AN: Hey everyone, here is the next chapter. Thank you for all the support you have shown this series so far. This is it, the big meeting between mother and daughter. Regarding the main series, I wish the moment was handled differently. I don't think it was particularly bad, but I do think it was rush and forced in some areas. With this, I really wanted this to show the weight of Yang's quest leading her to this moment. As well as establishing Raven's character for this story. While not as bad as with Adam, I didn't like her character in the main series and wished she was a different character type. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.

Chapter 9 – Mother

Yang.

The sun had only risen a few hours ago, but it's light gleamed thought the blond brawler's hair like fire. She stood on a dirt road, looked ahead at an old wooden building with a pair of hatch doors. To her right was the King of Heroes, his arms crossed as he looked up at the sign to this establishment, The Walk Into. "A bar?" He said in slight confusion, "At this hour?"

Gilgamesh then looked to see Kintoki and Sisigou walking over, "It's the perfect place to go if you don't want other people to see you." The necromancer commented, "Except the bartender."

"Plus, it's probably five o'clock in one of the kingdoms," Kintoki added on with a grin. He then looked over to Yang, who focused on the door, "You okay?"

"Yeah," Yang responded as she exhaled, then turning to the two men, "Just, wait out here for me. Just in case things go sour." She then turned Gilgamesh, "Once I've talked with her. Then you can ask my mom that question." The blond brawler said with him smiling, giving her a single nod.

Yang then turned her attention to the bar, her eyes focused on the doors as she walked forward. Upon reaching the left side hatch, she peered inside the establishment first. The placed was near empty, not a soul at any of the tables. However, one customer was sitting near the middle of the counter. It was a woman with long black hair, the style matching the blond brawler's, but with a red bandanna on the back of her head. Her outfit, a red and black swordswoman's attire. Complete with red wrist armor and a black skirt with a black feather accessory to her right side. Her boots matched by black leggings, which went up to the upper thigh. On the counter to her right was a large Grimm mask. To her left, a black cylindrical container with a sheathed sword inside.

Yang's eyes widened as she froze, her left-hand trembling on the door. Gilgamesh watched for a second as he was about to walk up. However, Yang took a deep breath, exhaled, then walked into the bar alone. Gilgamesh ceased his movement and started to smile.

Now inside the bar, Yang walked over to the counter. She looked to the only other occupant to the bar, noticing the woman was drinking a Bloody Mary. Yang then turned to the young bartender, who had brown hair and mustache. His nametag read, Sonny, "Hey, can I get a strawberry sunrise?" She said, sitting to the right of the woman.

Sonny looked over to see the blond brawler, a look of confusion in his eyes, "How old are you girl?" he asked.

"Huh, I can't remember," Yang said before turning to the woman, "Do you remember how old I am, Mom?" She said before the woman's head turned. Staring at Yang with eyes of red, the woman's gaze like that of the bird high above a perch position. Waiting for the moment of fear in the prey before sweeping down with for the killed. However, Yang was unfazed. Rather, in the blink of her eyes, they changed to a matching red, "Or should I just call you Raven?" Yang asked as Raven's glare grew fiercer, but the blond brawler was not backing down.

Sonny started to back up, a look of dread in his eyes, "Uh, I'll just mix the drink anyway." He said before moving to the far end of the counter.

"Yang," Raven said as she closed her eyes, "Why did you try to look for me?" She said before turning back to her Blood Mary.

"Why wouldn't any child try to find their own mother?" Yang responded as Raven took a long sip of her beverage.

"Because they would realize how pointless such a task is." Raven said after finishing her sip, looking at the half-empty glass, "Yang, you should never have tried to find me." She then sighed before continuing, "What do you think will happen next?" She said with Yang not talking, rather slightly gritting her teeth, "I can tell what you want. The two of us walk out of here, head to Patch to see your father. He and I get back together, and you have a complete family again." Raven the glared back at her daughter, "That will never happen."

"He loved you," Yang responded, "He still loves you." She said clenched her fist, "Why did you leave us?" Her mind went back, reaching for the questions she dreaded, but had to ask, "Was it because of Summer?" the blond brawler said as a slight tear formed in the corner of her right eye, "Was it because of Ruby?"

Raven remained silent for a second as she looked at Yang, then closed her eyes, "No, it was not their fault." She said before turning back to her Bloody Mary, "If you wish to blame someone, put it on Qrow." Raven said with Yang's eyes widening, "He was the one who almost fooled me into thinking it was that easy. That I could just escape my life's purpose in some cabin in the woods." She said before picking up her glass, "He was the one who could not see things through to the end." Raven said before finishing off the rest of her Bloody Mary.

"So, what does that make me? A mistake!?" Yang shouted; her eyes glowing redder. As Raven placed the glass down, she glared back. However, she did not say a word to her daughter. Yang anger mixed with confusion for a moment. Until she realized the truth, her eyes turning back to lilac, as she had guessed what her mother's response would be already.

"As I said," Raven responded, "You should never have tried to find me. Now, just go home and live your life however you want." She then stood up from her seat, grabbing the steel container. She then looked over to see Yang looked down, unable to tell what her expression was, "We're done here." Raven then reached for her Grimm mask with her right hand.

However, Yang spawned her left Ember Celica gauntlet. She quick fired into the Grimm mask, destroying it before Raven could place her fingers around it. The shot continued to the back wall, shattering numerous bottles of whiskey. Sonny gasped in terror as he held the strawberry sunrise, "I still have one more question." Yang said before glaring at her mother, her eyes back to red, "What reason do you have for being in this region or the world?" The blond brawler spoke, her hair starting to glow.

Raven lowered her right hand as she glared back, "I am in search of power." She responded with a cold voice, "And to gain that power, I need to kill a certain woman." Raven said with Yang's eyes slightly widening, "Are you finished asking questions now?"

Yang spoke in an emotionless voice, "Yeah."

Outside the bar, the three guys waited near the motorcycles, "So," Kintoki spoke up, "How do you think it's going?" A second of silence later, Raven was flung out of the bar's door, taking one of the hatches off. She skidded on the ground by the souls of her boots before coming to a stop. She held the cylindrical case in front of her body, a fist-shape dent in the center with steam radiating off. The three guys watched as she lowered glared at the entrance of the bar.

With her glowing hair and red eyes, Yang punched off the other door hatch as exited the bar, "If that's why you're in Apocrypha," The blond brawler said before hitting her fist together, "Then, as a huntress, I have stop you from killing an innocent life!" She said a fiery aura radiated from her body. Back in the bar, Sonny trembled in terror as he hid behind to the counter.

Raven then adjusted her stance, placing her right hand on the handle of her sword, "So be it then." The bloody huntress said before unsheathing her sword, its crimson blade even longer than her height. She aimed the tip of the blade at her daughter, "Just how stronger have you become?"

Yang gritted her teeth before lunging at Raven. She reeled her right arm back as Ember Celica loaded another round. Raven twisted her blade as she went for a horizontal slash. Yang glanced to see the blade coming from her right, knowing she could not defend. However, she still clenched her fist to try to land her attack.

Raven remained focused, calling her daughter's bluff in this strike. At that moment, she then saw a yellow flash in the corner of the right eye. She said a golden spear heading toward her body at high speed. The bloody huntress ceased her slashed and leaped out of the way of the spear and Yang's punch. The spear crashed in the ground first, not hitting the blond brawler in her path. Yang's right first connected with the dirt, scorching the ground as it created a small divot. She then glared over to Raven, who landed back on the ground. Their red eyes looked, but only rage filled Yang's eyes.

Gil and the other guys walked over to the blond brawler, "So, this is your mother." Kintoki spoke up as he looked at Raven, "I can see the resemblance."

"What exactly happened in there," Sisigou asked Yang.

"Tell you later," Yang responded without taking her eyes off Raven, then pointing at her, "Right now, help me beat the crap out of her."

Gil stood to Yang's right, glancing at her face. In looking at her eyes, the King of Heroes saw her rage. However, he noticed the hints of tears in the corners of her gaze at her mother. Gilgamesh then spawned his tablet as glared at the bloody huntress, "Very well." He said as multiple vortexes spawned over his head.

Raven gritted her teeth as the odds, "Four against one. There's no way I could win at my current level." She then tightened her grip on her sword. However, she noticed someone behind the four, "What is he-"

Suddenly, a steel-rope lasso wrapped around Yang's neck. As she was about to react, the noose tightened, suffocating the blond brawler. Gilgamesh's eyes widened in horror before turning around in a rage. At the other end of the rope was a blond boy atop a horse, "Gotcha!" the kid outlaw said with the tip of his wide-rim hat, "YAW!" he said as he dug his sprees into the horse, causing the mount to take off at high speed. Yang was then harshly pulled dragging on her back by her neck.

"Yang!" Gilgamesh cried out as Sisigou pulled out his shotgun. He fired at the kid outlaw, the shot revealing itself at five fingers tracking to their target. However, the kid outlaw fastened the lasso to his saddle. He then pulled out a black and red revolver with his left hand. Fanning the hammer, his five shots hit the finger's dead-on, blasting them to pieces. The necromancer gritted his teeth as the kid outlaw smirked.

Yang tried to loosen the tension with both hands but struggled. While being dragged she glanced over to Raven. The blood huntress closed her eyes, lowering her head and weapon. a large red vortex appeared to behind raven as she turned around, attempting to walk in. Yang's eyes flared red as she pointed, "DON'T LET HER GET AWAY!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, the horse then turning the corner.

Suddenly, Raven heard the crackling of lightning to her left. She turned to see Kintoki attempting a roundhouse kick to the bloody huntress. However, Raven dashed right. She avoided the hit but gritted her teeth as the red vortex fading away, "You heard the lady." The golden rider said as he took a fighting stance. Raven glared back as she raised her sword again.

Gilgamesh spawned a yellow vortex, calling his Gilgilmachine MkII, "I'm going after Yang." he said to Sisigou as he got on the bike. The necromancer nodded before Gilgamesh took off, then turned his attention back to Raven.

As Gilgamesh continued his pursuit, he started to close in of the kid outlaw. To his left, the King of Heroes reached into a vortex to his Gate of Babylon. He pulled out a massive golden battle-ax, raising it over his head as he aimed for the steel rope.

However, the kid outlaw still had one bullet left in his weapon. He shot the front wheel of the Gilgilmachine MkII, exploding the tire. Gilgamesh was flung off his motorcycle before he could cut the rope. Yang watched as his body launched into the wall of a wooden building, "Gil!" Yang screamed before gritting her teeth. With her right hand, she grabbed the rope in a different spot. With her left, she punched the ground as hard as she could. Her fist dug into the soil a half a foot deep, towing the ground as the horse struggled to pull now. The kid outlaw pulled on the lasso but then gasped as Yang pulled back. With one tug of her right hand, she yanked the steel rope off the horse, pulling the kid outlaw off in the process.

He let go of the lasso before landing on the ground, turning back to see the horse continuing its strive down the road. The kid outlaw then looked back to see Yang pulling the steel rope off her neck, "Huh, and here I thought it was going to be too easy." He said with a smirk.

Yang gasped for air as she scowled at her new opponent, "You picked the wrong time to mess with me, brat!" She said as she stood up, assuming a fighting stance.

"Close, but my name is Billy. Billy the Kid." The kid outlaw said as he held his right hand a few inches away from his revolver, "And you are gonna make me one rich kid."

Suddenly, the two engaged in a silent standoff. Each waited for the other to make their move. Yang was the first to draw. She reeled back her left arm, her Ember Celica already loaded with a round ready to fire. However, at lighting speed, Billy opened the cartage of his revolver. He pulled out a speed reloader from his right side. After replenishing his weapon's ammo, the kid outlaw closed his weapon's cartage with the flick of his left wrist. He then instantly aimed with his right hand on the hammer of his revolver, fanning it three times. The first two shots landed into Yang's kneecaps. The third aimed at the blond bawler's left Ember Celica, particularly the exposed shotgun rounds in its chamber. The bullet piercing the shotgun round's before Yang could fire one off.

Yang's left Ember Celica exploded as she was flung in the recoil, "AAAAA!" She screamed in agony from the flesh of her arm being ripped off, exposing the bone. The lower half of her legs became unusable as she landed on her back. the blond brawler's eyes closed as she seemed to lose consciousness.

Billy smirked as he placed his right hand on his hip, the barrel of his weapons still smoking, "Wow, even with my reloading and giving you a head start," He said as he started to walk over, "I still won the duel." He then looked at Yang's destroyed kneecaps, then looked at his revolver, "Aura piercing rounds, perfect for making sure my opponent can't heal or shield themselves." He said as he reached behind his back, pulling out a second steel rope, "Now, I'll have to tighten the knot." He said before a look of confusion filled his eyes, "Huh?" he said as he looked to Yang's left arm, seeing the flesh rapidly heal to near perfect condition. He then looked at her kneecaps, his eyes widening as they already healed too, "What in the-" Suddenly, Yang opened her eyes and quickly fired a shotgun blast from her right Ember Celica. Billy barely dodged with a back dash, "How?" He said as Yang stood up, "No one heals that fast."

"Well, I do," Yang said as she rolled her left shoulder. The blond brawler then fired a backward blast with her right Ember Celica, launching her towards the kid outlaw.

Billy ducked as he avoided a left hook. Fanning the hammer, he quickly fired two shots into Yang's abdomen. The shots exited out her back, nearly avoiding her spine. Blood shot out from the wounds with even more blood coming out of her mouth. However, the bullet holes quickly healed over as Yang glared down at Billy. He gasped as she attempted a right uppercut, barely avoiding the hit with his chin feeling the heatwave, "No good, one punch and I'm out." Billy thought as he continued to dodge Yang's attacks, causing him to grit his teeth, "No way I can take her in alive." He said before Yang tired a left cross. However, Billy tilted his head out of the way. With the momentum, he aimed his revolver to the center of Yang's forehead. Her eyes still red as she glared down the barrel, which was only a few inches from her face.

Billy smirked as he fired his last shot. In his mind, he saw the bullet travel at slow motions as it traveled to Yang's head. However, intercepted the round was the head of a golden ax. The bullet smashed against the weapon, not a single shred touching the blond brawler. Billy's eyes widened in horror as he looked to his left, the direction the ax came from. There, he spotted Gilgamesh, her outfit slightly tattered, but a smug smirk in his eyes.

At that moment, Billy realized he took his eyes off Yang for a second as well. He looked back to see the blond brawler unleash a power gut-punch with her right fist. The kid outlaw's eyes turned white with pain, his ribs shattering like toothpicks. At the apex of punch, Yang's fired a round of her right Ember Celica at point-blank range. Billy was flung into the air, his weapon leaving his grasp, his hat falling off his head. A few meters away, he landed on his back, groaning in pain for a few seconds. The hat then softly landed on his unconscious face.

Yang's breathing was heavy, but her eyes still red. She then looked over to see Gilgamesh running over to her, "We need to get back." She said with him nodding, the two them running towards back to the battle that was interrupted, "I need to stop her!" Yang though with a focused gaze.

Raven.

Raven attempted a vertical downward slash towards Kintoki's head. However, the golden rider blocked with a left hand. around his fingers was a golden knuckleduster, which caught the blade. He then smirked as sparks of yellow electricity ran though the knuckleduster, traveled into the blade and then to Raven's right hand, "AAAAAA!" She screamed as the static shock over flowered her body. Kintoki then gut-punched her with his right hand. She skidded back a few feet before the pain subsided.

Raven then looked up to see that Kintoki had jumped, "Smash!" He shouted as he attempted an electrified dive kick. However, Raven dodged to her left as Kintoki's right foot crashed into the ground. He then looked over Raven, who was slightly gasping for air, "What's wrong, can't deal with a Heroic Spirit of Apocrypha?"

"Before coming here, I researched which individuals I would need to run from should I get into a fight." Raven said before sheathing her weapon, but glared at the golden rider, "You are not one of them." She said as rainbow lines in the side of the cylindrical container rotated. Raven made a quick horizontal slashed with the unsheathing of her sword. The blade now a light green as the slash cut through the air.

Kintoki gasped before jumping up, avoiding the razor wind slash. However, he looked to see Raven dash through a red vortex of hers. Suddenly, he felt an ominous pressure behind him. In the middle of his turn, Raven lunged out of a red vortex with a vertical downward slash. This time, the blade cut a few inches into Kintoki's back. He coughed blood before attempting a spin kick. Raven sheathed her sword before blocking the kick with her cylindrical scabbard. As she was launched away from the force of the kick, a red vortex appeared in her path. The bloody huntress fell into her vortex before it disappeared. Suddenly, Kintoki felt the same pressure from above now. He looked up to see Raven diving out her red vortex, unsheathing her sword with a quick slash. The golden rider blocked with his knuckleduster like before. However, the blade was now a pale white like snow. The blade then glowed, causing the metal of the knuckleduster to instantly freeze. Soon, the cold wave spread through Kintoki's left hand, having it turn blue with frostbite. Kintoki filched in pain as Raven spun her body, bashing her cylindrical scabbard into the golden rider's face.

Kintoki landed on his back as Raven landed on her feet. The golden rider gowned as he struggled to get up. As she walked over to him, the blood huntress then switched her blade back to red. She readied for the final strike, but then noticed something roll between them, "A heart?" She identified the item before hearing a small tick. Her eyes widened as the heart exploded into a cloud of purple smoke. She jumped back to avoid the smoke but noticed the smoke start to overcome her. Knowing a vortex would take the smoke with her, she sheathed her sword, then reached behind her head for the bandana. Raven muffled her mouth and nose as she ran out the distance of the smoke. In escaping the purple mist, she allowed herself to breathe again.

As the wind carried the rest of the smoke away, she discovered Kintoki's body was not where it once was. Instead, she discovered a trail of blood to an alleyway. She gritted her teeth as she followed the blood trail. In the alleyway, she discovered Sisigou dragging Kintoki to safety, "Carp, thought that would last longer." The necromancer said as he realized that was not true, as Raven pulled out her red sword.

Sisigou took out a black luger with rectangular cartage and opened fire. However, Raven simply defected the shots with her sword as she walked forward, "It's futile." Raven said before Sisigou smirked. He slightly lowered his aim, causing her to have a look of confusion. However, she then noticed what she was now next to, a red barrel.

Back in the bar, Sonny slightly raised his head over the counter. He didn't hear a sound, causing him to take a sigh of relief. Abruptly, the right wall of his establishment exploded. He screamed behind his counter as burning shards of woods flung through the air.

Outside the bar, Raven was flung back, skidding on the souls of her boots again. However, she then fell to one knee as her left arm was scorched, "Damnit, I got overconfident." She said before dropping her cylindrical scabbard. She then looked forward, seeing a wall of fire separating her from the two men. Sisigou reloaded his shotgun as Kintoki got back up, wobbling as he took a fighting stance. Raven girted her teeth before hearing some running towards her location. She turned to see Gilgamesh and Yang returning to the fight, "I need to retreat." Raven said before sheathing her sword, then holding the cylindrical scabbard in her right hand now.

Yang's eyes widened as Raven spawned another red vortex. The bloody huntress looked back at her daughter with one last emotionless, causing Yang's eyes to flare blood red, "RAVEN!" Yang shouted as she lunged for her opponent. Raven looked away as she ran through the vortex. The blond brawler reached her left arm through the portal as vortex attempted to close. As Yang could see her hand about to grab Raven's head, Gilgamesh pulled Yang back, "NO!" Yang screamed as her arm was pulled out of the vortex a second before it closed. The two fell on the dirt road, the vortex vanished. Yang looked at her right hand, only discover a few strands of black hair in fingers. Yang gritted her teeth in fury, clenching her fist, "DAMNIT!" Yang said before punching the ground, the force creating a foot-long crack in multiple directions. She then turned to the King of Heroes, "Why did you stop me!?"

"That portal was about to cut off your arm." Gilgamesh responded, his tone slightly enraged, "Even with Avalon's healing, that's a type of pain you cannot forget." He said before narrowing his gave at the blond brawler, "Trust me." Yang did not respond, instead of looking back at his right metallic arm. She then looked away as the two sat in silence.

A few seconds later, Sisigou and Kintoki ran around the block to meet the two. "What happened?" the golden rider asked Yang and Gilgamesh.

"She got away." Yang responded as she looked at the ground, "And you know what, good riddance!" She said with the other going silent, "Who needs a crappy mother like her? Not me, that's for sure." The blond brawler said as Gilgamesh stood up, "She's been out of my life for years, never teaching me a thing!" Yang said as she clenched her right fist, "I learned how to fight, how to ride a bike, how to take care of my hair. All things I expected my mother to be there to teach me!" She listed with a punch to the ground with each item. The force of each punch, cracking the ground. Her knuckles began to shatter, blood mixing with dirt. Gilgamesh watched as he moved to kneel in front of Yang, "Screw her, I was better off never seeing her again!" Yang's said as she reeled back her right arm for one more punch, "EVERYTHING WOULD BE BETTER IF I WAS NEVER-"

However, Gilgamesh caught her arm, stopping her sentence and her punch, "Yang…" He said in a calm voice as he looked at the blond brawler. Sisigou and Kintoki watched in remorse.

At that moment, her tears rolling off her face hit the ground. Yang slowly lifted her head to look at the King of Heroes. Her eyes were no longer red, but rather returned to lilac. She still felt her rage, but another emotion was overcoming her, "…Gil…" Yang said through her tears, "How come my mother doesn't love me?" She asked, noticing a look of sorrow in his eyes, knowing he could not give her the answer. Rather, Gilgamesh pulled her in close, hugging the blond brawler as she cried into his shoulder. Yang hugged him back as her tears continued to run down her face.

AN: There you go, Raven and Yang have a mother-daughter moment. However, it doesn't end as well as Yang hoped. You have Billy the Kid crashing the reunion, then getting his clocks cleaned. Raven proves she is enough of a match for some heroic spirit but need more power. (Also, if you have seen Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the ending of this chapter will seem a little familiar). Next chapter goes into the aftermath of this event. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.