No Pov
Y/N was in a coma for 2 weeks this time. He had used up so much energy that at the end his body was only barely clinging to life. Jaune had discovered his semblance during a sparring match, so he was able to partially speed up Y/N's recovery. Despite this, Y/N's aura was far too weak to heal his injuries faster than a week. Yang visited him in the hospital every night.
Yang's Pov
I walked in and the doctors told me he could probably hear things around him, but still wasn't able to move.
Yang: "Hey Pretty Kitty. Now you can't protest me calling you that, so you better get used to it." He couldn't react. I held his hand. "Can you feel this?" Nothing. I looked at the heart rate monitor. It looked like it was a little higher. "Oh, so you can hear me." I kissed him on the cheek. The rate spiked. "And you can feel me too. Did you at least have some nice dreams? The nightmares came back for me, but they weren't as bad. Maybe punching that jerk made me fear him less." I sat there holding his hand for a few more minutes. "Well, I gotta go. Love you." As I was getting up, I felt his hand tighten slightly. I kissed him one more time and left. "Get better soon. I miss you."
Timeskip
Y/N's Pov
I was suddenly standing in a large battlefield. I saw what looked like an older version of me with a massive facial scar beating up team RWBY. He somehow created some kind of aura copy of himself and finished them off. There were Grimm all around, but he ignored them for some reason.
Once team RWBY was out, he turned stood over a faceless purple being with ram horns. He stabbed it. I noticed he wasn't wearing Yang's old gauntlet. He turned around, and the Grimm walked towards him. One massive humanoid one looked like it was about to attack, roaring loudly.
Then it got on its knees and bowed to my older doppelganger. The others followed suit.
Then they rose and parted, revealing what looked like a golden version of the being he had just killed, but with deer antlers. 'You're next,' my older self said. Then I heard a voice that was distorted in a way that was uncannily similar to when my aura broke. It said 'Do not let them return.' Before I had any time to think about what I was seeing, everything went black again.
Yang's Pov
I came in the next day and they told me his vitals were starting to normalize, and that he should be awake soon. I asked if he would be ok to fight once he woke up and they said that all his injuries healed in the first week, so once he was back he would go back to normal.
I went in and visited him again, teasing him some more and seeing his heart rate spike again. This time I felt his fingers twitch and sort of tighten around mine.
Yang: "Class is going well. It's a lot easier when you don't have to do homework." I giggled a little. "Please wake up soon. I love you." I had to leave again. He seemed to be close.
Y/N's Pov
I saw similar visions. My older self was fighting team RWBY and was losing fast. He was nearly killed by them, until a portal opened and he barely had the strength to jump through. He got the scar here, so I guessed this was probably before the first vision. I heard the same voice saying 'You must stop them from coming back, or you will lose everything.' I still didn't know if these dreams meant something.
Yang's Pov
I came in the next day. Y/N was stirring and moving slightly. The doctors told me that at this point he just needed something to jolt his mind awake.
Yang: "Hey Pretty Kitty." I sat down and kissed him on the forehead. He stirred a little. "Come on. They said you just need to wake up on your own now." I shook him a little. "Please, just wake up. I miss you." He moved a little. I started petting him. He was moving more and more, until he eventually started opening his eyes. I hugged him.
Y/N: "Ugh... How long has it been?"
Yang: "2 weeks."
Y/N: "Are you ok?"
Yang: "I am now. Hey, check this out." I grabbed my scroll and showed him a news report from a few days after the battle.
Reporter: 'The attack ended with the Grimm being pushed back, but the political fallout could last years.' I skipped ahead, since all they were talking about for a while was boring stuff. 'Yang Xiao Long, the winner of the last tournament, was also present and was seen attacking both White Fang and their detractors, focusing more on defending civilians.'
I skipped more. 'And one video shows Adam Taurus himself coming out to defend his home, when he is mysteriously joined by a young man who has yet to be identified. What they said to each other was not picked up in this video, but they appear to strike a deal and work together. Afterward they dueled between each other, with both showing incredible displays of power. Adam won, but the unidentified boy was saved by Miss Xiao Long. Further examination of the video shows that the appear to be wearing the same weapon on their hands.'
Yang: "We're famous now!"
Y/N: "You know that's bad, right?"
Yang: "How?"
Y/N: "We need to work in secret."
Yang: "It'll be fine. Most people have already forgotten about it."
Y/N: "So did anything happen?"
Yang: "School started. It's a lot easier without homework."
Y/N: "Of course you like that. So am I ready to go?"
Yang: "I'll go get the doctor and check." They let him go, so I dragged him back to Beacon. Everyone was happy to see him, which he actually seemed surprised by. He also seemed to have something on his mind. I got him alone again after a while. "Ok, what's wrong?"
Y/N: "What?"
Yang: "You look like something's wrong." He looked like he was trying to pick what he said carefully.
Y/N: "That crazy woman was apparently my mom."
Yang: "Oh. Is that why you teamed up with Adam?" His eyes widened.
Y/N: "I didn't have a choice." He looked scared. He probably thought I was mad at him.
Yang: "It's ok. I still got to punch him." He calmed down. I petted him, and he looked better. "Aw. You missed that, didn't you?" He just meowed in response. I had missed it too. He looked so cute and happy when I petted his ears. "Why don't you try to get us our own room? Then we can go back to cuddling every night alone. And... Well... You're probably legal by now." He blushed.
Y/N: "I-I don't want to risk having kids yet."
Yang: "We can use protection... Wait, what do you mean 'yet'?"
Y/N: "N-nothing! Don't worry about it!" I pinned him to the wall.
Yang: "How long have you been thinking about me that way?"
Y/N: "I... Uh..." We were silent for a second. I just giggled.
Yang: "You know I'm just teasing, right?"
Y/N: "I-it doesn't always sound like you are."
Yang: "I mean, I'm not opposed to us having kids later." I got closer.
Y/N: "I don't know how I feel about that."
Yang: "What do you mean?"
Y/N: "Salem is still a threat. Plus, I don't know if I would be a good parent."
Yang: "Don't say that. You'd be great."
Y/N: "Can we not talk about this now? I have to ask Ozpin something."
Yang: "Can you also ask him if we can have our own room?"
Y/N: "Why don't you do that?"
Yang: "Just tell him I get nightmares without you there. Trust me, my team knows that very well. They'll be happy to not have to deal with me waking up screaming every night."
Y/N: "Maybe I can. But I'm saying it's your idea."
Yang: "I think he can figure that out on his own." He left. I thought about that. I wondered if one day, we would have kids.
Y/N's Pov
I went to Oscar's room and asked Ozpin to come out. I got the embarrassing thing out of the way, which he said yes to. Then I got to what I was actually there for. I told him about the nightmares I had when I was in a coma.
Ozpin: "The beings you describe sound... worryingly similar to what the gods looked like. I would imagine the voice you heard was telling you not to allow them to return."
Y/N: "How? I never heard what they looked like. And why was it my voice?"
Ozpin: "The only thing I can think of is that the future you see happened, and your future self sent the message back to try to stop it. It sounds like we brought back the gods, and they probably killed Salem, then decided we were not worthy of them rejoining us."
Y/N: "But why were the Grimm bowing to me? And how was I capable of killing at least the god of darkness and maybe the god of light as well?"
Ozpin: "I do not know. Whatever this future is, it should not come to pass."
Y/N: "We need the lamp. There has to be another way to defeat Salem."
Ozpin: "We will be able to get it one day. I am glad you are awake. I never knew you were capable of what I saw on the news."
Y/N: "I didn't know about that either. Apparently it was only a few seconds for everyone else."
Ozpin: "For now, we must wait for our enemies to make their move."
Y/N: "Of course we have to wait."
Ozpin: "Patience is how we will ultimately win. You know that."
Y/N: "I know. But at some point we need to confront her directly."
Ozpin: "We will. I hope you will get your chance to do so." He sent me a text on his scroll. It was just a number. "That dorm room is unoccupied. If the nightmares go away when she is with you, then it is best for both of you."
Y/N: "Thank you." I left. Yang would be happy about this. I was still reeling from the visions. I couldn't believe that I of all people would replace Salem when she was defeated. What happened to me in that future?