Qrow leaned on the bar and stared at the glass in front of him, it was nearly empty so he raised the glass and downed the drink feeling it burn its way down he quickly stood and payed then walked out of the bar into the streets, stumbling down the sidewalk many people gave him a wide birth, which made more than a little sense, after walking for a while he collapsed in an alleyway and fell asleep

(o)

Opening his eyes he found himself in the middle of a frozen wasteland with large black boulder's scattered around the white landscape, looking around he caught sight of Leone struggling to stand, quickly running over he pulled her up to a standing position

"Qrow?" Leone asked her voice shaking as she tried to focus on him

"You okay?" Qrow asked she didn't respond so he began to move to a large boulder nearby after reaching it he moved around to the side that wasn't in the wind, it acted like a wind brace for them, lying her down Qrow smacked her lightly trying to get her to focus, after a few moments of that did her eyes finally lock with his

"Are you okay?" Qrow repeated, Leone blinked a few times then reached up and touched his face, then grabbed his head and pulled him closer, when they were inches away from each other she spoke again

"Are you here?" Leone asked studying every inch of his face and began to smell him

"Yeah, but I should also be asleep in a back alley of Vale... I think." Qrow answered earning a slow nod from Leone

"Okay... that's... fine." Leone said clearly displeased by his answer, Qrow raised an eyebrow at that

"Are you sure?" Qrow asked, Leone shook her head and then spoke in her normal tone

"Yeah, I'm sure. I've just been trudging around this place for... I think seventy years, not that time works, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't late." Leone said as she pushed his face away and sat up "Why is it so fucking cold?"

"I don't know, but apparently time doesn't work here, so I'm in the dark." Qrow answered earning a punch to the shoulder

"While you're here, can I ask you something?" Leone asked after a few quiet seconds of them sitting and listening to the wind howl

"Sure, whats up." Qrow agreed as he drew his flask and drank from it then held it out to Leone who did the same

"What would you name a kid if you had one?" Leone asked causing Qrow to do a double take

"I don't know... why?" Qrow asked his mind coming up with all sorts of different scenarios where that question would involve both him and Leone

"Its nothing... don't worry about it." Leone waved off

"Its not nothing if you brought it up, why does it matter?" Qrow questioned again this time he was feeling very conflicted

"Whenever you fall asleep here or fall unconscious you're greeted with the fantasy of your choosing, it happens subconsciously so there's no lying, so I'll be honest with you, I want to have a child with you. I did... have a child with you. But, we lost it to the empire." Leone said Qrow was shocked to say the least, everything she said caused him both shock and surprise, he couldn't tell if he should be happy or sad, so he settled for taking a drink

"I... don't think I wanted to know that." Qrow commented after a few seconds of silence

"Lucky you, you don't have to remember that when you wake up." Leone grumbled as she leaned on him, he leaned back on her they sat like that for what felt like hours until they felt the ground begin to rumble, sharing a look they quickly stood, Qrow reached behind him and found Harbinger waiting, while Leones' body shifted into its beast form

"What are we up against?" Qrow questioned

"Probably a Nuckelavee, those things wander around here. I cant kill them though, I cant beat them to death like I normally do."

"I'll show you how its done." Qrow said confidently as he leapt up on top of the boulder and looked around, he caught sight of one making its way over to them, leaping from the rock he fired Harbinger gaining its attention and causing it to stagger slightly

"THIS WAY YOU BIG BASTARD!" Qrow shouted out to it as Leone hid on the rock prepared to join if things went sideways, the Nuckelavee charged him and Qrow waited for it to get extremely close to transform Harbinger and slice its legs away as he slid under it, with a click of a button on harbinger it transformed into a war scythe and he kicked off the rock Leone had just kicked off of and cut its body from the horse, as it struggled to keep Leone away from it

"You know, when you said Nuckelavee I thought you meant one from Remnant." Qrow commented finally looking over the skinless creature

"What do they look like there?"

"Black fur with white bone plating and glowing red eyes. Frightening the first few times you see them." Qrow described "They are pretty damn rare, and hard to deal with, this thing though... that was pretty easy."

"So how'd you learn to do that?"

"If your far enough away you just gotta irritate them, and wait for them to charge, they you incapacitate them and attack the head, the hard part is the body. But I guess you don't gotta worry about that here." Qrow explained as Leone leaned on the massive corpse and Qrow sheathed Harbinger

"Do you have to kill both to kill a Nuckelavee on Remnant?" Leone asked earning a nod from Qrow

"Most huntsman forget that, and that's the death of them." Qrow commented as they began to heard roars from all around them

"Does this happen all the time?" Qrow asked as he placed his hand on Harbingers hilt, Leone sighed and slouched a bit

"Yeah, I've been trying to get to that tower." Leone said and gestured to a tall pillar of ice "But the closer I get the more enemies I run into, I've nearly died three times."

"I thought you were already dead." Qrow commented earning a light punch from Leone

"Yeah, but I can still die, its kinda like resetting... but last time it happened it felt like every fiber of my being was on fire." Leone explained with a shiver, Qrow now feeling like an ass pulled her into a hug

"You'll be fine, how long do you think I have left here?" Qrow asked as her grip on him tightened

"Not long enough."

"Look, Harbinger can be really loud if I want her to be so I'll make it as loud as I can and call all the monsters in the area to me." Qrow explained Leone grabbed him by the hair and pulled him back so he could stare at her

"If you die you will physically die." Leone warned earning a nod from Qrow, who pulled out his flask and took a long drink from it

"I see no issues here, go. You got an objective, and I need the practice." Qrow waved off, Leone blinked at him as he drew Harbinger again and fiddled with it a bit "Alright, I assume you know how to deal with those things now?" Leone nodded trying to hide her fear

"Get going, I'll meet you there." Qrow said as he turned her around then spoke again "I also don't think you'll want to hear this thing."

"Don't you die, okay. This is for you." Leone ordered as she ran towards the tower, Qrow rolled his eyes at that and held down Harbingers' trigger, the loud sound of gears grinding together and the sound of metal grinding on metal echoed all around him, feeling harbinger grow from blade to scythe Qrow shifted it from next to him to behind him allowing it to grow unabated, listening closely he heard the sounds of hooves, waiting until he could see their outlines appearing through the fog. After he could see a few Nuckelavee through the fog he jumped into action, loudly cutting them to pieces with a shouts of rage, he kept this up until he vanished from the frozen wasteland

(o)

Sitting up Qrow looked around the dark alleyway, he couldn't tell what time it was, rising to his feet he stumbled out of the alley and found the main road was just as dark, and far less crowded than normal, with a sigh he began towards Beacon having decided that it was a better to begin to make his way there and hit a few bars along the way, with another sigh he placed his hand on his forehead trying to calm his pounding head, not only that but he was exhausted too, but that was less of an issue.

(\_/)

Leone slowed to a walking pace, looking over her shoulder she could feel that Qrow had vanished, looking back towards the tower which was now much closer she decide that she need to get stronger, before attempting to conquer it again.

'I guess I should accept your help then.'

'You chose to accept this contract, we aren't forcing you to accept our power, we are merely offering it. So long as you don't abuse our power we will support you.'

'Okay but you haven't told me the catch.'

'There is no catch, the only thing you must do is support the world around you and aid it when it calls out in pain.'

'That doesn't tell me much, that could literal mean anything. I need more to go on that just that.'

'Usually there is a senior shaman to teach you, but there is none, you must learn your abilities on your own, you have already called on us once, you must learn to do so once again, and you must also remember that once you reach the world beyond here we will not be conversing as frequently.'

'Okay, but how do I know I'm not selling my soul?'

'We are the natural world, what use would we have from preventing you maintaining the balance of our cycle?'

'But you're going to help me resurrect, I don't think that's natural.'

'Our reasoning is a simple one, the one you once fought; Esdeath, has chosen to defy nature we need someone to aid in balancing it; you.'

'I get it now, you cant influence her but you can influence me right? Well no way dick, I'll make my own choices you cant tell me to do shit.'

'We only need you to maintain the balance she chose to ignore.'

'I don't give a flying fuck 'bout that, I just want to see Qrow and Akame again. They are all that matter to me anymore.'

'Your goal is a selfish one, much like the one before you.'

'Don't compare me to her you spiritual dickhead!'

'We chose you, but it seems you have failed to realize that you need us.'

'God, I should have done that earlier.'

Leone continued to walk towards the tower, her steps seeming to grow heavier as she moved, she chalked it up to the snowfall, but she was also starting to feel very cold, she wasn't feeling it earlier but she pressed on, ignoring the whispers that she began to fill her mind, telling her that she need them to pass what was to come, all she needed to focus on was Akame and Qrow, nothing else mattered right now.

A/N Another one, I honestly continued to write there's was because I realized that they don't really have to fit completely perfectly with the other stories, and its just additional stuff for people to read while waiting for then next Volume to come out. I'm just kinda a stickler when it comes to continuity, so that's why I didn't make many of these at first, but I can assure you that will change, along with a few new things to be added, until a specific event occurs, after that I'll probably make a new story.