First, I'd like to give a thank you to a Guest Reviewer that pointed out a rather significant typo last chapter. I meant to say Yang had recently turned eighteen, not nineteen. I have since corrected the typo.

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Chapter 3

Yang stood in the small clearing not far from the house. Rapidly, she went through the training katas that she had learned long ago from her father. These katas were the basis of her fighting style.

And until Harry came along, she didn't know if she'd ever be able to do them again.

She still wasn't sure how to feel about everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours.

Getting drunk had clearly not been her greatest idea ever. And Harry seemed nice enough, personality wise, and his looks were certainly sexy, even if he was a little on the thin side. But she had just met the boy, and found herself bound to him magically. She wasn't exactly thrilled about that.

In fact, about the only thing she was sure of was that she loved her new arm. It was mostly the fact that she had an arm again she loved, especially since she had thought she'd have to see about getting a prosthetic that she could never feel through. And while the arm apparently had several advantages over her flesh and blood arm, she was most thrilled with the fact she could feel though it.

Didn't mean she wouldn't trade it in for her flesh and blood arm back again, but it was leagues better then what she thought she would have to make do with.

But even with her new arm, Yang had to admit to herself that she still wasn't one-hundred percent. Her reaction to Harry saying he was from a different world forced her to admit that. When he said he was from a different world, at first she thought he was trying to make a joke...and as much as she liked jokes and puns, that he would joke about not knowing about Vale or the Fall of Beacon had pissed her off.

Luckily she hadn't attacked him. But it had still forced her to confront the fact that she clearly was still dealing with issues herself from what had happened.

After Harry had explained his story...Yang believed him. She wasn't sure her father did, despite his rather apparent heart-on-sleeve attitude, her father was remarkably good at hiding how he felt, at least since Summer died and Yang's ill fated attempt to find Raven with Ruby. She suspected that was because her father had trained himself to hide how he felt since his apparent depression afterward had caused her to put both her and her sister in such danger.

But Harry's tale was just...so fantastic it couldn't be made up, especially when Harry's thinness, and scars lent credence and proof to his story.

Though the idea of meeting Death was...creepy to say the least.

"Not bad, but you're a little rusty."

Yang turned to see her father watching her with a grin. Turning back to her katas, she admitted, "I know."

"Experimenting with your new arm?"

"Yeah," Yang said, executing a punch kick combo.

"Think you're up for a spar?"

Yang hesitated in her movements. Shaking her head, she admitted, "Not yet, I'm not sure about the limits of this arm yet." She continued her exercises.

Her father silently watched her practice for several minutes. When she stopped to take a break, she turned to face him...and was surprised to find him smiling.

"Your not still mad about...everything?" she commented.

Taiyang chuckled lightly. "Oh don't get me wrong, I'm still plenty angry. But what good is it for me to focus on it. Besides, it's good to see you practicing again."

Yang walked over to where she was keeping a water bottle. Picking it up and taking a deep drink. Wiping her lips clean, she said, "It feels good to practice again." She paused for a minute before asking, "What do you think of Harry? Of his story that he's from a different world?"

Her father shrugged. "I don't know about meeting Death, but I'm inclined to believe him." Grinning he explained, "There's magic in our own family. Ruby, Qrow, Summer, Raven." He chuckled lightly. "You and I are about the only two without it, and I'm not sure you don't have it if I'm honest."

"What do you mean?"

"Qrow and Raven had to learn to change into birds. They explained to Summer and I back when we were still in Beacon. It's a long process, and requires a level of mental discipline, and that's about all I know about it. Considering your mother is able to change, there's a chance you could. But Raven obviously hasn't been around to teach you, and when I asked Qrow, he mentioned you had never expressed an interest in it, so he didn't think you'd be interested. You know how your uncle is, the only reason he took the time to train Ruby is that she begged to learn to use a scythe." With a grin, her father admitted, "He never could say no to the two of you."

Yang hesitated a moment, before admitting, "He told me where Mom is."

"I know," her father sighed. "I asked him not to you know, but he told me. Said you had a right to know, and that you asked."

"Don't worry Dad, I'm not going looking for her yet." She looked down at her golden arm. "I'm not ready yet. And lets face it, even before this morning, a lot has happened recently."

"That's true."

The two stood in silence for a few moments before Taiyang said, "I guess I better head in and see how Harry's settling. I might take him into town to get some new clothes, he said transforming his wouldn't last long. Even if it did, he needs more than one set of clothes, even if he can magically change and clean them. And Qrow and I are too tall for him to borrow anything. Do you want to come with us?"

Yang shook her head. "I'm...I don't think I'm ready to be around too many people Dad." Her head fell down in a little shame. "When Harry said he didn't know about Beacon and Vale...I was ready to attack him. I think the only reason I didn't was that ritual between us. He said we couldn't intentionally hurt the other."

Her father frowned. With a sigh, he asked, "Can I trust you to stay out of Qrow's liquor?"

Yang groaned. "I don't think I'm ever going to drink again considering everything that happened."

Chuckling lightly, Taiyang assured her, "We shouldn't be long. And Yang...I love you."

Yang walked over and hugged the older man. "I love you too Dad, and I'm sorry I was so stupid yesterday."

"It'll be alright little dragon," her father assured her.

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Harry was grateful Taiyang had purchased him new clothes.

The young wizard was positive Taiyang wasn't his biggest fan, yet the elder man still purchased the clothes, since Harry didn't have the money. He also was allowing Harry to stay in his home.

More importantly, he didn't beat Harry to a bloody pulp after finding him in bed with his daughter.

Laying in the guest room, Harry finally had time to try and sort out everything that had happened. Aside from a brief few minutes when Taiyang went to check on Yang while she was outside, he hadn't let Harry out of his sight for more than a few minutes. Harry figured the older man was judging him, and frankly Harry didn't blame him. He had drunkenly bonded to the man's daughter after-all.

He hoped Death was happy, he certainly wasn't.

Without the stress of figuring out what the hell was going on, or the constant assessment from Taiyang, Harry was finally able to process everything that had happened since he was struck by Voldemort's killing curse. And it was beginning to hit the young man that he wouldn't ever see his friends again.

He didn't even know how many had died fighting Voldemort, or even if Voldemort had himself been defeated for good.

And now he was bonded, for life, to a girl who was essentially a stranger. Sure they'd interacted a bit today, but it had mostly been explanations and awkwardness. And while Yang was certainly attractive, she could give the supermodels back home a run for their money and she was only eighteen, Harry didn't really know anything about her.

He guessed he'd need to learn, but that didn't make his current situation easier.

Especially since the knowledge Death gave him of Remnant, which he'd tried going over was very basic. Harry knew there were four kingdoms, but not their names. He knew the creatures of grimm were soulless creatures that would hunt him and any other human down, that existed only to hunt humans. He knew there was a subspecies of humans here called faunus, who had animal like traits. And he knew Dust was a magical substitute for most of Earth's technology.

That was it. The basic of the basics. He certainly didn't know the faunus were often discriminated against. That Dust had many natural and man-made forms. That hunters and huntresses were humans that protected humanity from the grimm and other threats. He didn't know any of the recent history, or history in general, of the planet. The only reason he knew what he did now was the explanations from Taiyang and Yang.

He did admit that he found it interesting that Taiyang was a hunter himself, though he spent more time teaching than going on missions. He also found it interesting that Both his wives, and brother-in-law were hunters and huntresses' respectively, and that Yang and her little sister had been in training to follow in their family's footsteps. Though he had to wonder how Taiyang could allow one of his daughters, his youngest at that, to leave on some kind of quest, though he admitted that his brother-in-law was keeping an eye on her and her friends.

He also wondered what Ruby's reaction would be when she met him. Taiyang had mentioned she fought with a giant scythe/sniper-rifle...which was very large in the picture the elder man had shown him. He'd also mentioned that Ruby was actually very close to Yang. Harry was sure the man was trying to scare him...

...It may have worked a little.

Harry certainly didn't want the Xiao Long/Rose/Branwen family pissed at him, especially now that he was essentially married to Yang.

The only word he could think of to describe what was going on was quite simple.

This was a clusterfuck.

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Yang woke up to a wonderful smell.

Remembering, barely, the new house guest, Yang dressed before she left her room.

Walking down to the kitchen, she fully expected to find her father cooking. He was there, but to her surprise he was seated at the table, sipping coffee as he watched Harry cook.

"Morning," her father said with a smile.

Harry turned at the his voice, spotted her and repeated the greeting. He then turned back to the stove, focused on his cooking.

"How'd you sleep?" Taiyang asked, as she sat down.

The blonde girl sighed and rubbed her face. Quietly, so Harry wouldn't overhear, she admitted,"I had another nightmare." She didn't mention that she'd actually had several. But she must not have screamed out n her sleep, as neither her father nor Harry had woken her up.

Taiyang frowned, but before he could comment, Harry set down a plate of eggs, hash-browns, and bacon in front of the blondes, before grabbing a plate of his own.

Father and daughter were both taking their first bites as Harry sat down.

"Not bad," Taiyang commented. It'll be nice to have someone else that can cook besides me around here."

After taking another bite of her breakfast, Yang joked, "If you can cook other meals like this, I'll have to ride you like Bumblebee."

The choking sound of her father distracted her from the confused look on Harry's face.

After taking a drink of his coffee, her father begged, "Please Yang, not while I'm eating."

"What's Bumblebee?" Harry asked, clearly confused.

With a grin, Yang said, "I'll show you after we're done eating."

She'd take any excuse to show off her baby.

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I hope you enjoyed. I'm trying to show that Yang is, despite her new arm, still a bit damaged. But getting her arm back, after a fashion, was a big step towards healing, so she's behaving a bit more like her old self. But the damage is still there. I'm also trying not to rush the romance, as I want Yang and Harry to actually get to know one another before they fall in love.

That's not to say Yang isn't going to use the fact they are married, if not legally, to tease Harry and make bad jokes and puns. But I'm going to try and not have them just jump into a relationship because of the bond.

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