and Emerald quickly realized the clone wasn't actually solid, but their fast movements made it hard to keep track of the real one. Despite this, (Y/N) was slowly running out of steam. His previous outburst had done a number on his aura and he couldn't maintain his semblance for much longer. Luckily, Ruby took notice and jumped in as Emerald went in for a devastating attack. She smiled back at (Y/N), who returned it.
"Thanks Ruby. You okay?"
"No, I'm angry. I've got this. Go catch your breath,"
Too tired to argue, (Y/N) ducked away as Ruby began her own vengeance filled counterattack on Emerald. He slumped on (Y/N), and only then notice something weird going on with Weiss, who was, thank the gods, looking better.
"Is she okay?" He still asked. Jaune nodded, not taking his hand off her wound.
"Yeah, I think she is. Catch your breath buddy. We still need you,"
So...imma make the joke right now:

(Y/N) used Outrage
(Y/N) became confused

Thank you, good night!