Chapter 25 -Deals With The Devil-
Everyone was shocked to see what just happened. But that doesn't mean that they took it well.
"I'm going to kill you!" Nickel snapped.
He pulls out a sword out from his cane and runs as fast as he can towards Qrow. But before he could strike him, he got frozen into place. Everyone look towards me and saw that my arm was extended forward.
"Nickel, I can understand how you feel, but don't worry. There will be justice," I said in a serious tone.
"You better hurt them good, or else my katana will be the one who'll draw blood," said Rogue, just as pissed off as Nickel is.
"Let's see how things will turn, alright?" I said with a dark smile, "Anyway, Nickel? All that you need to do is to calm down, alright?"
"I... will try. But that doesn't meant that I'll forgive them for their actions," said Nickel.
I release him from my grip as he walks towards Rogue, Ozpin and Glynda.
"(F/n), do you know why we came?" Ozpin asked.
"I have a good idea why, yes," I responded.
"So will you come with us back to Beacon?" he asked.
"I have a better idea, and it involves them," I said pointing towards Team RWBY and Qrow.
"What!?" the group of five asked.
"See it as a deal with the devil. After all, that's who you pissed off the most. Isn't that right, my dear sister?" I said with an evil smile.
Suddenly, the ground behind me started to crack. When this is happening, Neo quickly ran to my side. Moments later, my sister finally arrived from Hell through the fiery cracks, leaving a giant burning hole.
"Indeed, Phoenix. Now... Which of these fuckers is responsible for my brothers missing arm!?" she said as she spreads her demonic wings to scare everyone.
Everyone was turning pale, by the sight of my sister.
"Does she look familiar, Qrow? She better be, because she is the person that you saw with me, my dear sister, Lucifer," I said with an evil smile.
"Lucifer? Is that really you?" Ozpin asked.
"Oh, greetings Ozpin. It has been a long time since we last saw each other," she said towards him.
"You know her, Oz?" Qrow asked, shaking a bit.
"I know who she is, but it depends to them if I'm allowed to say it," Ozpin explained.
"Allow me to explained. I'm not human anymore. I am a God, now," I explained to them as I stretched my demonic and angelic wings.
Everyone was shocked to see them, even Rogue and Nickel.
"Now, back what I wanted to say. How about we do a bet? You five against me. You win, I forgive the deaths you caused to me. I win, you all get a 'reminder' of what you caused me. So, what do you say?" I said as I made my wings disappear.
"Oh, it's on," said Qrow with confidence.
"What!?" team RWBY asked in shock.
"So be it," I said as I prepared Azazel and Eden for combat.
https://youtu.be/ax7iQrEd4C0
(A/n: Music belongs to No Remorse)
I could tell that Team RWBY didn't want to fight me, especially Ruby, but they only got Qrow to blame on this one.
I transform Azazel in blade mode while I put Eden in gauntlet mode, and prepared myself for the upcoming attacks from Qrow. He was about to strike me with his sword, but I blocked it with Azazel, This caught him off guard, because I didn't budge at all.
"Pathetic," I said as punched him with enough force to cause him to fly and crash at some trees.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Yang running towards me, prepared to punch me. I took a step backwards, causing Yang to miss me by a hair. She quickly recomposed herself and tried to hit you again and again, only to be missing every single time. While she was trying to hit you, I changed Azazel into gun mode and prepared myself to take her out in one hit.
"I... I don't want to do this, (F/n). I'm sorry for what I did to you," she said as tears started to form in her eyes.
"I sorry too, for doing this," as I prepare to punch her with my left arm.
The moment I punched her, I could hear some cracks from her ribs, but I wasn't done yet.
BANG!
Everyone was shocked of what I did, they just stood there, frozen in fear. They think I killed her, but what they didn't know is that, yes I shot her till she had no aura to protect herself and killing her, but I immediately healed her brought her back to life, only leaving a giant scar on her chest, similar to mine.
I gently put her down and look at the rest of the group. My mask changed from the seamless black and white face to a scared face with an evil smile on it.
"Who's next?" I asked coldly as I changed Azazel to it's gauntlet form and Eden to it's sword form.
Suddenly, Blake used her semblance to run forward as fast as she could and started to swing her swords at me.
"How could you do this!?" Blake said with tears in her eyes.
"I could ask the same to you for what you did to me," I said, blocking each strike she tried on me.
It seams that I struck a nerve on her as she started to cry harder.
"Besides, this time, you only got Qrow to blame here. I'm sorry for doing this," I said as slashed her at the stomach area.
She fell to her knees, holding her stomach in pain. I then place my hand on her hear and healed her wounds, leaving a scar there. When I removed my hand, Blake falls to the ground, completely out cold.
I look to the remaining three that was ready to fight. Or... so I though. Ruby was on her knees crying her eyes out and I could feel something off about her. I snap back to reality, when I heard Weiss scream.
"You monster!" Weiss screamed as she used her glyphs to propel herself towards me, with Qrow followed behind her.
I compressed the air around me to stop both their attacks.
"You call me a monster, and yet, both of you killed me one after another. Let's see whose the real monster here. Me? Or you?" I said tauntingly with a dark tone.
I moved away form their attacks and decompress the air around me, causing them to stumble forward a bit.
Weiss quickly recovered and she used her glyphs to keep me in place.
"How cute, trying to keep me in place with that," I said tauntingly to Weiss.
Next thing I knew, I was covered in ice. I saw that she had a grin on her face, thinking that she won. Oh boy, she was wrong.
Suddenly, the ice that covered me started to break apart and fly towards her she managed to block most of the ice shard with her glyphs.
"Never underestimate your opponent, and NEVER let your guard down during battle," I lectured her.
I then guided one of the ice shards towards Weiss, impaling her in the process. I quickly send Qrow flying again, so I can tend to Weiss' wound. I placed a hand on her and healed her the same way I did with Blake and Yang.
And now, the last two. I look over to Ruby and started to analyze her. She was still on her knees, crying her eyes out. As I slowly approached her, I started to feel something dark about her. Normally, I would feel something like this when someone committed a sin. But she doesn't have any of the seven sins that I'm aware of. Then it clicked in me.
"*Sigh* Qrow. I'm willing to make a different deal with you. Maybe this time you'll choose correctly this time," I said, transforming both Eden and Azazel into it's gauntlet form.
"Yeah, right. Like I would do that with you," Qrow said in a pissed off maner.
"You already did once, why stop now?" I said with a smug grin on my mask.
I decided to take control over Qrow's body, thanks to my water bending abilities.
"Now then. Let's have a talk... Are you proud of what you did? Lying to your niece, killing me, and lying to everyone here? Because, you shouldn't. Instead, you should've worried about Ruby here," I said in a serious tone.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, with venom in his voice.
I slowly turned Qrow, so he can see Ruby still crying on the ground.
"That, is what I'm talking about. While you were busy with Azazel and probably planning your revenge, she fell into depression. Haven't you noticed that the moment I show the footage to all of you, she fell to the ground and started crying? She didn't even attacked me while all of this happened. And you know what's worse? She even tried to commit on of the more deadlier and unforgiving sins. Suicide," I explained, using the wind to reveal the scars she has on her wrists.
(A/n: If you actually do suffer from depression, or have suicidal thoughs, please talk to someone!)
I look over to see Qrow's expression, and it was in pure shock, regret, and fear.
"So here's the deal. You take a scythe to BOTH of you shoulder, and Ruby won't get harmed. If you turn this down, well... that will tell a lot about you, won't it?" I said with an evil grin.
"So... what's your answer?" I asked as I transform Eden into it's scythe form.
"I'll... take it," he said hanging his head in defeat.
"Excellent choice. Now them, this will probably hurt a lot," I said as I swung Eden to his right shoulder first, causing him to scream in pain.
I pulled the scythe out of his shoulder, and did the same with his left shoulder. Once I was done, I let him go from my grip and put my hand on his head, doing the same process like the rest of the group.
I slowly walked towards Ruby, as I try to put on a calmer aura around me. Once I was next to her, I knell down and gently petted her head.
"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times,, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. So don't blame yourself for the actions that others fooled you in," I said as I brought some healing aura towards her.
Moments later, she fell unconscious in my arms. I lifted her up, and used the water and wind bending ability to lift everyone else up from the ground.
"Now then, shall we return to Beacon?" I asked to Ozpin, which seamed surprised that I said that.
"But... what about that deal that you made?" Nickel asked.
"The deal consisted if I would forgive them for my deaths or not. I was planning to go back to Beacon with guys from the beginning," I said with a smug smile.
"What are going to do about her?" Rogue asked, pointing his Katana towards Neo.
Neo quickly made her way behind me.
"She'll go with me," I said to them in a serious tone.
"If you wish. Follow us, we'll lead you to the Bullhead," said Ozpin, walking away from the camp side.
Before I took a step forward, I felt Neo tapping my arm.
"Yes, Neo?" I asked.
She then handed my shirt and jacket, while blushing a bit.
"Oh, right. Thanks, dear," I said kissing her forehead.
"Come on, let's go," I said following the rest of the group, while levitating the knocked out ones.
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