Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 1100- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.

(Patch, 2 steps forward, 2 steps back.)

"What?!" Taiyang said, Skyler, leaned on the window, trying not to crack it with the weight of his new arm.

"I want to propose to Yang. I can explain or you can get defensive and threaten me as most fathers do… I would understand if you did." Skyler stated, Taiyang's face hung open before he closed it and rubbed his temples.

"Where did this come from? You and Yang…" Taiyang started to say before Skyler held up his hand.

"A year, and since then I've slowly become more and more convinced that I truly love Yang, Taiyang. I rushed her back to Vale with a full escort, I stayed up all night to make her new arm. I rushed over so she could wail at me for worrying her at Beacon. She wants to rush off to find her mom who's a bandit warlord." Skyler stated, Taiyang nodded.

"I get it, but why so suddenly? You already know how I'm going to react, kid." Taiyang put in, Skyler sighed.

"She's about to go rushing off into danger and she has PTSD… She needs support, I want to give her that emotional support, I love her Taiyang, I wouldn't be asking you if I didn't respect your daughter and her family. I want to be there when she needs me, I love her, I truly do." Skyler said, Taiyang sighed and walked to the window as Skyler looked out the window to see Yang getting a yellow and black motorcycle ready.

Skyler chuckled; Yang was becoming more awesome every day he met her.

"Kid…. Skyler." He heard and turned to look at Taiyang who crossed his arms and looked him dead in the eye.

"Your right when you said I'm overprotective, I'd give you the 'if you hurt her…' speech, but I can tell Yang scares you a lot more than me," Taiyang said with a laugh as Skyler rolled his eyes and motioned for him to continue.

"But that also means I want what's best for my girls. I know if you did propose, and Yang said yes, then she'd rip me a new one for trying to stop it. I'm only going to ask 2 things of you then." Taiyang stated, Skyler, leaned on the wall.

"I'm listening," Skyler said, Taiyang leaned in closer.

"1 is you make damn sure you take care of her; I can't stop her from heading after Raven and Ruby… But I can make sure she's as ready as possible for that… Mentally and physically." Taiyang put in, Skyler looked the man in the eye.

"I can promise you nobody is going to hurt her again; I'll be damned if I let her go through anything worse than what she's already dealt with," Skyler said and Taiyang nodded.

"Number 2 is you stop her from doing anything she'll regret with Raven. I know she wants to find out why Yang abandoned her, but she already went through losing Summer…" Taiyang said, Skyler blinked.

"Ruby's mother… Right… I forgot about her. Yang mentioned her when we were taking her to Vale." Skyler said, Taiyang frowned but said nothing.

"She goes after Raven and tries to take her down, even if she wins, she'll be more hurt than anything. Raven is going to rip her emotions up and spit them at her, I don't need her to be hurt by family again…" Taiyang said, Skyler nodded.

"I'll step in if I have to… But we both know Yang isn't one to be stopped when she starts something, it's just one of the many reasons I fell in love with her." Skyler said Yang revved her motorcycle.

"Go, she needs you and I can talk to her anytime I need, you and your little army kept the Grimm and White Fang off the CCT," Taiyang stated, Skyler nodded and walked outside, already reaching into his pocket.

"You finally ready to go from here, firefly?" Skyler asked, hiding the box behind his back as subtlety as he could.

"Yep, I know where we're heading, there's a store we can stop at when we get to where we're going," Yang said as she turned to see Skyler kneeling and she blinked in shock.

"S-Skyler?" Yang stuttered, Skyler opened the box and held out a small, cyan-colored ring.

"Yang, I know it's only been a year, but you broke through the ice and showed me what it's like to just live. I'm not good at romantic words, but I know I've been inspired by the spirit you have. You have never once backed down from a challenge in your life and you've only inspired me for that. will you marry me?" Skyler asked?

The tears in Yang's eyes were as unforgettable as the tackle and bear-like, bone-crushing hug he got.

"YES!" Yang yelled as Skyler wheezed and he tried to get her off before she crushed his ribs.

(Vale)

Junior sighed as he looked over the rocket launcher he had broken during his battle with Yang, Vale had fallen apart, and all he had left was his men and whatever resources he had stockpiled.

That was when the doors exploded, and Junior held up his hands as 4 androids marched in.

2 were red and held glaives and looked like the ones from Vale and the other 2 were exactly like the one had seen but held giant canons and were white and black with a red m and glowing red eyes.

"What the hell?!" Junior asked as the androids walked in and one of them looked at Junior and his thugs.

"Junior Xiong?" One of the androids asked as his men formed a barrier around him with the Malachite Twins.

"Who's asking?" Junior asked, the lead android stepped forward.

"I'd like to offer you and your men a job… My company needs manpower and you and your men have that." Merlot said, he then turned to Junior.

"5 million Lien to hunt down 2 people…" Merlot stated.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out that I'm not trying to rush Skyler and Yang's romance. I also want to point out before arc/5 happens, there will be 4 filler chapters which are 900 words each. The next chapter will be on next Saturday or so and will show the ride towards Haven and Skyler and Yang talking. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!