Chapter Thirty-Five

Boop Interrupted...

Alexis smiled as she watched her father step off the transport ship. She quickly walked over and called out, "Dad!" Ren smiled as he saw his daughter walking towards him. The road to his recovery had been slow due to the effects of being hooked to the Aura bomb for as long as he had been. But as he pulled his daughter into a tight hug, it was all worth it just for that moment.

"It's so good to see you," she said burying her face into his shoulder. "It's good to see you too," he said before letting her go so he could get a good look at her, "You look like your mother when she was your age." "Thanks dad," she said smiling, "Does mom know you're here?" He shook his head saying, "I actually thought I would come and surprise your two. But how did you find out I was coming?" "Coco told me when Hailey and I went to pick up the photos from that shoot," she said as they started walking towards the school, "Mom is going to freak when she sees you."

"Oh I don't doubt it," he said looking at her, "So, how's school?" "It's been great," she said smiling. They continued to talk about different things until she saw her mother talking to one of the students. "Hey, there's mom," she said pointing her out to her father. Ren didn't say a word as he walked over to his wife.

"If I catch you doing that again, I will break your legs," he heard her say once he was close enough. "I'm pretty sure a teacher breaking the legs of students is against the law," he said calmly. Nora looked to her right and gasped. "R-Ren?" she asked as she started to cry. "Hello Nora," he said with a gentle smile. Tears fell unchecked as she quickly walked over and hugged him.

He held her close as he buried his face in her hair. "I-I missed you so much," she stammered as she held her long lost love. "I missed you too," he said absently stroking her hair, "And you're still as beautiful as the last time I saw you." She pulled back slightly and looked into his eyes asking, "You're back for good this time, right? No more hospital?" "No more hospital," he said cupping her cheeks, "We can be a family again."

She smiled before kissing him with all the love she held for him. He started to return the kiss but broke it when they hear Alexis yell, "Oi! Get a room!" "Get over here," Nora said holding her hand out to their daughter. Alexis ran over and hugged her parents. "Welcome back, Mr. Lie," they heard someone say. They broke apart to find the headmaster standing a few feet away smiling.

"Headmaster Goodwitch," Ren said smiling as he wrapped an arm each around his wife and daughter, "It feels good to be back." "Then I hope you and the rest of your family enjoy the rest of the festival," Goodwitch commented, "I expect to see you back at work next week, Nora." "Aye, Aye sir," Nora said saluting the headmaster before the three walked away. "So, what do we do first?" Alexis asked. "I really don't care as long as we do it together," Nora said resting her head on her husband's shoulder.

"Then let's go get something to eat and talk," Ren said smiling, "I want to know what all has been going on with you two sense I saw you last." "I know mom started a prank war before you came up last," Alexis said smiling, "She also kept changing the subject before I could tell you about it." "Nora," Ren said looking at his wife. "Sorry Ren," Nora said with a slight blush, "But nobody got hurt." "You pranked Yang to the point my team got pulled in just to stop you two," Alexis said looking at her mother.

"Same old Nora," Ren said giving his wife a kiss, "How did they get you to stop?" "We fake her shaving Yang bald," Alexis said with a slight laugh, "I recorded the chaos that happened afterward." "I'm almost afraid to watch," Ren said with a slight laugh. "You can watch it later," Nora said smiling, "Right now, I'm hungry and I want to know where Hailey got that bear." "Mat probably won it for her," Alexis said as they walked over.

As they got closer, they could hear the sounds of an argument going on. "Not good," Alexis said with a sigh. As they got closer, they soon found that a young man about Matthew's age was in a shouting match with Crystal. "Say that again, I dare you," the wolf Faunus said as Winery tried to hold her back. "Can it, Crystal," Matthew said stepping between her and the person. "I suggest you keep your pet on lease," the man said sounding a little stuck up. Matthew grabbed the front of the person shirt and pulled him over so he was looking him in the eyes and said, "Call my cousin that again and I'll be the one ripping your head off."

"No. You won't," a man said walking up to the two. "Father, would you please tell this degenerate to gets his hands off me?" the young man asked. Matthew smiled a little and said, "Hey Uncle Qrow. So this is cousin Snowden, huh?" "Yeah it is, Mati. Now what did he do this time?" Qrow said with a sigh. "Captain numb nuts here decided to insult two members of my team," Matthew said coldly. "Don't call my father your uncle," Snowden said before getting smacked in the back of the head.

"Quit being a pain and apologize to your cousin's team, Snowden," Qrow said glaring at his son. Snowden's eyes widened as he looked at his father and stammered, "Y-y-you mean he's?" "You cousin," Qrow replied before looking at his nephew, "What did he say?" "He said he wanted to know who let livestock eat at the tables," Crystal growled. Qrow slowly glared at his son and said, "You are never staying at you grandfathers again."