Chapter 10
POV: Omniscient
Qrow opened his eyes and smiled at Ruby.
Qrow: Hey.
Tyrion disengaged and jumped back.
Tyrion: Qrow Branwen! A true huntsman has entered the fray.
Tyrion mock-bowed, and Qrow glanced back at Ruby.
Ruby: I don't know. This guy is weird.
Qrow: Look, pal, I don't know who you are, but I need you to leave my niece alone
Tyrion: I'm afraid that's not quite possible. My Queen has asked for this girl, and so take her, I must.
Ruby: Queen?
Qrow: Salem…
Ruby: Who?
Tyrion: Well, I think that's enough chat for now.
He crouched down, ready to take full advantage of all points of contact.
Qrow: Took the words right out of my-
He was cut off as Tyrion charged. Their movements were sporadic, with no clear pattern as they jumped around. It was now clear that Tyrion had been toying with team RRNJR during their fight. If he was capable of such speeds while fighting Qrow, he could have easily taken down all of them in an instant. Soon, Ren and Nora snapped to their senses, and jumped in to help Qrow. Immediately Tyrion was fighting all of them at once. At one point, Tyrion went for an overhand strike at Nora. Immediately, Qrow was there, blocking it.
Qrow: Stay back! Don't get near.
As they continued fighting, Ruby had an idea.
Ruby: Fine!
She quickly scrambled up the side of a building, and tried to aim at Tyrion. The only problem, was that they were moving everywhere as they fought. Then, it happened. One slip in his guard. The sword stuck into a wall across the courtyard. Tyrion walked up to Qrow. He was about to start talking, when a bullet went right in front of his face. He began swatting the bullets out of the air with his tail.
Tyrion: Wow, and to think tha- AGH
Qrow's fist met his face. Tyrion's mind couldn't decide whether to fight back in kind, or finish him off while he doesn't have a weapon. I mean, normally he likes to play with his prey, but Qrow is no ordinary fighter, and could become a problem if le-
Qrow grabbed his sword, still in the wall. Tyrion smiled. Immediately he was off. Qrow jumped over the first attack, and landed on his sword. He pulled a lever, causing his sword to shift up, and block Tyrion's back-handed slice. The shotgun was now revealed, and he promptly fired. The force of the blast launched him up the wall, and also dislodged his sword. He landed on the roof of the house, just made up of wood beams. Tyrion also jumped up, but stepped on a cracked plank, causing him to fall. Qrow took this opportunity to jump and get a powerful ground-pound on Tyrion, but the tail came out of the building and wrapped around his leg, dragging him in. Ruby's view was obscured, so she jumped back to ground. Suddenly, Qrow burst out the side of the building. His sword was ahead of him, and stuck into the ground. He went flying by it, and grabbed it, swinging himself around and back to his feet. His aura broke. Tyrion dashed out of the building and attacked Qrow once more. His aura also broke. While their weapons were locked, Ruby attacked Tyrion from behind. Without looking, he blocked it, and pushed her back.
Tyrion: Do you wish to be taken? Wish granted.
He pushed Qrow back for a second and dodged his next attack, making a dash straight for Ruby. Qrow moved and stood in his way. Tyrion reengaged, and Ruby once again attacked after he had already locked weapons with Qrow.
Qrow: Ruby! Stay out of this!
Ruby: This is my fight too!
Qrow: No, it's not that. It's-
Ruby was kicked back, but landed on her feet. The problem was where she landed. She heard rumbling and looked up. The overhang she had landed under shuddered, and fell. She braced. The impact never came. Qrow had, in an instant, cut through all of the logs.
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POV: Rocket
But he didn't see the next part coming. Luckily, I did. I blinked over, and deflected the faunus' tail which he had tried to hit Ruby with. I heard a gasp from behind me. The tail had changed course after I deflected it, and it hit Qrow. Time seemed to stop. No one knew what to do. I did.
Rocket: Petalburst!
The hours of training team attacks paid off, and we, in sync, scissored the man's tail off.
Tyrion: AGH! You… you…
He suddenly realized how outnumbered he was. Qrow wasn't badly injured, so he could still fight. Now Nora, Ren, and Jaune moved in between him and us.
Tyrion: You will pay.
And with that, he turned tail and ran. Qrow doubled over.
Ruby: Are you ok!?
Qrow: I'll live. He barely grazed me.
Nora: Who was that?!
Ren: And why were they after Ruby?
There was a moment of silence.
Ruby: Qrow… what's going on?
He breathed heavily for a few seconds, recovering.
Qrow: What's your favorite fairy tale?
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POV: Omniscient
As the group walked away, and ominous purple ooze dripped out of the disembodied tail. The troubles for team QRRNJR (The Q is silent) had only just begun.