Chapter 26

Clark was standing on the deck of the ship watching the sun rise when he felt someone's presence.

"Sorry, couldn't sleep." Yang came up beside him and looped her arm with his. The false skin on her arm had been mended the night before.

They stood in silence for a while as the sun rose in the sky. Clark remembered the last time they had done this. They had been sitting on Calcifer's roof, they had a plan. Everything hadn't gone up in smoke at that point.

Yang held his hand and squeezed it tight.

"I'm going to have to go home now aren't I?" She said. "After all what else is there?" Clark knew what she meant. There was no threat hanging over their heads any more.

But at the same time… The moment she left, she was gone forever.

"Yang… I love you." He kissed her because it was all he could think to do. He couldn't ask her to stay and he couldn't go. Once the kiss was over he held her close.

"Not to interrupt the moment but there is something I want to talk to you two about." Both turned to see Emmet. The man looked a little grim. Delilah came and sat on the side of the boat.

"I really don't want to talk about Salem right now." Clark said, still holding Yang as close as possible.

"This isn't about her." Emmet looked at Delilah and back to Clark. "I have an option for you." No one spoke so Emmet continued. "Clark has already guessed this Miss Xiao Long but I am immortal. I have actually tied Delilah to my own life. We will live as long as the other does."

Clark looked between the pair. His eyes were wide as he turned the concept over in his mind.

"Could you…" Emmet shook his head.

"But I could teach you the spell. It may take a few years but…"

Clark's eyes went to Yang. She seemed to still be trying to digest what was just said.

"You'd be waiting for me." She finally spoke. "Remember, this is two thousand years Clark. I won't hold it against you if you just want to move on." But she didn't sound as if she liked the idea.

Clark kissed her again.

"Yang, this is a way I can be with you. I can wait, I doubt I will run out of things to do." He said it in the hopes of lightening the mood but Yang didn't seem convinced. "I mean it Yang. I am willing to wait for you… If you can accept that I might be a little older."

That seemed to shock her. Yang looked at Clark as if she was seeing him for the first time. The girl pulled away from him.

"Oh…" She said. "I… I should have totally worked that out before."

Clark wanted to ask what Yang was muttering about. She seemed too have had some sort of epiphany. The girl turned back to him before he could.

"You remember the year I'm from?" Clark nodded and said it for confirmation. "It's New Year's Eve the day I got sent here. You better be there when I get back."

Clark smiled. That was when he remembered his mother's token. He pulled it from his pocket and went to hand it to Yang.

"No, keep it. It will remind you of me." She then gave him a cheeky smile. "And you have it in my time."

It took Clark a moment to understand what Yang had just said.

After all that implied she had met him in her… oh! Suddenly he knew what Yang's epiphany had been. He smiled and pulled her close again.

"I'll be there." He promised and kissed her again.

Emmet gave them a moment before he spoke.

"Now, I know it's sudden but it may be for the best to send Miss Xiao Long home. We need to get moving after all." Clark guessed the man was worried about people coming to investigate the tower.

He pulled Yang closer. Even though they now had a plan, he would still need to wait two thousand years to see her again. He wasn't willing to let go just like that.

"Umm…" Yang said. They all looked to her. "Look once I'm gone… I need you all to do something for me."

"Anything." The girl smiled at Clark's quick reply.

"Take care of Skitty." The little Faunus girl had been hiding in the doorway to the cabin but now Clark could see she was crying. "I mean it."

"Relax." Delilah was the first one to speak. "We will happily welcome her to our strange little family." She walked over to the girl and gave her a hug. She then whispered something in her ear.

Skitty ran over to the boy and Yang. It took Clark a moment to realise the reason she was standing there so awkwardly was because of him. He quickly pulled away and the girl wrapped her arms around Yang.

"I-I'm go… going to mis-miss you!" Skitty cried out. Yang pulled her close.

"I'm going to miss you too." She said as she started to cry. "But I got you the home I promised you." The way Skitty looked at Yang, Clark got the feeling that wasn't enough for her. Clark had a feeling Skitty and Yang were like him and… Salem. Siblings in all but blood.

Clark made a promise to himself to treat the girl as family and make sure she has everything she needed.

Once the good byes were over though there wasn't much else to do. They couldn't just keep procrastinating. Yang did have to leave and they needed to move off. Emmet really seemed to think that someone was going to come and investigate the tower.

Yang kissed him one last time as Emmet worked the spell.

"You better be there waiting Clark!" She hesitated "I love you."

He recited the date to her as she disappeared just so she knew he remembered it.

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"Y-Yang!" She heard her name. Blinking she opened her eyes.

Her father was looking down at her. His blue eyes clearly worried. Looking out, Yang could see it was still night. The moon was shattered though and with surroundings that she hadn't seen in months.

It felt nostalgic.

She was home.

"Dad!" She called out wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Let's get you inside." The man said as he picked Yang up. It didn't seem to cause him any trouble.

He carried his daughter up to her room and placed her on her bed. He left to get some hot chocolate while Yang changed into different clothes. She didn't feel like pyjamas as she could see the first light of dawn. So she replaced her combat dress with an orange tank top and a pair of dark cargo pants.

She had to smile at the bumblebee that Ruby had added to the pants as a reference to her motorcycle.

It felt strange to be in pants again.

Yang was looking out her window when her father entered with a mug of hot chocolate.

"So…"

"Dad…" Yang turned to look at him. She took the mug and took a sip. She realised that all the things she had had in the other time that tasted like chocolate, had nothing on the real thing.

"What happened Yang? I came back and you were lying in the door way." He looked at her arms. "And well…"

"I don't know what to tell you." She said. "Honestly I'm still trying to… reorientate myself." She took a gulp of the drink.

They sat in silence for a while before her father patted her on the head.

"Why don't you get some rest then and… you know, when you're ready you can tell me." She gave a nod, eternally thankful to her father for giving her some time.

Once he left Yang finished the drink and lay down in the bed. She looked at her false arm. If it wasn't for the thing she would assume it was all a dream. But she really had gone two thousand years in the past.

She thought of Clark and she looked out the window. She was hoping he was out there waiting for her but he wasn't. Was it bad she was already missing him? Where was he?

Yang gave a sigh.

She decided she would sleep until it was about noon and then she would tell her dad everything. Hopefully he would take it all in his stride (but Yang wasn't holding her breath on that one.)

As for Clark?

Yang was going to wait till tomorrow morning.

If the man hadn't shown himself by then… Well she was going to look for him herself after all he should know not to keep her waiting!

She felt better for having a plan and closed her eyes. Within seconds she was asleep.

Note* If people have not noticed I added a new chapter to the story (chapter 13). This was due to upload shenanigans.

I just wanted to thank people for all the positive reception. I wasn't sure how people would react to this story with how prevalent other Yang pairings are.

This story was born out of a conversation I had with a friend about the strangest (but possible) RWBY pairings that could exist. OzpinxYang became the favourite. Partly because we started calling it Ozzy shipping and we love puns (for those who don't know green and gold are the Australian sports colours and Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi is a common Australian sports chant.).

The other reason was because the more we talked about it the more we realised they were actually very suited to one and other. The joke then became how did we justify this? I then wrote this and got another friend involved as an editor.

As to the question of a continuation… It is unlikely to happen at this point. This story was written to be cannon compliant with Volumes 1-3 and if I were to continue it… Well I would want to have a better idea of where the characters are and what they are doing. So I would probably be waiting for a few more volumes to come out, before doing any more with it.

But if someone else wants to mess around with the pairing or idea on their account, feel free.

And if people have any questions about the story (like where are Emmet and Delilah at this point/What happened to Howl/How does –something- work/etc) just leave a review with the question. I will add it to this note to avoid people getting spoiled.