Here's chapter 126, everyone.

"Great, what a perfect moment for this guy to show up." Qrow said, complaining about the Relentless member that came for Lazuria. "Where the hell did he go now?" He quickly scanned the area, since it looked like the Relentless member had a semblance that hid him.

Raven kept her eye on the entrance to the warehouse, while other places where the man could enter through was blocked off. "Shut up and stay focused."

Qrow didn't feel he needed to use his scythe for the fight, keeping his weapon in sword form. "Yeah, yeah." Hearing a crunch of a can behind him, he swung his blade after spinning around, hitting the blade of the Relentless member. "How-."

The Relentless member's blade was glowing red, shocking Qrow as it was beginning to melt off his own sword's metal. "You don't matter here." He whispered to the man, as Qrow jumped back, looking at his blade's metal.

"Ugh, damn it! Gonna have to get this fixed now…" Qrow somehow could only complain about the inconvenience.

Raven rolled her eyes, not trying to focus too much on her brother, as she glared at the man. "Explain yourself, or we will kill you. Neither of us are afraid to spill blood." She only wanted to stall him, seeing as she knew exactly why he was there.

Without dropping his guard, he spoke. "My mission is clear. So either stay out of this, or that blade won't be the only thing I melt."

Qrow looked annoyed by that, running in after placing his blade on his back, using his fists to fight instead. Knowing that the blade the Relentless member had would burn into him, so he ducked under a swing, sending a left hook in at the Relentless member's stomach, but the moment he made contact, it went through nothing but the air.

Raven watched carefully, seeing what looked to be a static like effect on where his body was, as she instantly turned her attention to where the man was looking beforehand. She saw him on top of a few wrecked cars.

"Teleportation." Raven bit her lip, slicing her blade down as a concentrated beam of fire was sent at the man, cutting the pile of wrecked cars in half. "No point in keeping him alive, Qrow! His semblance will get him out of anything we trap him with."

Qrow took note of how he seemingly got away. "Wait, we can still find another way, even if this guy is annoying as hell." Raven didn't feel the same way, jumping at the man and ignoring Qrow's attempts to keep him alive. "Raven!"

He groaned when his sister continued to ignore him. Sadly when she slashed at the man, he already vanished and ended up on the roof of the warehouse, slamming his blade down and began using the melting effect to carve a hole in the roof.

Raven's eyes widened, as he seemed to know exactly where to pinpoint Lazuria, so she jumped up onto the roof, speeding after him, but as she slashed at him, the hole was made, and the man dropped down, but not before fire an ice dust shot at the edges of the hole, forming a small temporary barrier he believed would give him enough time to reach his target.

Tai had instantly heard when the blade was hit into the roof, so he had looked up when the Relentless dropped in, making sure Lazuria was behind him.

"How did this guy get past Raven and Qrow?"

Lazuria growled when she saw him, as the man landed, but quickly looked up, firing more ice shots at the ceiling at the moment Raven broke through, so again, she was inconvenienced.

"Stay back, I-." Tai felt Lazuria push past him, as she ran up to the man, stabbing a dagger at the Relentless member.

As she went through him, the man had teleported behind Tai, but with the huntsman knowingly keeping his aura up, he was able to at least endure a bit of the pain when he was slashed in the back by the melting blade.

Tai cried out as he was staggered forward, so the Relentless member grabbed him from behind and held his blade up to his neck. "Call off your friends and leave the animal to me. Or you die… We don't wish to kill non Hidden, but we will if you interfere."

The blonde huntsman grunted, hating that he was instantly subdued. "Animal… I don't see any animal here, buddy."

"Don't play dumb with me, huntsman." He moved the blade a bit closer to his neck, which Tai could feel the heat of it. "Three hunters just sitting around a warehouse with one of our main targets just happening to be around? You know everything."

Lazuria was standing a bit away when she realized what happened. "Stop this. I'm clearly the one you want… Let the man go."

The Relentless member smirked under the mask. "Tricking people to play your side, huh. You animals will do anything to wipe humanity out."

Tai was taken aback by that, but since he didn't want to risk a blade to his throat, he had to stay still.

"Maybe we can keep him talking… Get more info out of him. He teleports, so catching him won't do a thing."

"I have nothing to say to you, murderer." Lazuria growled, keeping her hand at the ready to grab the gun she had hidden under her jacket.

A moment later, the entrance to the warehouse opened up, with Qrow running in. And Raven broke through the ice, dropping down and landing. Both siblings noticed that Tai was taken as a hostage.

Qrow groaned. "Good job, Tai."

Tai rolled his eyes. "Shut it," He glanced over his shoulder. "Listen, there's no point to this."

"Oh there is." The Relentless member kept hold on Tai, as he used his semblance again, teleporting to the entrance of the warehouse. "Stay back or he dies!" Raven bit her lip, looking specifically at Tai, knowing he could break free with ease.

"What the hell are you doing, Tai?!"

She wanted to yell that, and as soon as Qrow lifted up his weapon, Harbinger, it was in gun form, but the Relentless member pressed the blade against Tai's throat, earning a loud yell of pain from the blonde huntsman, so Qrow instantly lowered the weapon down and raised his hands up.

"Whoa, okay, look, no weapons drawn… Just calm down." Qrow tried reasoning.

Tai was still feeling the burn of the blade, even after it was moved away, so he decided to try and get information out for the time being. "Are you just going to walk me out of here and run? Is that the play?"

"Shut up." The Relentless member kept his eyes focused on the others, as he backed up with Tai.

"Y'know, if you at least tell us why you want someone like her to die, maybe we can make a compromise with your boss?" Tai made sure he was sounding convincing. "I'm a huntsman. I want to protect humanity just as much as you do… So care to explain?"

The Relentless member did his best to get the entrance closed, and when it was, he looked down at Tai. "You and your team are too far gone, huntsman. Believing in the lies that animal told you."

"Maybe the others, but I still stand by keeping my family safe. If she's a danger as you say, then I want to make sure it doesn't get to a point where I have regrets." Tai knew the kinds of people that couldn't be reasoned with, so he tried a different approach. "You saw that one idiot. He belittled me for getting caught. You really think we're all buddy, buddy?"

"People say things we want to hear. You think you're the first?" The Relentless member countered.

Tai internally groaned. "And maybe other people want to know the truth. Ever think of that?"

Thinking about it for a moment, the Relentless member kept his communicator at the ready. "If you wanted to know the truth, then you wouldn't have let that animal in."

"Because we were contacted first. Lies can be said, and maybe I need to be enlightened on this whole situation. So what are you gonna do now?" Tai questioned.

"If you're really interested in the truth, then you'd come with me, no weapons, and no scrolls." The Relentless member said, not wanting to take any risks with the man.

Tai wasn't about to let the chance to be taken to a possible HQ. "I don't see any problem with that, but I don't want to be lied to either. I need to know that woman is an actual threat. Back pocket for my scroll." The Relentless member reached for it, grabbing it out his pants and tossing it to the ground.

"Oh she is, and you'll know exactly why." He pulled Tai further away, as he was preparing to use his semblance, but Qrow, Raven and Lazuria ran out the warehouse. "Call them off. Now."

"Get back here!" Raven yelled out, as she was prepared to save her ex-husband at any cost, but she tensed up when she saw Tai blink in a certain pattern.

"Stay back!" Tai ordered, his voice being way harsher than the Relentless member expected. "I don't want to help that woman if she's a danger."

Lazuria's heart dropped at that, as she was visibly hurting, a real reaction that the Relentless member was able to see. "W-What?"

"If there are people after you, there needs to be a reason." Tai's words were cold. "And I want to know the truth."

"I'm sorry Lazuria. You'll understand soon enough."

Qrow looked angrier than he's ever been. "What the hell are you saying, Tai?!"

"Just shut up and figure out what we've become huntsmen for! To protect humanity… And is she's," Tai looked to Lazuria. "A danger to it, then she can't be trusted."

The Relentless member wasn't some higher up, or even that well known in the group, so all he could do is feel victory in convincing someone that the Hidden were just monsters. Lazuria just felt the pain of betrayal, as she almost wanted to run off.

Qrow took a step forward, as Raven held her arm out, keeping him back. "No. He's made his choice, Qrow." She kept an equally cold glare at Tai. "Go on then, but the next time I see you, I swear I won't let you lay a finger on her." She said to her ex-husband, sealing the deal.

"I've had enough chit-chat. It's time to go." The Relentless member turned around, using his semblance to get him and Tai away from the area.

Qrow's eyes went wide, as he looked on where they were. "The hell was that?! Raven," He turned to face his sister, anger in his eyes, as Lazuria was feeling horribly depressed. "Why did you stop me?!"

Raven sighed. "Because Tai is taking a huge risk, and you almost fucked it up…"

Lazuria slowly lifted her head. "What?"

Qrow looked equally confused, as Raven shook her head. "He's making that moron take him to their hideout." Both Lazuria and Qrow were shocked, mostly from the dangers of that idea. "He used morse code… All we can do is trust that he can handle things there without us."

"So… He didn't mean what he said?" Lazuria asked.

"Of course he didn't. I know he more than a lot others." Raven looked on to where they had teleported to, but lost sight after the jumps after. "He had to make it sound convincing."

Qrow crossed his arms. "Idiot. He may have tricked one moron, but he's about to get himself trapped in the nest of those murderers. What the hell was he thinking?!"

Raven slapped the back of her brother's head, earning an annoyed grunt. "He's the only one thinking on this team! We had no leads, and no chances at finding them, but now we do… It's what he as a huntsman is risking to do."

Lazuria held her hand against her heart. "This is my fault."

Raven and Qrow looked to the woman, as the sister of the two sighed. "Tai would tell you it isn't. He'd say that huntsmen and huntresses will fight to the bitter end to protect people. If all you do is sit there and mope about whose fault it is, then you'd be disrespecting what he did for you."

Qrow was about to speak up to try and get her to back off of Lazuria, but the wolf woman met Raven's stare. "He… Said that. Fighting to the bitter end, but… I don't want anyone to die in my place."

"Then have faith." Raven took a few steps towards her, placing a hand on her shoulder. "He won't die for this. I know him well enough to be sure of that."

Lazuria tried to calm her heart down by taking a deep breath, sighing a bit as she nodded. "I hope you're right then, but whatever happens after, I don't want you and your team on this mission. I'm calling off the job and paying you for it after."

Raven was taken aback. "Excuse me? You heard what I-."

The Hidden woman slapped her hand away. "I know what you said! But this is my choice, so if he comes back with the information of where they are, then I'll find a way to handle the rest by myself, and no this isn't up for discussion!" She turned around and walked back to the warehouse, not caring that Raven was yelling at her to come back.

Qrow groaned at the entire ordeal, as he grabbed his sister's arm. "Relax, she isn't gonna listen to you."

Raven yanked her arm away from him. "Ugh. She knows that her way of dealing with them is suicide."

"No shit. So don't make a big deal out of something we won't agree to anyways. For now," Qrow placed his hands in his pockets, walking back to the warehouse as well. "Get ready to explain to Summer where Tai is."

Hearing that, Raven instantly froze on the spot.

"Oh."

I want to apologize if this chapter seemed to have happened too quick. Sometimes I feel like things can just happen on the spot, and this chapter showed that. Also, seeing as in the show we still don't know what weapon Tai uses at the time of writing this, it was really hard to have him in this chapter without fighting. I can assume he uses gauntlets like Yang, but again, still not sure fully yet.

To JJ- A lot has happened since she first howled, but back then it was her discovering her semblance of glyphs. This time was more expanding on her Hidden powers. As for finding a balance, again, yeah, it's tough. I just hope that you all will make sure to take note of if one side seems too OP so I can adjust.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 126. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 127.