Chapter 7: Princess' Resolve; Mending
(Cassandra's POV)
So... Yang and I decided to take the fucking creep along with us. Though there's no way in hell he taking my seat. I held onto Yang as one of my Tentacles was wrapped around the bastard, keeping him slightly suspended in midair as Yang drove Bumblebee down a patch.
Creep: "Did I seriously have to have this thing wrapped around me!?"
I growled at him and glared, only for Yang to speak up.
Yang: "Just be thankful she's not dragging you on the ground." I hummed in agreement. "So, how much farther pal?"
Creep: "This should just about it."
Yang broke in an open area surrounded by trees. She shut off Bumblebee as I threw the creep to the ground.
Creep: "You two wait here. I'll go up ahead and make sure the coast is clear."
Yang and I looked at him un-amused, she lowering her glasses in the process. After he left, Yang and I un-mounted Bumblebee. She took off her gloves and other accessories while I stretched, moaning a bit. But I felt eyes on me. I looked at Yang and she was eyeing me from head to toe. I smirked and posed playfully.
Cassandra telepathically: "Like what you see, Sunshine~?"
Yang: "*whistles* Oh you bet I do, Cherry Top~"
She smirked back and winked at me, causing me to giggled before I placed my hands behind my head and leaned against Bumblebee.
Yang: "Hey, Cherry Top?" I looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "I just wanted to thank you again, for never leaving and giving up on me. I don't think I would be here, if it weren't for you."
I just smiled at her softly and walked over to her before hugging her tightly, slightly pushing her against Bumblebee.
Cassandra telepathically: "I'll never give up on you Sunshine. I love you too much to do that."
Yang: "I love you too, babe."
I looked up at her and went on my toes before planting a very passionate kiss on her soft and cushiony lips. She kissed back with a moan and wrapped her arms around my waist, while I wrapped mine around her neck, gently caressing her long and beautiful blonde hair. She stroked my long crimson hair and one of my Iris tentacles, causing me to moan softly into the kiss as I pushed my body against her more and slipped my tongue into her mouth. We were going at it for a solid 10 minutes, before I heard a sound behind me. One of my tentacles moved and deflected a bullet.
Cassandra telepathically: "Of fucking course..."
Yang telepathically: "It was getting really juicy too... C'mon babe."
We both slowly pulled away and turned to face... the Creep, who was accompanied by some more Bandits... We broke the embrace and faced them fully.
Creep: "Not gonna lie, that was hot but I can't believe you BOTH were dumb enough to let me lead you here."
Yang: "Is this everyone?"
Creep: "Yes, little lady. This is it. Well, unless you want to count the whole rest of the camp back that way."
He pointed behind him. I briefly looked at Yang before pointing in the direction the creep pointed at, raising an eyebrow.
Yang: "That way?"
The creep looked at two bandits confused. One of them shrugged before he looked back at us.
Creep: "Yes. That way."
Cassandra telepathically: "Oh. That was easy."
Yang: "Good to know. Thanks."
Creep: "Now to pay me back for this tooth, we're going to take your bike. And you are you're going to take your lumps."
The bandits aimed their weapons at us in response. I rolled my eyes before I looked at Yang, who nodded lightly before activating Ember Celica on her left arm. Me in response, I activated Sonne, the blade on my right arm which un-collapsed and flipped out over my fist, as I gripped the handle. The bandits looked at us surprised.
Creep: "You got the jump on me last time sweetheart, but you both 'ought think twice about fighting all-"
Cutting him off was a small cannon popped out of Yang's prosthetic arm as Mond flipped out on my left arm, in the same matter as Sonne, shocking them further.
(Sonne and Mond. She has two on each arm)
Bandits: "Huh!?"
Creep: "...Alright... Get them!"
The Bandits began charging us, causing me to sight. I nodded to Yang, who returned the gesture before we both split up. I dashed towards the right, as a bandit fired a couple of bullets at me, however I defected them all with my tentacles before I dashed up him, slashing down on him with Mond. He barely blocked with his weapon, but I applied more pressure and knocked his weapon out of his hand. Just then, this girl tried to punch me from my blindside but I did a split, causing her to punch her ally before I 'break danced' on the ground and kicked both of their chins before my Tentacles struck them, knocking them down.
I then blocked a strike from another bandit, with the shield segment on Mond, before I backflipped, knocking the weapon out of his hands before the blades on Sonne and Mond flipped away to the back of my arms, revealing barrels in their place. I pressed the triggers and fired off reddish pink beams of energy at the Bandit, knocking him down and out. Just then, I heard a gun fire and I quickly extended one of my tentacles towards Yang, and blocked a bullet from the creep.
I glared daggers at him while snarling, causing him to panic and attempt to shoot me but his gun was jammed. I smacked the gun out of his hand with my tentacles before I dashed towards him, with Iris roaring loudly in my mind. Sonne and Mond collapsed and retracted back into their compact mode on my arms before I punched the creep right in his gut, causing him to gag. Then I spun around and kicked him right in face, making him lose another tooth before Yang finished him off with a punch to the back of his head, knocking him to the ground.
I looked around and saw all of the unconscious bandits before I noticed Yang trying to control her left arm's shaking by holding it. I went over to her and held her hands tightly before smiling up at her. She returned the gesture and we pecked each other's lips before we walked over to Bumblebee.
Creep: "Who are you two...? It doesn't even matter... When Raven finds out what you did, you're both dead!"
Yang: "Possibly, but I doubt it. I AM her Daughter, after all."
I grinned and winked at the Creep before kissing Yang on her cheek and walking away with her towards the camp.
Creep: "...I'm dead..."
"WELCOME BACK."
CHAPTER 7: PRINCESS' RESOLVE; MENDING
(Blake's POV)
I for some reason couldn't sleep, so I woke up early in my pajamas and made my way down to the kitchen for a cup of tea. Though, when I went town there, I was surprised to see Olympia... or Saisei... sitting at a table with a cup in hand.
Blake: "Saisei...?"
Olympia: "Blake..." she looked at me with her green eyes, void of all emotion, holding a cup of tea. "What are you doing up so early...?"
Blake: "I couldn't sleep."
Olympia: "Well, welcome to the club. There's some tea left over in the kettle. It's still hot." She gestured towards the kettle.
Blake: "Oh. Thanks."
After pouring myself a cup of tea, I sat across from Olympia, before taking a sip of my tea. I looked at Olympia, only to see her staring dryly and emotionlessly at her cup. It was silent... too silent... I wanted to try and stir up a conversation.
Blake: "Well... we failed to get many signatures today... but tomorrows a new day. New day means new chances, I always say."
Olympia: "Oh really...? To what cost, Blake?"
Blake: "To what cost? To what cost???"
Olympia: "I already said it to Miana and Mania this morning. You're not going to convince the Faunus here to save Haven academy. No matter how convincing you can look or sound."
I just looked at her in shock before looking down in sadness... But... I felt an anger building up inside of me...
Blake: "Why... Why are you acting like this, Olympia..."
Olympia: "Olympia died along with Beacon. I am Princess Saisei and this is how I am. If you don't like it, then tuff."
Blake: "But you are not!"
Olympia: "This is who I am now! I was taught by my parents to believe in a black and white world, where nothing bad happens. It will just be all sunshine and rainbows. But even AFTER I witnessed my Tribe being destroyed, I STILL believed in what my parents said! Just because I was too childish and naive! And now look at what happened! Do you seriously want me to believe in that world, even after all of the SHIT that happened!?"
She slammed her cup on the table and glared daggers at me.
Blake: "Olympia... Please don't swear... That doesn't-"
Olympia: "Multiple people were killed! I was KILLED! You want me to forget all of that!?"
Blake: "I'm not asking you to forget everything that happened! Do you think Cassandra, Cassie and Lazarus would want to see you like this!?"
Olympia: "Oh don't you even DARE mention them! Why do you care about my team!? You clearly don't care about your own since you left them all to deal with the pain themselves! You even left Cassie, your own fucking girlfriend!"
She stood up suddenly, but I did the same and yelled out of frustration before I grabbed Olympia by the shoulders and slammed her against the wall. She looked at me, only for her eyes to slightly widen upon seeing the tears in my eyes......
Blake: "......... Do you know why Lazarus, Cassie and Cassandra did all they could, to keep your innocence... It's because that is who YOU are! The Princess of the Houtua Tribe... a calm, kind and gentle soul... One that is naïve and optimistic... As you said, you saw the world in a state where it was all Sunshine and Rainbows..."
Olympia: "I-"
I cut her off by hugging her tightly while I let my tears flow down my face...
Blake: "Please Olympia...... Just your smile alone was enough to keep us moving, even when the going gets tough... You ARE the positive light that we ALL need... Not only us, but EVERYONE... Lazarus... may not be with us anymore... but I KNOW that he would love nothing more, than to see the Olympia that he swore to protect for as long as his lived, living her life happily... Still with that bit of naïveity... I know Cassie and Cassandra would want that too... We all do... So please, who ever this Saisei person is, LEAVE OLYMPIA ALONE! BRING HER BACK TO US!"
I heard a faint godly roar as I hugged Olympia tighter...
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(The Roar)
After a minute of complete silence...
Olympia: "B-Blake..........?"
I slowly looked at her, only to see her green eyes flickering before settling down as tears streamed down her face.
Blake: "Olympia......?"
Immediately upon me calling her name, Olympia lunged into my embrace and squeezed me back tightly while sobbing into my shoulder.
Olympia: "I'm so sorry...... I'm such a mean... stupid... dumb jerk...!"
I immediately embraced her back tightly, while rubbing the back of her head.
Blake: "It's okay... Shhh. It's okay Olympia...... It's not your fault... You were afraid... and that fear manifested into something you didn't want to become... You're not to blame... Not ever... and you'll never be..."
Olympia just continued to bawl her eyes out into my shoulder as I embraced her tightly... After a while, she finally calmed down. We broke the embrace and I looked at her with a soft smile and caressed her hair. In response, Olympia wiped her tears from her eyes, before giving me...... a sheepish and innocent smile, while scratching the back of her head.
Olympia: "I... guess I'm still a bit naïve, huh...?" she sheepishly asked, to which I nodded in response and patted her head. "Ehehehe... Yay... I like that."
I giggled but footsteps caught our attention. We both turned around, just to see Sun standing there, his mouth gaped open in a shocked manner.
Sun: "Olympia...???"
I looked at Olympia, only to see her gripping the front edge of her skirt and flinching in a nervous manor before taking a deep breath and looking at sun.
Olympia: "Sun... I... I'm so sorry...! I was way out of line! I was a big jerk to- H-Hey!" she was cut off by Sun tickling her sides, causing her to start giggling. "O-Oh no! Ahaha! P-Please! Ehehehe!"
Sun laughed and stopped his deadly attack, causing Olympia to sigh and look at him, with a happy expression.
Olympia: "Thank you... Sun..."
Sun just grinned and wrapped his arm around her shoulder before pulling her into an embrace and rubbed the top of her head.
Sun: "Welcome back, Olympia."
I smiled as I watched Olympia buried her head into his chest and embraced back.
Olympia: "Hmm! Thank you...!"
>>Meanwhile<<
(Cassandra's POV)
After learning that Yang was the daughter of Raven Branwen, the creepy man and the rest of the bandits decided to take me and her to her mother. As we entered the camp, we were immediately greeted with many glares from the surrounding bandits but I couldn't care less. Looking directly forwards at the massive tent, I spotted a woman with long black hair, that was styles almost exactly like Yang's and she had on a mask...
Yang: "Mom."
Raven: "Yang." She took off her mask "So after all this time, you finally decided to visit me."
Cassandra telepathically: "That's your mom...???"
Yang telepathically: "Yup..."
I noticed Yang's left hand began to sake again but she stopped it with her prosthetic.
Yang: "You know that I searched for you. I spent years looking for you."
Raven: "And you've found me. You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality. Well done Yang, but did you and you're Iris Friend have to be so rough with my men?"
Cassandra telepathically: "Wait... She knows!?"
Raven: "Girl, I know everything about the Guardian Beasts. And besides, those tentacles don't go unnoticed."
I blushed out of embarrassment and looked away.
Yang: "We didn't want a fight. They started it."
Raven: "Well, you both certainly finished it." There was a brief silence for a while before she sighed. "Right, I'm sure this is all very overwhelming, but I must admit that you're proven yourself. So any questions you have I'll be happy to answer. You can stay with us tonight. I'll even have the cooks whip up something for you. And I will allow your friend to stay as well"
She turned to enter the tent, however Yang stopped her.
Yang: "That's not why we're here."
Raven: "What was that?" She asked slightly irritated.
Yang: "I'm not here for you. Ruby is somewhere in Mistral. She's with Qrow and Cassandra's teammate, Cassie and they're going to need our help. We just need you to take us to her."
Raven: "Even the youngest Daughter of the Ghidra family...?" she shook her head "And why would I do that?"
Yang: "Because we're family."
Raven: "Family... Only coming around when they need something... I have to say, I'm disappointed. After all, you found me, didn't you? Why not take that drive and use it to find your little sister if she means that much to you?" then she looked at me. "And you. Cassandra was it? I'm no fool when it comes to the Guardian Beasts. If I recall correctly, Iris can fly. So why don't you just fly you and my daughter all the way to Mistral?"
Yang: "Because you're going to save us time. Ruby and Cassie were heading to Mistral, but there's no guarantee they made it there. Looking for them in Anima could take ages. But... Dad told us how your Semblance works."
Raven: "Tai..."
Yang: "You can bond to certain people, and when you do, you can create a portal that takes you straight to them. You had one for Azealia, you have one for my dad, one for me... and you've got one for Qrow. He promised me he'd watch out for Ruby and Cassie before he left, and we trust him. So, make a portal to my uncle, sister and friend, and we'll be on our way."
Raven: "You know... it takes real strength to march in here and demand such a favor from me. I've got to say, I'm impressed. It's very noble to want to help out your sister and your friend, but if they're with Qrow, then she's already a lost cause."
Yang: "What does that mean?"
Raven: "You don't want to get mixed up in all of that, Yang. Ozpin is not the man you think he is, and Qrow is a fool for trusting him. I would know, I trusted him once too. Azealia and Yuuki did too. And look at where that got them."
Cassandra's thoughts: "Yuuki...? Isn't that... Cassie's mom?"
Yang: "I don't care what you think."
Raven: "Your choice is your own. All I'm suggesting is that instead of getting wrapped up in something too big for you, for any of us, that maybe you should take a moment to wonder if you're already where you belong."
Yang: "Save your breath. You can spout off whatever you want, but nothing is going to keep me from my sister."
Raven: "Well, aren't you stubborn."
Yang: "I get it from my mom."
The two had a brief stare down before Raven spoke.
Raven: "Well, if that's how you feel, then it sounds like we're done here. Take them away."
The bandits slowly began to crowd around us as Yang looked at her mother, her eyes red like her own.
Yang: "Did you not hear me!? I said send us to Qrow Damnit!"
Bandit: "That's enough! You watch your mouth in front of our leader!"
Before Yang could respond, I roared loudly as I dashed at the Bandit that had Yang at gunpoint before grabbing him by the face and using my >Overboost Plasma< to coat my hand in an orange magma-like energy that pulsed out and sent the bandit flying into a small tent, causing it to collapse and reveal in a cage...... Two figures that I never thought I'd see again...
Weiss: "Yang!?"
Yang: "Weiss!? And..." she stopped herself with a gasp upon seeing HIM....... "L-L-Laz......!?!?"
Lazarus: "Yang...?? Cassandra...??"
We just stared at each other in bewilderment before Weiss broke the silence.
Weiss: "Alright then. All subtlety is thrown out of the window."
All of a sudden, a glowing white knight grew to a massive size, destroying the cage, setting Lazarus and Weiss free, who ran over to our side with the massive knight. Yang activated her Ember Celica as I activated Sonne and Mond, putting them in their Beam gun forms.
Yang: "What is that!? And how the hell are you alive!?!? Qrow said you were dead, Laz!!!"
Lazarus: "Explanations later, Yang!"
Weiss: "What are you doing here?"
Yang: "Well, that's *gesturing to Raven* my mom and she can take us to Ruby and Cassie."
Raven: "Ugh."
Weiss stared at Raven wide eyed before...
Weiss: "YOU'RE MOM KIDNAPPED US!?"
Lazarus: "I thought you already figured that out Snowflake consider in her nephew......" he deadpanned at her.
Weiss: "Quiet you dolt!"
Yang: "YOU KIDDNAPPED THEM!? EVEN YOUR OWN NEPHEW!?"
The Bandits began to crowd around us more. We decided to make a break for the exit, however lightning suddenly struck down in front of us.
???: "ENOUGH!"
We turned around to see a female bandit, slowly lowering her hand as if she caused the lightning Strike.
Raven: "Thank you Vernal. If you people don't keep it together, this place will be crawling with Grimm. Give the Schnee and my Nephew their weapons back."
She looked at Vernal, who looked in shock before sighing and tossing Myrtenaster, Iblis and Lazarus' mother's second Kama towards them. As we holstered our weapons, Raven called out to us.
Raven: "You four, in my tent. Now."
Yang: "Why?"
Raven: "If you're really going after your sister, then you need to know the truth."
She entered the tent as the bandits slowly began to leave.
Yang: "Sorry about-"
Yang was suddenly cut off by Weiss, hugging her tightly.
Weiss: "I missed you so much!"
Yang: "*smiles* I missed you too."
As the two teammates hugged it out, Weiss' giant knight disintegrated into white particles. I immediately snapped my head into Lazarus' direction, who was smiling at the sight. He noticed me and looked at me with a smile.
Lazarus: "Hello Cassan-Ow!"
I cut him off with a hard mother fucking SLAP across his stupid mother fucking face. I began slamming my fists against his chest while crying.
Cassandra telepathically: "You big, stupid, fucking IDIOT!!! WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MAKING ME WORRY LIKE THAT!? I THOUGHT YOU DIED! D.I.E.D. DIED! AND NOW YOU SUDDENLY SHOW UP AND SAY 'HELLO CASSANDRA'!?!? YOU'RE SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!"
I just began to sob uncontrollably into his chest. I felt his arms beginning to wrap but I just let him...
Cassandra telepathically: "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU SO MUCH YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!"
Lazarus: "I know... and I'm sorry... I deeply am..."
Yang: "You know..." I just held onto him tighter but looked at Yang. "Whatever insult she threw at you, she's 100% right."
Lazarus: "Oh boy..."
Yang slowly walked towards us, but instead of slapping Lazarus, she just hugged his other side tightly.
Yang: "But I don't care right now... I have my big brother back... That's all that matters..." she sobbed into his shoulder. "I cried so much when Qrow told me that you were d-dead......"
Lazarus: "Yang..." I saw him wrapped his other arm around her and stroked her head. "Again, I'm so sorry... I've caused you all some form of pain... I should have retreated the chance I got. But... either way... I'm just glad that I'm still here to see you all again..."
He smiled softly at us, only causing me and Yang to bawl harder into him.
Yang/Cassandra: "B-Bro/L-Laz..."
To be Continued...
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Yang and Cassandra have been reunited with Weiss and Lazarus. And Olympia's finally back!!!!
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