The Legend Reborn Chapter 3: The Awakening, a rwby fanfic

A/N: I normally don't do this at the beginning of a story because I want readers to just be able to jump right in, but I felt that this was important enough to do this. So, sorry that it's late. I believe that when you see the length that you will see why it took so long. Also, life threw a few problems that I had to deal with. I do want to emphasize something though. Do not expect chapters to be this big all the time. This was a "once in a while" kind of thing. Two reasons why I did this, The first is because about a weeka nd some change ago, it was the anniversary of Monty Oum's passing. So I wrote this really big chapter as my way to celebrate the life Monty had. The other reason is to celebrate the ending of volume 4. Now that that is out of the way. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Lots of stuff happens in it.

Italics=thoughts

Taiyang sighed while rubbing his temples. He loved his job at Signal. He really did, but sometimes his colleagues were just so very annoying. Sometimes, with them, the simplest problem could be blown up to become complicated problems. It was times like these that he was grateful that he was still a huntsmen. Breaking Grimm in half was always a great way to relieve stress. It also kept him from breaking some of his co-worker's necks.

The sound of a closing door from the living room brought him out of his thoughts."Is that Yang? She's early. Should have taken a bit longer than that." He thought to himself as he stood from his chair in the kitchen. "Well maybe she was just really fast."

"Yang. You got back a lot earlier than I thought. Guess you must...have..." he paused as he turned the corner to enter the living room. Looking at his daughter's visage, he could see her clutching her body with her left arm. She was also covered in mud and he could see blood above her right eye. Blinking several times, he shook his head and yelled "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?"

Yang just continued to stare a feet. When she didn't respond, Taiyang ran over to his daughter. "Yang. What happened? Who did this to you? Are you ok?" he asked with worry clearly evident in his voice as he gently grabbed her shoulders.

Yang jerked herself away from her father and turned away from him. Taiyang was surprised by her actions. With a look of determination, he moved in front of his daughter. "Yang. Tell me. What happened? I need to know. Tell me who hurt you. I need to know so I can go tear that bastard apart."

"Why?"

Confused, Taiyang answered "Because the asshole that did this needs to pay. That's why."

"No. I mean why didn't you come?"

Realizing that Yang was not talking about what had happened to her. He raised an eyebrow as he looked down at her."What do you mean Yang? You're going to need to be more specific."

"The tournament. Why didn't you come to me? Why weren't you there to help me?"

His eyes widened in surprise. He finally understood what she was asking. Taiyang gulped. "Yang. I couldn't make it. All transportation to Vale was down."

"LIAR!" she screamed as she finally brought her eyes to look up at him. "All forms of transportation were fine! So tell me. WHY DIDN'T YOU COME TO ME!?"

Taiyang backed away from his daughter. He could already feel the temperature of the room begin to rise."Yang. Please calm down." he pleaded.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN!?" she screamed incredulously. Spittle from her mouth landing on his chest.

"Y...yes. Yang just calm down."

"No I will not fucking calm down. Just answer the damn question!"

"Yang come on. Why don't we-"

"NO!" she interrupted. "Don't you dare change the goddamn fucking subject! You should have been there for me. You should have been on the first boat out to come and help me."

"Y...Yang. You didn't need me. Qrow was there." he said tentatively as he continued to back away from her. The temperature of the room was now beginning to be rather uncomfortable.

"Qrow? QROW!? QROW IS NOT MY FUCKING FATHER!" she yelled. Pools of water now beginning to form in her eyes. " I was arrested on international television. You should have been on your way to me immediately."

"Yang. Things aren't that simple. I couldn't come. Also, Qrow was there to help." he said with his hands up.

"That's bullshit! You just didn't want to come. Instead of being a father, you pawned that responsibility off to Qrow, who by the way, wasn't much fucking help. That drunk asshole said that I was either a liar or I was crazy...or both!" Yang's voice cracked. Balling her fists up as her left eye was twitching with agitation.

"Y...Yang.-"

"Shut up! I don't want to hear your damn excuses!" Yang interrupted. She began to stomp her way over to her father's retreating form. "One million lien says that if it was fucking Ruby that was arrested, then you would have been on the first boat out to defend her!" Yang thrusted her finger harshly into Taiyang's chest.

Taiyang flinched when felt his daughter's finger dig into his skin. His face then twisting in confusion. "Yang what are you saying?"

Yang looked up at him removing her finger from his chest. She then moved well within his personal space, getting right in front of his face."Isn't it obvious? You care more about Ruby than you do me!"

"Yang! That's ridiculous!"

"Oh is it? Because I seem to remember you saying that you would rather be out there" jerking her head towards door. "Looking for Ruby rather than having to take care of this thing!" she said while using her hands to gesture to herself. "Your words, not mine!"

Taiyang gulped. "She heard all of that? How? She was in her room." Clearly he was surprised with her sense of hearing. He didn't think he was talking loudly enough for anyone to hear besides Peter and Bartholomew. "There is no way she should have been able to hear that."

"And that's not even the only fucking example."

The sound of his daughter's voice brought him out of his thoughts. He looked at Yang with a frown."Yang I care about both of you the same amount. You're just saying these things because you're very high strung because of what happened."

Throwing her hands up. "Oh fuck you. That's a load of crap." Putting her hands down, she looked down at her feet. She then rose her head up to look into her father's eyes with her glowing red ones. "I remember all of the times you and Qrow pushed me over to the side in favor of Ruby. I remember when I would come back home from Signal and I thought I would show you guys my grades because I thought you guys would be proud. What did I get when I did that hmm? Nothing. Nothing, but a pat on the back and a "good job" from you two." She paused as she was clenching her fists even tighter. "Oh. But when Ruby did it, you fucks practically threw a party for her, while I got pushed off into the corner somewhere. Completely forgotten. Oh and remember when I was fourteen and I had built Bumblebee? What did you and Qrow do when I showed you guys it? Nothing, but a pat on the back. Fucking Ruby shows off the first incarnation of her weapon and you pricks practically lose your minds."

Taiyang has never been scared of either of his daughters. That is until now. Looking at Yang, he could see her crimson eyes glowing eerily at him. It was like looking into the eyes of a demon. Not even Raven's eyes glowed this threateningly. He raised his right hand to wipe away the sweat from his brow. The temperature of the room had risen to great heights. The whole room felt like it was just a couple of degrees away from catching on fire. He had experienced Yang's outbursts before. But of course he has. He was her father, he was use to Yang making everything around him hotter, but she had never made a room feel like it could start to spontaneously combust at any moment.

It was getting difficult to keep his eyes open because of the intense heat. He needed to try to find a way to calm her down now. "Yang please. Just calm dow-"

Yang's eye grew wide in anger. "SHUT UP! I told you I'm not going to calm the fuck down!"

Her eyes were now becoming bloodshot and several veins were appearing on her forehead as her anger increased. "You bastards have always made her a priority above me. For most of my damn life I was made to be second best. For a while I had always asked myself why you favor her over me and I think I finally figured out why."

Yang could hear heart drumming in her chest. Her breathing ragged from rage. Shooting her father a rather nasty look. She spoke. "The reason is because I remind you of her. I remind you of Raven."

"Yang I already told you that I am glad that I see so much of her in you." Taiyang countered with panic in his voice.

"Oh that's not I mean. I mean that whenever you look at me, you see her and when you see her you are reminded of the pain of when she left you. But when you look at Ruby, you see Summer and that brings back all of the happy memories. So you push me away so you don't have to feel the pain anymore and you embrace Ruby because she doesn't bring any pain." She paused as she began to back away from her father. "I don't know why Qrow favors Ruby over me. Could be the same reason why you do."

Taiyang was stunned. Memories of the past came flooding back. Everything that his daughter had said was true. He could now specifically remember when a time when she tried to impress him and make him proud of her while he and Qrow were gushing over Ruby's achievements. He vaguely remembered seeing a blonde little girl dragging her feet up the stairs while looking depressed with tears dropping on the steps as she went up.

It was then that he realized that she was right. Yang was right. The most damming part was that he hadn't even realized that he was doing it. Didn't even know that he was running away from the pain Raven inflicted upon him by pushing Yang away. He heard a sniffle coming from in front of him. Taiyang looked down in front of him to see tears flowing down his daughter's cheeks.

"All I ever wanted was for you to look at me the same way you look Ruby. To love me like you love her, but I never got it." She squeezed her eyes shut. She hiccuped as she brought her left hand up to her face to wipe the tears off of her face. Opening her eyes, she looked back up at her father with a frown. "I hate you." she said as she turned around. She began to make her way up the stairs to her room.

"Wait. Yang."Taiyang cried out. Reaching out to Yang was she continued up the stairs.

Yang stopped at the middle of the staircase. She turned her head to the left to see her father. His face full of guilt and hurt. She gave him a heated glare. "Why don't you go look for your precious damn rose. It's what you would rather do than take care of me isn't?" As the last word left her lips, she continued her way up the stairs. After climbing the staircase, Yang immediately went to her room and slammed her door shut.

Taiyang flinched as he heard the sound of Yang's door slamming shut. He let out a weak sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. Placing his right hand over his eyes, he moved his hand down his face harshly. Stretching the skin as he did so. "I need a damn drink."

A small whine came out from his right near the coffee table. He looked down to see Zwei looking very depressed. He walked over to Zwei and sat down next to him. "I Screwed up Zwei. I screwed up bad." he said as he looked in the direction of Yang's room. Bringing his attention back down to Zwei. He put his hand on top of the corgi's head. "Do me a favor buddy. Watch out for her ok. I'm gonna go out for a little bit."

Zwei barked in response to his friend's request. He then stood at attention. He would perform to the best of his abilities to complete the task he was given.

Taiyang smiled. "Good boy." Taiyang stood up and grabbed his house keys. As he walked out of his house, he closed the door behind him and locked it. When he walked out about twenty feet, he stopped. The blond man turned to look up at his daughter's window. It was pitch black in her room. Taiyang scrunched his face. A wave of pain hitting his heart hard. Turning away from his house, he continued his way to the bar in Berm. He then frowned as he remembered the state his daughter came back in. "Gonna have to remember to find the jackass that hurt her."

The sounds of sniffling and hiccups echoed throughout the dark room. The source of these sounds sat in the middle of a bed. Yang held her knees to her chest as she buried her head in the middle of her legs. She tried to stop the tears, but the dam had been broken and there was no way to stem the torrent of water that flowed from her tear ducts. As she was crying, she wondered what made her so undesirable. Why did people always leave her? What was so bad about her that caused others to abandon her?

All she had ever done was give her heart to those she cared for. All she ever did was give. There were people who wormed their way into her heart and she gave her all to them. She helped them when they needed her. However, when she was the one who was in need, these very same people just left her. She was always the one who got left behind. Always the one who was abandon when times got rough for her. First it was her own mother. She still didn't know much about her. Yang had tried over the years to get Qrow or her father to open up about her, but they always told her that she didn't need to know anything and that she was better off just forgetting about her. It wasn't until recently when her father divulged some things about her. Next was her own father. He might not have done the same kind of physical abandonment, but he still left her emotionally. Not just once, but twice. The second time he didn't just abandon her, but he also dumped the responsibility of taking care of Ruby on her. Yang was forced to grow up quickly for her sister's sake.

Speaking of her sister, Ruby had proven that she was just like everyone else. Yang had given up her childhood for her. She had become not only her sister, but also her mother figure. And how did she repay Yang? By abandoning her. When it came time for Ruby to help her. To take care of her and help her heal, she just left to go play hero instead of staying to be there for her sister in her greatest time of need. Like a good sister should. The other person who abandoned her was the one that hurt the most.

That person was none other than her partner Blake Belladonna. Yang had given her heart and now her own arm for Blake. She done her best to protect her from the evils of this world. The blonde was always there to help her partner. She was the one who wanted to be the light in her life. To be the one who turned her life into gold and pulled her out of the darkness that she stayed in. Yang had invested herself into Blake entirely. She truly believed in this girl and thought that she would be the one constant in her life above everything else. However, she was proven wrong once again when Blake ran away. The amputee still had no idea why her partner ran. The strange thing with Blake was that no matter how much she tried, she could never bring herself to hate or resent her in anyway.

She was able to resent her sister, her father, and her mother, but not Blake. Even though the faunus left her, whenever Yang thought of her, those thoughts would always make her want to have Blake in her arms. She just wanted her partner back. Wanted her back with her in the same bed as her to cuddle and drive away the nightmares that sometimes plagued her. She just wanted to have the scent of her shampoo to fill her nose as Blake lays back against her while reading her book. Yang longed to see those beautiful honey gold pools she calls eyes and that smile. The smile that was always so sincere. The young huntress-in-training would give anything just to be able to feel those sweet lips against hers.

Yang suddenly raised her head up with wide eyes. "Did..did I just think about k...kissing Blake?" Yang finally came to understand why she couldn't hate Blake, but it didn't make any sense. She shouldn't be feeling this for her partner. She should hate her. She should want nothing to do with her. However, no matter how she tried to reason why she should hate Blake, her heart wouldn't let her and she now finally understood why. "I love her." she thought with stark realization spreading across her face. It made sense as to why she could never bring herself to hate her partner. How can you hate someone you so desperately love?

"Blake." Yang said. Her voice trembling as she called out her partner's name. "Please. Please come back to me. I need you. I can't do this alone. Please come back." She pleaded to herself. Her vision becoming a little obscured from the fresh new tears pooling in her eyes. She closed her eyes and let her head fall onto her arms. She grimaced when she felt something cold touch her forehead. She looked up and her eyes settled upon her prosthetic.

Her red puffy eyes expanding as she began to feel the fires of anger bubbling in the pit of her stomach. Grinding her teeth, Yang let out a snarl. After a moment of staring angrily at her prosthetic, she grabbed it and began to pull on it. Once she yanked it off, she then threw her metallic arm as hard she could at the wall."I HATE YOU!" she yelled as soon as her arm left her hand. A loud banging sound came from the impact, cracking her bedroom wall in the process. The creaking sound of machinery came forth when the metal arm landed on the bedroom floor.

Breathing heavily, she collapsed on her bed. Her outburst having taken the last of her energy. Yang was physically, emotionally, and mentally drained from the horrible events that had transpired not only from Berm, but also from her fight with her father. The girl suddenly let out a gasp of pain. Yang had forgotten about the injury she sustained onto her torso. Her vision swimming, she could feel herself losing consciousness."Blake." Yang whispered before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

As soon as the blonde lost consciousness, a loud kraa came from her window. Apparently Yang was not alone. The black corvidae had been there watching Yang ever since she entered her room. It's head twitched from side to side several times. The bird narrowed it's red eyes at the blonde's prone form. It was clear that the black bird was waiting for something. It could feel something was going to happen with the brawler. So it would stay and wait.

After an hour of being unconscious, Yang was roused from her sleep by a searing pain from her right arm. Scrunching her face in pain, the blonde let out a series of groans and grunts. Finally, she opened her eyes. Her breathing became ragged as the pain got worse as each second passed by. Using her left arm, Yang tried to push herself up from her bed only to have shot of intense pain shoot through her entire body. "Ahhhh!" she cried out as she fell from her bed and onto the wooden floor. This pain was far more intense than anything she had experienced. Reaching up with her left hand, she grabbed her right arm. When she did, Yang felt something very hot. She looked over to arm to see what was causing this unbearable heat and what she saw both terrified her and shocked her. The entirety of what was left of her right arm was covered in golden fire.

Yang began to panic. Her face twisted in horror. A moment later, she was assaulted by a new wave of pain that was worse than the previous one. Falling back down onto the floor, the young brawler squirmed in agony. She opened her mouth wide to let out a shrill of pain. Golden lines started to spread across her body. These lines were her veins emitting a golden glow. To Yang, it felt like her heart was pumping molten yellow lava through her veins. The crimson in her irides started to bleed into the sclera of her eyes, eventually, it completely engulfed them. Afterwards, the red then covered her pupils entirely. Yang's eyes were now completely blood red. They were glowing terrifyingly in the dark.

The golden fire from her right arm was now spreading across her body and onto her face. Her hair and eyebrows turning into literal fire as the golden flames continued to spread throughout her body. Eventually, her whole body was shrouded in the yellow fire. The cries of pain had now been replaced with monstrous inhuman roars that would send even the most powerful of Grimm running.

In the midst of all the monstrous roars, there was the sound of scratching at Yang's door. Zwei was clawing and biting at her door. Barking as loud as he could in between to try to get his friend's attention. Clearly it wasn't working. Then his fur stood up on end as he felt a wave of heat blast him from beneath Yang's door. Zwei's sharp instincts were telling him to run far away. They were telling him something bad was about to happen and that he shouldn't stay. Realizing that not only was he in immediate danger, he also couldn't help Yang. He needed to get Taiyang. Zwei ran down the stairs, slipping and sliding when reached the bottom. After regaining his balance, Zwei aimed himself at the window and ran. He jumped, smashing through the glass, Zwei landed by rolling on the ground three times. As soon as he righted himself, he ran in the direction of Berm. Taiyang's scent would guide him. He only hoped that he wouldn't be too late.

The black bird that was perched on the branch outside of Yang's window watched in fascination. It shuffled closer to the window as the humanoid shaped golden flame threw its head back and let out a demonic roar causing the fire from its body to explode out. The roar had also caused the window to shatter. The bird ducked down to avoid a large sharp piece of glass while also turning it's head away to avoid the smaller shards from hitting its eyes. When it lifted its self back up, the bird turned its head back at the house to see the whole thing had been set ablaze by the fire from Yang's body. Bringing it's attention back to Yang, it noticed with astonishment that the golden fire from Yang's stump started to extend downwards toward the floor. Eventually it reached a point where it stopped. The fire then started to form a hand. After that was done, the fingers and thumb began to manifest.

When Yang opened her mouth, she let out another thunderous roar that actually sent out shock waves in all directions with golden fire spraying from her mouth. The obsidian colored bird's scarlet eyes widened. Sensing danger, it instantly took the sky and flapped its wings as hard as it could. Flying away from the Xiao Long residence as fast as possible. When the raven looked back it could see what could only be described as a small gilded dome of pure fire. Suddenly, a shock wave more powerful than last, hit the bird and sent it somersaulting through air and crashing into a nearby forest.

After the last shock wave, the yellow dome had expanded even further, swallowing part of the forest that was near the Xiao Long household. Unfortunately, the dome didn't stop expanding. Now it was growing at a steady rate. Vaporizing everything in its path. Both the local fauna and the Grimm were running in fear of the awesome power that they were feeling. After a few minutes, the dome stopped. From a birds-eye perspective, one could see that the golden dome had expanded so much that it had engulfed half of Patch.

A few moments later, the top of the yellow dome started to cave in. Creating a depression on the top. Then all of a sudden, the dome exploded upward forming a large pillar of gilded fire. Massive earthquakes started to ripple all over Patch and even going through parts of Vale. The quakes from the explosion were up-heaving the earth of Remnant and uprooting trees. Hurricane force winds coming from the point of origin of the explosion. An intense wave of heat washed over Patch, causing wild fires to appear in the forests of the island. Swirling vortexes of fire began to touch down onto the land, destroying everything in their path. The column of fire continued it's ascent into the heavens. Vaporizing any clouds it came into contact with and setting nearby clouds aflame. Slowly, the night sky turned into a deep crimson. Red lighting began to streak across the sky and some even crashed onto the ground.

After some time, the diameter of the pillar began to shrink. As it shrank, the pillar left behind a black crater with water from the ocean rushing in to fill it. The red sky began to fade and the fire tornadoes disappeared. The earthquakes ceased. Calm was now returning to Patch or what was left of it. Looking from the top down, one would be able to see that half of Patch was destroyed. When the column had disappeared completely, there was a humanoid flame with pure red eyes that was floating above the rushing water. It had large fiery wings protruding from its back. From them, flaming feathers were gently falling onto the water and the ones that the wind picked up, fell across the island. Hearing something, Yang turned her head in the direction of where the sound had come from. She then turned her whole body in that direction and began to slowly descend towards land.

The bar of Berm was actually rather quiet. The only noise being the music that softly played from the jukebox. Taiyang sat at the bar counter drinking from his glass slowly. He wasn't like Qrow when it came to alcohol. Taiyang didn't like getting drunk. So he always drank slowly and he always made sure to keep him self from getting even the slightest buzz. When the blond man drank, he drank to think and his daughter sat at the center of his thoughts. Staring at the copper colored liquid in his glass, Taiyang wondered how he could have let this happen. How could he treat his own daughter in this manner for all of these years? As far as he was concerned, he had failed as a father. He had failed to see all of the hints that Yang was giving off. He failed to notice exactly when her smiles and laughs became fake. He failed to notice when Yang had put on the mask to hide all of the hurt that he and Qrow had inflicted over the years.

Taiyang lifted his glass to take a small sip from his drink. It all made sense now. Yang's reckless behavior and her adrenaline thrill seeking attitude was just a mask. A mask that she had put up to hide all of her insecurities. It was nothing more than a cooping mechanism that she had created in order to protect herself from all the hurt she felt and so people would think she was strong.

Taiyang was roused from his thoughts when a couple of loud boisterous voices came from the entrance of the bar. He turned his head slightly to the left to get a look at the people who were ruining the quiet and peaceful atmosphere. What he saw were two men who were now taking their seats at a table that was fifteen feet behind him. He would have thought nothing of them had he not seen the bandage wrapped around the right arm of a large man. He recognized this man. "Gray" he thought with an annoyed huff. Eyeing the spot of his injury, feelings of suspicion began to rise in his chest. "Interesting wound. I noticed Zwei came back with some blood on his fur. I'll wait it out. Can't just attack someone without proof."

"Dude, how the hell did you miss? You had a clear shot?" asked a short bald man with a french fox beard.

Gray sneered at the shorter man. "Give me a break will ya? That girl's shitty ass dog bit me. The wound threw my aim off."

"Still, can't believe you let her get away like that though."

"Hmph. That bitch got lucky. Don't worry though. The next time I see that cunt I will make sure I don't miss."

"Just make sure she doesn't get away next time. I don't know why the council of Vale hasn't put out a warrant for her arrest yet, but it looks like it's up to us to dull out some justice."

Taiyang was absolutely livid. His vision being filled with white as his anger burned to new heights. His hand clutching around his glass so tightly that it started to crack. "Yang. I might not have been a great father, but I fully intend to make it up to you. So I'll start with this prick." he thought with finality. Rising up from his seat, Taiyang started to walk over to where Gray was seated. When he reached him, Taiyang stopped shy of two feet behind him with his drink still in his hand.

Gray, sensing someone behind him, turned around to look up at Taiyang. Upon seeing him, he let out an annoyed sigh. "What do want Xiao Long?" Gray said with contempt laced in his voice.

"Oh nothing really. Just couldn't help but overhear you assholes talking about how you tried to kill my daughter is all." Taiyang said as he glared down at the seated man.

Gray rose from his chair. He then moved well with in Taiyang's personal space, towering over him. "Oh? And what exactly are you gonna do about it huh? You gonna beat me up?" he spoke condescendingly. Looking down at the blond man.

Bringing his eyes up to meet the taller man's eyes, Taiyang gave a dry chuckle. "Oh no. I don't want to beat you up." he paused. Bringing up his glass to his mouth, Taiyang tilted his head back downing the rest of the contents of his glass. He brought his head back down to lock eyes with Gray. With a vicious grin forming on his face, Taiynag said "I'm gonna kill you."

The moment the last word came from his mouth, Taiyang smashed his glass across Gray's face. Causing the large man to howl in pain as he brought his hands up to clutch his face. He then grabbed Gray by the collar of his shirt and threw him out of the bar. Taiyang turned to the bartender and threw some lien on the counter. "That's for the glass I just broke." He said as he walked calmly towards the door. He stopped in front of the bald man. Staring down at him menacingly Taiyang said "If you know what's good for you then stay out of this fight. If you don't then I'll break your fucking face." Gulping, the bald man nodded his head.

Satisfied, Taiyang continued his way to the entrance. When he exited the bar, he saw Gray picking himself up while pulling out the shards of glass that were embedded in his skin. When he was finished, the large man shot Taiyang a dangerous glare. "You fucking done it now Xiao Long. I'm gonna make sure you never leave here alive!" Gray yelled.

"Pfft. Please. You have never been able to beat me. Ever since our time at both Signal and Beacon, you have never beaten me at anything. Whether it be academics or combat, I have always been better. I still remember kicking your dumbass around in our combat classes." Taiyang smirked confidently. Taking great satisfaction in knowing how his taunts were affecting the other man. Now the bright yellow haired man decided to go even lower. "Shit. I even beat you when it came to women. I still remembered how you tried so desperately to get Raven's attention only for her to give you that nasty scar across your nose. She wasn't interested in you at all. However, I was able to get into a relationship with her and even had a kid with her. Then there was Summer. She wanted nothing to do with you either. You tried so hard only to be beaten by me once again and she even graced me with another daughter." He said as smugly as possible.

Enraged, Gray yelled as he charged at Taiyang. He reached behind him to pull out his weapon. Extending it to reveal a large battle staff. Leather was wrapped around the middle for better grip and there were two small cylinders just above and below the leather; with two large cylinders on top of the the smaller ones. He lifted his battle staff over his head and swung down at Taiyang.

Taiyang responded by reaching out with his right hand to grab his opponent's weapon. Halting it's advance, Taiyang looked up at Gray and smiled. He curled his left hand into a fist and slammed it into his opponent's stomach. Twisting his fist for added insult and pain. While his opponent doubled over in pain, Taiyang took advantage of the opening that his opponent gave. Jumping, he delivered a vicious round house kick to the side of his head. Sending his opponent flying through air and into a few empty crates.

Taiyang heard small murmurs over to the right of him. Looking over his shoulder, he could see a crowd beginning to form across from him. He turned his attention away from the crowd and back to his opponent to spy him still struggling to rise up onto his feet. Taiyang went into a classic orthodox boxing stance. He didn't want Gray to regain any strength. However, before he could continue his assault, Taiyang heard a familiar bark coming from the crowd. A moment later, he saw Zwei jump over the crowd and land right in front of him. The corgi was frantically barking and spinning in circles. Zwei then ran over to him. He bit down on Taiyang's left shoe started to tug on it towards the entrance of the town.

Sensing trouble, Taiyang knelt down. Giving Zwei his full attention while keeping Gray well within his peripheral. "What is it Zwei? What's wrong?" the blond asked hastily. His voice rich with worry.

Barking incessantly, Zwei started jumping wildly in the air. He then stopped and pointed his entire body in the direction of his house. Taiyang now understood what Zwei was trying to tell him. He was trying to tell him that Yang was in trouble. Standing up, he looked over towards Gray who by now was on his feet, but still clutching his stomach. His breathing heavy, as he was still trying to regain the air that Taiyang forced out with his punch. "I'll come back for you when I'm done helping my daughter you piece of shit." Taiyang growled angrily.

Before he could start running towards his daughter, a large golden dome of fire had appeared out in the distance. His eyes widened at the sight of the massive structure of fire. Never in his life had he ever seen anything like this.

The people of Berm noticed it too. They were all too shocked to understand the danger that they were in and thus merely stared at the awesome flaming structure. Then almost as quickly as the dome came into their sight, it exploded up into the sky. A second later, Taiyang and the townspeople were rocked by a large shock wave. The sonic boom that was created, caused the people of Berm to scream in pain and fear. Of course it was hard for Taiyang to hear their screams since he was dealing with a painful and obnoxious ringing in his ears. Zwei had it worse though since his ears were a lot more sensitive.

They were then assaulted by hurricane force winds. Some people getting picked up by the wind and thrown into various different objects in the town. Taiyang dropped flat onto the ground and on top of Zwei to prevent the tiny corgi from flying away. He dug his fingers deeply into the ground to keep himself from meeting the same painful fate as some the residence of Berm. "I can't stay here! Whatever the fuck is happening, it's coming from were Yang is. I need to get to her NOW!"

Summoning all of his strength, Taiyang valiantly rose up to his feet while holding Zwei securely in his right arm. Taiyang then busted out into a sprint. Nothing would stop him from reaching his daughter. He had made a promise to be a better father to Yang and he was determined to make good on it. Despite the powerful gusts, he ran with such speed that he could have sworn he had gotten Ruby's semblance. When he reached the entrance of Berm, he noticed the clouds were on fire and the sky was turning red. Sensing danger, his battle instincts forced him to jump forward to avoid a red bolt of lightning. His mouth was ajar with astonishment. He couldn't believe that he just saw a red lightning bolt.

Looking up he saw vortexes of fire beginning to form in the sky. He was thankful that none of them landed near him. Shaking his head violently, he forced himself to get to back to the task at hand. Sprinting in the direction of his home once again. A few minutes later, he felt the ground rumble beneath his feet. Then all of a sudden, the earth under him began to split open. Eyes widening in surprise, Taiyang jumped to avoid falling into the gap that had formed. The instant he landed, the ground shot up. Throwing him and Zwei forward through the air and into a large tree. "Ahhhh!" the huntsmen yelled in pain. As soon as he fell onto the ground, he immediately recovered to his feet and continued to run to his daughter.

An intense wave of heat hit him hard and only got worse the closer he came to the large column of gilded fire. Taiyang began sweating bullets. His entire body damp with his own perspiration. Zwei wasn't fairing any better. Taiyang could feel his dog hyperventilating. The corgi's body was desperately trying to cool itself off. Sensing danger, Taiyang looked to his right just in time to hurdle over an uprooted tree that was thrown at him. Landing, Taiyang hunched over, gasping for air. The fires around him made it significantly harder to breath as they used the oxygen from the air to fuel themselves.

He was now sweating out buckets of his bodies precious life sustaining liquids. It was also difficult for him to keep his eyes open as the heat burned at them. Destroying any moisture they accumulated after blinking. Taiyang could feel that he was seriously dehydrated now. His vision growing hazy as his consciousness threatened to leave him. "NO! I will get to my daughter. I must help her! I can't allow anything to stop me!"

With renewed vigor, Taiyang took off. He was more determined than ever to come to his daughter's aid. He would not allow himself to let her down now. After running a few hundred yards, he noticed the pillar began to shrink. With it shrinking, the temperature around him also declined. Taiyang was not a religious man by any means, but even he was thanking the gods for this. He also noticed the that earthquakes went away. The earth beneath his feet was calm once again. The scarlet color in the sky was slowly disappearing and the red lighting vanished. The veteran huntsmen also noticed that the fire tornadoes were gone s well and the wind started to return to normal. With the exception of the raging forest fires, calm returned to Patch.

When Taiyang came out to a clearing, his eyes widened in surprise. He was dangerously close to the edge of the island. He planted his feet into the ground to try to stop himself from going over the edge. Unfortunately, because of the momentum he had built up, he started skidding across the ground. Closer and closer he came to the edge until he came to a sudden stop. His feet were halfway of the edge of Patch with his body leaning over. Carefully, Taiyang threw himself backwards. He landed on the ground on his rear end. Letting out a breath of relief, the blond man looked up and what he saw shocked him to his core.

Before him was a half filled black crater with water from the ocean still rushing in to fill it. Blinking several times, he moved his head from right to left to survey the area. Putting Zwei down, Taiyang stood up and looked in awe at the scene before him. "Where...where the hell is the rest of the island?" he said with a shaky voice.

Panic then shot through his entire body. If half the island was gone, then where was his daughter? "Where is she? Where is my baby? Where is my daughter?" Taiyang was searching frantically for Yang. He only hoped that she wasn't in the water. Just then, a feather made from golden fire landed on his nose. Blinking a few times, Taiyang reached and grabbed it. "Huh? A fiery feather?" Confusion etched across his face. A moment later he saw more feathers falling from the sky, landing all over of what was left of the island.

He stared at one particular feather gently falling onto a dead deer. He watched in fascination as the feather burst into a small flame. What he saw next was perhaps the most amazing thing he'd ever seen. The flame sank into the deer's corpse and a second later, a golden glow enveloped it. Once it disappeared, Taiyang looked with wide eyes as the deer opened its eyes and stood up. Life had returned to it. After looking around, the deer then ran away into the forest.

He squinted his eyes as another bright glow entered his vision from his right. Turning, Taiyang saw that the same golden glow that was on the deer was now on several different trees. The bark of the trees slowly went from charcoal black back to a healthy brown. The leaves even started to grow back. The feathers were returning life to what was destroyed. Taiyang then brought his eyes up to follow where the feathers were falling from. Eventually, his spotted a something in the sky. It was a humanoid shaped golden flame with large fiery bird wings. "Is that...Yang?"

Truthfully, he didn't know if it was his daughter or not, but he had to find out. Curving both of his hands, brought them up to the sides of his mouth. "YANG! YANG IS THAT YOU?" Yelling as loud as his lungs allowed him. He watched as the creature turned it's head to look down at him. A moment later, it turned it's body and stated to descend towards him.

His followed the fiery creature's descent. He still had no idea if it was Yang or if it was a monster that was coming to tear him apart. Eventually, the being of gilded fire landed a few feet in front of. Fire bursting from its feet as it landed. His heart was beating hard in his chest. He was really hoping that this was indeed his daughter and that she wasn't dead. He noticed that the thing in front of him had pure red eyes. No irides, no sclera, and no pupils. Just pure crimson eyes. Gulping, Taiyang asked tentatively "Yang is that you?" Zwei put his nose in the air and sniffed several times. He stared blankly at the creature. Eventually, he barked at it and then gave his famous doggy smile. He ran over to it and began jumping up and down around it.

Taiyang watched his dog practically dancing around the thing in front of him. He then put the pieces together and smiled. "So this IS Yang!" Putting his hand over his heart Taiyang let out breath of relief.

When Zwei stopped, the fire from Yang started flake off from her feet. Taiyang watched as the fire continued to disappear revealing more and more of his daughter. Eventually, the last of the fire flaked off of her head and her hair returned to normal. It seemed like Yang was ok until he saw her eyes roll up to the back of her head and started fall forward. Taiyang raced across to his daughter to catch her limp form in his arms. He gently eased her to the ground so that she could lay in his arms more comfortably.

Two small yellow glows on the right side of Yang's body caught his attention. When he looked to the source of the said glow, He saw that from where Yang's arm was cut off, there was still golden fire. The strange thing was that the fire had solidified into pure yellow energy. This solid energy was in the shape of the rest of her missing arm. He also noticed the same solid energy coming from the right side of her waist. Moments later, the golden energy began to crack. More cracks started to litter both her arm and whatever the other thing was. Soon enough, the solid golden energy then shattered.

Taiyang's eyes went wide with astonishment. The cast of solid energy that broke off revealed soft peach colored flesh. He couldn't believe what he was saw. Yang had her arm back. She had literally grown her arm back. Taiyang then looked at his daughter's waist to see that the other cast of energy had left behind a golden wing. His incertitude was apparent in his face. "Yang. What are you?" he said softly as he moved one her bangs from her face.

Yang started to stir in her father's arms. She let out a small groan as she began to weakly open her eyes. Her vision was hazy and unfocused as she her addled brain struggled to recognize the person above her. When sight became more focused, she could make out a stubble and light yellow hair. "Dad?" she asked feebly.

Taiyang smile brightly at her. He instantly pulled his daughter into a gentle hug so as not to hurt her. He pulled away from her and gave her a small kiss on top of her head. "Oh thank dust you're ok Yang. You gave your old man quite the scare."

Looking at her father's loving gaze, Yang began to pull herself up. Sitting up on her own, Yang looked up at her father. "What happened? What do you mean I gave you a scare?" Her father nodded to her right. She turned head to see that there was nothing but ocean in front of her. Alarmed, Yang quickly turned her entire body. "Wh...What happened? Dad? Where is the house? Why am I outside? Where is the rest of the island?" Her heart rate rising, panic started creep up her spine. A moment later, she felt her father gently cup her face and turned it towards him.

"Yang. I need you to calm ok? Don't panic. Just breath." His voice soft and soothing. Yang closed her eyes and followed her father's advice. Breathing in and out slowly and deeply, she felt her heart rate return to normal. When she opened her eyes, her father smiled at her. "Good. Now as for your questions. Gonna be honest kiddo. I was hopping you would tell me."

Yang looked down at the ground. "I honestly don't know. I just remember an intense burning pain and then everything else after that is just a blank."

" It's ok Yang. If you don't remember anything then don't strain yourself trying to." Taiyang said as he put his right hand at the small of his daughter's back. Rubbing it in gently in circular motions. "Besides, I got something to show ya. I think it will make you very happy."

Yang looked at her father a raised brow. "What is it?" Her father reached over to her right with his left hand. She felt a sensation in her arm that she hadn't felt for months. He brought up her right arm in front of her face. Her eyes flew open in surprise. It was her arm. It was the rest of her arm. She then willed her right hand to close shut and it did. It was real. She had her arm back.

Taiyang watched as his daughter's mouth slowly formed a large smile. Happiness filling his heart when his daughter hugged her arm as she cried tears of joy. For the first time in a long while, his daughter was happy. After her mini-celebration, Yang looked up at him. "How did this happen?"

"Like I said Yang, I was hoping you could tell me."

"I don;t know how I did this either." she muttered.

"Well don't sweat Yang. I'm sure we'll figure it out. Also, you should have a look at your waist." He said as he pointed to her right.

"Huh?" Yang followed her father's finger down. She let out a gasp. There was yellow wing protruding from her waist. "Is it...real?" Yang then willed her wing to move to see if it was really apart of her. To her surprise, it did move. She was actually twisting it around, flapping it, and even stretching it. "Wow. This is so weird."

"Yeah. No kidding. The important thing is that you're not hurt. That's all I really care about."

Yang smiled softly to herself. Looking up, her red eyes held an inquisitive look. "Were you really scared?"

Taiyang put his hand over Yang's. "You're damn straight I was scared. Yang I was absolutely terrified. The thought of losing you scares the hell out of me. I don't know what I'd do if I found you dead. Thank dust that didn't happen."

Before Yang could respond, she saw her father's happy face turn into a frown. He then turned his head to the left. Sensing something was wrong, she followed her father's gaze to find a large mob of people standing across from them. These were the residents of Berm. She didn't know why they were here, but she knew it wasn't going to be for anything good. Especially if the weapons they brought was any indication of that. She gulped as she looked into their eyes. All she could see was hate. Hate that was being aimed at her.

Taiyang immediately stood up. He walked in front of his daughter. Standing protectively in front of her. He could sense these people were about to attack at any moment. He knew what they were here for. They were her to kill his little sunshine. "You people better turn back right now if you know what's good for you." he growled.

"There's a lot of us and only one of you. You think we're afraid you Xiao Long?" the mayor said.

"You're even dumber than I took you for if you think a bunch weak ass villagers can beat me."

"Dad? What's going on? W...why are they here?" Yang was trembling in place. Fear wrapping it's icy tendrils around her heart.

He looked over his shoulder towards Yang. "Yang. Listen to me very carefully. When I tell you to run, you run. Understood?"

"B...but-"

"Yang." he interrupted his daughter softly. "Please. Don't argue with me. Just do as I say ok. I can't fight with you here." Taiyang said with certain kind of steel in his voice that she had never heard before. She nodded to him. "Good."

Taiyang brought his attention to the mob. "I mean it! You guys take one step towards my child and you sods can consider yourselves dead." He could feel the hidden power in his fists rising. Taiyang knew his threat wouldn't work, but he was hopping it would.

The moment he saw someone begin to advance, his eyes flashed with anger. He slammed his foot as hard as he could onto the ground. Breaking a head size chunk of earth beneath him. The force of his stomp made it fly up to face level. He then struck it with the palm of his hand. Sending it sailing through the air. It smashed against the head of the advancing towns-person. Killing him instantly. The people of Berm were paralyzed with shock. Using their shock to his advantage, he turned to his daughter and yelled "RUN!"

Yang then weakly stood up. She started to run, nearly falling several times. Her body was sore and weak from the power that she had unknowingly released.

The mob's shock ran out as they noticed Yang running into the forest. They began to turn towards her, but Taiyang jumped in front of them. Effectively blocking their way to his daughter. "You want her? THEN YOU GOTTA GET THROUGH ME!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. The mob was now more than eager to take up his challenge. As they started to rush him, the angry huntsmen let out an impressive roar as he jumped at the crowd. He brought his fist down onto the ground creating a small shock wave that forced the front row to fall over which forced the people behind them to either trip over them or stop entirely.

Taiyang ran to the mayor who was just starting to get up and let loose a bone crushing straight to the front of his face. The sickening sound of bones breaking echoed. The mayor's body was sent skidding across the ground, smashing into a few people. When the body came to a complete stop, it was clear to the people of Berm that their mayor was dead. A man with a woodcutters axe charged at the blond man. He swung his weapon across his body only for Taiyang to deftly duck under the attack. Taiyang then countered with a powerful uppercut. The sound of his cervical breaking reverberated loudly. His opponent died instantly.

Another man ran at him, thrusting his spear at the huntsmen. Taiyang bobbed and weaved out of the way of his opponent's sloppy attacks. The man then wildly swung his spear horizontally. Taiyang dropped to the ground. Holding himself up with his hands, he stuck his leg out as he did a full 360 degree spin to sweep his attacker's legs. Before his opponent fell onto the ground, Taiyang reached out and grabbed his opponent's right leg. He then stood up and spun around once before letting go. The man dropped his spear as he sailed through the air, slamming into three other people and throwing them off the edge of the island and into the water.

Frowning, Taiyang turned around to see a man with a scimitar over his head preparing to swing down at him. However, before the veteran huntsmen could respond, he saw Zwei barreling through the air with his head down to deliver a skull crushing headbutt to the side of the attacker's head. Killing him instantly. Zwei, landing in front of Taiyang, looked up at him and barked. He smiled at the corgi. "Awesome job Zwei!" he congratulated.

Sensing danger, both man and dog looked up to see that they were surrounded. Man and his best friend standing back to back in the middle of the ring that was created. Both fighting for a common cause. He could hear Zwei growling dangerously. Taiyang looked over his shoulder to Zwei. "You ready buddy?" Zwei gave bark of acknowledgment. Taiyang smirked. "Alright then. Remember Zwei, don't hold back!" After a moment, both man and dog charged in opposite directions. Both determined to keep Yang safe.

Huff

Yang was holding onto a large tree as she was gasping for air. She was so tired. "Whatever happened back there that caused me to blackout really took it's toll on me." After regaining some of her breath, Yang looked at her hand and her wing. She still had no idea how she grew both of them. "No. I can think about this latter. Gotta keep going."

Pushing herself off the tree, she continued to run through the forest. The thing that she found strange was that there were multiple tress that turned over or completely uprooted. Yang also thought it was strange that the ground was split open in a few areas while some of the earth was raised up. Like an earthquake had ravaged the whole place. "What happened here? It's like an earthquake came through here. Which doesn't make sense since Patch doesn't lie on top of any fault lines."

As she continued running, Yang felt something drop on her nose. She stopped and looked up to see dark gray clouds. Then in an instant, she hit with a torrential downpour. Frowning, the young huntress-in-training let out a sigh of frustration. "Really? Come on." Dropping her head, she resigned herself to continue running while being completely wet. She really did not like that she was being forced to run in a heavy rainstorm while it was night, but alas, there was nothing she could about it. She only hoped that she didn't run into any Grimm. Yang knew that she was far too weak to even put up fight and she was without her weapon.

Jumping over a fallen tree, Yang landed with a loud splash. She had no idea where she running. The blonde decided to run under a large tree to shield herself from the rain so she could think of where to go. Putting her back against the trunk, Yang stared plainly at the cloudy night sky. "Where do I go? Hmmm. Maybe I should try Signal. I'm pretty sure that would be the first place dad would look."

With an idea of where to go, Yang pushed herself off of the tree and started her way to Signal.

BANG!

Yang's eyes flew wide open as she felt something tear through her chest. Looking down, she could see blood beginning to pour out through a hole that was just above her right breast. Suddenly, her legs gave out from under her and she fell. Hitting the miry ground with a wet thud. As the seconds went by it became harder and harder to breath. Forcing her to wheeze weakly. Closing her eyes tightly, Yang was struggling to push herself up. As soon as she pushed herself up with her hands a metal object crashed across her face. The horrible sound of cartilage breaking and bending echoed despite the loud downpour rain. The blow to her face forced Yang into the air, twirling three times before her back met the ground.

All the poor blonde girl could was moan weakly in pain. She would have screamed in agony if one of her lungs wasn't damaged. Yang noticed that she couldn't breathe through her nose anymore. She realized that whomever struck her had just broken her it. Stubbornly, the golden haired girl started to prop herself up on her elbows. However, before she could come all the way up, the same metal object that hit her face was smashed onto her ribs. Forcing her back down onto the ground as blood flew out of her mouth. She could feel that her ribs were broken now. Making breathing even harder. Her vision was becoming hazy. The world around her started to spin as she could see black spots forming at the corners of her vision.

"Looks like daddy ain't gonna be here to help you now demon."

She recognized this voice. It belonged the same man that had attacked earlier today. Squinting, Yang tried to force her vision to focus. When it did, she was able to confirm her fears. It was him.

"Hey Gray! Just kill her already!" a man some distance away said.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna alright." He then turned his attention back to her. Grinning, he lifted his weapon above his head. "Any last words bitch?"

Wheezing, Yang looked up. She locked eyes with him. "Fuck...you...asshole." She breathed out quietly. After the last word left her mouth, she coughed up some blood. The red liquid now oozing down her mouth and onto her chin. She was determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry.

Gray sneered. "DIE!" he said as he started to bring down his combat staff.

Yang closed her eyes. Bracing herself for her end. "Looks like this is the end. I'll...I'll never get to see her again. Never get to see those beautiful golden orbs and her pretty smile. I'll never get to tell her how I really feel. I'm sorry Blake. I'm so sorry."

Yang sat there for what felt like an eternity waiting for the blow to come. But it never did. Gathering the courage to open her eyes, Yang could see her attacker was completely stationary. His face frozen with hate. A black object caught her eye. Looking toward it, she saw an obsidian colored feather gently falling in the rain. It was then that she noticed several more of them floating down onto her. Looking back up at her would be murderer, she noticed a thin red line forming around the base of his neck. Blood then started seeping out from it. Looking at his eyes, she saw them roll back as the head suddenly fell off. The body soon crumbled to the ground after it.

The falling body revealed a woman clad in black and red behind it. Her sword arm stretched out to her right with her right knee bending forward. Yang's eyes widened in surprise. It was her. It was her mother.

The three hunters that Gray came with let a gasp and staggered back with fright. One moment no was there and the next their was a woman with an o-katana standing in front of them. As soon as their leader's body hit the ground, they realized that this woman had decapitated him.

"GRAY!" one yelled.

"Oh shit. She fucking killed him." another with a french fox beard had stated with a shaking voice.

"Let's kill this bitch!" the third one suggested.

Her mother was completely unfazed by their outbursts. She saw her mother calmly point the tip of her red blade at them. Then suddenly, the sword doubled in length. It turned from an o-katana to a nodachi.

Raven pulled into a Ko Gasumi stance. As soon as her opponents began to draw their weapons, she flashed forward to the two closet to her. Moving so fast, it appeared that she was teleporting as she was in between the two huntsmen in an instant. She then swung and twirled her weapon around her body. Doing so with such great speed, Raven was actually destroying the rain drops in midair before they could land on her. She suddenly stopped with her sword arm hanging by her side. The rain then fell on her like she was under a waterfall.

The two huntsmen stood still for a few moments before their arms fell off with blood spraying out. Then their heads slid of their bodies. When the heads landed, they split into two perfectly cut halves. Blood and brain matter oozing onto the ground. Their bodies following suit as they landed on the wet ground with a thud.

Raven slowly turned her head to the right. Her crimson eyes glowing menacingly in her mask as she eyed the last living huntsmen. Panicking, he lifted his weapon and put it into its gun mode. He then fired five times at her. Before the bullets could reach her, Raven began to spin her blade. Spinning it so fast, it appeared as a red blur. Loud pinging sounds echoed as the bullets met with metal of her blade. Raven then stopped spinning her weapon. She was holding sword at a slight angle. She then pointed the tip of her sword down and started to slide it across the ground, putting the bullets she caught on the ground in perfect straight line. After that was done, she lifted the red nodachi up with the blade behind her. Raven then swung it across the ground, hitting the bullets she lined up with the flat of her blade. Speeding through the air so fast, the hunter's own bullets tore right through his aura. Killing him swiftly.

With the last of the group dead, Raven calmly looked from right to left. Trying to sense if there was any more danger nearby. Satisfied that she could sense no danger, she turned to her daughter's prone form and started to walk towards it. Her boots making wet clopping sounds as she made her way to her injured child.

Yang's eyes were wide with disbelief. She just saw her mother kill a group of veteran huntsmen in a matter of seconds. And what's more, she couldn't even see her mother's movements or her attacks. "Just how powerful is she?" Yang thought as her eyes continued to follow her mother. Eventually, she saw Raven stand next to her. Peering down at her with the red glowing orbs that she could see in the eye holes of her mask. Her mother might not be physically showing it, but Yang could feel just how angry Raven was. To put it plainly, Raven was absolutely livid.

Yang then watched as her mother turned slightly to her right. Lifting her sword arm, she swiped at the air creating a vortex of black and red energy. "Is...is she leaving?" she thought as she went into a coughing fit. Her mother surprised her when she turned back to her. The blonde haired girl saw her mother bend down as if to pick her up. Then she saw Raven snap her head up and immediately assume a combat stance.

Yang struggled to turn her to her right to see what caught her mother's attention. It was her father standing up on a small hill with Zwei at his side. She really hopped the blood that he was covered in wasn't his own.

Taiyang was huffing and puffing as he stood atop of the hill. He followed the trail his daughter left behind. When he went over the hill, he was shocked to see someone he hadn't seen in over 16 or 17 years. "Raven?" Truth be told, the question was rather useless. He already knew who this woman was even if she was wearing her mask. Blinking, Taiyang surveyed the area before him. Corpses and varying body parts were strung across the ground below him. He saw pools of blood everywhere, they were only now staring to be washed away by the rain. He then brought his gaze to the body that was at her feet.

"YANG!" he yelled as he jumped off the hill. Panic creeping up his chest as he landed and ran towards his daughter. Zwei following close behind with a bark.

Finally reaching his daughter, Taiyang dropped to his knees as his eyes were frantically roaming over her form. "No no no no no no. Please. Oh dust please no. My sweet baby girl. What have they done to you?" Tears now falling from his eyes. An indescribable pain hitting his heart as he saw his daughter struggling to breath and fighting for her life.

Raven eased out of her stance now knowing that Taiyang was not hostile. However, she kept her weapon out just in case someone or something came by to try to kill them., She fixed her gaze at the man she once called a teammate and lover. Watching him gently holding their daughter's hand in an attempt to comfort her.

"Tai." she spoke. Her voice husky and even.

Upon hearing his name, Taiyang lifted his head to look up at his ex lover. Blinking several times.

"I'm taking her."

Taiyang was beside himself. He didn't want to let Yang go, but he also knew he couldn't protect her. She also needed medical attention and he wasn't sure if he could get it to her. The blond man also had no idea what was happening with Yang or what she is. However, he also knew what kind of people Raven was in charge of. If Qrow's accounts were anything to go by. "No. I can't keep her. I have to think of what's best for Yang." Sighing in resignation. He knew this was the right decision. Raven would be able to protect her and get her the medical attention that she needed. Besides, this was also a great opportunity for mother and daughter to get to know each other.

"Yang." He called out in a gentle voice. He saw his daughter look up at him with tired eyes. It was clear that she was struggling to keep conscious. Her stubbornness being the only thing keeping her awake. "Listen to me ok. You're going to go with your mother. I...I am not capable of keeping you safe. Now I want you to listen to your mother. Do what she says. If she tells to you run, then you run. No questions asked." He smiled. " I know I haven't been a very good father to you and you were right about me, but I want you to know that I love you so very much. We will see each other again. I know you Yang. You're going to get though this and come back even stronger than ever. I look forward to seeing you standing tall and proud in the future."

Taiyang bent down to give Yang a gentle kiss on her forehead. He then pulled away and slid his arms under her. Lifting her up in his strong arms bridal style. He then moved his arms forward, offering her to her mother. Raven sheathed her weapon and accepted Yang into her arms. She was actually rather surprised. She thought that he would fight her on this.

Both Raven and Taiyang snapped their heads to the left. The sounds of angry towns-people coming closer. Taiyang then walked in the direction of the angry shouts. When he stopped, he looked over his shoulder at Raven. "I'll keep them busy. You just get our daughter out of here." Walking away, he motioned for Zwei to follow him. Both man and dog disappeared into the woods and the sounds of fighting started to echo throughout the forest.

Wasting no time, Raven walked into the portal with her daughter in her arms. The swirling mas of red and black energy vanished as soon as she disappeared in it.

A man wearing a simple green tunic and armored pants let out a yawn with a hand that looked similar to a talon covering his mouth. He groaned as he felt something hit his head. He gave the man across from him an annoyed glare. "Really Hawk? Seriously?"

"What? I didn't do anything." said Hawk with mock innocence. The feathers attached underneath his arms ruffling as a small gust brushed against them.

"Bullshit asshole. You're the only guy around me right now. So don't play stupid."

"Well. Maybe if you stopped yawning like every two minutes, then I wouldn't feel so damn compelled to throw stuff at you to make your dumbass shut up."

"Excuse me? Who exactly is the dumbass here?"

"I don't know. You tell me. We are the only ones in this spot. So why don't you use that head meat you got in there." Hawk said as he pointed to his head. "and figure it out. Eagle."

Eagle clenched his talon like hands and stood up. He moved well within Hawk's personal space. Thrusting his face close to the other man's. "I ought to pluck all of your feathers off jackass."

Frowning, Hawk slammed his forehead into the other man's. "Bring it on Eagle. I bet I kick your ass."

The two men halted their fight to see a black and red portal forming in front of them. They instantly separated from each from each other to greet their leader. As soon as Raven walked out from the portal, they immediately noticed an injured blonde haired girl in her arms. Looking at each other with raised eyebrows, they walked to their leader. They instantly froze when they felt how angry she was. They hadn't felt her this angry in over a decade.

"One of you. Go get Dove now." her voice full of authority.

Gulping, Hawk Instantly stood at attention. "Yes ma'am. I'll go get her right away."

Watching Hawk run in the direction of Dove, she turned to Eagle. "You. Help me set up a resting place for her."

"Yes ma'am!"

Eagle walked her over to an empty tent nearby. He held up the entrance of the tent to allow Raven to step through first. He then followed her in and immediately went over to a chest in the corner. He pulled out several furs and laid them out in the middle of the tent. Once that was done, he watched his leader gently place the girl on top of the furs. Eagle was rather curious as to who this girl whom looked like Raven was, but he knew better than to ask her right now and risk annoying her in her highly agitated state. His eyes scanned over the blonde's body. "She looks like she's already one foot in the grave."

The sound of flapping cloth caught Raven's and Eagle's attention. They turned around to see a woman who appeared to be in her early thirties. She had light ash blonde hair and cobalt colored eyes. She was dressed in a pure white montsuki with the symbol of a dove perched on an olive branch on the back. She also wore a black obi with a light gray-brown colored hakama beneath it. Protruding from the small of her back was a long and tapered feathery tail.

"I was told that my assistance is needed." Her voice was soft and smooth. Able to inspire feelings of peace in most people.

"Yes." Raven said. She moved to the side to show her injured daughter. Her hand gesturing to Yang. "I need you to work on her."

Dove eyes settled on the young girl's body. "Ah! I see. Very well then. Let's see the damage and then I can start to help her."

Putting her large brown bag down, Dove knelt down right next to Yang. Analyzing her patient's body with a critical eye, she let out hum as she stroked her chin with her thumb and index finger. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a small flashlight and some sealed latex gloves. After putting on her gloves, she reached over to the hole that was in Yang's chest and pushed the wound apart and then grabbing her flash light, she aimed it at the inside of the hole. Causing her patient to feeble moan in pain. "Yes. I know this hurts little one, but it is necessary if I am able to see inside the wound. So try your best to hold still." Her voice sounding so serene and motherly that it made Yang calm down somewhat. She nodded her head as best she could to Dove. "Good. I will be as quick as I can."

True to her word, Dove was done before her patient knew it. She then looked at Yang's face to see a horribly bent nose. Dove then grabbed the nose with her thumb and index finger. "This is going to hurt a lot dear so brace yourself. I'm going to do this in one quick motion." Yang quietly gulped. Sensing that her patient was ready, she then snapped her nose back in its proper place.

"Ahhhh!" Yang wheezed out in agony. White hot pain rippled all across her face as her legs gave a small jolt off the ground. She felt her doctor gently lift her head up and tilt it down to the right over a small stainless steel bowl. Blood cascading out of her nose and into the bowl. After a few moments, her bleeding slowed down to a drip and eventually to a complete stop. Her head was placed back down onto the soft fur. She felt a soft piece of cloth brush over mouth and under her nose. Despite the pain, Yang was grateful that she could now breath through her nose once again.

"Right. Now that that is done. Let's remove that shirt and check under it." Dove pulled a blue rolled up piece of cloth and rolled out to reveal a variety of sterilized trauma sheers. Picking one, she brought it to the bottom of Yang's shirt. Before she started to cut, the doctor turned her head over to look at Eagle. "Eagle. I need to ask you to leave. After all, it is rude to look at a lady when her chest is bare."

Eagle then jerked his head up. "Uh. Yeah ok." He stammered as she stumbled his way out of the tent.

"I swear. Even though he is a grown man, he acts like a child sometimes." Dove then returned her attention back to her patient. Dove began to cut all the way up the middle of Yang's shirt until she reached the top. Putting the sheers down, she then pulled her patient's shirt apart. Once this was done, the doctor's gaze instantly fell upon Yang's ribs. She saw a large, nasty black and blue splotch across the area just underneath her breasts. Dove didn't even need to touch the area to know that her patient had broken ribs. However, she needed to exactly how many of them were broken.

Dove reached and started to glide her fingers over the bruise. Causing the huntress-in-training to wince. "Four. She has four broken ribs."

During Dove's inspection of daughter, Raven removed her mask. Holding her mask to her side, Raven asked "So. How bad is she?"

Dove looked up at her leader. " Bad news is that she is lung shot and has four broken ribs. Good news is that the bullet went straight through her and didn't hit anything else."

Raven closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

"However." Raven looked back up at her medical specialist with a raised eyebrow. "I will need to perform surgery on her. Although the bullet went right through her, some of it has fragmented inside her. Good thing is that pieces are very safe to remove."

"I see."

"Raven. If I may?"

"Yes?"

"Is this girl your daughter?"

Raven looked to her daughter for moment and then back to Dove. "Yes. She is my child."

"I thought as much. Many of your features blossom in her." Dove then removed her dirty gloves and placed them away from her patient. She reached in her bag to pull out a small brown case, a bottle of clear liquid, a sealed syringe, a tourniquet, a roll of medical tape, some gauze, and a small sealed wipe of 70% alcohol. Opening the small case revealed an entire set of surgical tools. The light ash blonde haired woman then wrapped the tourniquet around Yang's right arm tightly.

"I need to know her height, weight, and age. Also, is she taking any medicine and what is she allergic to?"

" Five-foot eight and one fifty-five. She is seventeen and she is not taking any medication and does not have any allergies." Raven stated.

Nodding in acknowledgment, Dove opened the plastic of the sealed syringe and then removed the cap. She then placed the needled inside the bottle of clear liquid. Stopping when she extracted the right amount. Holding the syringe in her right hand, she grabbed the 70% alcohol swab and tore the seal with her teeth and spat the plastic away. Dove then rubbed the alcoholic swab gently at the point where she intended to inject. Throwing the swab away, she then grabbed a small bit of gauze. Her cobalt eyes meet her patient's crimson ones. "You're going to feel a small pinch. I'm going to inject an anesthetic into you. When you see the room spin and your vision becomes hazy, do not panic. It's just the anesthetic taking affect."

Dove gently drove the needle into her patient while softly holding the tiny piece of gauze right above it. After she was done, Dove slowly removed the needle. Placing the gauze over the point of injection, she threw the syringe away and took the medical tape she brought out. Wrapping the tape around the gauze to hold it in place. She then removed the tourniquet. Now all she had to do was wait.

After Yang closed her eyes, Raven turned towards the entrance of the tent. "Inform me when you are done Dove. I will be in my tent." she ordered as she exited.

"Will do!"

The raven-haired woman had been meditating for an hour and a half. Normally she would do this to reign in her emotions and clear her mind. Which she needed to desperately do now. Raven was usually always so very composed and in control of herself. However, even she had her limits. Tonight really tested those limits. She very nearly lost control of herself and almost allowed her anger to override her reason. Even though she left her daughter and was not present in her life for around seventeen years, that did not mean she enjoyed seeing her child being shot and beaten to death.

Raven had broken her rule. She had to. The fate and balance of the world was far more important than her rule. That and she felt the very strong urge to save her. Raven reasoned that it was probably some form of motherly instincts that gave her that urge.

Raven opened her eyes sensing a familiar presence outside her tent. "Enter."

Dove walked through the flaps of the tent. Raven stood up and turned to look at the doctor. "How is she?"

"She's fine. Your daughter will make a complete recovery."

Raven hummed in approval. "That is good to hear."

"However, I did run into a small complication while I was operating on her. Well the term "complication" may not be accurate. More like discovery."

Raising a single brow, Raven asked "What do you mean? Elaborate."

Bowing her head forward slightly. "Of course. While I was removing the metal fragments from her body, I noticed her body was actually regenerating on its own. It was also trying to push the fragments out on it's own. This caused me to take longer than I had previously intended." Dove informed.

"So what you're telling me is that Yang has some form of accelerated healing?"

"Yang? So that's her name. Anyway, to answer your question. Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying."

"How long will it take for her to heal? I intend to train her."

"Normally I would say a few months, but due to her accelerated healing. I would say she should be able to walk in three days and should be healed in about a week. However, I would say to wait a week and a half before trying to train her just to be safe."

Raven nodded. "I see. Well that is certainly promising then. Very well. I will take you up on your advice and wait the week and half."

"Raven. Could I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"While I was working on Yang I noticed she had a golden wing coming off her waist. So my question is this. Is she the one? The very thing the tribe has been waiting for?"

"Yes. Yang is the one Dove."

"Ah! So I thought. Well this would be a more joyous occasion if not for your daughter's near death experience." Dove turned around and walked to the entrance of Raven's tent. Stopping just shy of it, she turned to her leader and said" I suppose you will want to tell the rest of the tribe about this. So I will gather them for you."

"Wait." Dove halted. She turned to Raven once more. "Before you leave. Would it be possible to move Yang to the inner most part of the camp?"

Dove looked up to the roof of the tent, rubbing her chin as she did so. "Hmmm. Yes. It would be fine to move her there, but carefully. I will tell someone to do so."

"Thank you Dove. As always, you are most helpful and the one I can rely on the most."

Dove chuckled. "Come now Raven. I enjoy helping you. After all, I have known you since I helped your mother deliver both you and your brother." She said as she walked out of the tent.

Several hundred people began to pile into the middle of the camp. The members of the tribe were conversing with each other while they wanted for their leader. The crowd became silent as they saw Raven stand in front of them. Raven looked around to see if everybody was in attendance. She felt someone tap her shoulder. When she looked behind her, she saw Dove pointing her thumb backwards. Telling her that Yang was in the tent right behind her.

Nodding, Raven then brought her attention forward to look at her people. "Brothers and sisters!" Raven yelled. Grabbing everyone's attention. "Tonight is a joyous night! Tonight, I have witnessed the rebirth of something great. Something that tribe has been waiting for for over two thousand years. THE PHOENIX HAS BEEN REBORN!"

The entirety of the tribe began to loudly converse with each other. A large man stepped forth. He had deep, glossy brown feathers coming off his arms while his chest held white feathers with streaks of brown. "Do you mean it Raven? Has the Phoenix really returned?" Wonderment laced in his voice.

Raven turned her gaze to him. "Yes Osprey. I speak the truth. The Phoenix has returned to the realm of mortals. If you don't believe me." She paused as she moved over to the side. Raising her arm to gesture towards the tent behind her. "Then check in there for yourself. I believe you will find the mark that will tell you all you need to know."

Osprey walked towards the tent and entered it. Moments later, he came bursting out. "Raven is right! I saw the golden wing! The Phoenix is back!"

The crowd then started to cheer and wail loudly into the night sky. The corners of Raven's lips began to curl into a small smile. It had been a long time since she had seen her family so riled up and happy. Raven raised her right hand to signal for the tribe to be silent. "Yes. As you can see. The Phoenix has been reborn. And through my own daughter no less. Which brings me to another topic. It's time my brothers and sisters. It's time for us to finally strike at that witch Salem. After all, she means to ruin us all. And the first step is to wipe out the White Fang. They act as her army by proxy. They are tools for her to use and we will destroy them. Besides, my daughter also wants them dead for the pain they have caused her."

The tribe let out an impressive war cry. They were completely motivated to do the task that their leader was giving them.

Raising her hand again to quiet the crowd. Raven spoke."However, Salem and the White Fang are not our only foes. Anytime now, the council of Vale will be issuing orders to their hunters to hunt and kill my daughter for what happened on Patch when the door to her hidden powers was opened. It is for this reason that I want her watched and guarded at all times. My child is wounded and weak right now. She has no idea how to use her powers nor can she use many of them right now. Also, Salem is bound to find out what has happened and she will most assuredly send someone to either kill her or capture her. Another thing. If anyone who is not part of the tribe comes anywhere close to the camp. Then I want you to kill them. We cannot take any chances here. Am I understood?"

"YES MA'AM!" the whole tribe yelled.

"Good. That is all for now. I will be retiring for the night. I want to be informed of when my daughter wakes up." Raven said. She then turned around to walk to her tent. In the morning she would have to prepare herself. She had no doubt that Yang would have many questions.

It was now mid morning at the camp. Birds chirping loudly as the flew over it. The woods around them were also quiet. One of the guards outside of Yang's tent heard moaning and groaning from inside. He poked his head inside to see that Yang was beginning to stir from her sleep. Pulling his head out, he looked over to woman who had red feathers coming from her hair. "Hey Cardinal." The woman turned from where her name was called. "Go tell Raven that her kid is waking up."

Yang was groaning as she was coming out of her unconscious state. Opening her eyes, her vision was hazy and unfocused. She brought her hands up to rub the sleep from her eyes. Her vision then slowly becoming more focused as the seconds went by. Finally, her sight returned to normal. She turned her head slowly from side to side to see that she was in a rather spacious tent. Closing her eyes, she placed a hand over them. "Ugh. Where am I? What happened?" she thought as she desperately tried to recall what had happened last night. "Wait. Now I remember. That bastard almost killed me! I was saved by my...mother and she took me through some weird red thing and then some woman treated me."

After finally recalling the events of last night, she started to try to sit up to get a better look of her surroundings. After getting halfway off the ground, pain then shot through her body. "Argh." She quietly let out. Her body being forced back down. After the pain from her ribs subsided, she let out a frustrated sigh.

"You shouldn't try to exert yourself Yang. You could exacerbate your wounds."

Yang's suddenly opened her eyes. She recognized this voice. The injured girl gingerly lifted her head to see her mother standing at the entrance of her tent. Her mother had barely aged a day from what she was in the picture of team STRQ. The only sign were faint lines beneath her eyes, but other than that, she had not aged a day. Yang watched as her mother strode over towards her. She watched as Raven stopped next to her and bent her knees to sit down. Sitting with her legs crossed and her arms crossed under her chest, she saw Raven lock her scarlet eyes with her own.

After a few moments of silence and staring, Raven finally spoke. "Yang. We have a lot to talk about."

A/N: Some things here. First, how did everyone like the Raven's entrance to the story as well as the tribe's? Kudos to anyone who gets what I was referencing when Raven was fighting. Also, the Ko Gasumi stance is a real stance from Bushido. A montsuki, an obi and a hakama are also real Japanese traditional clothing. I'm going to say this right now. I think Raven actually does care about Yang. If she didn't, then she wouldn't have responded to Qrow so strongly when he brought her up. Also, I don't believe the tribe is inherently evil. They'er people just like everyone else. The reason why they do what they do is purely for survival. Raven and the tribe seemed to be more neutral than anything else really. I won't go into too much detail about that. I'll let the story do that.

Now before people start telling me that it's not possible for Dove to appear to be in her early thirties if she helped to deliver both Raven and Qrow, that will be explained in the next chapter. I will be taking some liberties with the lore here to fit the story better and also because I think it would be more interesting. Also, I know that you guys are very intelligent, but I just want to explain my reasoning for a few things just so there is no confusion. The reason why Yang had a fight with her father is because if you remember back in chapter 2, the people of Berm were telling Yang that they had not forgotten what she did in the Vytal festival. That got Yang thinking about it again and her questioning why father wasn't there to help her. Why RT never explored that is beyond me. Another thing. I was trying to write Tai as an accidental asshole. Tai is a good a person, but he doesn't realize he is making mistakes until they blow up in his face. When they do, Tai feels guilty and tries his best to make things right. Tai is a good man, but a very flawed man. Also, in the show, I did detect that Tai and Qrow certainly do seem to favor Ruby over Yang. Also, Yang is not magically better now just because she got her arm back. Adam did more than just disfigure her, he also took her confidence and courage. She also still has a lingering inferiority complex because of Tai's and Qrow's favoritism for Ruby and many self worth issues to deal with. So I am not done developing her character. I intend to write a darker Yang. Not an evil Yang. A darker one. You'll see it eventually.

Last thing, if you feel that I didn't describe Gray's weapon well enough and are confused. Just google FF 8 Raijin. That is what his weapon looks like...only metal.

Well until next time guys. Bye!