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Bold is for attacks

Leona's POV

With Tyrian taken care of we all made a campfire to rest at for the night.

"Another Amazon is coming." I told Ruby "I'm sure she's close by."

"Really?" she smiled "Who is she, what is she like."

"Tarzana." I hummed "She's not like me if that's what you want to know."

"Back when we were young the three of us hunted together." Neo explained "She was the leader of our little troop."

"People used to say if Neo ever became Chieftain that me and Tarzana were going to be her bodyguards." I explained.

"But things change." Neo rubbed her throat "And we were separated."

"Just don't make her mad." I said "And you'll be fine."

"She sounds…interesting." Ruby laughed.

"Not making her mad will be hard though." Neo sighed.

"Who in the Sun Goddess name do you two think you're talking about?" some leaves rustled as a woman walked out.

"Tarzana!" Neo and I gasped.

Tarzana was tall, about Yang's height, skinny with little visible muscle under her slightly tanned skin which had tribal tattoos that ended in lightning bolt like zigzag marks, a mostly flat chest and long slender legs. She had long black hair that was tied into a braided ponytail and she was wearing a fur vest for a top, brown tanned leather pants and boots, strapped to her pants around the calves were two harnesses for her weapon, Heartstopper.

"You two morons were talking about me weren't you!" she yelled "We're on the cusp of reuniting and you go and badmouth me?!"

"We're sorry!" we shivered.

"You two have gotten lax since leaving home." She put her hands on her wide hips "This world of men has made you feeble. I watched you fight that man, in the past you could have handled him as children yet now you struggle and depend on a man for help!"

"It's not that bad." Ruby tried to get her to back "Hi nice to meet you I'm Ruby Leona's-EEP!"

Tarzana gave her a glare "You were jsut as foolish, running directly into battle while others were seeking to protect you."

"And don't think I didn't see you break the taboo, even more pathetic!" she snapped continuing her triad "You see Neopolitan, this is why the Sun Goddess punished you!"

"Wait if you're out here like us..." I hummed.

"You totally have the Bloodlust too don't you." Neo said.

"S-Shut up!" she pouted "Don't talk back like that!"

"Well it's nice to see you I guess." I shrugged.

"Yeah, we're back together again, the three of us." Neo smiled "TLN is back in action!"

"Umm ladies." Ren walked over "We were about to start."

"I don't take command from a man-oh wow." She coughed when she turned to look at him "I mean very well."

"Wow that wasn't subtle at all." I scoffed.

"What was that?" Tarzana growled "You certainly weren't insinuating I might have interests in a male outside of breeding purposes."

"Right got ya Captain." I said walking over to the campfire.

We sat around the fire with the others as Qrow took his seat and got ready to answer questions.

He's got a slight sweat, and his breathing looks labored…that poison is pumping.

Tarzana had already inserted herself into the group so of course she joined us. The talk was short, no one really chimed in when Qrow rambled on about Maidens and Magic, Neo didn't seem all that surprised so I took it to be the truth.

"So these Maidens, their powerful fighters who don't need dust to use magic?" Ruby asked.

"And there are four of them?" Nora clarified "Always?"

"If one dies someone else will get her power." I said.

"Always the last female they were thinking of." Tarzana laughed "As it should be."

I gave her a look.

"So that's what you were trying to do to Pyrrha." Jaune said "When the Tower fell, you were trying to turn her into one of them."

"Amber, the previous Fall Maiden, was attacked by Cinder and somehow managed to have some of her power stolen by that woman." Qrow said.

"Neopolitan?" Tarzana looked "Could you enlighten us more perhaps?"

"Hmm." Neo shrugged "That was…before I was close to her. You'd need to…ask Emerald or Mercury."

"We had to do something or the rest might have gone to her as well." Qrow said.

"So instead you messed with forces you barely understood and nearly broke reality." I noted.

"Typical." Tarzana hummed.

"We didn't force anything, everyone involved had a choice." He said.

"I'm…going for a walk." Jaune got up.

"Jaune-." Ruby started to stand up.

"Best to let him be." I told her before looking at Neo "Tyrian, what did he want with Ruby."

Neo cleared her scarred throat "Her…eyes, Salem want's the Silver Eyes. Cinder barely escaped now they want who wounded her."

"And that would be you?" Tarzana asked Ruby.

"I guess." Ruby frowned "I don't remember what happened, or how I did what I did."

"All the more reason to keep an eye on you." Qrow said "Make sure you're safe. Not just Ruby, all of you."

"Then why not just travel with us, why all the secret watching?" Ruby asked "that would have been way easier."

"Maybe he just wanted to make a dramatic entrance." I joked.

"Foolish man." Tarzana smirked "This is why we ignore your kind, even if someone like you make a good-I mean you're an idiot."

"You were bait." Jaune told her.

"It's…complicated." Qrow said.

"Will you stop messing around!" Jaune yelled "Ruby's being hunted, the Schools are under attack and all for what? Stop beating around the bush and just tell us the point of all this!"

"You're stressing me out." Qrow groaned "Take a seat."

Jaune, still half angry, took a seat on a log.

"You know not many people are super religious these days." Qrow closed his flask "There are dozens of Gods, the Amazon Sun Goddess, Faunus Gods and more to number the stars. But if you listen to Ozpin…two of them are actually real. The God of Light who found joy in creating life, and his younger brother the God of Darkness spent his time making destruction. The God of Light would make things in the day and at night, enraged at the others creations the God of Darkness would make things to destroy his brother's creations. They continued in a cycle until the younger brother created a being that shared his hatred of creation and love of destruction, he created Grimm. Knowing the feud had to end the older brother posed that they make one last creation together, a masterpiece they could both love, a thing that could create and destroy, it had knowledge to learn about its world and most important, the power to choose…they created man."

"Are you meaning to imply that the Sun Goddess is but a fabrication." Tarzana growled "Watch your tongue worm."

"She's real…I saw her." Neo rubbed her throat "She…burned me, she was real."

Qrow seemed to just ignore our side conversation, whether he knew more or just wasn't trying to piss off three Amazons I wasn't sure.

"The four gifts to mankind aren't just metaphorical, they're real." Qrow said "Knowledge, Creation, Destruction and Choice were given physical form and left with man. If someone were to collect all four they'd change the world, which is what our enemies want. The academies were created to make humanities protectors as well as guarding these relics. The schools are like a fortress, easily able to be defended and always filled with warriors."

"So again, you set us up to do someone else's work." I growled.

"Salem wants the relics." Qrow said "If she gets them it's not gonna end well."

"Say we believe you and there is some crazy strong evil behind this and not just some thugs." Jaune spoke up "Why don't people go after them."

"Shouldn't we be in a hurry to get to Haven?" Nora asked.

"Headmaster Lionheart saw what happened to Beacon, he'll be prepared." Qrow told her "He's not dumb, sides it takes time to mobilize forces like that, they didn't plan their attack on Beacon overnight. We keep this stuff a secret because if everyone knew than there'd be chaos."

"Lionheart…any relation?" Ruby asked me.

"Coincidence." I told her "Just like I doubt you related to ever person with the last name Rose."

"Look I get it, I had the same questions when I first learned this stuff." Qrow said "But Oz always put his foot down about not causing a panic. Salem is smart, she works in the shadows and has others do her work for her. She wants to divide us."

"Then what should we do?" Ruby asked.

"I don't really know." Qrow laughed "Oz has a lot of trust in the headmasters, given the way the other schools operate and that Cinder's crew claimed to be from Haven makes me confident that's the next target. So we'll go to the headmaster, haven't heard from him in a while, even before the last attack. It's late though, we should all get some sleep."

"I trust you Uncle Qrow." Ruby said "But why all the secrecy, why couldn't you have just traveled with us?"

"It's not about trust, it's just a long story." He sighed "Crows are considered bad luck you know, that's how I got my name, some people burst into rose petals, some absorb lightning or grow vines, make themselves look like someone else or turn nearly imperceptible…but some people are just born unlucky, and spread that bad luck everywhere they go. My Semblance isn't like most, it's not something I do it just is, always there if I want it or not, bringing misfortune…Bad Luck Charm, it's great when fighting an enemy but not so great around friends."

"You're just a real bundle of good feelings aren't you." Jaune said.

"I'm like this new edge on you blondie." I laughed.

"I'm taking a walk." Qrow headed out "Get to sleep."

"Nothing else to share mister?" Tarzana asked leaning on her hips.

"Nope…not tonight." He looked off at the trees.

"Let's get to sleep." Tarzana said "I'd wager we have a long couple days ahead of us, you all just finished a fight so I'll take first watch."

"Thanks." I walked passed her.

The Next Morning.

"It's as I thought." Neo coughed looking at Qrow when we woke up "The poison from Tyrian's tail is spreading."

"You were the medic on the team, can you make an antivenom." Tarzana asked.

"I have the tail but not…" she cleared her throat "Not without my tools."

"This is the map Captain." I handed Tarzana Jaune's scribbled on parchment.

"Neopolitan how much time do we have?" she asked.

"Till Sunset." She whispered "After that…"

"Alright we'll move through this mountain range and try and find supplies for the antivenom on the way." Tarzana said.

"Is it that bad?" Ruby asked.

"Don't worry." I rubbed her head "It'll be fine."

I'm not sure but Ruby's had a rough few days…

"Okay." She half smiled rubbing her wrists "I'm happy your back, I…missed you. It was kinda weird not having you take some of my blood."

"Yeah, I missed you too." I smiled.

"I mean I missed Weiss and Blake and Yang and stuff too!" she blushed.

"Oh yeah…me to." I laughed.

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