JB's RWBY Volume 3: When It Falls (Male OC Insert)

Chapter 13: Broken Promise

Qrow: "It's alright. I gotcha kiddo. I gotcha"
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Kai slowly blinked opened his eyes and looked around at his surroundings. He was laying in a bed in a room he didn't recognize. There was a window to his left and he looked out of it, trying to get a sense of where he was. What he saw outside was a cluster of trees, and the walls of the room looked wooden so he assumed he was in a cabin somewhere close to or inside a forest. As he sat upright to get a better look, he suddenly winced in pain. He looked down at the bandages now surrounding his bare torso.

'Wait bare? Where are my clothes?' He looked to his right and saw his white t-shirt as well as his black jacket resting on a chair, and beside that was his blade leaning against the table. As he laid his eyes on Raze, the events of the previous day came flooding back. The grimm attack, the battle against Cinder, Pyrrha... As tears welled up in his eyes, the door opened, and Qrow entered the room, accompanied by a blond man.

Qrow: "Kai! You're awake!" He hurried over to the dark haired boy's side and wrapped his arms around him, "I'm glad you're okay kid...you used up so much power and blacked out...I was worried..." Kai looked up at Qrow, teary eyed, "Pyrrha...I...I coudn't save her Qrow...I tried, I really did...but in the end I was just too weak"

Qrow: "Hey, you're a lot of things Kai, and weak isn't one of them. You did extremely well given your cicumstances..."

Kai: "But I couldn't save her! You said it yourself Qrow, they don't give out medals for 'almost' "

Blond man: "I'm really sorry you had to go through that" Kai looked up at the blonde man, noticing him for the first time, "Uh, I'm sorry, who are you?"

Blond man: "Oh right..." he held out his hand towards Kai, "...I'm Taiyang. Yang and Ruby's father." Kai took his hand and shook it, "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir". Taiyang smiled, "The pleasure is mine. You're the Blazing Huntsman afterall". At that, Kai looked away glumly, "So much for that title..." he faced Taiyang again, "Ruby and Yang, where are they?"

Qrow: "Ruby's resting in her room right now. And Yang's..."

Taiyang: "Yang will be alright. She just...needs some time to adjust" Kai looked away again, "I'm sorry I wasn't there for her. I could've prevented this from happening..."

Qrow: "Kai, you don't have to blame yourself for everything"

Kai: "But I do Qrow! This was the whole point of all my training, the reason I came to you, to become a huntsman and protect the ones I cared about! But even with all this power you guys say I have, I couldn't save anyone!"

Qrow: "Kai..."

Kai: "I never wanted to feel like this again...I never wanted to feel this weak, this helpless..." Kai held his hands in front of him and suddenly realized something, "Qrow...I can't feel my aura"

Qrow: "You exerted yourself pretty hard, you're just drained. And that's not something I even thought was possible, given the insane amount of aura you have" Kai sighed, and Qrow placed a hand on his shoulder, "Get some rest kid, let your wounds heal up" Kai nodded, and slowly lay back down on the bed, prompting Qrow and Taiyang to exit the room.

~About One Hour Later~

Kai opened his eyes again, and got out of bed, grimacing a little at the pain in his torso. He walked to face a mirror sitting in a corner of the room. His body was covered with healed scars, not gotten from battle, but from years of  training with Qrow. Apart from the bandages wrapped around his torso, he also had a bandage on his face where Cinder had cut him. He sighed and went to put on his t-shirt. Dicarding his jacket, he opened the door and walked out of the room, emerging straight into the living room, where Qrow was sitting on the couch, drinking out of a flask.