Chapter 3

Every parent enjoys watching their children grow up but at the same time they also dread it. For the Xiao Long-Rose family, there were quite a few times where they couldn't wait for the girls to grow up. This was either because they wanted the shenanigans to end, or so they would be able to handle things better. Not to say that they had any major issues to the kids, though there were some that stood out the most. Today at the moment was an issue that Summer had when she was growing up: ear cleaning day.

Every child disliked having their ears cleaned. However for Ruby and Blake, it was much worse because of their extra pair of ears. This day in particular, Tai arrived home to find Weiss and Yang playing a game against each other. However, he couldn't find his other two daughters anywhere in the room. So when he first noticed the two, he said, "Hey girls, where are your sisters?"

The two were clearly way too focused to answer at first. Weiss and Yang were playing a racing game, and the two were so close to beating each other. However in the end, Yang won just by a small amount. Yang began cheering while Weiss gave a small pout. Eventually Yang noticed their dad in the back of the room, and said, "Hey dad."

"Hey girls, have you seen your sisters?" Tai asked once more.

"Yeah they're outside with mom," Yang answered as she pointed towards the backyard. Meanwhile Weiss found this as a good opportunity to hide her big sister's controller.

Tai began walking outside while the girls returned to their game. The first thing he noticed when he walked out to the backyard was his wife standing under a tree. He clearly didn't have to guess why since it was actually rather obvious what was going on. He knew that Ruby, and Blake were in the tree since Blake showed her how to do it so that they could both escape getting their Faunus ears cleaned out. Blake's first time with it was less than ideal, and Ruby being the youngest naturally followed her sister in opinion.

He began walking over as he heard Summer say, "Girls you need to cone down before you get hurt."

The only response they received was the two Faunus children crying out, "No!"

Tai walked until he was standing by Summer's side, and said, "Ear cleaning day again?"

Summer gave a nod, "And Ruby was just starting to get better with it."

However, before they continued talking, they heard some banging around the house. Both parents turned around to see Weiss apologizing as she was being chased by an angry Yang. Once again, not that much of a surprise to either adult. As the girls got older, they learned many thing about how their daughters. They noticed that Yang's anger was sometimes an issue, Blake would often sneak around the house, Weiss would behave more properly, and Ruby held on to her child-like innocence.

"I'll handle that if you can get them down," Summer negotiated.

Neither situation was easy to handle, and neither parent wanted to deal with it. But they had to otherwise it'd be up to Qrow to settle things. And last time he was left to watch the girls, they had to fix up the whole garage. So Tai simply nodded, and said, "Good luck."

"You too," Summer said as she walked inside.

Tai then turned his attention towards his Faunus daughters, and said, "You two will have to come down eventually before it starts to rain."

Both girls looked at each other with contemplation. The rain situation only happened once and that was the first day of war cleaning. Actually it was the first day of ear cleaning where they both hid in the tree to avoid it. Both parents waited inside for the girls to come down on their own but it eventually began raining heavily that day. Neither child got sick but they ended up walking back inside the house completely soaked. Since then, they learned when to come back inside which is usually when they get hungry, or when the weather was really bad.

This day was a summer day though, and showed no signs of raining any time soon, so Blake replied, "We will never come down here. You can't make us."

Tai sighed almost ready to admit defeat. However, he remembered something else as he glanced back inside. Throughout the years of raising each girl, Tai and Summer learned each child's weakness. Weiss was a bit of an OCD case, and when there was something out of place or when there was a mess, the snow child had to fix it immediately. Yang was in to anything action related and this could be coerced by exciting things. Ruby, and Blake however…

"Hey Summer, are those cookies done yet?" Tai called out, knowing that no cookies were being made, "I don't think Ruby is having any today."

Ruby's ears suddenly perked up, "Cookies?"

Blake began to panic for her sister, "Ruby no! It's a trap."

Tai then turned back around towards the house, "And is the tuna going to be ready in Rome for dinner?"

Blake felt her own resolve crumbling away at that statement? "Tuna?"

Now it was Ruby's turn to support her sister, "Stay strong Blake. We can get through this together."

That was when Tai knew that it was time to deliver the final blow, "Well if you two won't come down, I guess the rest of us will have the treats. Any leftovers will be for uncle Qrow."

"NO!" both girls cried as they jumped down from the tree.

Thankfully Tai saw this coming, and easily caught both children. He began carrying them back over his shoulders, and said, "Time to get this over with."

"Curse you gubitivilly," Ruby cried out in defeat.

"Gullibility," Blake corrected her sister.

"That too," Ruby added on.

As they made it inside, both Faunus kids noticed their human sisters getting chastise for what had occurred prior. However, they walked in just as they were saying their apologies to each other. Thus all attention was now diverted to the two being carried in by their father. Once Summer settled her matter, she looked over to the three, and said, "Okay, let's get this done."

"Big sisters, help us," Ruby cried out with pleading eyes accompanied by Blake's own request for aid.

Yang immediately jumped up from her seat, and said, "Big Sister number one coming to the rescue."

However before she could get very far, Summer stopped her by saying, "You interfere and you won't get any treats."

This made Yang freeze on the spot. Normally Yang wouldn't be so easy to win over with food in most cases. However, Summer has amazing culinary skills that could win over anyone, probably even the White Fang if she tried. And now she had to choose between helping her sisters and enjoying her mom's cooking. Eventually Yang made her choice, and said, "Sorry guys. I love you both but this is an opportunity I can't miss out on."

Both sisters turned to Weiss, hoping that she would do something to help. Instead all she did was say, "I'm not being part of this. I'm the good daughter."

"Traitors," Ruby callee out as the girls were taken up to another room.

The whole process didn't actually take that long. The biggest issue was restraining both girls so that they wouldn't do anything to hurt themselves. Especially after the one time when Blake was fidgeting too much. It was also the last time Tai asked for Qrow's help in something involving the girls considering he was a bad luck magnet. But when it was over, the parents would usually make some sort of treat for both girls, which started after the incident when Qrow helped.

When both Faunus children came down, they were welcomed to their favorite snacks. Until Qrow walked in with a light chuckle, and said, "I've never seen anyone gripe as much as the two of you at getting your ears cleaned out."

Blake just glared at the drunk, "That's because you don't have Faunus ears uncle Qrow."

Qrow laughed once more, "Touché."

The human girls even joined in on the laughing until they noticed Tai looking their way, "Why are you two laughing? You're next."

Immediately their smiles became frowns as they turned to look to their Faunus sisters for support. The smug grins on the cat, and wolf were a clear indication that they weren't helping anytime soon. It was also the last thing that both girls saw before they were taken up to the samsame room. Another casual day for the Xiao Long-Rose family.