A/N This authors notes will be shorter due to the fact that I don't have much to add, just that I will be trying to get these chapters out as frequently as possible.
Qrow woke as rays of sunlight hits hes eyes, cracking he's neck and stretching before rising from his bed walking up to Harbinger grabbing it and putting and putting it on his waist before leaving his room. Walking down stairs and into the kitchen he finds Bulat, Mine, Sheele, Lubbock, and Leone eating while Akame continues to cook only sparing a glance at him before refocusing on cooking
"Good morning Qrow." Leone said enthusiastically
"Morning, whats for grabs?" Qrow replied much less enthusiastic
"Well sense its breakfast Akame felt that it would be best to have something easy so we have ribs and pork." Leone replied watching him carefully along with everyone else
"Sweet, its been a while sense I've had meat for breakfast." Qrow replied grinning madly
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Lubbock practically shouted apparently hes not use to meat for breakfast lunch and dinner but being a huntsmen means what ever is on hand and in the tribe doubly so
"How can you just walk in hear all we got is meat and just happily go along with it like its normal!" Lubbock continued
"Well kid, when your growing up with basically nothing your at least happy to get something regardless of how you got it, besides if you don't like it do it your self so stop complaining its basically free food." Qrow responded before he turned to Leone and spoke
"Do you guys got any booze around here?"
Before she could respond Qrows instincts told him to catch something, swiftly moving his hand up and closing his fingers around a bottle of alcohol thrown by Akame
"Thank you, Akame. right?" realizing that he doesn't know anyone but Leone and Najenda. Everyone seem to realize that at the same time with that in minds everyone introduced themselves starting with Leone
"I'm Leone, but you knew that already but I'm basically the big sister of the group. Over there is Akame my best friend!"
Akame nods in agreement then he turned to the guy with the pompadour
"I'm Bulat but I prefer to be called handsome, but bro works too, if your not taken by the first." Bulat says with a wink, Qrow is completely unreadable for a few moments before nodding and turning to the girl in purple whose currently preoccupied with a book he decided to let her read turning to the guy with green hair
"Don't mind Sheele, shes a bit of an airhead but shes good at what she does. I'm Lubbock by the way."
"Well nice to meet all of you." Qrow replied
"HEY, aren't you forgetting me!" Mine shouted
"Hmm, no, no I don't think I am, I think I remember everyone. Leone, Najenda, Lubbock, Sheele, Bulat, and Akame. Yep, that's everyone important." Qrow smirked knowing it'll piss her off, just like a Schnee.
(o)
A few hours of screaming later, Qrow was looking over maps of the capital city and typing down points of interest on his scroll and memorizing the whole place if he was going to mainly be operating here he should at least know where hes working, hearing the door open Qrow looks over his shoulder to see Akame who walks up next to him and looks down at the maps and his scroll
"Whats that?" Akame asked
"Its a scroll, its used to communicate and hold information. But I'm out of signal range right now so I cant really call my boss and ask for a lift. For now, I'm on my own." Qrow replied still reading over the maps and adding another point of interest
"I figured I'd tell you that Boss has left to meet up with revolutionaries she wont be back for a couple of days, we will be handling this next mission without her to plan it out for us." Akame spoke
"Well the only plan we really need is stay away from me as much as possible kinda like a plague, except not." Qrow replied again taking a drink of the alcohol she gave him
"If you know we are going on a mission why are you drinking? I'd prefer my allies are able to see straight." Akame asked coldly
"Cause it helps me, alright kid." Qrow matched her coldness
"Don't screw this up. If you get one of us killed because your to drunk to react, or move fast enough Ill hold you responsible, and it will be fatal." Akame said losing her cool slightly
"Trust me kid, I don't try to get allies killed, some of us just lose fates dice roll, but if it puts your mind at ease ill keep away from everyone else, alright." Qrow replied guilt drenching his words, Akame said nothing but turned and walked away slamming the door behind her causing the table to bounce and the bottle to fall off shattering on the floor, Qrow just sighed and left the room to search for more eventually making his way to the training field finding Bulat and Leone fighting.
Leone rushed forward punching at Bulats under guarded stomach and legs he blocks and jumps back counterattacking with his spear grazing her gut after the spear passes in front of her she quickly dashes into his guard attacking again Bulat brings his spear back and guards waiting for the opportunity to counterattack when he sees an opening he stabs forward and surprisingly accidentally lets go of the spear sending it flying directly at Qrow who grabs Harbinger and blocks the spear and sending it to the ground. They both stop fighting and unequipped their Teigu rushing over to make sure hes fine
"Whoa, sorry Qrow I thought I had a better hold on my spear then I thought." Bulat said apologetically
"Yeah, he usually never lets go of that thing when hes in combat, a bit of bad luck I suppose, no biggie though, right" Leone said astonished by the fact
"Yeah. Ill be going, need to find a drink anyway." Qrow spoke seemingly guilty about something until Leone had the most brilliantest idea ever.
"Qrow, we never saw how our fight played out, and sense we're already here why don't we settle the score." Leone said wanting to fight some more and Qrow being all depressed kinda brought her down too.
"No, that's not a good idea." Qrow replied still sounding guilty
"Come on a good old fight never hurt anyone! Or are you scared to get your ass kicked by a beautiful woman?" Leone persisted and insulted
"Fine, Fine, But if you end up losing an arm or a leg I'm not being held responsible when a pissed Akame comes looking for answers." Qrow replied, now typically he wouldn't mind sparing, but these guys don't have aura and that means they don't have a cheat code for death to suck on but if she was going to persist like a kid he'd treat her like one
Qrow stood at one end of the arena Leone on the other both ready to attack, Leone rushed forward clawing at Qrow whose aura takes the hit and punches her square in the nose breaking it and causing her to stumble back and fall to the ground holding it, a long string of obscenities spewing from her mouth, before getting up and attacking again this time Qrow blocked with harbinger causing Leone to grin hopping he'll get serious, only for the familiar sense of a broken nose to greet her again, and again, and again.
'I'm getting nowhere how is he so fast, and how does he hit so hard, ugh fine if hes to keep doing the same thing this should be predictable by now. I got him!' Leone thought
She rushed forward again attacking he blocks with harbinger she ducks under his punch grinning triumphantly going to counterattack only to freeze upon hearing the grinding of metal against metal and looking up to see the sword in front of her gone and two gun barrels pointed at her face... DAMN DIVERSE WEAPONARY.
"Give up?" Qrow asked smugly
"Yeah" Leone replied a bit embarrassed to have lost so brutally
"You got potential but you got to do less thinking with your fists, and more thinking with your head." Qrow continued pointing out said limbs
"welp, I've yet to run into an enemy that I cant beat to death! Apart for you, Akame, and boss but that doesn't count, cause you allies." Leone replied confidently
"There only needs to be one fuck up, and its all over. Just remember that regardless of what you think you can still die, and your still mortal, and in the end you'll die sooner or later."Qrow spoke somberly
"I guess your right but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it."Leone replied unfazed
"Oh by the way you'll be coming into the capital with me today so we can do some scouting on our targets, lucky you being seen with a beauty like me." Leone continued
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Upon entering the city Qrow didn't show it but he was taken aback by how repulsive it was, sure if you were unobservant or blind you couldn't see anything wrong with it, but thieves in every alleyway the vague stench of blood over everything and people seemingly on their way to death every which way, it was repulsive to say the least. Walking down the road with Leone they made their way to one of the nicer parts of town apparently their looking for a family that takes in country folks and tortures them to death for fun, the person who placed the hit on them also says that the guards were also guilty for covering it up so silver lining some people in this city have heart. Qrow was on a mission kind evidence that they are guilty which is easy when you can turn into a bird so after him and Leone split up he did just that when he was sure no one was around flying to the mansion which was surrounded with a large forest and fence he figured that if they wanted to hide torture chambers it'd be in there, it didn't take long to find a shed in the middle of the forest after landing and transforming back he tried the door and surprisingly found it unlock, lucky him, unlucky him he suddenly wished he had gotten drunk before this mission cause the mangled decaying corpses strewn about the whole shed was a lot for him to handle, but he did, he shut the door transforming and flying off to find Leone.
(o)
After a little while of flying he found her walking down the road a very large smile on her face, flying in front of her and down an alleyway before transforming back to normal.
"What was that all about?" She asked
"I had no other way to get your attention besides I got information on the targets. The statement from the guard was completely true they are guilty." Qrow paused for a moment "And now I need a drink."
"I got some money from so idiot from outside the capital if you want some spending cash." Leone said holding up a bag as soon as the words left her mouth Qrow had snatched the bag and began walking to the closest bar
"HEY! wait up, asshole!" Leone shouted after processing what had just happened.
(o)
Akame wasn't happy, actually she was absolutely horrified she had no idea where Qrow or Leone were and they had yet to report back in they were suppose to handle the job tonight but it seems like they had to wait until tomorrow because now they had to find those two she hoped they were alright Leone more so then Qrow but that doesn't matter right now they should have checked in hours ago. She heard a loud banging sound and the sound of wood snapping running out of the meeting room drawing Murasame ready to kill the intruder only to find Leone lying on the now broken door and Qrow stumping into the room from out side
"HEEeey, Raven you mind taken Leone here to bed she cant quite hold her drink all to well" Qrow slurred
"uhggg, Akame I think I'm gonna throw up... help." Leone slurred as well
Leone then vomited all over the floor before Akame could finish processing whats even going on
"Where were you two all night we had a mission tonight that requires everyone to be ready and here I thought that maybe you two got into trouble but no your both just DRUNK!" Akame shouted cool entirely lost for some reason.
"Look, Rav- Raven... did you get shorter, and cut your hair? Bah we can talk about your poor life choices later, right now though I think I hear Ruby and Yang so why don't you run off like you always do when it comes to commitment and bitch about it later, not like anyone will listen, anyway."Qrow snarked seemingly having this conversation before also Akame now had a lot more questions like who were Raven, Ruby, and Yang and why he was able to be more drunk and more functional then Leone, but in this state she would get no answers, swiftly knocking both out lying Leone in her bed and covering her with a blanked and throwing Qrow into his room, literally, before going to bed herself to prepare for her interrogation tomorrow.
(o)
Qrow woke up with a splitting headache on the ground and with minor back pain, yep, he pissed someone off, hopefully not Akame but he had the sneaking suspicion that he did, getting up activating his aura and walking out of his room he was greeted by a very angry Akame and a courage lacking Leone
"Oh, well good morning you two what brings you two here, at this time of day?" Qrow asked more so then said
"We are going to talk, and you will answer all the questions I ask. Understand." Akame spoke neutrally
"Alright then." Qrow replied gesturing into his room they walked past him but before he could slip out of the room Akame grabbed his collar and pulled him with her.
"Now then what do you to remember of last night." Akame asked blocking the door
"Oh we...no wait, OH me and Qrow went to... I cant remember a thing sorry Akame." Leone tried and failed no shame in giving up.
Qrow on the other hand didn't need to remember ALL of last night (not that he did) he just needed the end which he had
"Ah um, sorry about the front door missing the mission and calling you a bitch." Qrow apologized
"I doubt it will make it any better but we did learn of the families guilt we can strike tonight if everything goes as planed and celebrate with booze and answers if you'd like" Qrow continued
"Answers now. drinking later." Akame responded
"Right, right, what else do you want." Qrow asked
"Who is Raven, you mentioned her when we found you and last night."
"Raven is my sister but she left along time ago" Qrow replied reaching into his back pocket pulling out a picture and holding it out to her
Akame stared at the photo along with Leone many emotions cross Akames face but it finally settling on lament
"Who are the others" Leone asks
"STRQ. Summer Rose, on the far left, Taiyang Xiao Long, next to her, Raven Branwen, next to him, and then me. Current statuses KIA, retired, rouge, active. One of the most promising teams out of beacon academy and what I can only considered my family. Gone." Qrow replied depression obvious in his voice
"Who are Ruby and Yang?" Akame asked much lighter this time
"Ruby is Summers daughter, Yang is Ravens daughter, Summer died on a mission and raven ran away from responsibility, so Tai had to raise the kids on his own." Qrow responded sounding even more depressed
"alright, go get lunch we leave at sun down." Akame left without another word
a few moments later Leone did to leaving Qrow alone with his thoughts and alcohol, he grabbed the bottles he took from the kitchen when no one was there and uncorked it and started drinking again
Leone, Akame, and Mine ate more meat while Lubbock and Bulat cleaned the kitchen Leone was thinking on what Qrow had said about his previous team Akame doing the same both were drawn to the same conclusion, he blames himself for some reason, nether one could figure out why. Qrow, for all the information that he had given them was a complete mystery. For some reason Akame couldn't feel safe around him and ever sense he got to the base shes had great difficulty falling asleep like something is watching them but not visible, she didn't feel safe, especially around him, and it was getting to her.
(o)
Hours after sun down they moved silently through the capital getting closer and closer to their target, Qrow was already there in his bird form and confirmed that the whole family is involved and now all he had to do was wait for the rest of Night Raid to show up and then take out the stragglers, after about an hour of waiting they showed up and for one reason or another being very obvious about it he figured it was to attract the guards away so the people handling the targets could get them Sheele has the mother, Leone has the father, Akame has the daughter. Looking around from his perch he watched three guards get ripped to pieces, looking into the forest he saw the girl and another guard running off into the forest, realizing there's only one place for them to run, Qrow gets there first.
Landing on the roof of the shed and waiting for them to arrive, after a few moments of waiting they enter the clearing before freezing when a voice called out
"I found you, Aria" A boy shouted, Qrow wasn't happy he had hoped to only have to kill those two but if this kids here he might as well tie up lose ends to, transforming back and dropping down on the guard plunging Harbinger through his shoulder cutting the man in half causing the girl to scream and run for cover behind the boy, Qrow sighed and hoisted harbinger over his shoulder starring down the kid before speaking
"Look, kid you ain't a target so if you wouldn't mind getting out of the way I can finish up what little business I got here." the sentence seem to flow naturally from Qrows mouth which he hated but hoped the kid would listen
"I cant let you kill an innocent girl" the boy shouted
"Oh, don't worry kid. If I kill an innocent I'll give you the first shot, but that bitch is anything but Innocent, case in point, she went from hiding behind a jack off like him, to a jack off like you, shes a coward who hides behind people stronger the her self cause she cant find any other means of survival, so get out of the way." Qrow spoke snark dripping from his voice
"NEVER if I cant save one innocent girl then how the hell am I suppose to save my village" the boy shouted rushing forward
the boy swung at him Qrow blocked it and moved to the left of the boy swinging harbinger downward at the boy who dives out of the way swinging at Qrows legs, Qrow kicks the sword out of the boys hand sending it flying into the stone wall embedding it there
"That was almost sad. Sorry kid," Qrow brought harbinger up
"WAIT, hold on that kid payed for our drinks last night we kinda owe him." Leone shouted
"HEY, your those boobs from earlier!" the boy shouted
"Excellent descriptive skills kid, truly a form of art for you, but if you were buying then its only fair." Qrow spoke putting harbinger on his belt
"You told us not to kill an innocent girl, but can you say that after seeing this?" Leone walked up to the shed door and kicked it open "Take a look... this is the darkness of the Capital"she continued
Bodies strewn about the room all on various forms of torturer contraptions decaying corpses
"Where you think your going kid we still got one last target, and your it, so lets get this over with" Qrow spoke the both turned to see her trying to sneak away Qrow with his arm over her shoulder.
"But I suppose if your gonna die might as well have a drink first." Qrow said holding out his flask to her shes frozen in place for some reason this man was talking to her as though the scene before them wasn't there or happened.
"Why?" she asked
"I don't like killing kids so I figure might as well show some form of kindness first." Qrow replied
she took the flask took a massive gulp of the substance within and start violently coughing Qrow chuckled at that. A sword came out of practically nowhere slicing Arias gut open and killing her instantly, the boy from earlier had deliverer the blow.
"Clean kill, kid. Alright lets go." Qrow said reaching down and grabbing his flask off the ground and stalking way with his hands in his pockets
(o)
'Waiting for Leone and Qrow again, yep, this was probably going to be a problem.' Akame thought to herself waiting on top of a building with the rest of Night Raid, but Akames thoughts were interrupted when a crow flew very closely in front of her she looked at it as did everyone else for a few seconds before it cawed and flew off back towards base, a few seconds later Leone jumped up carrying a boy with green eyes and brown hair kicking and screaming... why.
Qrow returned to base alone and entered the kitchen to get another bottle of alcohol, when he heard a slash from behind him he turned quickly to see a red and black void greet him and a women stepped out of it, she had long black hair and piercing red eyes, Raven Branwen, his sister.
"Well brother, it seems you have found somewhere new, interesting." she spoke carefully looking around the kitchen before sitting down at the table
"What are you doing here raven, hell, how did you get here." Qrow replied coldly following her lead
"I came to give you some information on Salem's movements but it seems your in a whole different mess, what is this place anyway." Raven replied tying to sound concerned
"its a base for a group of people who are helping me out with my current predicament." Qrow replied careful not to reveal any information
"Well you could always ask me for help getting back." She replied
"yeah. I'd rather not be indebted to a bandit, especially you." Qrow shot
"It wouldn't be a debt just spending quality time with family." Raven spoke hints of hope in her voice (weird right)
"Well if you want quality time with family go see Yang I'm sure shed be more than happy to see you, she has been looking for quite a long time, about her whole life, I think." Qrow snarked raven sighed at that
"I've been keeping an eye on her for all those years." Raven reasoned
"Yeah, real great parenting sis, 10/10, mom of the year." Qrow snarked again
"Look, all I know is Salems' pawns are already in Beacon, its going to fall, and Ozpin will fail. Save your self while there's still time, Brother." Raven said rising from her seat opening a portal and walking threw just as the door opened and the rest of night raid walked in before it closed
"Dammit." Qrow mumbled to him self
"who was that Qrow" Akame questioned seemingly angry someone who can teleport knows their location
"That was Raven." Qrow said rising to his feet downing the whole bottle and grabbing another and sighing
"Why would you tell her about this place?" Akame questioned again
"I didn't her semblance allows her to open portals to people she links to and shes linked with me so eventually she was going to appear sooner or later so there's no real reason to be mad about this"
"I have to agree with Akame you should have told us." Lubbock spoke everyone else nodded in agreement
"Well, whats done is done no sense in crying over it now, what did you guys do with the kid, then." Qrow asked changing the subject
"Hes our newer recruit!" Leone spoke happily
"alright. Welp, I've had more family then I can stomach for one day I'll be off to bed then." Qrow spoke tiredly taking two more bottles with him.
Walking to his room, downing one bottle and leaning harbinger in the corner of the room before downing the third bottle and lying down in bed and falling asleep.
A/N Sweet chapter two done ill probably go back and due some editing and tweaking some things here and there but all in all I think it turned our relatively good. 1/2 (I'm catching up!)
Edit: Spacing