Chapter 9

A/N: Hey everyone, it's me, mentor, and first thing I want to say is that I am extremely sorry that I've been gone for such a long time, roughly over a year now. Well to explain myself, I was in my final year of high school and I wanted to aim for the best marks I can get to graduate, and thankfully I did, from 2014-2017. It was pretty tough but I made it and I feel pretty proud that I did.

Second is that I've been devoting some time to training as an MMA fighter, and it's been pretty brutal as well. Doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling and improving on Taekwondo, it's been exhausting but I'm loving it. Still training, but I know one day, I'll be fighting soon to show that I've been readying myself.

And lastly, during the second half of 2017, I just hit a rut in my writing and entered a huge writers' block which really did nag at me for a long while. I couldn't write and I just felt so unsatisfied with the chapters I was making (Which by the way, my USB got corrupted and I lost all the chapters I made in the first half of 2017 were lost, which made me pretty distraught that I lost all of my work). So I just stayed there for a good while while training and doing other things.

But now, I'm finally back into the game and I hope I can make you people happy and excited to see me pumping out chapters once again. Granted I've been gone for awhile so writing will be rusty, but it's like getting back into training. A little rustiness will go away after a nice warm up and practice again. And considering I still have huge support even after over a year, I'm glad you guys still like my work.

Though I'd like to let you guys know that I am upgrading my courses for the first semester of this year (For those who don't know what this upgrading is, it's essentially acquiring courses and/or improving grades you already have), but I promise I'll be able to pump out more chapters since it's only two classes a week. So you can expect more this time.

And yes, I did see the trailers for Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, but he's a really interesting guy, so I'm keeping him in this story for he does have a pivotal role here, but you'll find out as the story goes along.

So without further hesitation, let's get to the new chapter and more coming up

Corvo just stood there like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car, not daring to make any sudden movements at all. Sure he could fight off the Creatures of Grimm with ease, and back in both Dunwall and Karnaca, topple down corrupted regimes and even defeated the "sister" of Jessamine Kaldwin by trapping her in her own creation of a painting to make her the ruler of all.

But even with all of these feats that he has accomplished, nothing could prepare him for the wrath of his beloved wife as she stomped forward with a fiery rage in her eyes. He eventually overcame his fear and slowly stepped back as she advanced towards him, not stopping her march towards him. "V-Vanessa-" He began before she cut him off by pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Two months..." Vanessa began with her twin tails waving slightly as she took in a deep breath. "Two months, Corvo! And you didn't even stop by home or call us!" She shouted at him as her cat ears were cropped up feeling some adrenaline in her system as her lapis coloured orbs bored holes into his head.

Corvo slowly backed away some more before his back made contact against the door to his room and hesitantly raised his hands up in a futile defence. "I-I can explain, love... I got p-pretty busy..." He told her as he began to reminisce the many times she had punished him, including the times she had thrown him out multiple windows.

"Busy? Busy? You didn't tell me that you were hired by Ozpin to teach at Beacon!" Vanessa shouted at him. "And Ozpin called me after the little "explosion" incident that occurred with your sister. Not even a message on my Scroll!" She continued with her Aura flaring up.

Her husband remained quiet for a good long moment and he nodded at her with a soft sigh. "I'm... I'm sorry, Vanessa... I got really busy... And I can't sleep properly at night... Not after my last assignment from Ozpin," He explained to her with his gaze lowering down.

Vanessa looked at him for a bit before her Aura slowly dialled down to a more relaxed signature with her expression softening up. Without saying a word, she walked over to Corvo and gently wrapped her arms around him and brought her husband into a comforting hug. "Oh my dear Corvo, please, don't beat yourself up over it. I know you did your best ever since I got the report from Ozpin a month ago... I'm sure she wouldn't want you to be so angry with yourself, you know that."

Corvo breathed deeply and hugged his wife back tightly, clutching her figure like if he would let go, something horrid would happen to Vanessa. "I-I know, Vanessa... But it's my duty as the Lord Protector to protect the Schnee Family... My duty as a husband to protect you... And my duty as a Huntsman to protect her... But if I couldn't do that, it just... It just makes me doubt my ability to protect you and those that I love," He whispered softly.

She nodded at him and hugged him a little more tightly as she gently rubbed his back feeling him tremble oh so slightly. He was only ever this vulnerable when he was with her while he seemed to be like an unstoppable force to the public. "I know how you feel, Corvo. But remember that I'm a Huntress. I can protect myself. And please, remember that we will always fight at each other's side. Even if we're not together, I'm at your side," She replied back with a gentle smile on her face as she slowly pulled away from their close hug as she placed her forehead against his. And to emphasize her point of "always being together", she slowly brought up her hand and showed him the golden ring adorned on her ring finger.

Corvo teared up a little with a soft smile of his own appearing on his face. "Okay... Thank you, my love..." He said softly to her as he placed his hand on her cheek to which she instantly leaned her head against.

"Anything for you, dear," Vanessa told him before she slowly closed in the distance and gently placed her lips against his with her eyes closing.

Corvo immediately kissed her back with his arms going around her waist as she had her's go around his neck as they shared an intimate moment together. He felt some of the weight upon his shoulders lightening up as he was filled with confidence and affection only his wife could provide him.

Eventually they pulled away with light blushes on their faces with small smiles accompanying the red tinge on their cheeks as well. "I love you, my love," Corvo whispered to her with Vanessa giggling a little.

"And I love you too, my Crow," Vanessa replied back to him as they still held each other closely.

Though Corvo tilted his head slightly to the side and noticed something about his room. The door to his bedroom was open ever so slightly and he looked at his wife. "Vanessa, were you in my room earlier?"

She scoffed a little but just continued to smile at him. "Why of course, Corvo. You might not believe it, but I've been hired by Ozpin to teach at Beacon as well," She told him with pride as her smile grew.

This news itself really shocked the Lord Protector as he wasn't told about this news by Ozpin. Then again, he didn't think it would hurt to have her working in Beacon so he would have somebody with him so the stress wouldn't get to his head. Though just before he could ask, she giggled a little more and she pulled away from his embrace and began to drag him towards his bedroom. "And don't worry, I got it all covered hours before you finished with the Initiation," She told him.

Without delay, she opened the door dragging her husband in and she motioned her free arm to the bed. Once in, Corvo widened his eyes before he softened his expression with another smile forming. Laying on his bed were two small figures who were fast asleep. One was a little girl who seemed to look just like her mother, though her hair was more of a darkish brown as her own set of twin cat tails were still on the bed and cat ears twitch slightly as she wore a bit of an oversized grey shirt with a pair of shorts on. Though the other was just a mere baby boy just barely passed his first year of life. He had a tuff of black hair on his head, but not too dense as it was rather wavy as he had no visible Faunus features while dressed in a little Beowolf onesie.

"You brought them along," Corvo commented and was impressed that they didn't wake up due to her shouting earlier.

"Well I couldn't leave them all alone at home, can I? I know Evie is a good maid of ours, but she too needs help to take care of the kids. So I asked Ozpin if I could bring our children along and he said yes as he knew children do need their parents," Vanessa explained to him smiling a lot more now. "That and I put in earplugs in their ears so they wouldn't wake up. You know that my shouting does wake them up at times," She added in.

Corvo laughed softly and nodded as he gently wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled a little more. "Well I'm just glad that we could at least be together then. And I promise to make up the time I've missed with them," He told her and placed a kiss on her cheek.

This caused Vanessa to blush but she felt happy knowing things would be resolved quickly and that her husband won't have sleepless nights anymore now that she was around. "You better, or I'm gonna have you sleep on the couch."

"Well you know you're going to end up sleeping with me on the couch," Corvo shot back with a small grin forming.

"O-Oh quiet you!" She squeaked out getting rather flustered at him.

"Love you too," Corvo replied as he hugged her again as she blushed a much darker shade of red. As long as he was with his family, he knew things would mend up with him as he was feeling more confident now so he wouldn't be haunted by the failure that has been plaguing him for the past while now.

Though tomorrow would be a bit of a challenge as he didn't know what would happen as it would involve his little sister with her usual superior attitude.

Well it's good to finally be back in the game, and I'm glad I am. I'll be doing what I can to roll out more chapters on this story and the others that I have.

Also just a small discussion here. One, this was written before Volume 4, so there are some contradicting info such as Faunus only having one type of animal trait, though in my opinion, i think it's much more interesting to have a little more but not too much to be so overwhelming.

Also, I know Corvo is with an OC, but I think it's alright considering that there is no one else around his age really and to have him, a Schnee, marrying a Faunus, shows him that he is the black sheep of the Schnee Family. But then again, it does show his support to help out Faunus around Remnant and in the workforce of the Schnee Dust Company. Plus, if you think about it, do you think Jacques would really mess with Corvo for having a Faunus wife if he has already shown how deadly he could be from a young age?