Grimm Satisfaction

Chapter 7

A Time for Rest

Yang laid exhaustively on the ground after her first session of training. "Is this… huuuh..how it will…. huuuuh… always be?" Yang asked dejectedly on the ground.

"You want the training to be harder tomorrow?" I responded rhetorically.

She simply groaned in response.

"I'll take that as a no," I stated, "Now stay there, I'm going to get you some water."

"I can't even move!" Yang complained.

Entering the house I made my way towards the kitchen. Along the way I passed my room, Qrow, and the living room. Wait, "Qrow?" I asked confused, "You're here already?"

Huh, I expected him to get here at night like he always does. Looking over the couch I smirked at what I saw. Qrow had his arms stretched over his daughter and Zwei. They were all cutely laying on the same pillow. Taking out my Scroll I took some pictures for definitely friendly reasons. "Perfect blackmail," I whisper to myself after entering the kitchen.

I grab one of my water bottles and start filling it up. After it fills I walk back to the backyard. "Yang are you still there?" I ask completely ignoring the girl on the ground, "I have water!"

"Dad, you are the worst!" Yang yells out, "Why did it take you five minutes to get some water?"

"Oh, you wound me," I say before handing Yang the water bottle, "Here, drink up."

She gulped down the water and said, "You didn't answer my question."

"Do you want to know?" I ask baiting her to say yes.

"Yes, I do want to know!" Yang answered before throwing the water bottle at me, "That is why I asked you."

"If you want to know, then you have to get on my back," I respond completely seriously.

"I'm not a baby anymore!" Yang angering yelled back.

"Guess you don't want to know," I pretend to be sad, "You won't be able to see the cutest thing ever." That changed her expression quickly.

"How cute?" She asked.

I smile evilly, "Cute enough to be used as blackmail."

Yang smiled back and spoke with excitement, "Come on, hurry, pick me up!"

I picked up Yang and the water bottle. She wrapped her arms around my neck and then we were off to the living room. When we got there Yang squealed. I looked back and she had an embarrassed look on her face.

"It's really cute, okay!" Yang said, shaking her face.

"Yes," I grinned, "Perfectly…"

"Qrow looks like a Dad!" Yang yelled out cutting me off.

I choked on my words, "Yes… he does look like a… Dad."

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"Ugh," I groaned out,"I should have slept on a bed."

Once I woke up fully I pushed myself off the couch. A splitting headache slowed my progress, but I got up from the couch. What I failed to notice at first was the black haired girl with red tipped edges and silver eyes sleeping next to me.

"Is that Ruby?" I asked myself before standing up to look over the couch.

"Oh, yes it is," a very annoying man asked while sitting in the kitchen.

"Oh no," I said knowing the voice and hoping he didn't take any pictures. It was a false hope, but I could dream.

"Oh no." he said cockily, "What are these strange pictures in my hand." He lifted up his hand with the pictures of Ruby, Zwei, and me sleeping together.

"Are you really doing this right now?" I questioned irritated by Taiyang's actions.

He smiled that evil smile of his simply responding, "Of course I'm doing this. Easiest blackmail I have ever acquired before!"

"What do you want Taiyang?" I said before immediately regretting it.

His smile softened and he spoke, "Oh you know: some coffee, Raven back, Grimm replant, you to spend quality time with Ruby."

"That's it?" I asked clearly doubting that Taiyang would ever use blackmail for my benefit.

He shakes his head, "No, I also want you to train her to become a Huntress."

"All ready? Weren't we supposed to start when Ruby is nine?" I ask confused.

Taiyang frowned, "When all of us were gone a Grimm attacked and Ruby killed it."

"So? That must have been… unlucky," I said starting to realize the issue, however that wasn't it.

Taiyang sighed, "That's not where the issues end. You know how people who survive Grimm attacks usually unlock their aura?" I nodded, "Well, that is what I thought happened with Ruby. There was a lot of blood on Yang's bed suggesting a deadly attack."

"There is no way Ruby could have survived an attack like that," I continued, "That would mean Ruby unlocked her aura a different way."

"Exactly," Taiyang began to explain his thoughts, "And since Ruby is only a child, there are really only two different ways to unlock her aura: psychological trauma or someone else did it."

"Nobody but a select few know of Ruby's existence," I voiced my thoughts out loud, "There is no way Raven would unlocked her aura. Which leaves only one method."

"Psychological trauma," Taiyang interrupted, "I can't think of a reason why. Ruby is the happiest person I know and I don't remember happiness being a way to unlock aura."

We both sat in silence pondering the reason. Your aura is never unlocked for no reason. Aura… is never unlocked for no reason. "Unless," I thought before completely dismissing it because of its absurdity, "No that can't be it."

"What can't be it?" Taiyang asked, "Something is always better than nothing."

I hesitated before bluntly saying, "My daughter may be a Fate Seer."

Taiyang just stopped moving entirely, "Okay, I stand corrected. Nothing is better than something."

I shaked my head in agreement before responding, "It's crazy, but I remember when Ozpin talked about the only Fate Seer he ever met. You remember, the one that prevented the fall of Atlas."

"Wasn't that like three hundred years ago," Taiyang pointed out, "Plus, other than that incident only three other cases of Fate Seers were ever recorded. Ruby would have to be very unlucky to be one, they always see something horrible." A realization dawned on Taiyang's face, "Daughter of the unluckiest man in the world, daughter of the luckiest women I know, has Silver eyes, and is the smartest child I have ever met. God, that's a recipe for disaster and this is the perfect disaster

"Wait, you just realized that now?" I asked incredulously, "For six years you haven't realized how much of a disaster Ruby's existence could cause."

"Add in to the fact that Ruby may be a Fate Seer only makes it worse," Taiyang said, "Now all we do is wait till tomorrow for her to wake up."

"Tomorrow? How hard did you train her?" I asked, getting out of my chair with anger slowly rising.

A nervous expression came upon Taiyang's face as he dismissed my question, "Soooo, are you going to train Ruby?"

"That was my plan from the start, Taiyang," I stated before sitting back down, "Nothing changes that."

Taiyang's nervousness disappeared, "How long until your next mission?"

"Two weeks," I said glumly.

"Well you'll be training Ruby until Summer comes back," Taiyang explained, "Then you guys can train Ruby together."

"That sounds," I smile, "Nice."