Chapter 10
Dominic was running through a dark hallway as fast as he could, a scared look on his face as a feminine voice called out to him and laughed as it chased him.
A very sharp pain shot through his leg making him fall to the ground. Upon looking down, he sees he was missing a leg and he tries to get back up, using the wall as support
Dominic: Guh....ah...nuuh...
Hobbling across the hallway, Dominic sees a door at the end very far away from him and he tries to get to the door but his hand was cut off and he fell to the floor screaming in pain
Crawling across the floor he hears the voice laughing again but it was louder and getting closer
When Dominic reaches out towards the door it gets further away from him and black vines wrapped around his limbs and pulled him back into the darkness screaming in terror as the laughing continued
Dominic: AAAAHH!!
Dominic shot up in his bed screaming bloody murder waking up Dante and Obito but Sapphire was still sleeping in his bed
Dante: Ah! What! What!
Dante pointed Ebony around the room, startled by his brothers screams
Obito, who had fallen off his bed, got up with a kunai in his hand and his hair a frizzled mess
Obito: What happened? What's wrong?
Dominic:*panting* It's.... nothing...just nothing.
Dante: You screamed awake and say it's nothing? Dude.
Dominic: I said it is nothing so leave me alone!
Dominic gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom, slamming the door shut
Dante:*sighs and lies down*
Obito: Do you think we should talk to him about it?
Dante: No.
Obito: But he's your brother! Aren't you a little worried?
Dante: Hey, we don't share our feelings with anyone not even ourselves
Dominic washes his face in the sink and looks down at his hands that were shaking like he had just gotten out of the cold. He looks at himself in the mirror and for a split second he saw someone standing behind him making him turn around but saw that no one was there
Dominic: Haa...haa...
Knock Knock Knock!
Dominic: Ah!
Obito: Dom are you okay in there?
Dominic: Go away!
Obito: Hey I'm just trying to help!
Dominic: I don't need help! Especially from a child who can't see properly!
Obito sighed and walked away from the bathroom door leaving Dominic to his thoughts. What happened in his dreams haunted him and did so for the rest of the day with him being unable to focus in class and his skin being more pale than usual almost like he was sick
Timeskip--
Team RWBY and ODDS split off into teams to search the city for whereabouts of Roman and the White Fang with Sun and Neptune joining them. Dante, Blake, and Sun would search the inner city. Neptune and Yang would meet an old "friend" of Yang's. Ruby would find Penny and search with her. Weiss and Sapphire would look for information elsewhere. Dominic and Obito would look in the lower parts of the city, much to Dominic's objections to work alone but Obito was adamant on staying with him
Yang dove up in front of a club with Neptune sitting behind her holding on for dear life.
Yang:*removes her helmet* C'mon, my friends right in here.
Yang gets off her bike and we see Neptune with a dazed look as well his hair and glasses are messed up from not wearing a helmet like he should be
Neptune: Cool~
Neptune shakes his head to knock any of his loose screws back into place before getting off the bike and following Yang
Neptune: And, where is...here?
Inside a nightclub sat a bearded man in a suit behind a bar smiling until two of his goons in suits ran in screaming about someone being back and they pulled the doors shut and blocked them with their bodies. He sighs and gets up, walking over to the door shouting at the men
???: What are you two idiots doing!?
Both goons shouting overlapped each other and they were cut off when the doors shot open from an explosion and walking through the cloud of dust was Yang
Yang: Guess who's back!
A dozen guns were pointed at Yang as the music in the background kept repeating a single note until the DJ cowering behind the table stopped the music and went back to hiding behind the table
Neptune:*pops out* Yeah, so could you define friend for me?
???: Stop stop! Nobody shoot.
The man from the bar pushes past his men and greets Yang and Neptune
???: Blondie! You're here. Why?
Yang: You still owe me a drink.
Yang walks up to the man and drags him over to the bar and every single goon gets out of her way and lets her pass
Neptune:*amazed* Whoa, what a woman.
Neptune notices two twin sisters in red and white dresses standing there and he tries to shoot his shot but he misses and they both walk away from him
In another part of town, Blake glides her fingertips over a wall that had three claw marks etched into it. She peeks out from the wall and sees multiple faunus walking into a building
Blake: This is it. Dante you were right all along.
Dante: And you guys doubted me.
Sun: Yeah, because you just told us to trust you.
Dante: Shh! Let's just go in before we're seen.
Sun: And how exactly are you going to get in? You don't have any faunus features.
Dante: I have a plan.
Blake: And that is?
Dante reaches into his coat pocket and slides on a pair of cat ears over his head making Blake and Sun confused and offended
Sun: That CAN'T be your plan.
Dante: Look I know this is INCREDIBLY racist. But this has actually worked before.
Blake: Are you saying you've done this before!
Dante: Yeah.
Blake: Why?
Dante: To see if it would work. Also they serve free food here so...yeah.
Blake:*scoffs and shakes her head* Let's just go..
Blake takes off her ribbon and walks through the door to the building with Sun and Dante following her and putting on masks to hide their identities
Sun: I don't get it. Why hide who you are if you believe in what you're fighting for?
Dante: It's a symbol. People believed that faunus are monsters so the White Fang became what they were perceived as. It's dark.
Blake: So was the guy who started it.
Sun: It's always sunshine and rainbows with you two huh?
Dante: What's a rainbow?
Sun: Oh it's what happens when light refracts off of water in the air and-
Dante: Oh my gods I was just messing around. Put on your mask and keep quiet. We're in enemy territory.
The trio put on their masks and walk into the building that was filled with other faunus and White Fang
A higher ranking White Fang stepped on stage and begun speaking to everyone at attendance
White Fang Elite: Thank you all for coming. Before we start, I'd like to thank Cormack for delivering us the food for tonight for anyone who wishes to eat while you watch.
Dante: Told ya.
White Fang Elite: And for those who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours.
Some walks into a spotlight from the shadows and they stand there and set down a cane that the trio knew all too well who it belongs to.
Blake: Torchwick.
Dante:*mouth full* Roman..
Sun:*mouth full* What now?
Blake: We wait and see why he's here.
White Fang Elite: I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for, for so long.
The crowd started shouting and booing Roman but the gangster didn't care and only thanked them for their jeering
Roman: Thank you, thank you! Please, hold your applause.
Faunus: What's a human doing here!
Roman: I'm glad you asked, dearie. Now I'll be the first to admit, humans are the WORST. Case in point. So I understand why you would love to see us all locked away, or better yet: killed!
Sun:*whisper* Is he going somewhere with this or....
Roman: But! Before the claws come out, I would like to say that you and I ALL have a common enemy. The ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty rotten humans who run our kingdoms.
Some of the White Fang in the crowd began to agree with Romans words
Roman: Governments, military, even the schools. They're all to blame for your lot in life.
More cheers started to break out for Roman, a human, who could understand what the faunus were going through. But the trio could see through his silver tongue.
Roman: And they're all pests that need to be dealt with. Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around. No offense to any rodents in the room.
Faunus: None taken!
With a snap of his fingers, a tarp with the White Fang logo on it was thrown off what it was hiding behind it. A giant mech armed to the teeth
Dante: Oh...fuck
Sun: Uh, that's a big robot.
Blake: A bipedal tank.... Dominic was right.
Sun: What?
Dante: Apparently my brother fought something like this a long time ago. Maybe we shouldn't have laughed at him.
Blake: But how did he get that?
Roman: As some of you may have heard, this right here--
Roman taps on the metal chassis of the mech
Roman: --is Atlas's newest line of defense against all of the scary things in the world. And thanks to my employer, we've happened to snag a few before they, uh, hit the shelves. Now, many of your brothers have already moved to our new operation in the south east. If you'd rather stay in the city, that's fine. But if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the arsenal I could provide you. Any questions?
The crowd went rabid with cheers of Romans promises of more powerful weapons to fight their oppressors
Blake: We should get out of here.
Roman: All new recruits please step forward!
The faunus crowd begins to move forward and around Sun and Blake who stood there waiting for the opportunity to disappear
Sun: Welp..!
Sun looks around and notices Dante wasn't with them and he starts to get a little scared
Sun: Uh, Blake. Where's Dante?
Blake: What?
They look around for Dante who had suddenly disappeared from them
Back at the club, Yang was questioning her old friend, Junior, about Roman and his involvement with Junior's gang
Junior:*sets a glass down* I don't know.
Yang:*crosses her arms* How could you not know?
Junior: I haven't talked to him, I haven't seen him since the first night you came in here. He paid up front, I lent him some of my men, and none of them ever came back.
Neptune slides into the conversation and questions Junior
Neptune: So where did the go?
Junior and Yang turn their heads to Neptune in annoyance
Junior: What kind of stupid question is that? They never came back! Who is this guy?
Yang: Don't worry about him, worry about me if I don't find out what I want!
Junior: I already told you everything! Torchwick hired my boys and I guess he wasn't happy with them! Which is something I can relate to!
Junior voices his displeasure towards his men who groan in disappointment
Yang: You better be telling the truth Junior. Or else my friend will have some words to say with you.
Junior: What him?
Junior points at Neptune who stood quietly behind Yang
Yang: No. He knows you.
Yang pulls out her scroll and taps on a recording
Dante: 'Hey Junior!'
Junior's face loses all of its color and he backs up to the wall of alcohol shaking
Junior: T-tony!? You know Tony!
Dante: 'Your're probably pissing yourself because you thought I'd have forgotten about you! But I never forget a face like yours Junior. So soft when my fist comes into contact with it. Now, if you're listening like I know you are, then you better make sure you hear every last word. Give them what information they want or else I come back over there and make it look like a hurricane hit your little crappy club. Deal?'
Junior: Yes! Oh god Tony we have a deal!
Dante 'Not to the recording jackass! To the girl!'
Junior: Blondie I swear I don't know anything else! That's all I have! Tony I wouldn't lie to you man I swear!
Yang: Still a recording.
Junior: R-right! Look I don't know nothing okay! Please don't tell Tony! Last time he was here I couldn't reopen for months!
Yang: Hm. Fine. Let's go Neptune.
Yang and Neptune walk out of the club leaving a shaking Junior there
Neptune: Who's Tony?
Yang: Dante. Apparently if you say Tony Redgrave in this part of town everyone runs from you.
Neptune: Yikes. Wouldn't want to get on his bad side.
Yang: Let's just hope the rest of the team is having better luck at finding out anything.
Sun and Blake frantically looked around for Dante through the crowd
Sun: What are we gonna do?
Blake: I'm thinking.~Dante what have you gotten yourself into this time?~
Roman sees Sun and Blake in the crowd and he throws away his cigar and begins to walk over to them
Sun: He sees us.
A gunshot goes off making everyone in the building scream and duck down.
Roman stopped in his tracks where a bullet had impacted the floor in front of him. Off to his side was Dante holding him at gunpoint
Roman: Dante..
Dante: Roman.
Roman: You know, I didn't take you for being this stupid.
Dante: Ah well I'm just full of surprise's aren't I?
Roman: Quite. But let me ask you this, did you really think you'd get further than this?
Dante: No I'm just the distraction.
Roman: Distraction?
Blake pulls out her weapon, Gambol Shroud, and transforms it into its gun form and fires a shot at a transformer on the wall shutting the lights off
Blake: Dante!
Dante: Get out of here!
Roman: Stop them!
The sound of gunfire echoes through the building and Blake and Sun crash through a window and run away on the rooftops of buildings with the mech piloted by Roman following them and closing the gap between them
Dante runs out of the hole made by the mech and looks around for a way to follow them, spotting a motorcycle and he goes over to it and looks for the keys but obviously doesn't find them. A man walks up and pushes Dante away from the bike claiming ownership
Man: What hell are you doing man!? You trying to steal my bike!?
Dante: Look man, I need this bike so I can chase this robot that's chasing my friends!
Man: Hell no!
Dante sighs and shoots the man in the foot and steals his keys while he was screaming in pain
Dante: I'll give you back your bike! I promise!
Dante speeds off down the road following the explosions
Sun and Blake leapt from building to building with Roman chasing them close behind
Sun: So you wouldn't have...oh I don't know....some form of backup???
Blake: On it!
Blake pulls out her scroll and goes on a mass group call
Weiss and Sapphire exit a building once they got the call from Blake with sounds of destruction and Sun screaming
Blake: Everyone! If you can hear me we need-
Sun: AAAAAAH!!!
Sapphire: Oh great. C'mon!
Sapphire took Weiss' hand making the heiress blush slightly as they ran off to find their teammates.
Sun: They got a robot, and it's big, really big!
Ruby: Giant robot? Oh, I am not missing this!
Ruby ran off to find her friends and see the giant robot for herself
Sun: That Torchwick guy's in it! But not like, it didn't eat him--he's like, controlling it or something!
Yang: Where are you guys?
Blake and Sun ran past Yang and Neptune on the street behind them with Roman in the mech who was followed up with Dante on the stolen bike
Neptune: I think that was them-
Yang: Yeah I got it.
Yang revved her motorcycle and sped off following the mech next to Dante
Yang: Nice ride!
Dante: It's not mine!
Neptune: Wait you stole a bike!
Dante: Yeah?
Obito put away his scroll and looked around before turning to Dominic who was hunched over a wall spitting after he had vomited a few minutes earlier
Obito: Dom we gotta go! They found Torchwick and we have to help them!
Dominic: I heard the call too you idiot! Just leave me, go!
Obito: What? No way! You look like you're about to keel over and I'm not leaving you.
Dominic: Just go!
Obito: No! I'm not leaving a friend behind!
Dominic: I'm not your friend boy.
Obito: Yeah. I'm yours.
Obito puts Dominic over his shoulder and helps him walk down the street
Sun and Blake jump off a bridge onto a freeway and land onto two cars that were driving in oncoming traffic with Roman following them smacking cars out of his way
Yang and Dante dodged cars flying at them from Roman tossing them aside
Yang: We've gotta slow him down!
Neptune: Got it!
The onboard computers detect the group behind him and he speeds off, knocking away multiple cars and trucks
Yang: Hold on!
Neptune: Uh-oh. Whoah!
Yang dodged incoming cars that Roman knocked away while Dante used a totaled car as a ramp to launch himself on the side of the freeway
Neptune slides on his goggles and pulls out his weapon and fires at the back of Roman's mech distracting him from Sun and Blake
Neptune then turned his gun into a glaive and he leaps up towards the mech and the blade unfolds into a trident that Neptune stabs into its back and hangs onto for dear life
Both Sun and Blake land on the back of two trucks and look back at the mech that had Neptune on it holding onto his weapon as Roman tried to shake him off
Sun: Neptune, hang on!
Sun puts both of his hands together and his aura shines bright and creates two yellow clones of him that jump across the cars behind them and impact the mech and was followed up by Sun jumping up with his staff in hand but Roman threw off Neptune who flew into Sun and the two plummeted to the streets below the freeway
Weiss: Blake! We're in position!
Sapphire and Weiss both jump off the bridge overlooking the freeway and they land in the path Roman was taking
Weiss pulled out her sword and stabbed it into the ground creating a bed of ice on the road and Sapphire followed up by creating an axe with his weapon and slamming it into the ice that spawns ice spikes that shoot up out of the ground and the mech slips on the ice and slid into the spikes taking damage and it falls of the freeway and onto the street below where Ruby was
The rest of team RWBY and Dante and Sapphire land beside Ruby and face Roman who had the mech stand up and he smirks and steps forward towards the group of students
Ruby: Freezerburn!
Dante: Fre-what?
Ruby and Blake back off while Weiss and Yang go in for a combo move consisting of Yang leaping into the air and Weiss covering the floor in ice that Yang punches once she lands and creates a fog that covered the are around them, hiding the students from Roman
Dante:*whisper* We need to come up with combo moves!
Sapphire: Shh!
Roman walks around the street, using the laser sensors on the mech to try and find where the students were hiding but the smoke was too thick and he couldn't see them even with the sensors
Blake speeds past Roman making him turn around quickly only for Yang to speed by behind him and he spun back around and fired off a couple of shots but they completely missed Yang.
Sapphire and Dante sped under the mech, distracting Roman from Ruby who flew in and attacked the mech head on and sliced the front of the mech before she jumped away and ordered her next plan of attack
Ruby: Checkmate!
Weiss and Blake attack the feet of the mech with Weiss jumping up and stabbing the front sensor on the mech and used a glyph to backflip off of. The mech raised a foot to crush Blake but Weiss created a glyph under Blake that gave her a boost of speed that she uses to back away from Roman's mech
Roman grunted and pressed a button that opened two compartments on the mech that hid missiles in it. The missiles fired but Dante had shot each missile out of the air making Roman turn around and look at him
Roman: What!?
Dante smiled and shook his guns at Roman before dodging blaster fire from the mech.
Sapphire creates a bow and pulls back on the string, creating an arrow made of ice. He shot the arrow at one of the arms of the mech, freezing it and slowing it down with the weight of the ice that started to grow in size
Roman curses under his breath and notices Weiss above him and he uses the free arm he had and shot Weiss out of the air and sends her flying
Weiss uses the last of her strength to throw a glyph under Blake's feet that had the resemblance of a clock.
Now empowered, Black slices up another volley of missiles similar to what Dominic could do
Dante: WOOH! YEAH!!
Ruby sped past Blake using the recoil of her sniper to increase her speed
Ruby: Ladybug!
Ruby slices the underside of the mech and the two girls slice the legs of the mech back and forth
Dante: See! That's so cool!
Sapphire: They're just working as a team you nitwit!
Roman shot down at his feet trying to hit the girls but they jumped up over Roman and they sliced off the arm that wasn't weighted down by ice.
Yang then jumped on top of the mech and started laying into it with heavy punches that shook Roman inside the mech. He then backs into multiple stone columns until she finally was knocked off and held on a column before Roman punched her through the column knocking her to the floor
Blake: Yang!
Ruby: Don't worry! With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back!
Dante: That's....a lot like my ability.
Yang gets up slowly with Roman walking towards her. He smiles thinking he had her bested but when he throws a punch and Yang counters it with her own, shattering the ice covered arm. She looks up at Roman with her hair glowing and her eyes as red as blood.
Roman grunts and kicks Yang away but Blake threw her weapon towards her upon Ruby shouting another combo attack name
Ruby: Bumblebee!
Yang catches the weapon and Blake grunted with effort as she spun Yang back around with help from Yang using the recoil from Ember Cecilia to speed up her spinning but the mech was too fast for them to land a good hit
Ruby: We have to slow it down!
Weiss: And how do you suppose we do that?
Dante and Sapphire land beside the two girls and get in fighting stances
Sapphire: We have something in mind. Dante?
Dante pulls Rebellion from his back and throws it with his entire body and the large sword pierces the foot of the mech and locks it in place on the floor
Roman: Urgh!! Come on!
Sapphire pulled back on his bow and aimed it at the sky and creates multiple ice arrows that he shot into the air. The arrows flew back down and hit the mech and started to cover it in ice that slowed it down even further
Ruby: Ice Flower!
Weiss created a glyph in front of the four of them and Ruby and Dante shot through it making the bullets that impact it explode into shards of ice
Blake then threw Yang at the mech and when her fist impacted the frozen metal chassis of it, it shattered into pieces throwing Roman to the floor
Roman then rolls up to his feet and wipes his coat off of dust and sighs
Roman: Just got this cleaned!
Yang pumped her fist back and fired a shot at Roman but a girl with pink and brown hair with a parasol blocked the attack and lifted her parasol up and smiled at the group of students
Sapphire: You?
Roman: Ladies. Ice Queen. Tony.
Dante: It's Dante!
Sapphire: He didn't even mention me!
Roman: Always a pleasure. Neo, if you would.
Neo bows to the group and Sapphire rushes forward with Dante and the two thrust their blades towards Roman and Neo but upon impacting Neo's parasol, the gangster and his small friend shatter into shards of glass that fall to the floor
In the distance, an airship lifted off the ground and flew away from the group into the night leaving them there
Sapphire: Damn! They got away!
Dante: Damn coward. Too scared to go one on one huh!
Yang: So I guess he's got a new henchman huh?
Sapphire: No I ran into her before I came to Beacon. Didn't get much info out of her before she dipped on me.
Weiss: Well, I guess she really made our plans...fall apart?
Ruby:*snickers*
Dante: Oh god kill me now.
Yang: No, just no.
Weiss: What? But, you do it!
Yang: There's a time and a place for jokes.
Weiss: Was this not it?
Sapphire: No, it just... wasn't very good.
Weiss: Well at least I'm trying!
Ruby: Wait, where are Sun and Neptune?
Blake: And Obito and Dominic?
Dante: I'll call them.
Dante takes out his scroll and calls Obito and the call was dropped immediately
Dante: Huh? What?
Sapphire: What's wrong?
Dante: He's not picking up. I'll try Dominic.
Dante tries to call his brother but again his call was dropped and he started to get a little nervous with his hand going to the amulet around his neck and holding it tightly
Dante: I don't like this... they're in trouble.
Team RWBY looked at Dante with their leader looking the most worried for the two
Ruby: Obito... Dominic..
Half an hour before the phonecall was made, Obito had carried Dominic through the streets
Dominic: Just leave me behind you fool. They need someone who can stand on their own two feet!
Obito: For the last time, no way!
Dominic scowls and let's Obito carry him even though it emasculated him greatly
Suddenly a woman's laugh echoes through the streets making the hair on Dominic's neck stand up and he looks around him frantically and he starts to hyperventilate
Obito: Ugh, what's wrong?
Dominic: Obito. Run.
Obito: Huh?
Dominic: Obito run! Run and don't look back!
Dominic pushes himself away from Obito and pulls out Yamato from his side and turns around to where the laughing was coming from
Obito: Dom what's going on with you?
Dominic: She's coming...
Obito: Who? Who's coming?
Dominic: Why aren't you running!? Get away from me!
Obito: No! I'm not gonna run away when you're like this!
Dominic: Just go Obito! I don't want you to-
Two chains wrapped around Dominic's legs and he looked at Obito with a look that said "help me" as he was dragged into a dark alleyway by someone with laughing echoing off the walls
Obito: DOM!!
Dominic was thrown into a wall, knocking Yamato out of his hand. He was then lifted up by his legs and he was hung upside down in the alley
A set of heels clicking against the ground were heard coming from inside the shadows and getting closer towards Dominic
Dominic: Sh-show yourself! Who are you!
???: Oh~ Don't you recognize me~?
Dominic's eyes widened with terror and he tried desperately to free himself
???: Don't you remember the sweet voice of your beloved...master~
The owner of the voice stepped out of the shadows revealing themselves to be a woman with white hair like Dominic's as well as blue eyes but this woman wasn't human as she had horns and pointed ears
Dominic growled at the woman and swung his fist at her but she dodged his punch and laughed at him and pushes him back making him rock back and forth
???: Oh you're so cute when you think you can fight me~
Dominic: Release me and I will show you the fruits of my labor you witch!
???: Oh but your foreplay hasn't gotten any better. What a shame~
Dominic spat on the womans face and she licked it off with her very long tongue and she grabbed him by his face and shoved her tongue into his mouth making Dominic feel disgusted and blush a bright crimson red
The woman breaks the kiss and pants looking into Dominic's eyes
???: I've been waiting to do that again for so long~ Did you enjoy it as much as I did~?
Dominic:*cough* You...sow!
Displeased by his words, the woman punched Dominic in the face breaking his nose. She then stabbed a claw into his shoulder making him shout in pain which alerted Obito to his location and once he got there, he gasped seeing his teammate being assaulted by this woman
Obito: Leave him alone!!
Turning around, the woman gasps and puts her hands to her cheeks while her eyes sparkled upon seeing Obito
???: Oh he's perfect! So young and cute~! So fresh...full of energy~ I'll have some good fun with you little boy~
Dominic: Hey!
Turning around to face him, Dominic reels his hands back behind him and thrusts them forward and blasts the woman in the face with an energy ball making her shriek in pain and fall to the floor clutching her face
Obito: Dom hold on!
Obito runs over to Dominic and helps him to get free
Dominic: Why did you come for me! You should have run like I told you.
Obito: No way. Dante would kill me and I don't leave a comrade behind.
Obito hands Dominic his sword and he uses it to cut himself free and he falls to the floor
Dominic:*groans* Ow...
Obito: Hey come on we gotta go before-
The woman screeches and picks up Obito and flies up over the buildings
Dominic: OBITO!!!
Obito: AAAAHH!!!
Obito was thrown onto the ground and he felt a heavy weight on his chest and sees the woman on top of him
???: Oh please, leave the screaming for the good part~
She grabs Obito's chest and smiles at him as he watches her, unable to do anything to stop her
???: Mmm~ I want to tell you a secret~ I like them young~
Obito gasps as the woman lifts up his goggles and she goes down to kiss him but was stopped by Dominic stabbing her from behind and pulling her off of him
Dominic: Run Obito!
???: Oh you're so rough boy toy~!
Dominic was thrown away from the woman and she smiled at the sword being lodged in her chest
???: Oh I remember this feeling~ It's gotten bigger since the last time I've felt it.
Dominic:*panting* What are you doing here Blair?
Blair:*turns* So you do remember me~
Dominic: I will never forget what you did to me..
Blair: But did you forget what you did with me? What I told you to do and you did without fail. My good little boy toy~
Obito:*shaking*
Blair: Oh I remember that face~ You had that same face when I first took you home~ Don't worry, we'll be home soon and your little friend will enjoy his new home.
Dominic: Never! I'm not your slave! And his heart is not yours!
Dominic extends out his hand and Yamato flies out of Blair and into his hand. Dominic then shouts and his aura shines but it immediately dies out and he falls down to one knee panting and coughing
Dominic: What...?! Why can't I..?
Blair: Oh~ Are you confused? Well let me tell you a story. When I found out about you living it up in the human world I just had to see you again. So when I found you, I wanted to rekindle the flame we had together~
Dominic: You....no...
Obito looked over at Dominic who was on the verge of crying. He then looks over at Blair smiling at Dominic's realization
Obito: Dominic....what did you do to him!?
Blair: I. Sucked. Him. Dry. That's why he can't slice me up into ribbons. I drained him of all his power. Now look at him; pathetic and weak.
Dominic shouted and ran at Blair swinging his katana wildly at her trying to slice her but she was far too fast for him to hit and she laughed at him while dodging
Blair: Oh yes! I love it when my prey fight back! It makes all the more satisfying when I break that insubordination!
Blair catches the blade with two fingers and kicks Dominic away from her with Yamato still in her possession. She then throws the sword at Dominic and it goes through his right shoulder causing him to shout in pain
Obito: Leave him alone!!
Obito flips over Blair and lands in between her and Dominic with his arms outstretched
Blair: Oh how cute~ Humans are so fascinating. You think you're so powerful but none of you could ever stand against a devil of my status.
Obito: I don't care! I'm not letting you hurt my friend!
Blair: Friend? Ohohoho! Little boy if you knew what he did while under my service you would see him for what he really is. A demon. Just like me.
Obito: That doesn't matter now! You hurt my friend and you're gonna pay!
Obito drew out two kunai and set them on fire with his semblance and got in a fighting stance
Dominic: Obito..hrrgh!
Dominic grabbed Yamato and pulled it out of his shoulder and he stood up and took his side with Obito
Blair: When I'm through with you two, you won't even recognize yourselves.
Obito: That's if you can beat us.
Blair: Oh please! A weak devil and a weak human child. Is that supposed to scare me?
Dominic: You're a fool Blair...to not fear....our... combined power.
Obito looks up at his teammate and smiles at him finally recognizing they're a team
Dominic: Obito eyes front. You're a warrior not a child.
Obito: Right!
Blair: Hmph. Fina! I'll fight you two just to show you both the gap between you and I.
Blair extends her hand out to her side and creates a long staff out of energy that she swings around before twirling it in her hand
Blair: Come on!
Her staff grows longer and she thrusts it forward at the pair but they sidestep her attack and run along side her weapon and they start attacking her with rapid slashes from their blades
Blair: Hahahaha!!
Back dashing away from the two, Blair winds up an attack that has her spinning across the roof they were on.
Obito leapt up in the air and threw a volley of kunai at Blair in conjunction with his semblance that set them on fire and explode once they hit the ground which causes the roof to cave in and they all fall into the building
Dominic:*coughs* Obito..?
Dominic looks to his side and sees that Obito was knocked out upon landing on the floor and is laid out on a broken table
Dominic: Obito....!
A shadow casts over Dominic and he looks up to see Blair standing there with the flames dancing behind her. Dominic reaches for his sword but a spike made from Blair stabs into his hand
Blair: Uh uh~
Blair sits on Dominic's lap and straddles her waist on top of him smiling
Blair: I've waited years to be with you again~ And last night wasn't enough....I need more~ I WANT more!
She licks Dominic's face and blows into his ear smiling as she watches him struggle beneath her.
Blair: You're just as cute as I remember you~ A little aged but you still taste as good as I remember~ Did you feel it? When I took your essence when you slept? Answer me!!
Blair began punching Dominic in the face over and over
Blair: I gave you everything! Food, clothes, a warm bed! And you return my love with hate!! WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME!?
As she goes in for another punch, Obito flew in with a kick that sent her flying across the room and into a wall
Blair: Grh!! Worthless rodent! How dare you interfere with our lovemaking!
Obito: I don't know a lot about love but I sure as hell know that isn't love!
Blair: My love for him is right! You're just in our way!
Obito: Hey Dom, you okay?
Dominic: Humiliated.
Obito: Can you stand?
Dominic looks at his hands that was still stabbed to the floor and he pulls the spike out of his hand and stands up
Dominic: Yes. Now stand aside so I can deal with this sow.
Blair: A sow? How dare you call your master a sow! You are mine! No one else's!
Now angered, Blair creates another staff but this time it can curl up and form a whip
Blair: This ends now!
Blair swings her weapon down towards Obito but Dominic has gotten in the way and blocks it with Yamato grunting as he uses what little strength he has and throws her weapon to the side.
Obito runs at Blair weaving hand signs and spits out multiple small bits of fireballs at Blair that she blocks by spinning her staff in front of her but leaves herself open from behind which Dominic takes advantage of and slices her back giving her a large gash
Blair turns around and sees Dominic for a split second before he slices her head clean off of her neck. He watched as her head fell to the ground and he falls to his knees along with her body
Dominic:*panting*
Blair: Why... don't you...love me?
Dominic clenched his teeth together and raised his sword above his head but Blair's body began to melt and she laughed as she melted into a black bile that evaporated into smoke
Dominic:*holds his arm* .....
Obito: Dom!
Running up to his teammate, Obito jumps into a hug with Dominic, confusing him greatly
Dominic: What..what are you--?
Obito: I'm so glad you're okay!
Dominic: Uh.... I'm....glad you're okay too....
Obito:*looks back* Who was she?
Dominic: Someone from my past... during a very dark time of my life. Come. The others are probably worried about us.
Timeskip--
Dominic stood outside on the roof of the school looking out at the lights of the city.
Obito:*grunt*
Obito's hand reached up for the ledge and he pulls himself up onto the roof, showing off the bandages on his face.
Obito: Phew!
Dominic:*looking at him*
Obito: Hey!
Dominic:*hums and turns around* What do you want?
Obito: I wanted to see if you were okay.
Dominic: I'm fine. Now leave.
Obito: You're not fine, you're deflecting.
Dominic: No I'm ignoring you.
Obito: Dominic just tell me: who was she? That demon. She knew you and when you saw her you were scared. I don't think I've ever seen you like that. Please, as your teammate...as your friend. Tell me.
Dominic closes his eyes and takes in a deep breath then opens his eyes looking at the moon up in the sky
Dominic: Her name is Blair. She's a succubus. A demon that....mates with men and steals their life energy from their essence. She stole me from my home when I was just eight and....she raped me.
This revelation caused Obito to back away from Dominic. How could he be so calm when something so tragic was done to him?
Obito: Y-you were...gods...why would she do such a thing?
Dominic: Because she's pure evil. And because of my ability to recover quickly she took an interest in me.
Obito: Does Dante know about this?
Dominic: No. You are the only one I've ever told this to. And you better keep it that way.
Obito: But Dominic I can't just keep my mouth shut about this! By the gods you're depressed! You have PTSD. You need help!
Dominic: Help is for the weak. I'm strong. I will become the strongest and rein supreme over all who oppose me.
Obito: It's because of Blair isn't it? She used you, made you feel like a thing. And now you're searching for more power to feel some sort of identity of yourself again.
Dominic: Shut up...
Obito: Dominic! Blair didn't steal your identity as a person! If you let her haunt your thoughts like this you'll never-!
Dominic: I SAID SHUT UP!!!
Obito jumps in shock at Dominic's sudden outburst of anger and was even more terrified at the death glare coming from his eyes that had changed from blue to dark red
Dominic: I'm the eldest son of Sparda! I wield the weapon that sealed the portal between human world and the demon world! I'm strong! I don't let things like emotions get in the way of my goals! So drop it before I drop you off the edge of this building!
Obito: .....
Dominic:*panting*
Obito: You don't let emotions both you and yet you're red with anger Dominic. I'm not gonna leave you like this. This choice to live as a loner will end in sadness Dom.
Dominic: My way of life is because I've been cheated out of happiness too many times in the past! Life owes me a great deal Obito! I deserve... everything!
Obito: You don't deserve anything!
Dominic: Huh?
Obito: You get out of life what you put into it. That's been my experience. If you're not satisfied with your life, then it's never too late to make a change. Even if that changes means altering yourself.
Dominic: Never. Besides-what would you know about change?
Obito: Because I was once a weakling. Weaker than how I am now.
Dominic: Impossible! You couldn't have possibly been weaker than you are now!
Obito: Hey! Look, the point is, I always wanted to go to Beacon to make something with my life. So I trained. Every day. Rain or shine. I trained to the point my body gave out on me at times. But I kept getting back up until eventually I got into Beacon. At fifteen I got into one of the best schools in the kingdom. My grandmother was so proud!
Dominic: Obito. You don't know me or the pain I've experienced.
Obito: Then tell me. Tell me everything.
Dominic: I... don't think I can. Opening up about my feelings is something I never do.
Obito: Then I'll wait until you're ready. You're my friend Dominic and I want to help you.
Dominic: Friend..?
Obito: Yeah! My friend! Do you want to be friends?
Dominic looks down at his feet and his hand goes up to his amulet and he looks into the red gem on it. He then looks up at the night sky again
Dominic: I think having a friend...would be nice.
Obito: Yeah! New friend!
Dominic: Keep that up and I'll actually throw you!
Obito: Ah! S-sorry! I'm just excited.
The two sit there looking up at the stars for a while not saying a word to each other
Obito: Hey...if she ever comes back. I'm not letting her touch you. You didn't deserve what happened to you. I'll kill her myself when I see her again. For you.
A single tear falls from Dominic's eye and the faint remnants of a smile can be seen on his face
Dominic: Thank you....my friend...
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