A/N Stylish being stylish (He's not. I really don't like stylish in any capacity.)
Qrow woke up to the sound of a voice and very rough movements back and forth
"Qrow wake up, gods damn your a moron!" Raven said shaking Qrow roughly
"Stop it! Why are you popping up so frequently, jeez." Qrow replied tiredly
"Well I'm sorry I sensed you were in danger." Raven replied putting her mask on
"That was never an issue for you in the past... wait what do you mean 'in danger'" Qrow started before quickly grabbing Harbinger "Raven, wanna help me kill some intruders?" Qrow grinned at her
"Brother, if anyone else asked, no. but I'll make an exception for you." Raven replied and they both quickly moved out of his room and down the hallway
"So how did you sense that we were in danger, nothing immediate happened?" Qrow asked as they made their way down to the second floor
"I simply stuck around after the last time we met and kept an eye on you lot." Raven lied as they ran down the second hallway
"Yeah, I don't believe you, but I don't give a damn as long as your here helpin'." Qrow said and kicking the door open "Alright there's still the forth floor you head up there and wake Mine up! And get her to the roof!" Qrow ordered running down stairs
"What about you brother?!" Raven asked running up stairs
"I got party goers to wake!" Qrow shouted back running down stairs
(o)
Running through the doors on the ground floor finding a load of BDSM solders
"Qrow, help!" Lubbock said running away from said solders
"Really... fine." Qrow deadpanned grabbing Harbinger off his belt and cutting through all the solders easily and sliding to a stop near Lubbock "Have you ever thought that you need a sword or something 'cause, those wires are only useful one on one. Or when your opponent is an idiot." Qrow snarked quickly turning to face a new person instantly recognizing her "Akame good timing... what are you wearing?"
"I didn't have time to change." Akame said looking a little embarrassed
"Despite being an enemy to you three, I stand in awe of your ability." A man flanked by two bodyguards said walking up to them
"Damn they got backup!" Lubbock exclaimed snapping himself out of his 'interest in the female body'
"Lubb, you do realize its three on three, right?" Qrow asked not really paying attention to the man
"YOU MAY CALL ME TOBY!" the now name Toby shouted attacking Akame who calmly started glowing red and in the blink of an eye, both he and his bodyguards were cut to ribbons before reaching them or striking distance.
"Holy hell!" Qrow nearly shouted moving over to Akame who violently started flickering before it faded "Kid, don't EVER do that again, within combat at least."
"I figured that out a few days after you left, I was going to ask you about it but I didn't get the chance." Akame said in a slightly pained voice
"That was a very poorly made Aura arc, its useful... but when done incorrectly, can do that. Its about as damaging to the producer as it is to the target if done wrong, I'll teach you how to do it properly later. Let's move." Qrow explained helping Akame to her feet
(o)
After getting Mine to the roof Raven move done to the ground to help Tatsumi with the cannon fodder, softly landing behind a large group of them drawing a fire blade cutting all of them to shreds in seconds and drawing the attention of everyone with the mass of screaming and burning bodies now behind her
"What the- Who are you?" Tatsumi cautiously asked preparing to fight
"Keep your eyes on your opponent, do not let your emotions interfere with judgment, and use your opponents strengths against them." Raven stated simply paying attention to neither of them
"That didn't answer my question." Tatsumi said but listened to her anyways and calmed himself from his rage
Tatsumi rushed forward, Kaku swung at him, Tatsumi slid under the strike and punched him in the knee causing him to drop to it, Kaku swing backwards at Tatsumi who dodged, then Kaku let the scissors go sending them flying into the distance and collapsing to the ground headless
"That was a warning for you as well, but it seems you didn't listen." Raven said sheathing Eclipse "I will say you do have skill but your still not the master of you body. If Qrow gets off his ass and puts some effort into it, he could train you to be an unstoppable warrior... but I doubt you'll live that long." Raven commented coldly
"So your Qrows sister than?" Tatsumi asked turning around finding no one there
"Tatsumi who are you talking to?" Mine asked running up next to him
"I thought Qrows sister was here, but she vanished, so what is that thing up there." Tatsumi replied pointing at an air manta
"Let me get a closer look." Mine paused and opened a compartment on the side of Pumpkin and held up a scouter "Oh it the boss! And she has reinforcements!" Mine exclaimed happily
"Man what great timing... AND IT COMPLETELY UNFAIR!" Tatsumis shouted in response
"Why?" Mine asked casually smiling a bit
"She gets to make her entrance on something cool like that, I also wanna ride something cool like that!" Tatsumi explained after finishing that statement a gunshot rang out and the both jumped
"Will you two pull yourselves together, whine about how unfair the world is later, kill a bunch of freaks now." Qrow said clicking Harbingers blade back into place smoke rising from the barrels, Akame now fully clothed and Lubbock stand beside him
"QROW YOU STOLE MY KILL!" Leone shouted in rage marching up to Qrow
"What are you talking about... hes still alive." Qrow said pointing at a finely dressed man writhing in pain and groaning
"NO WAY AM I TAKEING SLOPPY SECONDS!" Leone shouted still enraged not even looking back a the man
"Fine, have it your way." Qrow said walking over the the man and shooting him four more times "There, overkill."
"That doesn't make it better." Leone growled cracking her knuckles
"Qrow I think your also falling victim to the 'distraction' of battlefield conversation." Raven said walking up next to him
"Oh please, we use to have full blown arguments back during our time at Beacon." Qrow argued swinging Harbinger over his shoulder.
"While that maybe true, your being hypocritical." Raven said resting her hand on Eclipse as a large group of BDSM solders surrounded them
"So is that everyone?" Qrow asked readying Harbinger to transform
"Yes that seems to be everyone." Raven replied tightening her grip on Eclipse
Suddenly Everyone but Raven and Tatsumi collapsed to the ground
"It seems to be a poison in the air." Raven quickly deduced the sheath of Eclipse rotates and she draws a green blade and stabs it into the ground causing a violent wind storm to start swirling around them "There." Raven said afterwards
"mamks, mim." Qrow said muffled face planted into the ground
"I'm sorry brother, I can't hear you." Raven snarked smiling about that fact
"Muck, Mou!" Qrow Muffled again after a shock wave sends dust over him
"You are neither a duck nor a cow brother please use words." Raven snarked as though she was talking to a child grinning again
"UGGHHHH!" Qrow groaned before quickly rolling over "I hate you." Qrow said afterwards staring at the sky
"Well that's rude brother, I've been helping you better yourself, you should be thanking me." Raven snarked Qrow got to his feet
"Come on lets go kill who every thought it would be a good idea to piss off a Huntsmen." Qrow said glaring at Raven who rolls her eyes
"Take me with you!" Akame said from her spot on the ground struggling to get up
"Kid, activate your Aura it'll flush your system faster than normal, just don't do that with actual poison from what I know it speeds up the process." Qrow explained Akame nodded and activated her aura and after a few moments stood up smiling a little
"NOW, EXTERMINATE THE ENEMIES BEFORE YOU! SUSANOO!" Najenda shouted from the Air manta
"Understood." he said simply and drew his staff walking off into the crowd of BDSM solders doing just as ordered and brutally exterminating all of them, then the corpses all started exploding violently
"I think we should start moving, cause I don't wanna deal with whoever is attacking us anymore, they seem to be as the kids say these days... 'An asshole'." Qrow snarked stepping out of the way of an arm sent flying his way
"SUSANOO! THERE ARE ENEMIES HIDING IN THE WOODS TO THE SOUTHWEST, LEAVE NO SURVIVORS!" Najenda shouted again
"Understood!" Susanoo replied rushing off quickly towards the cliff side a few moments later a colossal monster grew from the same location
"So Qrow, I'm assuming you'll wanna use your scythe than?" Raven asked calmly "Because I can't really seem to see anything more effective."
"Yeah..." Qrow said grinning rolling his neck
"Wait you have a scythe too, how the hell are you hiding that!?" Leone asked from her prone position
Qrow held down the trigger of Harbinger which started to whine and click, the blade then splits into away from each other then fold upward extending into a serrated blade, just as a smooth red blade extends from the bottom of the blade the grip extended downward and upward bending backwards slightly before falling silent once more "Lets fuckin' go!" Qrow shouted and nearly vanished into thin air
"Well, that was loud. I hate that noise, jeez the boss doing it sucks enough, but him too... this sucks." Leone said sadly
"What the hell are you on about that was awesome! I want one!" Lubbock cheered
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Qrow, Raven, Akame, and Tatsumi all ran towards the colossal monster
"So why does Qrow have both a sword and a Scythe?" Tatsumi asked trying to keep up
"Because a scythe is good for groups and medium range, and a sword is good for close range and one on one." Raven explained slowing down to let Tatsumi keep up "That and when he uses his scythe, beasts like this are nothing."
"That and it looks badass!" Qrow shouted back to them
(o)
after emerging from the forest and arriving on the battlefield Akame and Tatsumi move around towards Susanoo, Raven and Qrow wait for an opening that they could use
"WHATS THIS!? MORE BUGS TO BE SQUASHED!" Stylish shouted reaching towards Akame and Tatsumi "LET ME CRUSH YOU!" they easily dodged the hand as Mine fired from the back of the manta knocking over Stylish bringing his attention away from the enemies near him
"HEY DOC.! WANNA SEE SOMETHING COOL?!" Qrow shouted resting Harbinger along his shoulders
"WHAT WAS THA-!" Stylish didn't have the opportunity to finish he just started screaming in pain as his arms were cut from his body.
"See. wasn't that cool?" Qrow asked standing next to what was left of Stylish's human body
"HOW DID YOU-" He was cut off again by Akame this time
"Eliminate!" Akame said calmly cutting him open
"I... I still wanted to... experiment on humans morr..." Were the final words to leave his mouth before his body collapsed dead.
"Well that's a poor choice of last words." Qrow said clicking the trigger for Harbinger again causing it to quickly collapse back to normal and placing it back on his belt "Thanks for the help Rae, I owe you one." Qrow turned to raven
"Think nothing of it, we are family after all." Raven replied holding her hand out towards him, Qrow looked at it and grinned quickly grabbing her hand and pulling her into a hug
"Qrow stop! I do not consent to this! STOP! STOP IT!" Raven starts shouting and waving her arms over her head unsure how to deal with this situation
"I don't really care." Qrow said before releasing her spinning her around and pushing her a bit causing her to stumble
"I hate you." Raven growled
"GASP! How rude sister, I've been helping you better yourself, you should be thanking me." Qrow quoted sarcastically placing his hand over his heart and wiping away an invisible tear
"Always a pleasure, brother." Raven said through clenched teeth before opening a portal and walking through it
"Come on, our base has been compromised, we have to move." Najenda shouted out the air manta landing near them Lubbock, Mine, Leone, and a still cloaked person on it
"That's all well and good, but who is she?" Qrow asked walking up to the manta gesturing to the still hooded person
"She is our newest member, Chelsea." Najenda replied "Now, get on."
"Yeah... I'll just follow behind don't want anyone falling off on accident, yeah." Qrow said walking off into the forest
"YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING!" Najenda shouted after him
"I'LL FIGURE IT OUT!" Qrow shouted back before disappearing into the forest
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After flying for some time they finally landed on the Margue Plateau Qrow hadn't been out this far, so instead of landing with everyone else he scouted out the area finding no humans within a 15 mile radius, figuring that they were here for that exact reason he took off back towards their landing site. Finding everyone still standing around Qrow quickly landed out of sight and transformed back to normal
"This was a good pick Najenda, there's no one for at least fifteen miles." Qrow complemented revealing himself
"Thank you, Margue Plateau is in the unexplored areas of the empire so it makes sense that no one would be around." Najenda replied shifting the bag on her back "Now I'll introduce the new members to everyone else, who wasn't around, earlier. This is..." Najenda began realizing Chelsea was gone from her spot looks to Qrow who points over to Akame
"Man, Akame your really cute now that I see you up close." Chelsea's voice came from Akames direction
"What are you doing... stop. Help! Help!" Akame said completely calmly doing nothing to stop her
"I'm Chelsea, lets all be friends, as fellow killers." Chelsea said happily "Here, you can have this." Chelsea finished holding out a lollipop to Akame, who quickly accepted it and Chelsea as well
"I don't get it, she doesn't look to be any more of a killer then Mine or the others." Tatsumi said scratching his head in confusion
"Yeah kid, that's the whole point." Qrow said smacking Tatsumi upside the head
"Qrow is right, she's completed as many objectives as Akame has." Najenda added "Also our other member is a Teigu on loan from the Revolutionary army. Speed of lightning, Susanoo." She added happily "Since hes an organic type that can move on his own there's almost no burden on the user, even as I am now I can use him." Susanoo quickly moved over to Tatsumi and tucked in a piece of his shirt
"Fixed." He simply said eyes continually darting over to Qrows cape
"I swear if you try to 'fix' my cape I will kill you myself." Qrow said a little killing intent radiating off of him "Also that whole 'speed of lightning' thing is bullshit." Qrow said looking over to Najenda
Najenda didn't replied she just calmly quickly reaching into her coat grabbing a cigarette and lighting it
"So what are his abilities, or is it just that hes strong in hand to hand." Leone asked sitting on a rock causing Najenda to grin
"Then let me show you. Prepare to be astonished! DO IT SUSANOO!" Najenda said pridefully
"Understood." Susanoo replied before rushing around doing chores and cooking food
"Well. I guess its pretty amazing, but... what exactly is this?" Lubbock said confused
"Hes just doing household chores but-" Tatsumi began before being cut off by Najenda
"THATS RIGHT! Susanoo is originally a Teigu created escorting VIPs! Along with his battle ability hes fully equipped with the skill to provide various household chores!" Najenda explained happily
"So they gave you a servant, cause you crippled?" Qrow asked cocking an eyebrow everyone had varies looks of shock
"Care to repeat that." Najenda growled clenching and unclenching her mechanically hand
"I've spend three weeks with Esdeath, your somewhere around a cocker spaniel when it comes to intimation with me now." Qrow said crossing his arms "But I guess that was kinda uncalled for... but hey hindsight is twenty twenty." Qrow tried apologizing or wasn't willing to put such effort forward
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Qrow left soon after that and continued to scout the surrounding areas killing all sorts of creatures relaxing near a lake he found calmly waiting for sleep to over take him, his mind drifted back to his 'dream'
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Summer walked him into beacons library to study he stopped paying attention to the math equations she was showing him and stared off into the now very interesting wall of the library
"Qrow are you even paying attention?" Yep that wall was extremely interesting with its blank nothingness "HEY BIRDBRAIN!" Summer shouted getting everyone's attention in the library including his "You promised you would pay attention, oh well I guess I lost that bet to raven then." Summer said false sadness in her voice
"What bet? Cause if you bet Rae in anything its probably the end of the world." Qrow said finally paying attention and looking a little concerned
"I knew that would get your attention, besides its not that bad." Summer happily said placing a book directly in front of him
"Ugggh but Math is boring, I don't even get why we need it." Qrow complained leaning back in his chair
"Well if you stop complaining than we may get somewhere." Summer complained herself
"I don't get why you wont just give up on me." Qrow muttered to himself quietly
"I will never give up on you... even if your not as concerned in academics as Tai is, you still need them." Summer lectured happily placing a hand on his and smiling a bright smile that could out shine the sun
"Pff we don't need academics were team STRQ." Qrow replied tearing his eyes from her face avoiding doing something he would regret
"Yeah and wouldn't that be a ridiculous end to the great team STRQ, disbanded because they were completely incapable of doing math." Summer joked sitting back "Now get off your lazy butt and do math."
"Fine, but you owe me." Qrow shot
"I owe you a good education. now get to work!" Summer ordered and Qrow followed it without question
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Qrow sighed and sat up from the memory covering his eyes suppressing tears quietly
"Who was Summer, to you?" Akame asked rapping her arms around his shoulders
"Summer was the best leader, and greatest friend I didn't even deserve having." Qrow said quietly before continuing "And I made the mistake of waiting to long to tell her... Its not really important. Just remember in a life like ours, if you got feelings for someone, tell them as soon as you can cause if you wait they will vanish forever." Qrow then got up causing her to release him and started walking away but paused when a hand grabbed his
"Do you mind training me for a while?" Akame asked rising to her feet
"Sure kid, why not." Qrow replied and they moved to a far more suitable location to act as a distraction from the past
Walking onto a clearing Qrow stopped and took a quick look around
"Yeah, this'll work, come here kid I'll show you how to do an aura arc right." Qrow said pulling Harbinger off his belt "Now watch closely cause while its a good technique it does put quite the stress on your Aura." Qrow lectured raising harbinger over his head it gains a thin layer of white Aura along the sharp of the blade and he brings it down quickly sending a solid arc cutting the ground and a tree in half "See, you don't wanna coat the whole blade in aura or else it will send invisible arcs everywhere hurting you and your enemy and that really sucks."
"I understand now what I was doing wrong." Akame said calmly and copies Qrows actions but her aura flares again "What? What did I do wrong?" Akame asked confused and a little concerned
"You didn't make it thin enough, like I said when you started it'll take time, so you should focus on getting thin lines of Aura first." Qrow Lectured crossing his arms "Most people never even get that far, so congrats your one in a million."
"I will be able to do this, I wont fail." Akame said to herself and went to try again
"Kid, you gotta cool it, determination is good and all but if you push yourself like that, you will eventually fail completely, 'sides we got a long while to train and get stronger. So take your time, and relax a bit." Qrow said "We can pick this up whenever. But for now lets work on increasing you control, cause I did see that you had to pause from time to time to reactivate your Aura. So lets fix that first." Qrow smiled after that as Akame nodded
"I'm ready to learn." Akame quickly said smiling a bit
"You really are a weird one, but I guess I can work with that level of enthusiasm." Qrow shrugged "Oh yeah! Wheres my flask?" Qrow asked looking to her
"Here." Akame blushed a bit and pulled it out of her coat pocket and held it out to him, who quickly took it surprised to find it full, polished, and greatly cared for.
"Thank you, Akame." Qrow thanked returning the flask to his coat pocket
"You did promise that you would come back, I'm very happy that you fulfilled that promise." Akame said neutrally smiling a little
"You know, you really gotta work on your emotions thing, cause the way your going now is very difficult to read." Qrow shot causing Akame to tilt her head in confusion before shrugging it off, they then spent the next few hours meditating and activating their Auras
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After sundown they returned to find a cabin which surprised Qrow
"Susanoo built this." Akame quickly explained hands in her pockets
"Well I guess hes useful for something, have a good night kid." Qrow said turning to walk away
"Where are you going?" Akame asked in confusion
"You lot deserve someplace to relax... I'd just ruin that." Qrow explained sadly
"Well I think leaving you out here all by yourself is just as bad." Akame retorted
"I'll be fine kid, don't worry yourself over me." Qrow tried to deter her, it failed she didn't say a word but she walked up to him and pulled him inside with her
"Qrow! Akame! Welcome back I was starting to get worried." Tatsumi said smiling at them from his spot on the couch
"Hey... yeah, I guess we kinda lost track of time." Qrow replied slowly, not really used to people worrying about him
"Qrow didn't want to come in cause hes scared that his semblance would put everyone on edge." Akame explained in confusion
"You know kid, I really need to teach you about people who aren't like us." Qrow said facepalming
"Well that's kind of you, considering us like that." Tatsumi said to Qrow
"I should also tell you, you'll be training with me from now on." Qrow said "I was going to give you a few days to settle in, but now that I think about it, we really need to get you stronger." Qrow finished
"What brought this up, not that I'm not grateful." Tatsumi asked seemingly perking up at the word training
"I made a promise... and I intend to keep it." Qrow replied walking towards the kitchen
"Bro... it was Bro right?" Tatsumi asked as Qrow walked past him
"Yeah." Was all Qrow said as he walked into the kitchen
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Entering the kitchen he found Mine failing to enjoy a meal and Chelsea causing that failure
"Alright kid, I think you managed to wind her up more than enough." Qrow said grabbing a bottle of alcohol
"Oh yeah, you were the guy who didn't ride with us, can you really turn into a bird?" Chelsea asked turning to him
"Yep, and now I gotta have a very long conversation with Najenda about certain things I'd prefer to keep secret, I figured she'd know what to tell and what not to tell." Qrow said growling that second half
"Oh well its not really believable considering you don't have a Teigu, but the fact that you got here at the same time as us, I gotta wonder what you are hiding." Chelsea said grinning at him
"Trust me kid, my story is a whole lot of not your business, so leave it be." Qrow replied taking a drink from the bottle "Where did we even get this, last I checked we left almost everything behind?" Qrow asked Mine
"Oh Susanoo made it." She answered enjoying the fact that Chelsea was now paying attention to Qrow
"Well, that's one of the few useful things that I found he can do." Qrow said taking another drink "Where is Najenda anyway ? I need to find something to make myself useful."
"Shes bathing right now with Leone." Chelsea answered
"Well I hope someone is watching Lubbock." Qrow said walking away connecting dots quickly
"Where are you going?" Mine asked narrowing her eyes in suspicion
"I still need to talk to Najenda, I see no reason to go talk with her now." Qrow said continuing out
"You disgusting pervert!" Mine nearly shouted throwing silverware at him he easily dodged it
"Hey, if you want some stories like that I got more then a few that end up with me in someones bed." Qrow said winking at her "Just a thought." he finished before quickly leaving to find Susanoo
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Qrow walked up the hill and then down towards where Susanoo said the spring was at, it wasn't that long of a walk but he didn't mind he was going to try and get a mission he wanted to be out of there as soon as possible, even if he made a promise they didn't deserve his luck. Before entering the spring area he checked to see if Lubbock was there... he was. Qrow then entered the spring area and calling out
"HEY, Najenda you here!" Rolling his eyes at the sounds of water moving
"Qrow what the hell are you doing here." Najenda said in restrained anger
"Well considering we got a new 'base' I was wondering if you want me to do any recon on targets or the such." Qrow elaborated crossing his arms
"Is that really the reason you came out here, or was it something else." Leones voice called from the same direction
"No, if I wanted to end up in someones bed it wouldn't be co-workers." Qrow said hoping his semblance would act soon cause staling like this was going to take a while
"Sounds like you got a story there, care to share?" Leone called again Qrow could tell she silently crawled out of the spring and was planing on attacking him for intruding
"Well I could... but I think you'd be more happy with something else." Qrow said trying to stall her attack a little longer
"Oh you know me so-" Leone was about to attack until she heard a snapping sound, then a yelp, and finally a splash
"Looks like Lubbock got really unlucky. Najenda, lets continue this later after you guys find somewhere to bury Lubbock, see ya." Qrow said turning on his heel and walking out of the spring hearing Lubbock cursing him and screaming.
Re-entering the cabin Qrow found the living room empty, lying down on the couch and closing his eyes wondering why he was sticking around he could leave and find somewhere else to sleep but here he was sleeping on the couch of a house that could collapse at any second due to his presence alone and yet he was still here for some reason, he couldn't figure out why.
A/N Finished now that that is done I can do exactly what I wanted to do... write the next chapter, I do not do much. (Part one of chapter nine)