Qrow flew as fast as he could. Ozpin was in trouble but he had higher priorities. Switching back to his human form and beginning to fall he checked his scroll. Shiro's aura was depleted but he was still alive.
Shifting back to his burd form he kept going. The cafeteria was close and he needed to hurry. Once he was inside the building he headed for the ground. He saw Shiro on his back with a short-haired woman standing over him.
She had a helmet on and a sword that was covered in blood. She was also standing over his wounded son. "GET AWAY FROM HIM" Qrow yelled as he fell from the sky on the woman. He brought his scythe down on her only for her to sidestep to the right.
Qrow moved to put himself between her and Shiro. Once he had done that he attacked. He and his weapon moved as one in an almost hypnotic display. The woman had some success in avoiding the attacks but Qrow wasn't trying to hit her.
She was backing up further and further. Right until she felt her legs bump into the remains of one of the tables. She hesitated and Qrow didn't. Using the long handle of his weapon he swept her foot lifting it and dumping her on her back laying across the table.
As he was doing this his scythe was transforming into his sword which was now chambered for a massive overhead swing. Crashing the blade down like an ax Qrow growled at the effort. The woman managed to roll away just in time to avoid the attack and this time she sprung to her feet and lept off the wreckage to kick Qrow in the face.
The blow staggered him and separated him from his weapon. This gave the woman a chance to attack, which she did. Swing her sword she tried to cut at his leg only for Qrow to step back and dodge the strike.
She returned with a swing at his side but Qrow surged forward getting inside the range of the sword. His right hand grabbed the woman's right wrist and his left grabbed a fistful of hair. As he pulled on the hair he kicked the back of her left foot thus taking her feet out from under her and sending her to the floor.
She dropped her sword in order to get her arm back. That way when she fell she was able to catch herself. She was also able to attempt to wrap her arms around one of Qrow's legs. When the imanari roll came Qrow killed it by dropping his weight on her stacking her onto her shoulders so that he could start throwing elbows at her.
This lasted until she used one of her legs to kick at Qrow making him back off. She rolled onto her feet as fast as she could and when she saw Qrow he was in an orthodox stance with his hands up his elbows out and his palms down.
The light bounce to his feet plus his stance said that he was a Kor Hada fighter. The art of Kor Hada came from the Mistrilian island of Kor Salor and it was very fond of using elbows, knees, and strikes from the clinch.
He moved forward and once he had reached her he threw out his left hand in a quick jab. When she used her right hand to parry the jab Qrow threw a left body switch kick that almost broke her aura. That combined the pain of an almost-liver-shot made her buckle slightly to her right. An opening Qrow took full advantage of smashing his left elbow into her armored face as his right arm under hooked her left.
She ducked her head down to avoid any elbows and used one her hands to block any knees only from Qrow to lift the underhook, framing off the left side of her helmet and then smashing his forehead into her armored jawline.
The unexpected blow rocked the woman and she had to stand back up to catch her balance. Once she did Qrow shoved her head up further as he swung his right elbow over her shoulder and down onto the back of her ear just wear the helmet ended.
It was like hitting a light switch she just went limp and crumpled to the floor. Qrow ran over to Shiro to see that he had dressed his own wounds and from the looks of it he would live. Qrow was looking his son over when he heard the woman from before starting to move.
Drawing his gun he was about to shoot when Shiro managed to saw. "Dad wait," Qrow did. That was the first time Shiro had called him dad in almost a decade. Something was wrong. Turning to his son he waited and Shiro said. " She saved me. If she hadn't fought them off I would be dead." by now the woman was gone so Qrow put away the weapon.
Shiro had managed to get to his feet and was limping over to a dead body he ripped the partially burned banner from the window and wrapped the body in it. With a grunt, he lifted the corpse in his arms and started for the docks.
He could smell the school burning around him and he knew that Ozpin was probably dead. That only left him with one question. "Where did it all go wrong?"