"The Croaking Raven doth bellow for revenge."

~William Shakespeare...

(Flashback)

In the Combat School, Sanctum Academy, a young human girl with black hair that was extremely long, barely past her knee in length, striking violet eyes and with an expression that didn't show very emotion, was walking through the halls of the academy after classes were over, more specifically, she was following what looked like a young Dairoku Rein.

When he turned and entered what looked like a training room, she followed, only to be surprised that it was completely empty.

Girl:" What the... Where did he..." Suddenly, the young Hawk Faunus himself dropped down from the roof, and ended up behind the girl who jumped, startled.

Dairoku:" So... Why are you following me?"

Girl: "E-Eh?? U-Um..." She rubbed her arm nervously before speaking in a slightly shaken voice. "I-I wasn't! I was just... um... looking for something in the training room!"

Dairoku: "Yeah? Was that something by chance a white winged Faunus, aka me?"

Girl: "U-U-Um..." There was no point in her trying to lie as he clearly saw through her; it was clear that she was a very terrible liar. Dairoku sighed.

Dairoku: "Look... I'm not angry, I don't get angry easily. I just want to know what I did to you to the point you started stalking me." She remained silent before taking a deep breath and lowering her head.

Girl: "It's just... I... I wanted to come and talk to you... But... I'm..."

Dairoku: "Socially Awkward? Nervous? Timid? All of the above?"

Girl: "A-All of the above..." She slowly nodded.  He sighed and put his hand on the girl's shoulder.

Dairoku: "I understand where you're coming from, my sister and my friend are similar to you but... you have to muster up the courage to approach and speak up. Following them everywhere without any form of communication isn't the way. It's just a way to push people away from you."

Girl: "Right, right... I'm sorry..." It just showed from her tone, aura and posture that she had no ill intentions. She just genuinely wanted to talk to him, but was didn't know how to. Dairoku smiled a bit at her.

Dairoku: "It's fine. So how about we start over? I'm Dairoku Rein." She slowly looked at him, fully revealing her pretty face.

Girl: "I-I'm Kuraime Silewe. Humbled to meet you. A-And again, I humbly apologize for stalking you earlier." She bowed in respect. For the way she spoke, she was very soft spoken. The tone slightly sounded flat, but you could hear the hint of regret and nervousness in her tone.

Dairoku: "Nice to meet you too Kuraime and I already said, it's alright." He gave her a thumbs up and smiled before noticing how abnormally long her Raven-Black hair was; it was almost like the sky at night; so dark, yet captivating and beautiful. "Say, I understand people have their personal preferences but doesn't your... abnormally long hair get in the way of combat?"

Kuraime: "Hm?" She stroked her long hair and shook her head. "No, not for me at least. Besides, I really like long hair..."

Dairoku: "Well, it suits you well; you look as elegant and enchanting as a Raven." He smiled at her, causing her to blush lightly, from both the compliment and the smile as she glanced away, folding her hands behind her back.

Kuraime: "O-Oh! T-Thank you... I appreciate your kind words..."

(Flashback End)

Kuraime: "Mmm... At that time, I was... quite the awkward girl. Starting conversations and contributing to them always caused me to go into a nervous breakdown. He was... my first friend... the first one to not refer to me as... weird, creepy, or scary. In his eyes, I was just an ordinary girl, with the desire of wanting friends... He was the one who gave me granted me that wish, and the one... to bring my heart back together when I lost everything... Even despite me being a Human and him being a Faunus."

Velvet: "Wow... I never knew Dairoku did so much for you, Kuraime."

Coco: "Heh, sounds like wings alright."

A 17-year-old Kuraime was sitting down on a box, with in the back of a moving train, with her Scroll in hand; she was on a video chat with two females, a Bunny Faunus named Velvet Scarlatina and a Human with some unique fashion senses named Coco Adel. The violet eyed gave a small smile as she nodded.

Kuraime: "Yeah... No matter what race, or how bad your background is... Dairoku would always try to make you feel welcomed." 

The two girls on the receiving end nodded with a hum. However, the sound of metal clanging against each other and explosions caught the ravenette's attention as she gained a straight face.

Coco: "What was that!?"

Kuraime: "Sounds like an attack on the train..."

Velvet: "Are you okay, Kuraime!? Do you need back up!?" She looked at them as she stood up and smiled softly while shaking her head.

Kuraime: "I'll be fine, Velvet. You know me after all." Velvet seemed hesitant, in fact both girls did, but Coco nodded her head.

Coco: "Alright." Soon after, Velvet nodded her head as well.

Velvet: "Be careful!" 

Kuraime smiled and nodded before ending the video call. Picking up a robust black object from the crate she was sitting on, she clips it onto her rear waist before exiting the cart she was in with a straight face. Upon doing so, she was treated by the sight of two Faunus, a Red-Haired Bull Faunus male and a Black-Haired Cat Faunus female, who had a bow on. The Bull seemed to have completely disintegrated a large Spider Droid before turning around and running towards the Cat Faunus, only to stop and hold his hand out. She was on the side of the train that Kuraime was on, with her cleaver out.

Cat Faunus: "I'm sorry." With a quick swipe, she slashed the Train connectors, decupling his side from hers.  His eyes widened before he lets out an angered yell, startling he girl as he began bolting towards her.

Bull Faunus: "You're not getting away with this, Blake!" 

He yelled in rage as the red segments on his body glowed brightly before he gripped onto his sword. The Cat Faunus known as Blake, gasped in shock and fear as she braced herself, however, a black blur sped right past her, leaving black raven feathers to float besides her. As the male leaped up into the air with a yell, his eyes widened as he spotted, Kuraime higher in the air than him as with a striking glare on her face. Unhooking the black object from her rear, it unfolded into what looked like a Light Machine Gun with a scope on the top of it. With a pull of the trigger, it began firing a barrage of speeding bullets at him. Unsheathing his sword, he blocked some of them, but was pushed back just from the force and back onto the decupled side of the train. As he got up, he looked at the ravenette, who landed in front of him.

Bull Faunus: "Stay out of this, Human! This is between me and her!"  With a careless eye roll, she stood her ground.

Kuraime: "Make me."

He grits his teeth before yelling as he charged the ravenette. Kuraime rolled her eyes again before she began walking towards him, all the while her weapon began shifting and transforming into a large great scythe. With the Bull Faunus charging her, he made a few rapid slashes with his Sword, with Kuraime skillfully parrying them with her scythe, though the male managed to kick her back.

Stopping herself, Kuraime looked back up to see the male had leaped into the air and flipped over her while slashing at her, though Kuraime blocked the strike with her scythe before knocking him down. He quickly stabilized himself and dashed towards him, thrusting his blade forwards while Kuraime narrowly dodged. With a spin, The Bull Faunus slashed and knocked Kuraime's scythe out of her and into the air, however, she kicked him twice before catching it and entering a weapon lock and knocking him back with a single swing.

Soon after, he looked up to see Kuraime crashing down with an overhead scythe swing, to which he backed away just in time. She charged forwards, making a horizontal slash which he backed away from before dealing a kick. Soon after she slammed her Scythe down on him, but horned man leaped out of the way and stood on the blunt part of the scythe's head before kicking Kuraime back. She growled lightly before kicking her own scythe, knocking him off of it. She rushed forwards, sending a kick straight at him which he blocked with his blade.

She flipped up onto the blunt end of her scythe before leaping back and prying her weapon out of the train cart's footing. She charged forwards, leaping over a horizontal swing of the male's sword, before thrusting her scythe forwards, its blade grazing against the male, causing his Aura to flicker. Kuraime didn't give him any time to breath as she slammed down on him with her scythe, pinning him to the ground before the blade of the scythe glowed a dark purple, causing a small explosion to occur, lifting him up into the air. Soon after, Kuraime dealt a powerful spin kick to his chest, sending him flying through the train cart before the one they were one.

Kuraime: "Oyasumi." She looked back before turning into a raven-like form and blitzing at high speeds back onto the side of the train Blake was on. She was obviously on guard, but the scythe wielder collapsed her weapon and sheathed it on her rear waist. Sensing no hostile intents from her, Blake slowly sheathed her weapon.

Blake: "Um... Thank you."

Kuraime: "Don't mention it." She said walking back inside of the cart she was in. But Blake called out to her.

Blake: "W-Wait... Who are you? Why did you help me?" She paused and glanced back at the feline.

Kuraime: "Kuraime Silewe. As for why I helped you, I sense no ill intent from you, but he was about to attack you. I couldn't let that happen. Consider yourself lucky I was even on this train to begin with." 

Those were her words before she entered the cart, leaving the bewildered Blake standing there. However, her bow twitched as she heard a beautiful voice coming from the cart Kuraime entered; it was so soothing it was almost magical...

♫Hajimari no hikari Kirali... kirali
Owari no hikari Lulala lila♫

♫Kaesan el ragna
Suna dokei wo
Toki wa afuren
Lulala lila♫

♫Iku oku amata no Inochi no honoo
Sururi Ochite wa hoshi ni
Nagare nagarete utsukushiku
Mata sei to shi no yuri kago de
Yawaku awadatsu♫

♫Utae... Utae Ima futatsu no negai wa
Tsuyoku... Tsuyoku Ten no konjiki to kirameku
Towa wo kataran♫

KURAIME SILEWE