Nine distinct shots rang out as Adam and his group rushed Tukson. The speed of the shots could compare to an fully-automatic rifle and where they landed could compete with a designated-Marksmen rifle in placement. All the shots hit Adam's group in non-vital spots, ether disarming them or wounding them so they're not able to fight anymore. The only ones who came out unscathed were, Tukson who was never targeted, Adam who deflected the one that was aimed at him, and Logan who fired the shots.
Logan had jumped down from the tree as he fired, causing everyone to break-up into three groups; Logan by himself, Tukson by himself, and Adam and his group of 'White Fang' members. The two group stared at Logan as he came out into the open. They watched as a child no older then ten, slowly walkout from the tree-line. The child in their eyes was holding a massive handgun that was really too large for his frame to wield effectively, yet they had no doubt that it was him that fired those shots. The gun was an ivory white in color. While one that was Ebony black in color was in his jean's pocket.
Logan: "I may be a nice, diligent person who doesn't cause trouble, usually. But those who threaten my family will face a wrath that not even gods can withstand."
Adam: "Big words for such a little kid." Adam sheathed his sword 'Wilt' in to its sheath, 'Blush'. "The High-Leader has plans for you, come along quietly or else I will pay a visit to those sisters of yours." Adam said as he took a couple steps closer and pointed at Logan with 'Wilt and Blush'.
Logan: "No-"
Logan hadn't even finished his saying 'no' when Adam shot 'Wilt' out of 'Blush' straight at him. Logan reacted by shooting 'Wilt's' handle with extremely fast reflexes, causing it to be shot into the ground at high speed. By the time Adam realized what happened to 'Wilt', it had already been buried up til the guard of its handle. Adam's group and Tukson looked on in first surprise then disbelief at what Logan had did. Adam had an amused smile on his face.
Adam: "Your good. Few are able to react, and the number of those who could counter-attack can be counted on one hand. I can see why the High-leader wants you. But if that's all you've got, then your not much." Adam said as he stared at his sword.
WFM: "Adam... He... He..."
Adam: "What!?" Adam shouted at the White Fang member. "Speak Damn it!"
The White Fang member couldn't speak, his face showed nothing but complete disbelief at what he was seeing. With a shaky hand, he managed to point at Adam's 'Blush', causing Adam's attention to look at it. What he saw, Adam couldn't believe his eyes. 'Blush's' ejection port for the rifle part of it had a ash grey throwing knife jammed into it. But that was not all, the rifle barrel had another jammed down the barrel directly.
Logan: "I didn't just counter your attack." Logan said with a stern look in his eyes. "I attacked twice while I countered you. I was kind now, don't think that I will be the next time." Logan said as he dropped his gun that he was pointing at Adam, placing it in his open jean's pocket.
Logan then walked towards Tukson, any and all hostility he had towards Adam completely gone. As Logan reached Tukson, who had fallen on his butt from shock, he offered a hand up. Tukson, with his mind currently blank, took the offer and stood. Logan then took the time to look over Tukson to see if he had any injuries.
Logan: "You seem in good health. Good!" Logan said after he had completed his examine of Tukson. He then started to walkaway from them while leaving a message. "Tukson, deliver a message to Sienna Khan for me...."
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*2 days Later*
Azrael: "I see. So you were followed. That and they tried to force you."
Logan: "Yea... Do you think that you can help me?"
Sophia: "MY POOR BABY!!!"
It has been two days after the confrontation with Adam and his group. The town of 'Unus' slowly returned to their homes after it was announced that the horde was no more. The first ones to arrive back were Azrael's family with Sophia desperately wanting to reunite with Logan. Even though it has been less then an hour since they returned, Sophia had locked Logan in an inescapable hum after she found out that he lost his wings. She's been crying for the last 45 minutes. Ava and Eva were hugging him with her and haven't let go as well.
Azrael: "I can't do much, Logan. Just bear with it for now."
Logan: "Traitor!"
Azrael: "HAHAHA! I won't deny that I am getting a good kick out of this. But enough of that. Before we left, I noticed that there were some injured that returned later after you left. Later, one of them gave a message to the High-leader, who was in company with Ghira and I. That message..." Azrael trailed off as he didn't want Ava and Eva to hear it. Logan quickly picked up on it.
Logan: "I will admit that I said somethings that were... inappropriate, but I meant every word I said."
Sophia: " *sniff* What did you say?"
Azrael: "I'm not sure how to say it in present company."
Logan: " 'Mess with me, and I'll fight back. Mess with my family, they'll never find your body.' Is basically what I said. And I mean every word of it. I can handle being messed with, but if you threaten or torment my family, I won't play nice."
Sophia: "OH MY BABY!!!!"
Ava: "BIG BRO!!!"
Eva: "brother."
Logan: "GUAA!"
And that's how Logan was knocked out for that day due to his family's hug.
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*White Fang base*
???: "Is that so? He threatened you after you thought to use his sisters if he did not listen? I am ashamed of you Adam. Tukson, thank you for delivering his message." in front of this person was Adam and Tukson, kneeling.
The one that was currently talking was non other then Sienna Khan, current High-leader of the White Fang. Sienna is a female, Bengal tiger Faunus with orange eyes, dark complexion and wild black, chin-length hair with an asymmetrical bob style. Her Faunus trait manifested as an extra pair of ears, and her body was adorned with numerous tattoos resembling tiger stripes. She wares four golden earrings on three of her ears, one each on her Human ears, and two on her left Faunus ear as well as a small jewel on her forehead. She was wearing a form-fitting black dress with light green accents on the rims of the outfit; the dress left most of her back open, had two long splits on the side which revealed a pair of black shorts, a shorter split in the front and a small squared keyhole. Over the dress, she wore a back-revealing red cape, as well as a green waist cincher with red rims that had a black belt over it, which fastened a green pouch on her right hip. Aside from that, she wore black stockings in conjunction with green sandals that had red laces which were tied to her calves, as well as a black elbow length fingerless glove on her right hand.
{A/N: This was late as I wrote, so it was a copy-paste job.}
Sienna: "For now, Adam, you will be giving some missions away from any chance of violence. Some minor jobs if you will. Your weapon will be confiscated as well. Do not take this personally, it is only temporary. Your dismissed."
Adam stood and bowed before leaving in a huff after handing 'Wilt and Blush' over to a guard. Tukson remained and didn't say a word til the doors shut behind Adam. Soon after, they heard a muffled shout and then a loud smashing sound. After they were he tried to speak, but was cut off.
Sienna: "Guards, leave us." Without a word the guards left. "Tukson, we've known each other since we were kids. I can tell at a glance that there was something else that you didn't mention with everyone else. So, tell me, you don't have to be worried about anything."
Tukson's face appeared to struggle with emotions and weather or not to tell her. To tell her the true message that Logan had wanted to give her. After some debating, he finally gave up and gave her the note Logan had given him when he helped him up. After handing it to her she read it aloud to herself.
Sienna: " 'If you expect to return violence with violence, expect the anger within those who have suffered. For there are those who will wage war, even if it is a losing one. Beware of those who you believe you can trust. Because the devil wears a thousand faces and tells a thousand lies. If you decide to bring 'Unus' into your war, don't expect to have them all. If one is even hurt, I will find those responsible and you will never find their corpses. -Logan. P.S. The worst way for you to get back at people who hate you is to live your life to the fullest, and show them that your better then what they say.' I see why you were uneasy. To think that a child managed to sneak this passed them without them knowing. Even I would be unnerved from it. Thank you."
Tukson: "Sienna, I don't know what to think after meeting him. From a simple offer of a hand, that I took, I couldn't tell that it was a kid's hand."
Sienna: "What do you mean?"
Tukson: "His hands were calloused in such a way that I could have sworn that they were the hands of a soldier whose fought countless wars. And his demeanor was similar to that as well. Cold and calculative. It was as if I was in front of an actual soldier."
Sienna: "A soldier, hmm.... I see. I need to meet him now more then ever."
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*1 Week Later*
It's been a week since Logan had been crushed by his mother's and sisters hug. Azrael knew to ether record or take a multitude of pictures as they clung to him, not wanting to let go. After managing to escape from their clutches, Logan was busy practicing with his semblance.
Logan: ' That exchange with Adam was nothing but luck. With that being the first time I used my ash in combat, I wasn't sure if I was able. I just managed to form a few knives. I need to at least form several different constructs of it to be useful. First, let's start with a simple knife.' Logan thought as he stood in the backyard of his home.
With some ash he got from the fire place in his house, Logan began to shape and mold it into a simple dagger. The dagger was 16in long with a 11in blade and a 1 inch thick guard. When he tried to hit a post that he had, the dagger busted after leaving a 3cm deep cut upon it.
Logan: "Hmm... the cut was good, but the dagger itself was unstable. I need to compress it more and see the result." Taking the ash he used and some more, Logan remade the dagger and compressed it to his limit and tried again. "Hmm... About 5cm that time... I ether need more ash or have a better understanding of my semblance... Ether way, both are good to have in abundance." Logan thought aloud and looked upon his findings.
Azrael: "Logan!!! Come here! There's someone here to meet you!" Azrael called from the backdoor of the house. As Logan looked upon Azrael's face, he had a look of worry and confusion. Not wanting to make whoever it is wait, Logan quickly returned the ash he had out in to a container he had and walked into his house.
Upon entering, Logan saw something he never thought he see. He saw the 8 year old Blake playing with his sisters, his mother was making small talk with Ghira, and Sienna Khan sipping tea with them and had a small smile on her face all at the kitchen table. Ghira, Sienna, and Blake turned and looked at him when they heard the door shut. Blake upon seeing him, hide behind Ava and Eva, while she looked at him from behind the with her ears twitching to and fro. Ghira smiled at the sight of his daughter being shy and had a slight smile. Sienna, however, continued to look directly at Logan with inquisitive eyes. After entering and washing his hands in the kitchen sink, Azrael, Sophia, Logan, Ghira, and Sienna began their talk after Ava and Eva left to play outside with Blake.
Sienna: "Logan, I has come to my attention that some of my subordinates threatened you and your family when they asked you to meet me. I was busy with orders and trying to find Faunus that are being held as slaves. I asked them to bring you to me so that I can hear about the horde from the source, rather then second hand." Sienna began the talk. "Also, I have received a report from a trusted member that one of my lieutenants had attacked you after you refused. I have come to apologize and inform you that the offender has been punished." She finished the opening with a bow.
Logan: "Miss Khan..."
Sienna: "Sienna is fine."
Logan: "Sienna, let's just drop the formalities. I know you came here after hearing about what I done and the note I had passed to you. If anything, your here about the postscript. 'The worst way for you to get back at people who hate you is to live your life to the fullest, and show them that your better then what they say.' I believe that is your main concern.
Sienna: "It's as you say. I am indeed here about that and that specifically. What did you mean about that? What are you trying to say." Sienna showed her ferocity after Logan spoke. What she said last was more of a command than a question.
Logan: "Simple. You want to get back at them for calling you animals? Develop Menagerie into a super-power that rivals Atlas. You want to get them back for calling you barbaric? Train the younger generations into minds that rival even the greatest one of today. They called you simple? Have architecture more beautiful then Mistral! Weak? Have a force that can give Atlas a run for their lien! Cowardly? Take the 'White Fang' and transform it into something that makes them give it the respect it deserves! Showing them violence for violence is one way, but that path is long, bloody, and one that might lose it all for Faunus around Remnant! The best way to get them back is to show them that Faunus are far above what they say! Not with violence, but with actions that defy what is said!" Logan enunciated and punctuated everything he said to the point even his parents were surprised at him. Ghira was impressed as well as Sienna.
Sienna: "I'm impressed. I can't say what you said is wrong. But the problem with it, is that to make it all a reality. It would require a massive undertaking of countless planers and years of planing. All Faunus want what you said, but there are few who can even imagine what to do."
Logan stood and walked to his room with a smirk on his face. Upon leaving, the group at the kitchen table noticed that he had a binder with him now. With a simple toss, the binder landed in front of Sienna, and on the front of it read 'Menagerie Rebuilding Plans Vol. 1: First Years'. Sienna's eyes were shining with curiosity as she gazed at the binder.
Logan: "There are 8 plans per volume of binder. There are 4 volumes total. The first volume focuses on how to build up and strengthen Menagerie as it sits now. In that binder, it has information on flora and fauna that can be used to strengthen the economy and what can be farmed for food or profit. How to build walls that can keep out Grimm for now. And how to improve the public order in Kuo Kuana. All in three years." Logan finished explaining what the binder detail.
As soon as Logan finished Sienna thought to humor Logan and began reading it with a smirk. But as she read, she became more and more engrossed at the plans he had made. Ghira, who had thought the same, saw the look of Sienna's eye change and rapidly grew with disbelief.
Sienna: "THIS! This is.... I don't know what to say... I'm completely at a loss for words. Everything in these plans are possible and realistically doable! Hell, if we start today or tomorrow,we can get a jump on these plans and probably do it in two years time at the most!"
Ghira: "What?!? Let me see!.... My word... She's right! Logan, this is simply astounding! How did you come up with all of this? I can't see this all coming from an 10 year old child."
Logan: "It's a half-a-days walk from her to Kuo Kuana, I can make it in a few hours if I run all out. I usually do this for my training to become a hunter. When I was there, I noticed many things and overheard quite a bit as well. From the books we have, I compiled a list containing what flora and fauna was eatable and usable as well. From there I talked to many of the elderly in the town and got their experiences from when they were in different continents. How the towns were like and how the people there lived. There is a lot you can learn when you just listen."
Azrael: "Logan has always had a sharp mind and always acts older then what is age truly is. I known about the plans and have given pointers and pointed out problems I could see. Even I would be hard pressed not to implement them." Azrael said. Logan, who was standing, was pulled into Sophia's lap and proceeded to cuddle him. She then mumbled that he was her little genius.
Ghira: "I see." Ghira said as he tried to ignore Logan's plight. "Logan, if you wouldn't mind, I would like to show these to the elder's of Kuo Kuana. IF they approve, we can start almost immediately." Ghira said to Logan, who managed to escape from Sophia's grasp.
Logan: "I don't see why you have to get the elder's permission. YOU are the chief, what you say goes. It's the same with ours, they try to control what they can't. They have no say about what happens in the town now that they have passed the chief title to you."
Ghira: "It's more about the populous accepting the news...."
Azrael: "Then that's simple. Ask the town itself if they what to cling to the past, or shape the future for the better. Do they want to feel inadequacy and weak? Or do they what to have a better future for themselves and their kids? It's not the elder's call anymore." Azrael sided with Logan.
Sienna: "I hate to admit it Ghira, but they're right. I, for one, would want a better future for all. Even if it means changing what we believe."
Ghira: "*sigh* Fine. Fine. Even I have to agree. What you say is the truth that I can't deny. We have much to talk about now."
The group discussed the possible problems, future endeavors, and timelines that needed to be set. They continued to talk for a few hours. By the time they finished, night had already fallen and Ava, Eva, and Blake had fallen asleep on the couch during it all after Logan gave them a quick dinner. Sienna and Ghira decided to stay the night in 'Unus' and leave in the morning to start the plans Logan had given them. For Menagerie, it's new beginning is on its way