A/N: Hey Everyone! So, I want to apologize for saying that I would post this around the end of March or the start of April and yet I am only publishing it now. First I was prevented from working on this story because of filing taxes, and then I was prevented from working on it because of all the stuff I had on my plate because of preparing for Finals for my classes. I want to thank everyone for all the positive responses and condolences I have received. It means a lot that you are all so ecstatic about me adopting this story.

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In regards to Kung-fu Blaziken's, Ashbel Longhart's, SirSpangler's, Infinity Emperor's, TheFishKing's and JinaFires99's concerns about whom I will be pairing Ruby with, as things stand I was thinking of either pairing her with an OC of my design or not pairing her with anyone simply because the RWBY fandom is so divided when it comes to ships, so keeping everyone happy seems impossible. However I think I will put up a poll around the time I get to the Iron Man 2 arc to see who you all want me to pair Ruby with.

Jedi Alex Colbent, if I understand the question correctly, the reason why I didn't just upload all 10 of the pre-existing chapters is that , for good reason won't let you select the body of a story and right-click and copy, so I have to type everything up myself. Also I find that typing up everything instead of copying and pasting helps me catch grammar and spelling errors as well as other things that need correcting.

Fido123a, I will be doing my level best to bring about a greater level of accuracy for the representation of the armed forces for those parts of the story, which is why I have a very important scene I have planned wherein Qrow and Rhodey meet and an issue I noticed in regards to service times is addressed. I used the word soldier because of special reasons you will discover in that scene.

ahsoei, while my reference pool might need expanding, all of the adopted stories I have seen on this site are the same for the chapters that originate from the original as those in the original, aside from a few small alterations, which if you were paying attention you would have noticed there are a few small alterations in my adopted version.

Obiki Doragon, yes there will be mutants. It also helps that I can now justify it since Disney is buying 20th Century Fox which means they now own the rights to X-men.

Nyx the Author, there will not be aura or semblances everyone with super powers/abilities will have a comic book-y explanation behind their powers/abilities. There will be mutants in this story so everyone's favorite semblances are likely to be featured. Qrow has a very boss scene in the future and I have many plans of awesomeness for him. As for the Grimm and Salem all I can say is *spoilers*.

JorgeUzumaki, while I don't want to give too much away, Peter Parker will be showing up and will be meeting Ruby and co. during the Avengers 1 arc.

Guest and Guest, presuming you are two different people, in the future pleaseleave a review either signed into an account or with a different guest reviewer name than guest because having a bunch of people called guest is going to get super confusing super fast. As for the idea of the power of the silver eyes being the ability to control the infinity stones, that is a very interesting idea that would easily work as a premise for a whole other story but I am sorry, there are things I have planned for this story that will make that idea not fit well into the story.

Now, in the event that I put up a poll and people do want Ruby and Peter Parker paired up, those of you who hate that idea should hang around until after the post-Avengers 1 arc because when I get there, you will love a special little one-shot I have planned that given enough demand might result in a spin-off wherein Ruby meets an alternate reality version of herself whom has adopted a certain special mantle that requires certain events that I think you will like.

Now, again, if you have any questions about this story leave them in a review and I will address them in an Author's Note. If you have any questions that don't directly pertain to this story send me a PM.

Also, wowzer! As of writing this Author's Note, there are 281 Favorites and 420 Follows just for 1 chapter, that is unbelievablely, just wow.

Now enough chit-chat. Story time!

Chapter 2: Chinese Food and the Start of a Wonderful Family-ship

While Pepper was laying out the small feast of assorted oriental food, Tony was trying to start the conversation back up.

"So, anyways… there I was, this BIG conference in Beijing, it was called… uh… chimes, was it? No, wait, CIMES, that's the one. This was… what… like, five years ago?"

"Six," Pepper said, "It was in June, and the weather was, without a doubt, the absolute worst, remember?"

"Right. That's right." Tony Sniffed. "So, Hammer Tech had one of their production bots on display, it was a great, BIG, clunky, piece of sh… er... steel."

Pepper rolled her eyes as she doled out five plates worth of food. Bless his cold, little, heart. He was, in fact, actually trying.

"Ahem… anyways. The Hammer rep was going on and on and on about the 'state of the art' new Hammer Tech Z-20 production robot, or whatever the hell it was called. So, I walked up to the guy, and told him I could build something infinitely better in three hours. One thing led to another, the big Hammer himself, not to be confused with Captain Hammer, shows up-although, to be perfectly honest, I don't actually know how 'big' his hammer is. Not that I really want to know either-"

Yang and Qrow smirked, while Ruby just looked confused. Pepper, however, sent an exasperated glare at her boss.

"Tony!"

"Sorry. Anyways. So, he started bragging about his tech and talked, right in front of me no less, about how Stark Industries isn't quite up to snuff, at least compared to Hammer Tech. Typical corporate showiness for the reporters. He is such a pompous prick. Anyways. We go on from there; a few back-handed compliments, with more than a few insults thrown in, and he bets three hundred grand that I can't do it."

Yang and Ruby looked at Tony, both fully engaged in the story; although, to be fair, Ruby was mainly interested in it for the robotics side of things, and Yang just wanted to hear about an arrogant, rich, prick getting his comeuppance.

"So, what happened?" Yang asked.

"I jury-rigged a hydraulic claw, a plasma torch, and a generator onto an old industrial bot, inserted a not-so-intelligent AI program I just so happened to have on me, and then cranked up the specs until it could assemble anything in half the time that Hammer's could. It cut the competition to pieces-literally-and then rebuilt them into a modern art piece. And on top of that-what do you know-that piece earned me five hundred grand, I keep telling Pepper that I'd make a killing on the art circuit."

The punch-line garnered a few chuckles, and Tony flashed a triumphant smile as the tension in the room eased somewhat.

Pepper passed around the food and they dug in; after all, Qrow, Ruby, and Yang had been on the road for hours, and hadn't eaten. For several minutes, no one spoke, the only sound being that of people happily enjoying a meal.

Qrow finished first and leaned back, pushing his plate away.

"Good food. Thanks for the eats, Tony. Now… about why we're here."

The atmosphere of the room stilled, the air feeling stifled as the occupants stopped all activity.

"I know you probably are still going to want her to take some tests or something, but I'm telling you, she's your daughter. And… look, there's no easy way to say this, so I'll just get it out of the way; Summer died a couple months ago. Ruby doesn't have anyone else."

Pepper's eyes widened.

"No one?"

"No one. I haven't heard from Taiyang in over a decade-that's Yang's dad, by the way, my half –brother. He just up and vanished, went off the grid. My sister Raven, well, I haven't seen her in almost a year, but… I don't know if I'd trust her around kids."

Tony frowned and asked, "Why's that?"

"She's… not the most… stable… person. I don't… like to talk about it, yeah?"

Tony nodded hesitantly, momentarily at a loss.

"Hmmm… What about you?"

"…I wish I could. Hell part of me wants to try. But I'm only related to Yang by half-blood, and none to Ruby. Plus, between my job, my habits, and my record, I'm not exactly what one would call caretaker material."

Tony folded his hands together, settling into business mode. "You've got a record?"

"Eh, small time stuff. Disturbing the peace, public drunkenness, that kinda stuff."

Tony smirked slightly before raising a finger and saying, "I could help you. I have the lawyers and the resources. They could stay-"

Qrow cut him off with the wave of a hand and said, "Maybe you can, and if it comes to that I'll take you up on that offer. But you're her father. That counts for a lot more than a discount uncle. Plus, you've got more than enough money to support her, unlike me. I'm flattered and all that jazz, but Ruby needs someone better than me."

Ruby had developed an intense fixation with the floor as every eye in the room fell upon her. Qrow sighed and ruffled her hair before fixing Tony with a calculating stare.

"Look… I know this is a lot to take in. I know that I'm probably forcing this onto you. But, we don't really have any other options, and she is your daughter. Please. We need you… She needs you."

Tony worked his jaw for a few moments, and then nodded. Yang pulled Ruby in for a one-armed side hug and added, "By the way… I go where she goes."

Pepper smiled genuinely, although a little tightly, at the two of them before turning to Tony.

"Right… well then, you've given us a lot to think about. I suppose… Mr. Stark, would you walk with me? I'm just going to call up Dr. Shawcross about getting some blood work done. Oh, and I'll need those documents."

Qrow handed the folder containing Ruby's information to Pepper and then Tony wordlessly followed after Pepper's departing form. Yang watched them leave, before turning back to her plate and spearing a piece of beef.

"Well… That was a thing."

. . .

Tony wiped a hand down his face and sighed heavily, barely hearing his secretary talking on the phone. How the hell had his life turned out like this?

"The Doctor will be here in half an hour." Pepper said as she hung up and turned to him. "Tony… look, I know it's a lot to take in, but-"

"I'll do it."

"What?"

Tony grimaced. "I'll do it… I'll adopt her."

Pepper blinked before saying, "Well, that was easier than I thought it'd be. I would've expected more resistance from you, Mr. Stark. You just never seemed like that kind of person."

Tony snorted and cracked his neck, watching Pepper out of the corner of his eye.

"Miss Potts, I've been called many things, but cruel isn't one of them. Though to be fair, I have been called vindictive, apathetic, and at times ruthless. Do those count as being of equal value on the spectrum?"

Pepper rolled her eyes and resisted the urge to whack her boss upside the head.

"Tony… you know better than anyone that you aren't as much of a heartless monster as you pretend to be."

"Shush! You'll ruin my street cred."

"Mister Stark, I hate to break this to you, but you don't have street cred. You've lived in a mansion your whole life."

Tony pursed his lips, wagged his finger, and said, "I bet five bucks that I've got more street cred than you do."

Pepper massaged her temples gently.

"Mister Stark, you should go back in there and keep your daughter company while we wait for Doctor Shawcross. And at least try to behave yourself."

Tony hummed in assent, before turning and leaving.

The scene he returned to was much the same as the one when he had left: two teen girls, a guy, a quadrupedal robot, a-wait… what?

Tony did a rather comical double-take. While he and Pepper had been talking, his visitors apparently had decided to go and retrieve one of Ruby's projects. Tony gave it a quick once over, taking in everything with the eyes of an experienced engineer. While it was fairly small, about the size of a corgi, the bot was impressively made; servos whirring, it was able to walk, jump, and clamber almost as well as a biological dog… ok, maybe not that well. It moved more like a three legged dog with a severe case of chronic arthritis, but for having been built by a thirteen year old, it was still very impressive.

"Who's a good boy, Zwei? Who's a good boy?"

Ruby was currently holding the bot's paws, talking to it in an obscenely cute manner that was causing Tony's masculinity to die a little bit inside from the sheer adorableness of the scene. Damn… he was going soft in his old age.

Yang and Qrow noticed Tony and each raised their chins in a California 'What's up' to him.

"So, this is Zwei. And she made it all by herself?"

Yang nodded, her golden mane moving in a sinuous wave.

"Yep. I helped a bit, mainly with the welding, but it's Ruby's baby. She designed it and built most of it from spare parts. Mom was… we weren't allowed to have a dog in the house. So, Ruby decided she'd build one instead."

Tony smirked at that, knowing that was exactly something he would do. He noticed the melancholy that had overcome Yang after mentioning her mother and frantically thought of something else to discuss.

"So… you're going to be staying here?"

Yang arched an eyebrow, and looked at Tony as if he had just suggested eating fish fingers with custard.

"I go where she goes, Mister Stark."

Tony mentally winced at the frosty tone in the girl's voice. Damn it, she was intimidating for a fifteen year old. Raising his hands to placate her, Tony said, "Just making sure. Look… if I'm being honest, I'm not exactly… father material."

Yang suppressed a snort.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, go ahead and laugh it up. It's just… this is all very sudden, alright? So…bear with me for now, okay Blondie. If I'm going to do this… I'm probably gonna screw some things up. Like, major fu… um… majorly."

Yang snorted for real this time and said, "Yeah, I'll bet. And," Yang paused, giving her sister's father an appraising look before remarking, "You get three strikes, then you're out. Deal?"

Tony nodded once and asked, "Baseball fan?"

"Naw, I'm more of a boxing and MMA girl really. It's just a good expression."

Tony nodded sagely.

"I don't actually follow any sports, besides the occasional race in Monaco, and that's only because I own the track."

Yang stared at Tony slack-jawed.

"You own a racetrack!?"

Ruby looked over at the group of three and whispered to her robot, "What do you think they're talking about, Zwei? Yang seems very excited about something."

When the dog didn't respond, Ruby frowned and poked his head.

"Ohhhh riiiight… you still don't have a voice box. I'll need to get one of those. Think we can pick one up somewhere around here?"

. . .

While the doc was doing his thing with Ruby and Mister Stark-she wasn't going to be calling him Dad anytime soon, if ever, although Pops did have a nice ring to it-Yang looked around the house. It really was a deluxe pad, even if it did feel cold and unused. Tony lived alone at the house, after all; Yang supposed that with one person living in it, especially a person who wasn't even there all that often, the house was bound to be somewhat lifeless.

Strolling down a flight of stairs, Yang came up besides a row of glass windows which looked into a garage with-mother of all that was holy, was that a hot rod! Ok, maybe Pops wasn't so bad. And if she could get her own bike, she would be in heaven. Yang was practically drooling at the thought of maybe owning her own bike now that they were going to be living with Stark. Summer had never really approved of her daughter's obsession with all things fast and dangerous, and she'd forbidden her from owning her own motorbike.

The thought was savagely beaten back as quickly as it had come. Yeah, Tony might be able to afford a bike, and would probably let her get one, Yang thought, but he wasn't Summer. He wasn't Supermom. If someone offered her the chance to have Mom back the day they found out, Yang would have given almost anything. Even if she would have to quit being an adrenaline junky forever; a thousand awesome vehicles wouldn't be enough to make up for Supermom's absence.

Yang forcibly shoved the increasingly melancholic thoughts away and cracked her knuckles. She had to stay strong for Ruby. There wasn't time for such thoughts now.

Reaching out, Yang let her hand touch the glass momentarily, before a holographic control panel popped up from nowhere. Yang jerked her hand back as if burned before snorting at how ridiculous this whole day was turning out to be. Meeting Ruby's long lost biological dad, an actual AI, and now a holographic lockpad? What was this, Star Wars? Yang sniggered to herself, reveling in her brilliant moment.

"Excuse me, might I inquire as to what is so amusing?"

Yang jumped at the abrupt, artificial voice that emanated from everywhere and nowhere all at once. Sucking in a quick breath to steady the unsettled feeling in her stomach from being watched by an AI (Yang had seen all of the Terminator movies and was decidedly less enthusiastic about JARVIS than Ruby was), Yang adopted a defiant stance.

"None of your business, Ratchet and Clank. Could you give me some warning next time, it's already creepy enough knowing that you're watching me all the time."

"My sincerest apologies, Miss Xiao Long. As you will be staying with us from now on, Mister Stark has altered my parameters to include you in the 'resident' list, and thus, I will endeavor to comply with your wishes."

Yang blinked slowly, narrowed her eyes as she untangled JARVIS' formal speech, and then nodded.

"Alright, fine then. Just… don't do that anymore, alright 3PO?"

"Oh, yes, very good, Miss Xiao Long. I'm terribly sorry about all of that."

Yang gaped and burst out laughing when she realized that JARVIS had intentionally channeled the famous droid, even altering his voice to sound exactly like Anthony Daniels.

"Hahaha… ok, maybe you're not so bad after all."

"I aim to impress, Miss Xiao Long."

. . .

Upstairs, the doctor had finished up, giving his final verdict as the results from his portable genetic scanner rolled in; Ruby was, with 95 percent probability, Tony's daughter. That was more than enough to settle it in Tony's mind, and he bid the doctor goodbye.

Beside him, Ruby-his daughter, for sure now (really, really going to take a lot of time to get used to that)-was kicking her legs and generally looking adorably lost. He kinda wanted to give her a hug, though that was offset by the fact that he'd just met the girl a few hours ago. And he did not do hugs, for anyone, really. Let it be known to the court that Tony Stark was not a touchy-feely kinda guy. At all.

Tony sighed and rubbed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt a good deal older than forty. He could handle belligerent board members and prying paparazzi reporters, but a daughter? He was way out of his depth and he knew it. He'd need to have Pep's help. Probably Rhodey's as well, Rhodey had talked about his nephew or something a few times, so he knew how to deal with kids. Besides that… Tony grimaced. He hadn't thought about Obi. His dad's old friend would be pissed. It'd be best to keep him in the dark for now, Tony would tell him after the award ceremony in Vegas that was coming up in a few weeks. He'd be more pliable if Tony didn't cause any trouble at the ceremony, like he usually did.

"So uh…" Tony looked over at Ruby, who continued, saying, "So you're my da… you're my dad?"

"Yeah."

"And I can stay here. Right?"

Tony bit his lip. Damn, she was extremely cute. Like a puppy, if that puppy had big silver eyes and liked the color red. And also liked to build robots, which was awesomely cool. Really, if he had to have a daughter, what better than a cute, awesome Mini-me who was a crack engineer as well.

"Yeah. You can stay, if you want to. You… do, right?"

Ruby nodded, her fingers poking together.

"Do you… I don't know… wanna see my garage?"

A beatific smile burst across Ruby's face.

"Yes! Oh yes, I'd love to! What kinda stuff do you have down there?"

"Oh, just the usual. Some Audi's, a few old robots, a holographic projector or two, hot rods, a whole bunch of scrap parts, and a slew of other stuff."

As the two walked away, Ruby practically vibrating in excitement, Qrow watched them from the wall he was leaning on. He'd had his doubts, and to be fair, he still had a good number. But maybe… just maybe… Stark wouldn't be such a bad option after all.

If he turned out to be a jerk after all, Qrow could always kill him.

Qrow nodded to himself and began looking around the house, searching for some booze to 'liberate' from Stark's house.

A/N: Virtual cookie for everyone that got the Doctor Who reference.