As they pulled up to the Bullhead landing strip Joseph rubes Copper's head as he looks out the backseat window of his mother's car as he sees many Bullheads begin to land as flocks of other soon to be Beacon students start to line up. "I can't believe we're 15 minutes late," Scarlett said with a hand on her forehead covering her eyes in frustration as she leaned back into the front passenger seat.
"Hey, they said the highway was going to be mostly clear on the radio," Ruby said defending her actions sounding a little panicked.
"Oh come on Scarlett we've got more than enough time so it doesn't matter. Mom do you see uncle Tai and Min anywhere? They should be here by now," Joseph asks as he pulls out his scroll. As she pulled into a parking space Ruby stepped out of the car to look over the massive crowd of people as even more continued to arrive.
"I don't see them but just give me a second and I'll be right back," Ruby says as she disappears only leaving behind a few rose petals. Scarlett took a deep sighed.
"She knows we could have just called them right," Scarlett asks as she steps out of the car herself?
"You know mom, she'd rather take immediate action than think things through sometimes," Joseph says as he steps out of the back of the car with Copper and Sphinx right behind him. "Let's just grab our stuff from the trunk. I'm sure mom will be back any second now." As they both walk behind the car Joseph asked "did you at least remember to put Crimson Lily and Morte Preta in the trunk last night?"
"Of course I did. Mom made sure I left Crimson in the car last night when we got home and that I put Morte with it before I went to bed," Scarlett said with a slightly offended look on her face as she opened the trunk. Revealing both their packed bags and sleeping bags along with a medium sized red dust blaster with a multi colored dust cylinder in the center and a large black staff with a metal hexagon shaped box on the bottom.
"Well look at that you actually remembered to do something I asked, color me impressed," Joseph said as he put a hand on top of Scarlett's head and ruffled her hair laughing a little. He wasn't laughing for long however before he gasped for air and dropped to one knee after receiving a swift punch in the gut from Scarlett.
"Hahaha," Scarlett sarcastically laughed. "What have I told you about doing that," Scarlett rhetorical asked?
"Not to," Joseph said still trying to catch his breath. He slowly stood up using the car to support himself for a second. Scarlett smiled as she grabbed her bags and the red dust blaster as she walked back to the front of the car. Joseph took a deep breath and grabbed his own bags and the black staff. As he closed the trunk of the car he saw his mother had returned and was talking to Scarlett. "Hey mom did you find grandpa Tai and Min?"
"Yup here they come now," Ruby said as she waved one of her hands in the air. Joseph turned in the direction his mother was waving and saw his grandfather TaiYang wearing a black button up jacket with tan Cargo pants and his cousin Min wearing a brown leather jacket along with a yellow T-shirt with her mother's emblem in white on the left side and black jeans like his coming their way.
"Grandpa!," Scarlett shouted as she ran up to TaiYang giving him a massive bear hug.
"Whoa hey there sweetheart. Give grandpa a break, you're gonna break my back with that grip of yours." TaiYang said jokingly laughing as he embraced her hug. "You ready for Beacon? How's your training been going?"
"Great. I can stay completely invisible to people using my stealth semblance for around 40 minutes straight now."
"That's amazing sweetheart. How've you been doing Joseph?"
"Oh fine. I'm still a bit nervous but I'm also still really looking forward to starting. How about you Min, Is your mom coming to see you off," Joseph asked Min looking over at her as she stood next to their grandfather. Min took a deep sigh.
"No. she went out on a mission two days ago. She did call me this morning to wish me luck though. So there's that," Min said looking down towards the ground. Ruby walked over to her niece and gave the girl a hug.
"Hey Min you know your mom loves you more than anything right? Do you know how much she loves you," Ruby asked? Min looked at her aunt slightly confused along with just about everyone else.
"How much," Min half cautiously asked Ruby slightly raising an eyebrow at her aunt?
"So much she that she plans elaborate surprises for you." And just as Ruby finishes everyone hears the familiar sound of a certain someone's engine. Then out of nowhere a familiar orange, yellow, and red motorcycle pulled up to the group right next to Ruby's car. The long blonde haired rider then stepped off the bike wearing a helmet, black and yellow jacket with an orange tank top and brown cargo pants.
"Hi honey did you miss me," Yang asked as she removed her helmet?
"MOM!," Min yelled as she ran over to her mother giving her a hug. "I can't believe you're here. You're never back from a mission this soon."
"Well I didn't go on a regular mission like I usually do. This time I was only delivering a message to the leader of a nearby village," Yang said as she put her arm around Min's shoulder pulling her in close. "Did you really think I'd miss seeing my daughter off on her first day of Beacon? Also I wanted to pick these up and give them to you before you left," Yang said as she pulled five vials of dust.
"Are those…," Min started but couldn't finish out of shock?
"Yup. fresh off the presses the new Schnee multi round dust shotgun shell." Yang handed the vials over to Min as she started to tear up a little. She then lowered herself a bit so her lilac eyes met her daughter's own completely red one's on a eye to eye level. "You have no idea how happy and proud I was the day I heard you wanted to make your own shotgun gauntlets and make them your weapon of choice. I still remember the late nights you spent building Nova so you could get them just the way you wanted them."
As Yang wiped away a tear she continued. "I'm not worried about you like these worry warts over here are," Yang said as she pointed to Tai and Ruby. "Because I'm sure my little supernova's going to shine no matter where you go or what you do in your own way," Yang finished as she pulled Min in for one more hug. As she and Min separated and both wiped their eyes a little Yang clapped her hands together. "Now come on we don't want these little guys to be late,"she said as she walked over and playfully punched Joseph in his arm. Everyone grabbed their things and head for the now mostly filled Bullheads.
As they reached the kids assigned Bullhead's ramp the three young soon to be huntresses and huntsman in training stood opposite of their mother's and grandfather. Ruby started to tear up quickly as she ran over and hugged both Scarlett and Joseph as tight as she could. Until she heard them ask her nicely to loosen her grip so they could breath.
"I want you guys to call me every other day okay," Ruby said wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Yes mom," both Joseph and Scarlett said in unision.
"And don't forget to sharpen your weapons every day. And and….," Ruby stopped suddenly as both her children dropped their weapons and hugged her tightly.
"Don't worry so much mom. We know what to do," Scarlett said letting go of her mother and picking up her blaster clicking a button making it shift into it melle form of a black bladed kwan dao with Ruby's rose emblem on the blade.
"After all we learned from the best," Joseph said as he let go of Ruby and picked up his bo staff off the ground. He then tapped the bottom of his staff on the ground. A blade quickly came shooting out making the bow staff a scythe. "Don't worry mom we'll make you and dad proud." Ruby began to tear up again.
"Oh you guys. All you have to do to make us proud is be yourselfs. Me and your father have always been proud of you. And would have been just as proud of you if you had decided not to become a huntsman or huntress. No matter what remember that we will always be proud of you and your choices as long as you believe what you're doing is right. The only thing that could make this day any better was if your father were here right now."
TaiYang and Yang both put a hand on one of Ruby's shoulders. "Now you guys get on that Bullhead and remember no matter what."
"We love you," all three said in unison. Joseph and Scarlett switched their weapons back into their blaster and staff forms respectively and head aboard the Bullhead all three waving back at their family. "This reminds me of you girls first day. So how does it feel seeing them go," Taiyang asked as the kids Bullhead started to rise up and fly away?
"It's one of the hardest things I've ever done," Ruby said eyes slightly red.
"How did you handle it dad," Yang asked Tai?
"Well for the most part the same way you did. I knew you guys were going to be fine because of how I and Summer raised you." Just then both Ruby and Yang hug Tai from both sides. "Well mostly anyways. I still kinda worried about Yang because of her anger issues and Ruby because of how young she was."
"Seriously," they both said as both Ruby and Yang let go of TaiYang. All three of them then started walking back to Ruby's car.
"So Rubes," Yang asked looking over towards Ruby as they walked?
"Yeah Yang."
"Is Jaune still missing," Yang asked Ruby with a more serious expression now on her face?
To be continued...