So, fun fact, I was halfway through the manuscript for a much later chapter when the idea for this one came to me. It's a good partner chapter to 3, and it's a scenario I've always wanted to give my own take on. Note: in this canon, Yang wears her Atlesian prosthetic arm in most public scenarios to attract slightly less attention, and will just have the stub or her Aura arm at home or the like. I obviously used what we learned about Blake's family from Volume 4 to make this, so don't go calling me on continuity errors. This hasn't technically diverged from being a canon outcome yet. With that in mind, enjoy.

Disclaimer: RWBY and all its characters are created and owned by Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC.

"Now Yang, I know you're excited to meet my parents, but I really need you to make a good first impression. They already met Sun and... well you know how he has no filter on what he says. It didn't go well." Blake lectured as she and her fiancée walked through the streets of Menagerie to Villa Belladonna.

"Relax, babe." the blonde replied. "I'm sure you gave them a real flattering description of me already. And I mean, it's not like they don't know we're gettin' hitched!"

She looked over at her beloved kitty eared lover with a grin, and saw said ears pinned down in shame as Blake stared at the ground, a blush growing on her cheeks.

"Blake." Yang demanded, a bit worried now. "You did tell them we're engaged, right?"

The cat faunus blushed redder and whimpered out a nervous "N-no."

"WHAT?!" Yang yelled, lilac eyes wide, attracting a few people's attention.

"Yang, keep it down! We don't need to cause a scene." Blake begged, waving her hands to try and quiet the boisterous brawler. "Okay, no. My parents don't know. I didn't even tell them we're dating. I was hoping we could break the news in person, so they could get to know you themselves and see how amazing you are. All they know is that I'm visiting with my old partner from Beacon. They've only ever heard your name before from Sun, so please put up a good image to go with it?"

"I don't believe it. My own girlfriend, practically my wife, is embarrassed to tell her folks about me!" Yang said, putting the back of her hand up to her forehead as if she might faint. "You know I'm going to introduce myself as your girlfriend, right?" She added, grinning.

Blake face-palmed, managing to speak clearly past it. "Go right ahead, see how that goes. And no puns or innuendos for at least an hour. My dad takes lewd implications quite seriously."

"Ugh! Fine. And don't worry, I've got a plan for Daddydonna." Yang grinned, pointing to herself in an 'I got this' pose.

"Well, you better be prepared to use it. We're here." Blake grumbled as they reached the front steps of her house.

"Wow, I know you told me your dad's the chief of the island, but I didn't think you guys were livin' so large.", the golden haired girl gawked.

They climbed the stairs and reached the massive front doors, and Yang stood wide eyed at the cat shaped adornments. "WHOA! Look at the size of those knockers!"

This joke was met with only two sounds, very hard to distinguish from one another as they both happened at nearly the same time. The loud *CLANG* of the door knocker, and the more quiet *thump* of Blake's other hand hitting Yang atop her head.

"OOOWW! I'm just getting out all my jokes while I have the time!" The now bruising bruiser complained, rubbing the lump that was sure to form on her head.

"Fine, but that better be it." The raven-haired girl glared.

After a few moments, the door slowly opened to reveal Mr. Ghira Belladonna. He looked at the two young women before him and grinned as he recognized his daughter.

"Blake! It's so good to see you again! We were not sure when exactly you would arrive. How long has it been since you last visited?"

"H-hi dad. It's good to see you too. I think it's been two years now since I was home." Blake managed to look at him with a small smile, still a bit hesitant, unsure of how Yang would be received.

"Two years? Is that all? My god, it felt so much longer. Kali!" He yelled this last part over his shoulder, into the house. "Blake is here! And she's brought..."

He looked back at the new arrivals to see Yang putting an arm around Blake's waist. "another blonde." He growled, narrowing his eyes at her. Yang took the hint and stepped away, putting her hands behind her back, smiling innocently.

Mrs. Belladonna came running to the door, giving Blake a hug as soon as she reaches her.

"Oh, my baby, how are you? We've missed you so much!" She turned to look at Yang, who was looking back at her in as friendly a manner as she could. "And who is this? She's very pretty. Wait, don't tell me! This is one of your old teammates?"

Yang stepped forward, offering her left hand to shake Kali's.

"I'm Yang Xiao Long. I'm actually Blake's partner from Beacon Academy. It's an honor to finally meet the people who raised someone as amazing as her." the girl smiled politely.

Kali seemed quite pleased with the manners this new guest was displaying. Ghira was surprised by the sudden change in her mannerisms from what he had seen a moment ago, and Blake was shocked that her friend of these many years could manage to speak so eloquently.

"Well please, come in, both of you!" the Bellamama gestured. "Why don't we have some tea, and Miss Xiao Long can tell us a little bit about herself?"

Five minutes later, they are all sitting at the table with their tea:

My goodness, Mrs. Belladonna, this tea is wonderful. I've more frequently preferred coffee, but this may very well have converted me." Yang spoke cordially between sips of her drink, smiling very sweetly.

"Oh please, dear. You can call me Kali. Now, I believe I asked you to share a little about yourself?"

"Of course. I mean, there isn't a whole lot to say, aside from the coffee thing. I live on the island of Patch, a few miles of the coast of Vale. For most of my early childhood, it was just me, my dad, my uncle, my stepmother Summer Rose, and my half-sister Ruby. I don't treat her any differently than I would if we were fully related, and we are very close. Summer was the greatest mom either of us could have hoped for, balancing being a huntress and nurturing the two of us, not to mention she made amazing cookies. Looking back, she was so nice to me, even if I wasn't her own child, and the stories of all the good she did were what inspired Ruby to pursue a life as a huntress."

Yang paused, choosing her next words carefully. "Unfortunately, when Ruby was still a toddler, Summer disappeared while on a mission, and to this day we don't know what became of her. We assume she was overwhelmed and killed by Grimm. After that, my dad shut down emotionally, and it fell to me to be Ruby's maternal figure. Due to that, I suppose I've become rather overprotective of her."

A sad sort of half smile had been ghosting the blonde's face, but she shook her head and became cheerful once more. "But on the bright side, I'd say I did a pretty good job of it. She got admitted into Beacon 2 years early, and became the leader of our team. Not to mention, she recently got engaged to her girlfriend, our other teammate, Weiss Schnee."

The elder Belladonnas became visibly interested at this. Ghira spoke first. "Weiss Schnee? As in, Weiss Schnee, the heiress to the deplorable Schnee Dust company, whose working conditions and faunus employee treatment set equal rights back a century and were a major factor in the White Fang's more recent and… extreme tactics?"

"The very same, sir.", Yang nodded somberly. "I myself treated her pretty harshly at first, and admittedly she was rather stuck up and disrespectful, especially when she found out Blake was a former member of the Fang. But, she got over that viewpoint rather quickly and instead judged Blake on the merits of her person rather than her species. And, she eventually warmed up to the rest of us, and we got to know her as well. Her father treated her like trash, nothing more than a pawn for his own business ventures, a publicity fixture, and when things weren't going his way, even a punching bag. She actually hates her father's business methods, and wants nothing to do with the company. She came to Beacon to make a separate name for herself as a huntress rather than an heiress. Honestly, she's a true friend to us. She and Ruby deserve each other." Yang ended up smiling at them rather earnestly, and the two noticeably relaxed.

"Aside from that, I'm 20 years old, I like the band The Achieve Men, I'm told I have something of a temper, I'm very protective of my hair, and I consider myself to have a very good sense of humor."

"Well, that's all quite lovely, Yang. However, if you don't mind me asking, for all the praise you have given Summer, you haven't said anything about your own mother." Kali inquired, having no idea of the landmine she had just firmly placed her foot on.

"MOM! That's a… very sensitive topic for her." Blake yelled, equal parts embarrassed that her mother would ask such a thing, and fearful of how her temper-prone partner would react.

"No no, it's alright Blake. She asked a fair question. You see, Kali, my mother, Raven Branwen, abandoned my dad and I when I was too young to even remember. She broke my dad's heart and left without saying a word. I never even knew Summer wasn't my mom until she was presumed dead and whatever part of my dad's heart she had left intact was shattered by the loss of his second love. When that did happen, I took Ruby in a wagon to try and find my mom. We almost died to the Grimm, and had to be saved by my uncle Qrow, Raven's brother. I still hope to find her one day, just so I can knock her down and drag her sorry ass back home, tie her to a chair, and make her explain just why in the hell she left us without so much as a word."

Yang was making sure not to look directly at anyone at this point, not to keep them from seeing the anger in her eyes, but in the hopes that they wouldn't look further and see the sadness and insecurity deep within, the tears threatening to surface.

Kali was utterly distraught that she had brought up such a personal tragedy. "Yang, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I had no idea you had been through so much. Just know, if you ever need a place to call home, we will welcome you with open arms. Isn't that right, dear?" She asked this last part to her husband, who also seemed rather moved by the story, but still somewhat unimpressed.

"Yes, of course." he said, rather lacking in conviction.

"Oh, you really don't have to apologize, Kali." Yang said, inhaling sharply through her nose to try and clear the shakiness from her voice. "Honestly, it feels good just to be able to talk about it, I think it helps me come to terms with the whole thing."

Ghira suddenly cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the three women. "As tragic of a story as that is, there is still something about you that bothers me. You and Blake have been touching each other's hands this whole time, don't think I haven't noticed. Just what is the extent of your relationship with our daughter?"

"Well, that's very simple really. I'm deeply and truly in love with her, and we are engaged to be married."

Clearly this was not the response either parent had been expecting, and apparently Blake hadn't seen it coming either, as there was soon tea on the floor from her spit-take reaction.

"Blake, is this true?" Kali asked, shocked at this major revelation.

"Y-yes. We've been dating for months, and I want to marry her." Blake confirmed, holding up her hand to show the black and yellow ring, despite how terrified she was that she might be disowned for this.

"And what the hell makes you think you are good enough to so much as date our daughter?!" Papa Belladonna roared, stand up so he could glare at a now silent Yang from his full intimidating height.

She said nothing, instead reaching around to remove her prosthetic arm with a *click*, laying it on the table with a *thunk* that disturbed the now heavy silence filling the room. Kali and Ghira now stared agape at the detached limb, and the stone faced woman who had been wearing it.

"I lost my right arm in the Fall of Beacon. I lost it trying to protect your daughter when a faction of White Fang radicals attacked our school with waves of Grimm and reprogrammed Atlesian robot soldiers. I LOST. THIS ARM. Because I went into a blind rage and attacked Adam Taurus when I saw him stab Blake in the stomach, and every survival instinct that told me I could never beat him was replaced with NECESSITY to save the woman I loved! So, the bastard chopped of my arm with a single slash, and Blake ran away because she felt like I wouldn't be safe as long as he was gunning for her loved ones. That hurt most of all. Even after I told her how much my mom leaving haunts me, she went and did the same thing. But we've made our peace with that, because our love is stronger than that And when that happened, I learned to do this."

She now manifested her Aura arm, it's glow reflecting on the now awestruck adults. "My desire to love and care for her allowed me to channel my aura to do this, that is how deeply I care. And sure, losing my arm haunts me. Plenty of nights I wake up screaming because my nightmares force me to relive that pain, that helplessness. But I don't regret it. Not for one moment. I would lose the other one in a heartbeat if it meant your daughter was safe. I treasure her life far above my own, and there is nothing that I won't do for her. I love Blake, sir."

Ghira, to say the least, was taken aback. He had not expected such conviction from this girl. How was he to know she had been through all this. "Dammit," he groaned, letting himself smile a little. "I'm impressed. Alright, I suppose you two can date. But remember, Miss Xiao Long. If any harm should come to her, you will have to answer to me." He stared at her now with all the seriousness a concerned father can have.

"Sir, we're huntresses. Injuries are par for the course. But believe me, if she sustains anything serious, I won't even have to come to you, I would punish myself if I could have prevented her from being hurt." Yang stared back unfalteringly, before chuckling despite herself. "So then, can I call you guys mom and dad?"

A swift glare from both father and daughter wiped the smile off her face. "O-or would Kali and Ghira be acceptable?"

Kali was the only one still amused at this time. "I think that would be fine, Yang."

Yang seemed to bounce back at this. "Does that mean you'll come to the wedding?"

"Yang!" Blake was still a bit on edge. "I think they still need time to process us being a couple at all."

"No, it's alright. Just make sure to send us formal invitation, and we'll be there." Ghira interjected. He was definitely starting to warm up to his new soon to be daughter-in-law. I guess knowing she gave a limb for love will do that.

"So, we're cool then?" Yang looked at the bulky man, hoping she had cracked his tough exterior.

"Yes, we're cool." Ghira smiled. Maybe she really wasn't so bad. He was a bit overprotective, but she really did seem to care.

"Well then I would like to say, I see where Blake gets her exquisite beauty from. If you'll pardon my Vacuan, your wife is muy Kali-ente!" The blonde had reattached her prosthetic and now made finger guns, winking for good measure.

"I... alright, it's a compliment so I'll let it slide. Welcome to the family." Ghira gave in and opened his arms. The women all came in for a group hug.

'Mission Accomplished.' Yang thought.

Author's Note: So yeah, I hope y'all liked this. The next chapter will be Ruby and Weiss' wedding. Since those two are the main pair I will be focusing on for the most part, and it would be kinda repetitive to do their vows after all the speeches Blake and Yang have had about their love for each other, I will not be writing the Bumblebee wedding. Sorry.