*Phoenix steps into the room popping his fingers at several joints*
All right everyone, time to get started on this new chapter of RWBY Dragoon's.
Flarea: And oh man, a lot of information is gonna get dumped on us in this chapter.
Phoenix: Alright, people. Let's get things started.
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[Yang's P.O.V.]
"Dad, you can let go now." I said, patting my dad on the shoulder.
He had pulled Ruby off of my old uncle and had pulled her next to me in a bit of a crushing hug.
"Please...Can't... Breathe..." Ruby gasped.
"Tai, let them go, you're kinda killing them." Qrow said.
Dad's eye's went wide as he let go of us.
"Air!" Ruby cried out dramatically, "Oh sweet air never leave me again."
"What happened." Dad asked quickly, "Oz called and said there was an incident during your last mission. Are you and Ruby hurt in any way?"
"Dad, we're fine." I said, "At least... physically." I said looking at Ruby, who now looked at the ground blankly at the mention of 'Mission'.
"Oh no." Dad said running up to Ruby and pulling her into a softer hug, "Ruby, what happened."
"Can we get some introductions first?" Blake asked.
"Oh, yeah that would be nice." Dad said with a small chuckle, "Taiyang Xiao Long, Father of Ruby and Yang."
"Qrow Branwen. I'm the uncle of these two and a teacher at signal." Qrow said.
"Who is also a drunk old man." I said with a smirk, hoping to lift Ruby's spirit, which turned out successful as Ruby snickered.
"I'm standing right here Yang." Qrow said, "I'm not old."
Blake then slipped off of her bed and skirted around Zwei, and walked over to Dad and Qrow, "I'm Blake Belladonna, Yang's partner and... current Dragoon of Darkness."
"Damn, that story was actually true." Qrow grumbled, then he smirked, "Next time I see my sis she owes me some money."
Weiss was about to stand up when Zwei hopped into her lap, "I am-" She started.
"Weiss Schnee, Ruby's partner based on deduction, and current heiress to the SDC." Qrow droned.
"And current Dragoon of Water." Weiss added with a hint of irritation at getting interrupted.
Qrow looked at Weiss in surprise, "Really?" He asked, "Didn't see that one coming."
"Oh right, Dad, Uncle Qrow." I said, "Blake and Weiss aren't the only Dragoon's in this team." I then grabbed Ruby and pulled her into a headlock next to me, "Me and Ruby are the Dragoon's of Fire and Wind."
"Are you serious?" Dad asked.
"Yeah." Ruby said starting to get worried.
"That's incredible!" Dad shouted pulling us into another hug, "I can't believe the Fire Dragoon has returned to the family!"
Wait a second, returned to the family?
"Uh what do you mean by that Mr. Xiao Long?" Weiss asked.
"Call me Tai please." Dad said, "And, well this has been information passed down from generation to generation on my side of the family, and I was planning to tell you two this once you graduate Beacon, but I just can't hold it in now."
"What do you mean Dad?" Ruby asked.
"Ruby, Yang, our family is descended from the blood of Dart Feld." Tai said.
The room went silent at that.
"Wait a second, you mean to tell me that she's descended from the previous Dragoon of Fire!?" Weiss called out.
"Yep." Dad said, "It's why our family has always had a bit of an affinity for fire. Save for Ruby who took more after her mother."
"That is AWESOME!" I shouted.
This caused Blake to flinch, Zwei to jump, and Feyrbrand to tumble out of Ruby's bed and onto Weiss's bed.
"Hold the phone." Qrow said, then he pointed to Feyrbrand, "What the hell is that?"
"Err..." Ruby said, "I should probably explain our mission..."
[A few minutes later]
[Ruby's P.O.V.]
I sat on my bed as Qrow held Feyrbrand up to his face, Dad holding me close, I had already finished my story.
"This little guy is a dragon?" Qrow asked.
"Doesn't really look draconic does he?" Blake admitted.
"And Ruby doesn't look potentially dangerous." Qrow said.
"Hey!" I pouted.
"Okay, onto the next order of business." Dad said jumping off of my bed, pulling me down with him.
"And that would be?" Weiss asked.
"Fixing up these deathtraps you call bunkbeds." Dad said.
"Hey they've been holding!" Yang called.
"But for how much longer will they hold." Said a new, yet not so new voice coming from the now opened door.
"Look who it is." Qrow said sarcastically, "The Ice Queen has come to join the Ice Princess."
"Knock it off Qrow." Tai said as he saw Winter carrying a bag of several short wooden beams and planks.
"The old blonde is right, I'm here to make sure my sister is okay right now." Winter said placing the bag down, pulling out a hand drill, a drill bit for pre-drilling holes for screws, and a plank.
"And that means making sure these beds are stable." Dad said taking down my bed curtains, "Yang, Qrow, help me hold this. Ruby, untie the ropes."
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About thirty minutes, a lot of elbow grease, and a few stubbed toes later the bunkbeds now had wooden beams holding them at the same height they were before, with wooden planks screwed onto all four sides of the beams to keep them there and a few planks crossed in an X at the head and foot of each bed to provide stability.
I still don't see what was wrong with our design, it held so it was good.
At least Dad put my curtains back up.
"So." Yang said clapping her hands together, "Who's hungry?"
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The seven of us sat in the cafeteria eating the food we had grabbed as we listened to Uncle Qrow.
"Wait a second." Blake said stopping Qrow, "You're saying that the moment Mi- Taiyang, hung up his call to Professor Ozpin, he tried to run all the way to Beacon."
"Yep." Qrow said with a chuckle, "I caught him as he was running to the edge of Anima, I swear he looked like he was ready to swim all the way here."
"I wish our father was so fatherly." Winter said.
"Hey at least I didn't have to hide in a dufflebag." Dad said.
"Wait what?" I asked.
"Don't ask ple-" Qrow started.
"Ooh Qrow~ Where are you darling!~" A woman's voice called.
"Oh shit." Qrow said quietly before he suddenly turned into a small Qrow and flew and dove into the bag Winter had brought with her, which she apparently had her lunch in.
"Uhhhhh." All of us but Tai said in confusion.
"Excuse me." A woman said walking up to us.
The woman looked to be just a slight bit younger than Qrow, and had clearly taken the years well, she had platinum hair bound into a ponytail at the base of her hairline, and bright blue eyes.
She wore a blue single piece suit that had a large section of it cut out, revealing her belly button and a fair amount of her chest before it suddenly closed up around her neck, as well as a pair of silver gloves and high heels.
At each side of her hip was a blade that had a grip similar to that of a tonfa.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"Yes I'm looking for someone, tall, greying hair, red eyes, stubble on his face, wears a tattered cloak. Have you seen him?" The woman asked.
"He went that way." Blake said pointing to the back door of the cafeteria.
"Thanks." The woman said, before rushing out the door.
A few minutes passed before Qrow peaked his avian head of Winter's back before he went back to his seat and returned to his normal self, "I can't believe she followed me all the way here." Qrow groaned, "How did she know?"
"Uh, Uncle Qrow, who was that?" I asked.
"Sylpha Anhinga." Qrow groaned, "A Wingly girl that claims she's a traveling singer."
"And don't forget, she's your stalker." Tai said.
"What!?" I cried out.
"Flirting come back to bite you in the ass?" Winter said with a smirk.
"No Ice Queen," Qrow said reaching for his flask and taking a sip of the alcohol inside, "Saved her from a Beringal a couple years back and next thing I know that girl is hounding me."
Weiss poked me in the side to grab my attention and whispered something into my ear.
"Ruby, that girl stalking your uncle is a Wingly." Weiss urged.
"Really?" I whispered back.
"If there is one race I know better that Human's it's Winglys." Weiss said.
"Oh boy." I said returning to Qrow's talking.
"At least she lay's off me when I'm at Signal." Qrow grumbled.
"Hey I know what might cheer you up." Yang said, "A good fight, and I have an idea of who to fight."
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"She's crazy." Winter said as she, my Team, Team JNPR (Who was introduced to Dad and Qrow) sat in the arena while Dad was barely in his seat next to me.
Yang's brilliant idea was to fight Dart.
I'm agreeing with Winter on this one, Yang's crazy.
Qrow stood as the referee for the match as Yang threw a few mock punches to warm up, "You ready fire cracker?" Qrow asked.
"Oh yeah." Yang said, causing the Dragoon Spirit to glow.
Dart stood opposite of Yang when the glow dies down.
Dart was rather tall, he had spiky blonde hair held upward slightly by a red headband that almost covered his eyes, he wore red heavly looking armor on his chest, but his right arm was bare of armor save for a single gauntlet, he wore deep blue jean held by a single belt and red knee armor and a pair of simple leather boots. in his hand was a simple bastard sword.
"So." Dart said, "Your ready to fight me?"
"Never know until I try." Yang said raising her arms.
"That's true." Dart said lifting his sword into a 2 handed grip pointing the blade upward.
"Let's go." Yang said running forward starting the match.
[OST- Legend of Dragoon: Boss theme]
When Yang got near Dart, the swordsman sidestepped the punch and slashed Yang in the lower back, causing her to stumble.
"You're going to have to do better than that Yang." Dart said, lifting his sword and slashing down in a downward left diagonal, followed by a kick and then an upward slash "Burning Rush!"
"This isn't making me feel better." Tai said.
"Take this!" Yang shouted spinning around quickly and punching Dart in the gut before backflipping into the air with a double footed kick, she then slammed both her fists on Dart's head, then kicked off his chest, landing in a crouch.
"Haschel's Summon Four Gods combo." Nora said recalling getting hit by that.
Dart recovered quickly and slashed at Yang, knocking her back, then started to slash several more times, although Yang managed to block several of the slashes until she countered Dart, throwing a haymaker at his chest, knocking him back a fair distance.
"You gotta do better than that gramps." Yang taunted.
"Well at least you know your heritage." Dart said with a smirk as he reaching into his pocket and hurled something toward Yang, all I could see was that it was sparkling, the object burst apart as it reached the area above Yang's head.
"What was that?" Yang asked confused.
Her question was answered when geysers of flame burst up around Yang, scorching her, "Gwah!" Yang shouted in shock and slight pain as more geysers began to burst up until all of them died away, leaving Yang looking a little worse for wear.
"I'm sorry I asked." Yang said as she straightened up, returning to her normal fighting position.
Dart smirked and dashed toward Yang again and slashed, only for Yang to grab his arm after the slash and throw him aside with a well placed kick.
"I said you gotta do better than..." Yang said her speech slowing as she saw something drift in front of her eyes, "That." Yang finished as she recognized what it was.
A single strand of her hair.
"Oh no." Dad and Qrow said, My team and JNPR's all gulped.
"Am I missing something here?" Winter asked.
"You..." Yang growled "YOU BASTARD!" Yang shouted in rage as he eyes turned red and her hair went up in flames.
Dart's reaction was simply to raise an eyebrow as Yang charged at him faster than before and slammed him in the face full force.
We in the stands literally felt the force of the punch from here.
"I think we can count ourselves one out of seven wins." Nora said proudly.
The dust from where Dart landed after Yang's punch cleared, and we saw Dart casually stand back up.
"What the-!?" Yang shouted, her anger half filling with shock.
"Not bad." Dart said, "But I'm tougher than you'd think." At the last word a red glow covered Dart as he conjured his Dragoon armor.
"I'm going to make you pay for damaging my hair!" Yang shouted conjuring her Dragoon armor.
The two charged forward, and Yang threw a punch as Dart slashed, both of them freezing at the end of the attack.
The two were still for a moment before a suit of Dragoon armor vanished...
Yang's.
With her armor gone and her stamina gone as well, Yang fell over, her punch aimed for Dart's head missed by the slightest of marks, only grazing his cheek.
[End OST]
"Yang!" Dad shouted in worry as he jumped out of the stand and grabbed Yang before she hit the floor, I jumped out of the stand after him, with Blake close behind me.
"Sorry, I went too far." Dart admitted reaching into his pocket and throwing another sparkling object into the air, those this one vanished instead of bursting.
A rain of sparkles fell onto Yang before they vanished in a small pushing burst.
"Ugh..." Yang groaned as she opened her eyes and sat up in Dad's arms, "I lost didn't I?" Yang groaned.
"You did." Dart said dispelling his armor, "But as one of your ancestors I'd have to say that you fought well, and I'm proud of you for that."
"I think..." Yang said, "I just want to sleep this off." and with that Yang fell asleep, snoring loudly. This is also when Dart's spirit vanished.
"I'll take her back to the dorm." Blake said picking up Yang bridal style, "You and Qrow might want to ask Ozpin about lodgings."
"That's a good idea, I plan to stick around for a while." Qrow said reaching for his flask.
That's when the doors to the arena flew open.
"I found you Qrowwie!" Sylpha declared as her wings were well in view.
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Alright folks, that's the chapter.
As for the next one...
I think Teams RWBY and JNPR deserve a vacation don't you?